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What would be the reaction to female protagonists from earlier eras in gaming today?

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Bit fucking tame mate, remember Maria Whitaker on cover o Barbarian that old swordfighting game? Right wank fodder that.

As to how birds are recieved, folk like to see pretty folk in advertising, don't want ugly bastards and swamp donkeys cos they won't sell fuck all and you see em everyday.
 

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I think there are still lots of female characters in current games, which are what the average feminist calls "sexualized". Some designs, like the chain-mail bikini are probably a bit old-fashioned, but especially if you include Japan, it's not like sexy characters are gone missing.

What's missing outside of Japan are the more juvenile (and funny) ideas like this:

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Back then: "Oh cool, the badass protagonist we played in this game was a woman, that's pretty awesome."
Today: "WHY IS SHE WEARING A BIKINI NOW WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS PANDERING TO MALE GAZE OH MY GOD I AM SO TRIGGERED MALE WISH FULFILMENT"
 

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Good cover. :P

The reaction towards that woman was quite negative at the time, though.

Everyone expected her to be in the game but then she wasn't. Not even as some kind of ingame artwork. Nothing at all. You couldn't even pick something close to her as your own char's looks, and there was no equipment that looked like that. Everyone asked, "where the fuck is the girl on the cover?"
 

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Long time ago companies actually put an effort to promote their female characters, something that would get them flak today unless they looked like purple haired men with boobs.

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Final Fight 3's Lucia would likely generate butthurt as well, especially given that she's a policewoman.

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(She should definitely be added to a Street Fighter game)
 

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1986's Legendary Wings

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That the dude is also scantily clad wouldn't stop socjus bitching, i've seen them hamster things like this by saying something along the lines of "the man is something for the male player to look up to and aspire, while the female is just a sex object, bla bla".
 

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Back then: "Oh cool, the badass protagonist we played in this game was a woman, that's pretty awesome."
Today: "WHY IS SHE WEARING A BIKINI NOW WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS PANDERING TO MALE GAZE OH MY GOD I AM SO TRIGGERED MALE WISH FULFILMENT"
Also today: "Holy fuck what is this SJW garbage perfect mary sue character with no flaws all the men are fat gross monsters this is such bullshit!"

I seriously don't see why anyone has ever given a fuck either way. Boggles my mind. Video game characters bear about as much resemblance to real men or women as they do to squid or elm trees.
 

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