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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's interesting how people scrutinise every inch of female armor but if a male barbarian is wearing a loincloth in snow nobody cares, if a Knight wears plate armor with abs nobody cares, gladiator wears nothing except for waist armor and shoulder pads nobody cares.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't think people are usually complaining about female barbarians being half naked. But when you have a guy in plate so heavy that you can't see him under it standing next to a girl in a metal bikini and they're supposed to be the same class, that's pretty weird.

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Almost like old-school Fantasy was grognarded by grogs with nards. (Sorry, Grog, you're orders of magnitude better than your forebears — and, yes, of course Critter's "better than four bears!")

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Hasnt been common for years, at least on western RPGs

[–] Kanzar@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Generally that's still aimed at the male gaze, not the female gaze, hence it's not actually having the shoe on the other foot.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Oh yes, girls dont play God of War, forgot that