The reviews are in!

[Marshall Banana]

or when it was suggested that Cid might be a woman this time.

I have no issue with a female Cid. But as someone who has been known to work on a car or two here and there, I find her choice of work attire not only unusual, but probably a little bit dangerous as well. Just shows a general lack of concern for on the job safety.

Yeah, and aside from the fact that it makes no sense as work attire, it also just doesn't suit her personality. She's not overtly sexual or even flirty. She's a completely average girl who is your friendly mechanic, but a) she is wearing the second most sexual outfit in the game and b) even for a video game model, her boobs somehow look fake. It's gratuitous.

Kind of vague, but might be a general spoiler, so I'm hiding it.
There are few notable female characters and none of them are relevant for very long, but nearly all of them were designed as ogling material...it's frustrating and bizarre.

[Fynn]

Honestly, playing VII now and Tifa's design bothers me so much for the very same reason - it's totally at odds with her personality. It's not exactly something new to XV.

[Marshall Banana]

It is way more gratuitous and obvious/bothersome in FFXV, mostly because of my spoiler point, which is not true in FFVII.

Tifa's design never bothered me, personally. It's definitely silly, but the cartoonish graphics of FFVII detract from it. By the time she was portrayed more realistically (Advent Children, Kingdom Hearts), she had a new outfit. She would probably look almost as ridiculous as Cindy if Tifa was wearing her original outfit in AC. Her cowgirl outfit in Crisis Core reminds me more of Cindy's, to be honest...

Also, I'm not really opposed to or offended by characters that are just there for eye candy, though, as long as that sort of thing is kept to a minimum. Otherwise, it starts to feel weird.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I dunno guys. I work on vehicles for a living, and deep-v shirts combined with daisy dukes are all I wear.