What Do Female Gamers Actually Want?

[@SuomenPaska]

I think it's not as black and white as everyone wants an attractive girl or a dude. Personally I don't mind a goofy character, an unattractive character, a weird ass robot, a badass robot, a plant, a cat, a dog or whatever. It's about what fits the theme of the game. For Gears of War, for Space Marine 2, for Stellar blade, a conventionally attractive, or beefy muscular character is what fits the theme. For "Stray" a cat fits the theme. etc~ its all about the context of the game.

[@StyselYT]

This is Horizon: Zero Dawn all over again. People complained about Aloy being so "masculine looking and ugly". But now its a very loved game and main character amongst gamers. Yeck there were complaints that they made her look more girly in the second game because it felt kinda forced. I feel like this game coming out will be the same. People complain how much this woman looks, then a little down the road when people actually play the game, it'll become loved amongst players. If you want my opinion as a woman, I like playing any character who looks like anyone as long as the personality, gameplay and story are great.

[@Forrealsyall]

Thank goodness for a good comment. I felt like I was going crazy watching this fucking video. Like, bro literally said to not look at tweets to see what people thinks, and then he pulls out two tweets that agree with him and he goes ''SEE? THIS IS WHAT WOMEN WANT''

[@leej1190]

Oh, I remember the "why does Aloy have a beard?!?!" moment. You mean to tell me, you just found out that women have baby hairs on their face? Like, have you ever actually interacted with a woman closer than 2 meters? :D I was younger back then, and it was hard not to take it a bit personally. I thought Aloy was beautiful, more beautiful than me, but everyone was saying she was ugly and looked like a man... what would that make me?

[@tomato-ir9xs]

Aloy isn't pretty, but she also isn't a bald goblin like this new character.

[@f.k6920]

There is a difference between being attractive and over-sexualised, one is a fantasy and the other is objectification.

[@Lore-t3f]

objectification is something related to rl. it is per term the "de-humanizing act of humans" and their pride being damaged in the process. Stop treating fictional non-existent characters as humans or anything related to RL.

[@leej1190]

​@Lore-t3f if women only get objectified female characters, then it feels like we, too, are nothing more than objects, useless unless pretty.

[@scarlettaddams]

We just want good games, we don't care how attractive the character is..

[@poeoepeoepopospokfspokf]

im a woman and i find this character attractive and have met people who look like them. nothing wrong with having a mix of character appearances

[@erook2019]

We need both, end of story.

[@fearnach]

Yes, thank you! Both has the right to exist and I don't get why we have to pretend every masculine woman in a video game is woke or DEI. Maybe it's just what the creators felt like making

[@MarkKoschwitz]

It feels like this whole stupid argument is based on assuming we can't, and don't already, have both.

[@MorganRG-ej8dj]

I don't want Lester as the main character of GTA 5.

[@oseaandyuktobania]

we need a forum page of female gamers

[@CrouTheBlackwing]

Honestly, I dont think it should matter if the character is conventionally attractive or not, what should matter is how the character is written and executed on. So often do these concessions to make female characters not sexualized end up falling flat because the writing, which I'd argue is FAR more important than the look of the character, isn't good.

[@Flippohoyyy]

based

[@flyingdolphin1743]

Never heard of a "female" explain please?

[@OmakYaHabibi]

I am sure the developers haven't either lol.

[@Exasperaties]

​@OmakYaHabibi ahh yes the developers that modeled the character after the actress. It's pretty evident who doesn't interact or know what a woman looks like, and you guys are realllly letting everyone else know.

[@leej1190]

Everyone deserves representation in video games. Since I was a little girl, I felt weird and uncomfortable playing games with oversexualised female characters. I was so happy to see women whose only qualities weren't titties and ass, who wore proper clothing and looked like real women. Why do male characters get to be scruffy and "unattractive" and female characters don't? This is an incredibly objectifying point of view, and you cleary cherry picked these opinions. Female gamers want both of these options.

[@Ironclad17]

We may never know what the elusive "female gamer" wants.

[@theusernameicoodfind]

Came here from Reddit. Don’t gamers in general want a good story and gameplay over a character to goon to? Or is gooning all that matters to modern gamers? I’m an old gamer so maybe I’m just not part of the crowd anymore but what are we saying when the message has been story and gameplay over graphics for years and now we’re posting about who’s the hotter character that we want? What if the naughty dog character turns out to be a total badass? Wouldn’t that be preferable to a half naked sex appeal centered character?

[@Serbian_fish]

Redditors keep moving, nobody wants your reddit gold.

[@iantrumpower]

@@Serbian_fishI’d rather see a redditor than a twitter user

[@monsterawoo]

As a women, i'm gonna say this. Having masculine female cheracters is okey, same with feminane ones. I just don't get why Naughtydog needed to make her look so much like a man? They can make female cheracters that are masculien without them looking like men.

[@fearnach]

I don't think anyone would be saying she looks like a man if she had hair? And like, we have dozens of games with male characters that look like women at a glance. I don't get why the inverse'd be a problem here even that were the case

[@jaegergil3691]

@@fearnach Is problem for both side. She look like a man, and not only because she does not have hair. If i wanna play masculine char, then i play man. I want woman, to be feminin, not look as man. Why's that logic to play woman that look as a man. PLay man then

[@littlea1814]

She doesn’t look like a man, as a woman you should know this fact but you’re just pretending to be one so.. 💁🏻‍♀️

[@rapturedmourning]

@@fearnach big nose, defined muscles, sunken left breast that could just be a pec muscle, dark tattoos, stoic stare, big bushy eyebrows. Long hair would help, but it might be uncanny valley. Right now I see intentionally ugly cartoon/AI.

[@leej1190]

​@fearnach yep... double standards.

[@kinimon6136]

As a female gamer, I enjoy the eye candy of both men and women characters.

[@pizzadeliveryspringtrap9152]

I personally think we need more cute characters. Sexy women is too much for me, while the masculine women is not attractive. I just want a normal girl (not realistic women necesarily), just your normal woman. Like Mercy, she doesn't feel sexualized, but she is very cute. Also the bald girl could look nice if she just had hair lol.

[@pheonix6756]

they want female characters to look like... female characters?

[@rign_]

One of my Discord female friends plays a heavily modded Skyrim with some adult mods. I asked her why she plays a heavily modded game, she just said she wanted to make her own OC because Skyrim mods are high quality. Some of her character presets are even shared. So, I don't know why the game developers/designers think that most girls want masculine and unattractive female characters... Being bald is not the problem. You can easily make attractive bald female character.

[@uson211]

imo (please don't fight with me over this), what I want is an interesting concept for a character. Idgaf if a female character is masculine or ugly, nor do I care if a male character is feminine or ugly, just give me a character that has a cool story and personality. I find myself unable to connect with oversexualized characters and like them, why? Because they rarely have any personality. It's always the same copy-paste "sultry" traits that make their sole purpose fan-service Sure, you can make a character attractive, whether male or female, but for the love of god, just don't objectify them to the point where the ONLY thing that comes to mind when you think of them is "HOT!!!!"

[@Ainarc90]

Both characters are equally bad, they are both sides of the same coin, one is for the "modern audience" and the other for horny idiots. I want to play compelling characters and epic adventures like what we got before, free of political crap and "messages".

[@Flippohoyyy]

Why not both? we can have both and honestly who in the right mind gives a shit if the gameplay is good

[@acrankymushroom]

Honestly as long as the gameplay and story are good I don't care how the main character looks

[@NoneSuch-YT]

I am a gamer that just so happens to be a girl. Now, I am not going to speak on behalf of all women because I personally always pick male options, especially in online games. I do not prefer looking at "attractive" females because I do not find females to be attractive. This also means I do not care for the other way around. I believe the general women consensus is that both are acceptable, but women are most likely to pick the option they WANT to see THEMSELVES as. -Which just so happens to be busty hot girl characters. In my case, I wish I could be a buff man; a fantasy I can only live through gaming, which is why I am a gamer.

[@leej1190]

And I like picking badass-looking women. Everyone has preferences, and I don't mind seeing hot female characters from time to time. It's funny how these men get so angry about a female character who looks masculine. Have you ever seen a woman do this over a feminine male character? Lol.

[@magicari8919]

I think it's oversimplification of it. Games can come in many different forms and atitudes. intergalatic *seemed* (and this is very vague so far) to be pretty heavy story, the facial animations really stood out in how realistic they were, in that setting i can understand why you would go for more realistic, toned down woman that looks just "okay" Just because women want attractive characters in one setting, it doesn't mean that the look in the trailer can't fit the vibes in a different game. I don't want every character in every context to look like mercy like you are suggesting lol

[@mouradhalbi1554]

Girls in gaming should be asked what their preference is for female characters in video games; like: Eve from Stellar Blade or Jordan from Intergalatic: Heretic Prophet

[@krispykale4716]

As an either or question that should be pretty obvious, Eve is a pretty awful example. This is a comparison between a character some men have been complaining isn't attractive enough for them, and a highly sexualised character

[@malibu6423]

i am a female gamer and tbh i would rather have a hot chick as a main character than having such a forced shit. sure aloy is more masculine, but it suits to the rest. ellie in part 2 is also more masculine and not to mention abby with her strong arms. though, i seriously prefer a hot chick. period.

[@HoldmyApplejuice]

as a female gamer i want 500 memories in arcaea and amy rose in sonic 3 movie, hope that helps, now fork those details over 😘💅

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I prefer to see more conventually attractive women in video game, not what Naughty Dog is offering here (Cloe in the Uncharted games, especially The Lost Legacy is the sort of female character i want to see). They tried to masculinise the main character there way too much, as if they were trying to make her too much like a man, to an extreme degree. You can make a female character a more tomboy girl who likes typically guy things, without trying to just make them essentially men. have met loads of lesbians in my life who were more feminine than that character.

[@Azrael_Bathory]

I like realistic depictions.. even if its a stylized or cartoon based game.. you can still go anatomically correct, and i feel like using actual anatomical proportions and strong, healthy figures also promote being in or getting into shape without setting unrealistic standards.

[@donglegs]

Whichever makes the most sense. If there’s ever a pole dancing game I wanna play as Eve

[@SupLancet]

id much rather have a new uncharted or jack and daxter game than another space game

[@marzzattak]

Women gamer here, collecting platinums like a boss. As long as it's a good game and the characters are well written, I want them both! Eve is stunning, and the jiggle is chefs kiss! Vi (Arcane) is super hot! If Intergalactic hottie guves me the vibes... perfect. Give me more of all types thank you!

[@travismoore7849]

Japanese Anime you got it right.

[@ownlydown5933]

Does anyone not remember Lara Croft? I mean idk what drama that game had back in its day. But She hot and badazz, And it seems back then nobody bat an eye. But again in 2024 EVERYONE has their own Little Voice in Gaming

[@justsomedangerbigfootwithweb]

To the redditors move on. this video isn't for you.

[@SangHendrix]

First impression is everything, then you can talk about personality later. This director always make strong women look so masculine. As if they can only be strong if they look like men.

[@rfhextra]

Excellent, I Am Happy To Watch It. 👀🔥

[@kingbaaka3D]

i am just not going buy it or even care at this point. i wall just stick with game i like

[@miamijim5964]

Big men with huge muscles... who cares what female gamers want... what do gamers want ? why split us into groups.?

[@Wesker_Fr]

As a Woman, I’ll take the new intergalactic protag everytime over Eve!!!

[@justsomedangerbigfootwithweb]

And yet your pfp is Wesker. An attractive male character.

[@Wesker_Fr]

@@justsomedangerbigfootwithweb Wesker ain’t attractive, I’m just fixated on the guy, and if you must know I find the intergalactic woman attractive, I get she’s not everyone’s type but I’d prefer characters like that over gooner bait anyday lol

[@littlea1814]

He deleted my comment just because i commented that the Intergalactic protagonist is in fact feminine. He will surely delete yours either. You can see by the comments, there’s only ppl defending oversexualization and saying that Intergalactic protagonist looks ugly, cause he deletes everything else. Just another misogynistic channel for incels to subscribe.

[@itsyahboidonnie]

@littlea1814 I haven't deleted any comments, if you called me a name, then KZbin automatically flags those comments, and I don't check my held for review comments