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What's wrong with people? do people not like it when people look like people?

#videogames #gaming #peoplesuck #PCGaming

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They're whining DEI about white characters, now, too?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Woke" is anything they don't like, including characters they can't immediately sexualize.

[–] MrMcGasion 13 points 2 months ago

My guess would be that Ciri looks older now, she was 21 in Witcher 3, and there are a lot of Leonardo DiCaprio types out there who get offended by any suggestion they should be attracted to women their own age. And as you point out, assume that any women in media are there for them to sexualize.

[–] Maggoty 2 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry, did they expect a chainmail bikini in Witcher?

[–] dance_ninja 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the hate Aloy's character design gets by certain gamers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Child Aloy haunts my nightmares.

[–] Soup 6 points 2 months ago

Hey now, they haven’t seen the sun in two years and like worms only crawl out of the earth when it rains so of course they don’t know what real people look like. And c’mon, if you didn’t respect women for anything more than their appearance then you’d also have ridiculously high standards and nothing more to offer them but insults when those standards weren’t met! /s

These people suck and so do their opinions. There’s always going to be something wrong because if there isn’t then they feel like “normies” and among that group they’re bottom of the barrel. They could do something about it but that takes work(and probably therapy). There’s no point in trying to appease them because they’ll never be happy, they refuse to be.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] nope, they want their female characters to look like starved prostitutes, plastered with makeup..

else, it's woke!

[–] Blue_Morpho 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But that photo looks like a starved prostitute plastered with makeup!

The woke / non woke neckbeard standard:

Hot actress:

Ugly actress:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

@Blue_Morpho I know!! some people are just really fucked up lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@Blue_Morpho @bazkie Ok. I've looked at both pics and I can't tell if this is supposed to be a joke or I'm missing something.

PamSayingTheyreBothTheSamePicture.jpg?

[–] Blue_Morpho 9 points 2 months ago

The difference is the cut out in front. By the time WandaVision came out, Elisabeth Olsen had enough clout to not have to always wear a costume that had a tit window.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristenharris1/elizabeth-olsen-new-scarlet-witch-costume

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@Gwendolyn @Blue_Morpho had to look that up as I'm not familiar with the game/character but yeah, I don't see any meaningful changes either?

[–] bran_buckler 18 points 2 months ago

He said it in his own post, he definitely is a sad dude…

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The trailer does give uncanny valley vibes. I chalk this up to toxic gamers saying anything they don't like is woke. It's like they can't even articulate what they're upset about.

[–] Z3k3 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It took me a second to adjust. I recon it's just the change of engine and I have no recollection of the camera being that in her face for 3

I'm kinda stoked for this given the way 3 ended

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I haven't played 3. I got the trilogy and tried to start with 1 but it's pretty dated lol. I should just play 3.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The only witcher content I've consumed is witcher 3 and it was great. Didn't have any context going in and enjoyed it.

[–] Maggoty 2 points 2 months ago

2 is much less dated, but you can just go to 3.

[–] Z3k3 1 points 2 months ago

There is a very loose through thread between the game but the 1st in particular is very dated both for mechanics. You can play just 3 very happily

Me specifically. (Trying to be vague ans as spoiler free as possible below but just incase it's not here be yer warning)

You don't meet yen until game three and I had read a couple of the books by this point so for me personally my Gerald had built a rich relationship with triss in 1 and 2 but the cannon relationship is yen so it made for some really tough choices on that side of the game.

we all ended up just good friends which also felt right in reflection.

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[–] Maggoty 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait... Which way did it end for you? Because there's several ways.

[–] Z3k3 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are I'm being vague on purpose so as to not spoil

[–] Maggoty 1 points 2 months ago
[–] TastyWheat 14 points 2 months ago

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a sec. You're telling me that women can look different as time goes on? Like... ageing?

I'm MORTIFIED.

[–] lath 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The complainers are stuck on the r34 version of Ciri, which is why they're upset the sequel doesn't match their wank material.

Edit: It was the same for Horizon. In the first game, you could glitch photo mode to clip through clothes and see fully modelled breasts. Then the sequel popped up and their wank imagery was ruined.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

@[email protected] she looks cool and pretty badass

[–] darthsid 11 points 2 months ago

Ah yes the classic anti male gaze outrage.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Maybe I'm not the target demographic for that post, but I find that character beautiful.

[–] MisterNeon 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I don't like it when people look hyper realistic in my games. This isn't a "vidja girls must look hot", but more "oh god you spent 250K on skin textures". This stuff puts me in the uncanny valley. I want my girls to look like my boys, cell shaded or pixels.

[–] baldingpudenda 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We peaked here:

This is also acceptable:

[–] MisterNeon 5 points 2 months ago

I held back my opinions about the Dreamcast so I wouldn't rant about aesthetics.

[–] EfreetSK 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Well as director Joel Schumacher once said: people like to see beautiful people. That's why (lead) actors are usually very beautiful, regardless of gender. I mean sure, sometimes you just need Danny DeVito but you get the point

Although personally I don't see what's the problem with the screenshot, just replying to what OP said

Disclaimer: I haven't heard him saying it myself, Mike from channel RedLetterMedia mentioned he saw an interview with him on this topic. But regardless, it made sense to me

[–] SkyezOpen 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

sometimes you just need Danny DeVito

Too true. Sometimes you need beautiful people, but sometimes you need perfection.

[–] RizzRustbolt 3 points 2 months ago

Somebody wake up their GIMP, we're gonna need to see what a perfect Ciri looks like.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

@[email protected] DEI ugly stick? She's pretty!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

@[email protected] I... I don't get it. What's wrong with how she looks?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

@[email protected]

"I'm sad dude"

We can tell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I hate people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Expecting a lot more of the anti-woke shit with the game if the context of the trailer is anything to go by.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

@[email protected]

The Hater gonna hate🤮
These "Gamers" are awfull and should search a new hobby!
They destroy our hobby with their conspiracy bullshit.

I find the new look from Ciri a little unfamiliar but i don't judge the game now already.
And i guess some people forget that The Witcher 4 isn't based on the RED Engine anymore. It's UE 5 which has another style then the RED Engine.

[–] RizzRustbolt 2 points 2 months ago

She looks properly Polish now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

@[email protected] I thought she was cool as hell.

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