Elephant in the Room

Just read this article. Agreed with most of it, but why doesn't anybody talk about one of the biggest reasons for all the hate: Sera and Cassandra?

Hetero males who felt neglected by the opposite sex options in DAI were primed to hate MAE. Big time. When the animations turned out to be lousy, they had a good excuse to viciously attack the game.

Many games like Skyrim and Fallout (even Witcher 3!) have had their flaws, but gamers were/are more forgiving because they had never been made to feel abandoned. There's a bit a eye-candy in these games, even though they aren't romance RPGs. People like eye-candy, both men and women. That's a fact that is never going to change. But the media seems to pretend its not a factor in people's purchases.

Male fear of female power in games (and in society generally) is real, and the lack of traditionally beautiful, feminine females in DAI confirmed that fear for a LOT of guys and contributed greatly to the hate parade.

And yet nobody is talking about it in the media.

Bioware can save itself a LOT of grief by including a few Yennefers (strong, powerful AND beautiful) in their next game, or even just one.

We are all afraid to talk about this because we are afraid of being branded misogynists, but ignoring the issue won't help Bioware in the long run.

www.vg247.com/2017/08/02/mass-effect-andromeda-had-its-problems-but-bioware-montreal-really-deserved-another-chance-to-get-it-right/