redesign some of the female characters | Forums

[bmason1000]

This thread has convinced me to use the female berserker model only.

[TheMalakith]

I'm glad they aren't hollywood like, they brought way to many steriotypes and miss information into this world already. The femlare characters are good the way they are, more naked or gilrly like would make them totally out of place and turn this into another Japanese style game. No thanks.

[bmason1000]

I'm still waiting for female warlords, LB's, shugoki's and kensei. Gender lock is BS. Only gender lock that makes sense is valkyrie but since we're heavily skewing history and mythology anyway, why not have a bearded valkyrie dude? So, yeah...gender lock is bull s***.

[bmason1000]

P.s., I'm not actually waiting for it. I know that's not ever coming.

[Dakaal]

Seems that my point can't reach you guys, maybe it's my lack of explication, anyway i dare u to play with Viking Rider and Berseker female and see for yourself, the strange running animation
and the picture with the female warrior its from the movie Viking from History channel, the producers said that its respect real facts
and the Actress, she is a warrior in real life " Katheryn Winnick is an accomplished martial artist who holds a third-degree black belt in Taekwondo and a second-degree black belt in Karate" from IMDB Biography
My point is that u don't have to be muscular to be a warrior "female case"

[bmason1000]

I am using the female berserker. I'm not sure what you mean about the animation? I'll keep looking though.

And people doing taekwondo arent wearing armor and carrying heavy weapons. I was in the army, the difference in physical exertion between operating in light clothes and operating in armor carrying a weapon is staggering. To do what these characters do with the equipment they have would take serious muscle.

[bmason1000]

I can run and jump in some shorts and a tshirt allll day, you throw that uniform on with a vest and a helmet and grab your weapon, its another story entirely.

[CandleInTheDark]

I use the female berserker, and have used the valkyrie, as for running wrong, I have to say I don't watch their legs or their backside when they run, I am more interested in whose skull I am going to crack next.

[bmason1000]

Well didn't mean to sound harsh, but the "feminine" styles are already mostly product of objectification... and frankly, unless it's ceremonial or symbolic, in the rare cases women aere a part of warfare they really weren't all that from men in basic equipment and feel...

I mean, it's not like I don't enjoy good, beautified versions of female physique, arms and armor in games, but I'm not sure if that's really necessary in FH. The FemRaider is quite tall, muscular and defined, the PK is petite and small, and the Nobushi is average. If anything the female version of the Warden and Conq (IMO) lack too much bulk and already looks like a bit 'fantasized' so that they look smaller, indicating its a woman -- compared to how female Orochis or Kenseis, Berserkers are pretty on par with their male counterparts.

Do we reall need to see bigger boobs, flowing and fine colored hair, smooth curves on their bodies to emphasize to our minds that they are women? I really don't think so.


Now, IMO, possibly, they could add in more versions of armors which clearly indicate they are women -- for example, many women during the Sengoku period of Japan learned the art of naginata as a mode of self-defense, and in times of desperation actually did engage in combat, Therefore, while most of the looks in FH are simply women wearing common (men's) armor, there could be options which portray women wearing women's attire. I would not be opposed to that.

For example, women armed with the naginata...





Designs like these could be used as a reference for female warriors in female attire of the (portrayed/implied) historical timeline.

But if this goes too far... and turns into something like this...



..then this is no longer women fighting in women's attire, but more of hot women fighting in hot, rearranged versions of women's attire to show how hot they are... and if this is what someone wants by "feminine" depictions in FH, then I don't think I'd enjoy that much.

A+ to this post.

[bmason1000]

I use the female berserker, and have used the valkyrie, as for running wrong, I have to say I don't watch their legs or their backside when they run, I am more interested in whose skull I am going to crack next.

Yeah I'm actually keeping my female berserker. I'm really diggin it.