nudity and sexy content need to have context in order not to come off as juvenile and ridiculous.
I agree to an extent. When there is context, and even thought, behind nudity or a sex scene it makes it more fitting and even mature. Use it right and a scene with nudity or sex can even be memorable or emotional. What I don't agree with is the 'need' part. To demand something have justification reminds me of instances of censorship and I am not one to advocate that. I'm not saying that you're saying that, just that this is why I don't want to have things like this to have to justify themselves.
For example, I don't care for the Dead or Alive series. I don't find it particularly enticing, but if others do, I will fight for their right to enjoy it, especially because it's something that doesn't hurt anyone. The way the new game 'buttons up' the girls to me is not right. It's what the series is know for, it's sex appeal and fan service, and that is nothing to be ashamed of nor something people should have the right to shame you for.
That is what separates actual adult and mature content from the juvenile stuff that is just there for the sake of fanservice
Yes, but as little as I think of juvenile fanservice I still think there is a place for both.
In my opinion developer desperately tying to come as mature and adult as possible usually comes off as the most childish ones.
That's true. I find that the ones that try the hardest to be mature, and not just regarding sex, tend to be the cringiest. There are a lot of games that try to come off as these impactful, dramatic, and meaningfully written but it's obvious that that's what they were going for and trying too hard so they come off as just plain dumb. I have nothing against dumb. Dumb is fun and easy to get into. It's when it thinks it's more clever than it really is that I take tend to tap out.
I find it hilarious when people start talking how "sexy costumes are problematic, jiggle physics are unrealistic and big breasts don't exist" but than you go on the street in summer and you see girls wearing two stripes of clothes and with bouncing bust and nobody complains about this.
In my experience those people are the same ones who would body shame women who professionally model and have double standards. The same ones who got all those race car girls fired for being models. When the models fought back on twitter some guy actually responded to one of them by saying 'don't worry your pretty little head about it' and called her 'sugar t*ts.' This goes from double standard to hypocrisy and justified sexisim.
I think developer should stop listinening to people suffering from inferiority complex and just do what they want, because as soon as you cave in to demands of "offended crowd" there will never be enough for them.
Which is funny, that they are the ones they listen to, since they probably won't buy the game one way or another.
You know, the other irony of all of this is, as someone else pointed out, that these people are doing exactly what the evangelicals were doing back in the 90s and 80s. Fighting sex and violence in video games. Just don't tell them that because they would explode on you for pointing that out.
Yes, when the character in question is born to be like that in the first place like Bayonetta, it is fine. But "slutifying" Trish and Lady as DMC4 did for example, there's no point to it and that's where it becomes juvenile and nonsensical imo.
I don't mind the 'slutifying' but I just wish they'd done it better. It's so overly obvious sexualizing. You don't need short shorts and no shirt or bra to pull off sexy. Elegant can be sexy. Comfortable can be sexy. Leather jacket and pants can be sexy. Anything can be sexy when done right, even tactical, it's just so blaten in 4 it almost feels like they put no thought into it. Tight corset and hot pants plus jacket with no bra or shirt. Come on... I also don't like Trish's hair in 4 but that's neither here nor there.
