Makes me frustrated and hopeless, Its quite clear that they do this for the male gaze and whatever its called, but that doesnt justify it and makes me very sick.
Not saying that beautiful characters are bad, but semi naked characters with unrealistic beauty which both have nothing to do with the game at all is terrible, very terriole.
Why ruin a good game for the so called" male gaze" or “sex sells” thing? why?
I feel like a hypocrite and a loser.
Not sure if indie games are any better, itch io is very good, it has great (hidden) gems.
But its also filled with dating games and whatnot, I didnt check the nsfw games, but I wouldnt be surprised if they filled the entire front page.
Anyway, Its a deep issue for me, wanted to vent, thanks for reading.
I have kinda realized that this stuff is everywhere, not just in games and the “female gaze” is just as unrealistic in portraying men, it just isn’t (as much) sexual. Read any romance book aimed at women and you know what I mean. There are very few men who can live up to being a hot billionaire werewolf!
Jokes aside, even “reasonable” standards are still something only like 5-10% of men could live up to. Even in lesbian and gay romance books you will find strange and unrealistic standards.
Humans just love dreaming about having a hotty in bed… Probably better if we don’t encourage it, but catering to people’s appetite sells better than selling something healthy… Ask any food industry.
It is because people make stuff mostly to make money or to make their own fantasies come “true”. Hardly anyone out there is making media for “educational” purpose and where everything is realistic and proportional.
Hell that’s just real life, we consume media to escape “realistic and proportional” because that’s just ordinary and boring!
Look, if this was in a romance novel, then it would make sense, you go watch porn and expect the actors to look humble, makes no sense.
But if it was in everyday media, like how its the case right now, then I believe this becomes an issue, a big issue.
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(I copy pasted my comment from a previous thread)
A lot of games have romance options for various characters. The witcher had optional side quests to hook up with characters, which reflected similar scenarios in the books. Skyrim lets you marry and have children.