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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

Who wrote this shit

Bruh, were you not paying attention to the name HIDEO KOJIMA appearing on your screen at the start and end of every single mission? He really wanted you to know it was his idea.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

How does one get five MGS games deep and then decide to make a stand about Quiet?

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i always liked how bleach's creator justified fanservice, instead of some long-winded in-universe reasoning he just went "i like big titties"

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IIRC, that was basically the reason given by Yoko Taro about why 2B looks like that in Nier.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

...just from this article I've grown to love that guy. Please tell me he isn't a monster T-T

[–] fennesz12@feddit.dk 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't mind sexy girls in my games.

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Hot take in 2026.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 53 points 1 day ago (3 children)

i mind when there's some weird-ass rationalisation for the creator's barely disguised fetish. when asked why 2B was styled that way, yoko taro said "i like looking at girls". when asked why quiet was styled like that, hideo kojima said "when you find out the reason, you will be ashamed of your words and deeds" only for the reason to be fucking nonsense.

just own it man, geez.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Liking pretty women isn't a fetish

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Can you really call it exhibitionism if it's a constructed storyline?

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

If it has to be sexual than it wouldn't be possible. This is the real question.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 7 hours ago

not sure how to answer that actually.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wearing a bikini top in hot weather isn't exhibitionism.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 14 points 1 day ago (9 children)

look ricky, i know you're reasonable. we're not talking about the character in a vacuum, we're talking about kojimas extreme defense of what would otherwise have been accepted as just standard fanservice, and the fact that the excuse was so flimsy. quiet doesn't fit into her setting, sure. that happens in a lot of japanese media. but kojima made such a big deal about it before release that she somehow fits in worse than if he had said nothing.

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm more surprised that he didn't make it nanomachines again. That's not the answer to everything, Hideo!

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Can I be real I like it when it's both.

I have personal characters for stuff and they're very much designed in a way where I am attracted to them. I think a visually striking appearance is better than looking like a generic lump of metal robot dude. I'll get out a bullhorn and say "SHES SHAPED LIKE THIS BECAUSE ITS HOT"

At the same time a rational in universe reason they look like that or have xyz feature is also fun and useful for storytelling.

A core example is that I have a water dragon-lady character, her outfit is swimwear inspired. But she spends loads of time in the water and can stay there for an extended duration via cutaneous respiration.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but that's still owning it! most people like or are fine with sexy characters, as long as it fits the setting. quiet is infamous because not only is she at odds with her environment, the creator actively lambasted people on twitter for pointing that out. quiet is a weird character.

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm not arguing in favor of Quiet though. All I'm saying is I like taking ownership of my reasoning combined with at least some semi plausible explanation. I think it's fair to delineate that from pure "Made a sexy girl because I like sexy girls".

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Vitamin D deficiency right?

Not that D, pervert.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck you the scurvy is perpetual. Or that's what I would say if my ancestors apparently didn't make a deal with the devil for immunity to vitamin D deficiency, the salt deficiency is real though.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Scurvy is a vitamin C deficiency.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The sun's a bitch and so are you. Also I fucken hate letters, can we abandon the Latin alphabet and go back to using runic script?

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Think of all the memorization you'd have to do to be literate. Like learning Japanese was going just swell until I got to the point where I realized I'd need to learn about a thousand kanji, and then there's kanji combinations to form words on top of that with obscure links that you'd have to really know the culture to understand.

But it is a very efficient language for the amount of information per character, so all that memorization might be worth it. If you ever watch any anime, you can see this when they use subtitles to translate stuff written down. There's often not enough space to show it all or time to read it because it's set up for japanese not english.

[–] tensor_nightly69@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

once you recognize the secret reason for her exposure, you will feel ashamed of your words & deeds.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Who wrote this shit?

An autistic person with severe sensory issues.

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it was only tits in the game i would have hated it but MGS V Phantom Pain is a great game and if it were finished it would have been 10 times better, but Konami had to fuck it up.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 22 hours ago

The retard who came up with the skulls fucked it up*

I don’t care if it was kojima, it was a stupid game design choices

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She was the best ally to bring out with you. She never missed!

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[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain

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