All fictional characters are based in archetypes of some kind, not just anime characters. There is no reason to dismiss a character as a “anime archetype” outside of dogwhistle racism against Asians

So you have never played FFX, XII, or XIII. Because there is no way you can objectivally say those games don’t have well written female characters. Either that or you have no idea what a well written female character is.

You have to be kidding me. FF games have a long history of giving female characters and side characters more attention than the male protagonist. Yuna is widely considered to be the real protagonist in FFX since the story revolves primarily around her. And FFXII protagonist is barely even a character in his own right…

The way American’s pretend sexism isn’t a issue in the US, when there is a scandal involving sexual harassment in the American gaming industry every week. Like were supposed to pretend Riot Games and Blizzard don’t exist every time the topic of Asian games comes up.

You are not any better than the other dude. There are tons of Japanese games with well written female characters. And Japanese entertainment doesn’t just cater to men. You are making baseless generalizations about a culture you know nothing about.

Your comment is profoundly racist. There are tons of jrpgs with well written women, and tons of western games with badly written women. Previous Final Fantasy games did a fairly good job with its writing of female characters. Just because the Persona directors didn’t have any female friends. Does not make it okay to…

So what Betheseda is saying is they don’t want peoples money. Sorry but not everyone can afford a 5,000 gaming rig.

Ever heard of indie games most of those have pixel art and still sale well. Stop equating you personal taste with what is good.

I guess AAA studio’s have never heard of indie games

Looks average.

I do find it funny that they had to struggle to find anything bad to say about the pc.

Spot the Xbox fanboy

1) I never said all homophobia in Japan is rooted in American mores.

How much agency does a country that has been forced into unconditional surrender under threat of nuclear bombing have? It’s like saying a person with a gun to their head has agency.

That was because Sailor Moon’s creator was a shoujo manga creator. And shoujo(girls) manga has a long history of being pro LGBT from the very beginning. The first big name shoujo writer was a out lesbian. The first gay kiss in manga was in a shoujo manga. Shoujo manga has been writing stories about trans people at…

Don’t BS me. When the Japanese wrote their own post war constitution, the US threw it out. 24 Americans wrote the current Japanese constitution and the Japanese were forced to accept it.

and positive portrayals in media are undercut by higher-ups and politicians

The problem is action combat isn’t modern. There are thousands of games with action combat. It is not innovative to just copy a trend.

Action combat is just as old as turn based. It is not a “new” or “innovative” style. Simply copying what is most popular with corporations at the moment isn’t innovating.

Have you seen any ethnic Persians. The prince looks unambigously Persion in the 2003 version of the game. I like the new version, but don’t pretend that the only two races are white people and Black people.