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 consider myself pretty jaded and cynical when it comes to developers pulling that kind of stuff. As long as they keep it somewhat subtle and low-key I can ignore it and move on.
But recently ( and no, I don’t know how this happened) I discovered that for a very long time, I’ve apparently owned Final Fantasy XV Royal edition on XBox. I don’t remember ever buying it, it’s never been in my “purchases list”. But as I was scrolling through a “deals” list, I noticed that it sayd owned, so I said fuck it and installed it.
Well, let’s just say that as soon as Cindy appears, I’m not jaded and cynical anymore. I’m just thinking “holy shit this is just shameless…”