(Game here is Parasite Eve 2)

It didn't happen in every game but often enough that it's noticeable. They're usually not shot as straight-up titillation, instead going for a tasteful nudity kind of thing and intended to fulfill some kind of storytelling or characterisation purpose

"You see, you gotta show them being vulnerable. They may be badass, but they're still girls, after all" morshupls

-90s game director, probably

  • regul [any]
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    13 days ago

    Kojima kept doing it even in MGSV with Quiet.

    But at least in pure kino Death Stranding the oft-repeated and important to gameplay shower scene is all about the Reedus. Is it better if he's a creep towards two different genders?

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      edit-2
      12 days ago

      "Yes but that's because she's a plant with plant skin who gets energy from the sun and needs water through her skin or something so it's fine."

      - Kojima

      • Owl [he/him]
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        12 days ago

        many people have taken this as Kojima making up a ridiculous excuse to have a half-naked lady in his game, entirely missing his actual, intended message - that he's really turned on by plants

        • Packet [none/use name]
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          12 days ago

          Oh my fucking god, this is so hot, uhhffddt, aaaaaaa, its all over the place!!!! - says kojimbo after seeing Taraxacum officinale

      • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
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        12 days ago

        the world is full of shameless fanservice, right. but what seared Quiet into my mind without even playing her game is that Kojima said weird stuff like 'you'll regret being so narrowminded you fools and monsters'

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          12 days ago

          lol i don't actually know whether this was terminal bazinga marketing-brained stuff to say or just outright trolling

          • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
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            12 days ago

            maybe its both, with a dash of kojima developing a parasocial relationship with his own videogame character

    • TheLastHero [he/him]
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      12 days ago

      ah but Тихий breathes and drinks through her skin, so she CAN'T wear too much clothing! nerd

      so there is lore justification why the super special badass operative has her breasts out all the time, does that also impact the creep factor?

      • Verenata
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        12 days ago

        so there is lore justification why the super special badass operative has her breasts out all the time, does that also impact the creep factor?

        It compounds it imo. If he'd owned it and just been all "I'm horny" then it wouldn't be such a meme. The End did a similar thing and didn't need to be nude, she didn't need to be THAT sexualised to satisfy "the lore".

        • regul [any]
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          12 days ago

          If he'd owned it and just been all "I'm horny" then it wouldn't be such a meme.

          Aka the Yoko Taro method.

          • Verenata
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            12 days ago

            Yeah like I love kojimbob but omg dude it feels so much more insidious when a guy tries to defend objectifying women like it's okay if man buries your criticism with "but lore" grrrrrrrr.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        12 days ago

        Mgs5 was such a fucking mistake all over. 4 was trash too, but a direct sequel to mgs2 was a task he made impossible when making mgs2. 5 had a story teed right up and he wiffed it so hard.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
          hexagon
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          12 days ago

          Especially when Peace Walker was so good. I even liked Ground Zeroes for its sheer shock value and was curious to see what it would lead to. A whole lot of nothing as it turns out agony-wholesome

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            12 days ago

            I was down with GZ shock value stuff cause I was expecting mgs5 to be a really fucking dark game cause Big Boss was a really awful person, just playing the story straight and not having the body double twist and fucking let the villain of the series do a war crime or two! The overall series makes less sense with the game as it is.

            • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
              hexagon
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              12 days ago

              "The real Big Boss was YOU all along" kojima

              Wow Kojima, how incredibly clever, bravo. I'm really glad you wasted your final go at the franchise for this lame gotcha

              • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                12 days ago

                Kojima lost the plot with Big Boss When he fell in love with him making mgs3 or something. Giving him more fleshing out was good, but it seems to have been forgotten he was a monster who's philophy featured child soldiers as a very integral part of his society. It's like if the Star Wars prequels (as bad as they are, the example works) didn't have Anakin do anything morally questionable and he doesn't become Darth Vader by the end but the OT remains as is. You'd be like 'soooo..when did anakin become evil?'

                • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
                  hexagon
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                  12 days ago

                  You can, uhh... get a nuke that does something in the game's asynchronous multiplayer component. Nukes are bad, right???

                  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                    12 days ago

                    I mean, being a non aligned mercenary state is in itself awful, but the game doesn't really get into that. Everyone you abduct into your service are just totally into it and it's only bad when they get sick. It's all just so stupid and pointless and damn does the gameplay wear off fast.