Wow. That's pretty blatant. The article is yammering about "female characters should be more realistic", then posts a bunch of pics of them with Photoshop fat plugin turned up to 11. Honestly, Rikku with a double chin looks fucking stupid.
While I don't have a personal issue with the "more realistic body types" in entertainment. Variation is nice. But let's not turn the knob up all the way to "Diabetes special" and proclaim that's normal.
I think those are definitely realistic body types for the general population, although some are definitely done better than others (Chrstie Moneiro vs. Rikku for example). However, I think they also dont get that in some cases the body type in the game might be more reasonable. Of course Laras body is ridiculous, the fact that they accidentely turned up the boob size to 150% is what made her famous and nobody will have that waist. But, she is also portrayed as an incredibly fit women that climbs rock walls and temples. Have you ever seen the body of a professional rockclimber? The are very fit, definitely less fat than on that "corrected" character. I think developers have to find a reasonable middle ground with more realistic body types being portrayed but also being able to put in the occasional supermodel or olympian athlete without being criticised for it.
Wow. That's pretty blatant. The article is yammering about "female characters should be more realistic", then posts a bunch of pics of them with Photoshop fat plugin turned up to 11. Honestly, Rikku with a double chin looks fucking stupid.
While I don't have a personal issue with the "more realistic body types" in entertainment. Variation is nice. But let's not turn the knob up all the way to "Diabetes special" and proclaim that's normal.
I think those are definitely realistic body types for the general population, although some are definitely done better than others (Chrstie Moneiro vs. Rikku for example). However, I think they also dont get that in some cases the body type in the game might be more reasonable. Of course Laras body is ridiculous, the fact that they accidentely turned up the boob size to 150% is what made her famous and nobody will have that waist. But, she is also portrayed as an incredibly fit women that climbs rock walls and temples. Have you ever seen the body of a professional rockclimber? The are very fit, definitely less fat than on that "corrected" character. I think developers have to find a reasonable middle ground with more realistic body types being portrayed but also being able to put in the occasional supermodel or olympian athlete without being criticised for it.