LogFAQs > #948034254

s0nicfan posted...

The reviewer acknowledges that there are cis characters that are sexualized in ads as well. Their complaint is they say that there aren't enough openly trans characters in the narrative and that somehow this makes this character appearing in an ad exceptionally problematic. I disagree with the notion that a sexualized character automatically means that a game is fetishizing something, especially when said character is not treated any differently than any other character that is sexualized in the game ads.

In a world where there's a woman with a penis is marketing beverages wouldn't that sort of thing be pretty easy to find or encounter in person? Don't you think there's a bit of a discrepancy there? If that sort of thing is mainstream enough to be used for advertisements it would surely be an attractive thing for people and something the player should encounter in their journey? If not why does the ad make sense in that world?

The issue with cis characters doesn't exist because you do indeed encounter characters like that in the game so the discrepancy still exists. The lore of the world has to still match what you're interacting with otherwise it's shallow shock value.

---

Kind Regards,
Darmik