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[–] edge@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago (34 children)

I wish there were more beautiful boys in games πŸ˜”

The default male protagonist is always that masculine look. I want a twink protagonist. I want a femboy.

[–] regul@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

i watched several hours of that game before understanding he wasn't designed as a girl

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] edge@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Very true 😍

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] edge@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, but it's a gacha game.

I tried running a server emulator for it, but I couldn't get logged in.

[–] SnowySkyes@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

Cloud πŸ₯°

[–] oregoncom@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

Legend of Zelda

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

May I present to you the protagonist from the PS2 adventure game, Shadow of Memories:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXQZkA8D4Ew

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[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is it so much to ask for a chainmail bikini on a guy for once?

[–] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Conan, Leonidas, and Kratos come close but nothing on the same level as female MMO armor

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Women in Japan literally complained to Konami over Solid Snake being too gruff and not bishonen enough so Raiden was made.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Hideo Wokjima caved in to the feminists? The east has fallen. Billions must be sarin gassed

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Many Japanese dudes don't seem to care for ossans too much either

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And then he was a whiny loser

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey I stan whiny Raiden in MGS 2 and his drama with his gf

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

I know, that's why I think it's funny that his background is so fuckin' intense

Child soldier, raised on VR to replace Solid Snake, turned into a cyborg against his will

It's funny how a commentary about whiny you-hear-about-video-games's became everyone's favorite character

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[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

Why do they talk about what women are attracted to as if they don’t hate them for not being attracted to them for not being 12/10 models?

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Japanese games make male characters too pretty, western games make female characters too ugly, I think I just am a fundamentally unhappy person who is compelled to complain about shit

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Synthesis: every game character should be androgynously hot

[–] yuli@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no more pronouns in video games meow-knife-trans

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[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think that’s a pretty interesting point that’s never brought up in Gamer Discourse. They complain how western game studios make women fat and ugly and angry while Japanese games game women feminine and busty and attractive and gushing with joy.

But they never talk about how western game studios make every male character gruff, masculine, angry, and muscular while Japanese games generally have them be twinks or just β€œanime guy” with some VA who’s emulating a high school boy’s voice.

Edit: re-read your comment and realized you basically said what I said with fewer words. I thought you said something else and I tried to expand on it lol

[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ngl it is pretty fucked up that even after 13 years of modding ecosystem development it is still extremely difficult (unless you replace the head mesh entirely) to make pretty boy characters and custom NPCs in Skyrim

Twink rights!

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ngl, this is lowkey the reason I still play Oblivion, can make all sorts of bodytypes there with some small modding ability.

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[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

It's really funny that reactionaries don't have a theory of mind.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just realized I make all my characters look freakish and generally unpleasant to look at, especially in online games.

like beady-rat eyes, busted skin, cro-mag brow. in ark I made the eyes tiny and as wide set as possible. short and squat, paunchy, neckless.

it's always some combination of like derelict missing link meets yikes.

the payoff is like cut scenes and shit, because there's a generally a subtle implication in those scenes that the player character is sexy/attractive/desirable and it clashes hard with my bipedal disaster to add unintentional amusement.

[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Same. If a a game gives me a slider to adjust any part of my character's appearance I will treat it like an on/off button. It will end up all the way to the left or all the way to the right.

Lower jaw forward/back is not a spectrum. It is a binary.

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Imagining Twink Dutch telling Twink Arthur they're going to Tahiti to have fun island adventures

[–] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

10/10 troll but also yes, more pretty guys.

[–] koncertejo@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Mobius Final Fantasy's censored prettyboy protagonist flashbacks.
G*mers can't stand to see a femboy winning.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Lol it looks like the G*mersβ„’ got really mad at this one

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