Bioware Defends ‘Sexy’ Character Portrayals in Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2 had been accused of portraying its characters in an excessively sexualized way. Bioware’s marketing person David Silverman has spoken against these claims, stating that gamers should ‘rally around and celebrate’ the options to play a female hero.
Quite honestly it’s nothing to rally and celebrate about, but what David meant is that players have the liberty to play from a female’s perspective, and the sexualized display of characters is same for both the female and male characters of the game.
Speaking to VG247, Silverman said that some of the characters are defined by their attractiveness, such as Miranda who is genetically engineered to be perfect. He also stated that the elaboration of their curves through camera angles is a way of portraying the character’s personality, and male characters such as Jacob have also been portrayed in a similar fashion.
Silverman also stated that about 18 percent of the players play as a female character, and since there is a lack of female heroes in games these days, players should rally and cherish this fact.
Personally I feel it’s a fine way of depicting the already fantastic personality of the characters in the Mass Effect world. Let us know if you feel different.
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One of these days people will find something else to put under their microscope of scrutiny for sex and violence. The video game boogeyman hasn’t worked for anybody yet they keep trying again and again.
Lmfao. Accusations of sexism towards females when males and females are treated the same is a classic. Haha, so disgusting. Propaganda machines and people letting themselves be indoctrinated by them need to die in a fire.
lol, indoctrination…
hahah i was thinking the exact same thi
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Well, as a guy i do appreciate bioware for it’s “sexy” characters. I also felt something seriously wrong with Jacob but it turns out he was made for the female fans.
I hope they appreciate his sexiness as i appreciated Samara and Miranda (Miranda was cute in the trailer, in the game she kind of looked messed up).
And Samara’s ass looked messed up too when she sat cross legged. Anyway, I liked what bioware has done. Keep up the good work guys.
Please, don’t pretend you don’t see what’s the fuss is about. Female characters in this game are not portrayed in this matter the same way as male characters are. Constant camera focuses on Miranda’s butt (I didn’t notice that with Jacob, so Silverman just lies here), fetish high heels (in the battle), big cleavages, and basically every woman male Shepard meets is suddenly on heat. And female Shepard is on heat whenever you like it or not when she’s talking to Jacob.
And telling to shut up and be thankful because doe to their numbers female fans are insignificant and not many games provide female protagonists is not really helping. That’s their marketing guy?
They give what most people want actually. You got it right though.
Maybe you didn’t notice it about Jacob, but maybe you just weren’t looking for it. The guy gets more crotch shots than a perv at a virgin convention.
i dont see what the problem is. fox news ripped ME 1 for a 2 minute sex scene, now people are complaining about a few sexy curves and oooh miranda shows her bra.
azs is right female characters are not portrayed the same as male characters in the game. im female and i played the game through as male and fem shep and i have to say i enjoyed the camera angles of miranda’s pefect bum and i also enjoyed jacob taking his top off and I also didnt mind the side boob shot when talking to jack.
fem shep is quite obviously on heat talking to jacob but theres also thane who gives you more of a romantic love intrest.
so theres alot of different choices which is kinda the point of the game so i say stop complaing, i have galaxy to save!
Too sexy? That’s not a thing.
Mara, you are my hero.
Thank you for enjoying the game for what it is. If you don’t like the game, don’t play it! I am forever a Mass Effect fan.