Quote Originally Posted by Tyson View Post
Wowzers this thread got out of control. I don't get the big deal really. She is very reminiscent of Rikku, who also dressed similarly even tho it didn't fit her job description. This is Final Fantasy for gods sake.

It's like complaining about Noctis's hair as it's unrealistic you'd want hair that long while swinging a sword around. Do we want everything to be 100% logical and PC in a JRPG? If you want that your probably better looking for a western RPG like Mass Effect.

This whole thing is very reminiscent of what just happened with the new Tekken game. The new character Lucky Chloe was announced (cleavage, pigtails, kawaii anime girl personality) and the western audience lost there trout. The game director eventually responded by saying on twitter "Hello small world. I'll make muscular & skinhead character for you"

Kind of a sharp dig at the western audience but I loved his response. Us westerners are so obsessed with making everything politically correct that we're stifling creativity. You create a character like Aerith and people complain that women shouldn't have to be seen as virginal or 'pure' So instead you create a confident female character that isn't afraid to show off her body but then you're being exploitive.....
I actually don't mind the new Tekken character, I think she looks fun to use. And I don't see her looking any worse than say... Anna who is walking sex. But Anna never bugged me because it fit her personality. Although I do dislike that the later Tekken Tag game got much more fanservicey and it made me uncomfortable to the point I don't want to play it anymore.

Also, I think part of the issue with this one is that they took a precedent and changed it in a sexual way because the gender changed. Cid was USUALLY an older, not super attractive guy. Now because Cid is a woman, she's suddenly overly sexy and aged down like 20 years. I know I would personally be reacting differently if they made most of the male Cid's young and sexy and then made a female Cid that way. It would be like "Well, yeah, that's Cid."

At BoB: I understand what you're saying for the most part of it not being huge in Final Fantasy, but there are still some cases. Like in XII, I can see Fran in her outfit, I really can. Ashe not so much. If you showed me her dialogue, told me her personality, I wouldn't be like "I bet she wears a tight pink mini-skirt that could pass for a really big belt". But maybe that's me. And also as for Penelo, I personally find her one of the more attractive FF characters, and while I would say her clothing isn't the most modest (I mean you'd have to be sewn in to that thing its so tight) it certainly isn't one of the more revealing anyways. Which also makes me wonder why sometimes we can't just make characters sexy without showing off everything. Or maybe different types of sexy. Not saying it never happens, again, just talking about the general.

Like you said and I said, I do enjoy looking at cute female character designs. Its probably a form of escapism because I think I look horrible so I can pretend while I'm playing the game that I can actually be pretty. But there are ways to do that without making them walking sex objects. Again, my goal while playing a video game is not to be sexually aroused, its to play a video game. There are sites I can go to for the other thing.

There's nothing wrong with a sexy or attractive character but A) make it suit the character, don't just make them a sex toy B) Have a variety of characters. Not everyone is a super thin, super attractive, D cup. And C) It's hard to not feel like this is a bit about sexism when male Cid's have looked a certain way and then suddenly its a female Cid and its all boobs, booty shorts, and thigh high boots (which, if she's getting hot enough at work to unzip her shirt like that, she really should invest in new boots because I can guarantee you those are pretty friggin warm in there)