So I just ran across
this. And...well, I'm really not sure what to make of it.
On the one hand, the author's
mostly right about the armor designs. But on the other? Not only is Rift one of the least egregious offenders, in even that regard, on the MMO market...but the issue seems to literally begin and end at the visual. Even the author of
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And she needs to look at what Shyla does and Shyla's story-- I would hardly call her nothing but a hot babe either.
And Mona's outfit is pretty awesome now... and oh noes! She has big boobs now! *eyeroll*
ETA 3: And rape culture? Really? SERIOUSLY? Argh. WHY. God shut up and stop making feminists look bad. -.-
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I find it almost amusing that Zaewen goes off on this rant about how the game is clearly sexist because of how all of these characters are dressed. But then, she turns around, agrees with Cuppycake on the models being great, and has nothing but good things to say about the lore. Cognitive dissonance much?
...okay, I hadn't read the comments before, but I just found the "rape culture" one. Wait, what? Are we talking about the same game here, Maverynthia?
I don't think Anthousa's tits are actually bigger; her old model was wearing a bulky robe, and some cloth armor in Rift-for one, Sula's current badass-longcoat robe-seems to actually have volume to it (a detail that I rather like). I do wonder a bit as to why they ( ... )
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I agree wholeheartedly that the game is progressive-possibly one of the most so in the genre. (Not that I didn't have the idea for a fantasy setting in which the dark-skinned humans are the most technologically advanced culture long before Trion did, or anything...but I ain't gonna begrudge.)
All in all? It seems to me like Cuppycake is focusing only on the models (and, despite being impressed with them, wording things badly). Zaewen seems to be rating the importance of visuals (specifically, outfits) above that of lore.
As for Maverynthia, she seems to focus only on visuals ( ... )
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