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Let’s compare her to Cassie Cage, who has just been shown off for Mortal Kombat 11 and was an instant hit in the previous game. Not in real life, but in the game.Īesthetics are an important part of character design in a fighting game, just behind the move set and ahead of personality – you know, their victory quotes and quirks and so on. It is beautiful to watch and easy to master. This means she moves very fast and moves around the arena like a cyclone, disorienting her opponents. She is over 20, heir to an international, multi-billion dollar corporation, sings opera and has mastered Piguaquan martial arts.

Ever since she fought purple-haired ninja Ayane to the tune of the fantastic Blazed Up Melpomene, Helena Douglas has won my affections. Fan favourites like Zack and Tina are not bland but not full-fledged stars either. I would say that the game is less than the sum of its parts. To say Dead Or Alive 6 is bereft of personality and charm is quite cruel, but that is a subjective thing.

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The era when character models began to resemble real people more accurately than they resembled Kryten the android from Red Dwarf after some sort of horrific, industrial accident.

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The counterargument is that the game itself focuses on the issue, large chests and raunchy outfits of the ‘Phwoar! Wha-hey!’ variety have been a series selling point since the second game on the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. So, why does Dead Or Alive get such ire? And, presumably even in GC’s case, male ire in particular? There are more than a few ‘conservative’ outfits to save anybody’s blushes, so why focus so much on this issue? But, most girls will just roll their eyes and mutter ‘Tsk, boys,’ under their breath and get on with the rest of their day. They’d probably play Dead Or Alive with me if I asked, even if they wouldn’t buy it themselves and probably prefer Tekken or SoulCalibur.Īnd here’s the thing, there are just as many sexualised outfits in those examples too. And, though neither of the women who replied to my line of inquiry explicitly said so, they didn’t seem to really care. That does not necessarily mean that female players can’t enjoy this game or any other fighting game – as they are all guilty of this trope with at least one or two characters. Then accusations of prudishness would be valid. If these girls had been designed by girls or were real people who had chosen to physically express themselves in this way then it would be very different. This is an imbalance between the two genders and thus easily qualifies as sexism. A bit of cleavage, a bit of thigh, maybe nice hair and high heels and the majority of guys will immediately take notice. With us guys, those of us who are straight and bisexual are very easy to appeal to. We get to see Zack and Jann Lee’s naked, plasticky and sweaty torsos to emphasise their strength – not their sexuality. ‘The dudes are wearing very little as well! They’re just as sexualised!’ No. By the looks of things, and somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but all of Dead Or Alive 6’s artists are men, designing the women’s wardrobes with male eyes in mind.

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