'Ugly characters?' thread

I didn't think any of the main character men in Inquisition (save Cullen) were very attractive.  Saying that as a gay man.  STUPID MOUSTACHES (looking at you, Dorian and Bull).

But a lack of runway model men is not a nefarious plot against gay men and non-lesbian women, especially considering there were many who thought, Dorian in particular, were very good looking. 

Now I'll be the first to say Sara Ryder isn't a looker.  Honestly, she isn't.  So what.  Over on Scott's thread, half the people have immediately dismissed him for having ears too prominent, a trait I happen to like.  So clearly neither Sara nor Scott are universal beauties.  Character Creation exists for a reason.  Make your SisRyder as much of a space babe as you'd like.  But nobody is under any obligations to make tertiary (that 'bandit' leader we saw) at best characters look like divine beauties. 

Good luck getting everyone to agree on that universal beauty btw.  I don't find white women in general (or at least, the cultural standard of beauty imposed on them) remotely physically attractive, but I can happily go on and on about the attractiveness of non-white women (I know I'm gay, I can still find women attractive).  Conversely, I have a hard time finding non-white men physically attractive.  I'm weird like that.

Maybe you'll get your space babe with Cora.  We'll just have to see.  In any case, we've only seen ... what, 2 human female faces up close thus far in the advertising?  That's a heck of a small sample size to jump to conclusions about Andromeda filled with ugly women.

Meh... I don't believe that. They are still professionals... for the most part. I just think they are sticking too much to tech like facial capture. Miranda, in my opinion, did look fine, but she could have looked a whole lot better if they did hand model her. Maybe they are lacking skilled artists? I dunno, but I usually don't attribute to intent what I can attributed to ineptitude...

I'd wager the latter, which might certainly be true for some...

Considering they're still modeling the asari and humans with a fit body, and Peebee's default outfit shows her navel, and Cora's default armour emphasizes on her butt, I'd say it's more about them not being always at the top of their level.

Might be... personally, from everything I saw up until now, there is some slight "agenda" coloring in there (ie. the three main authority figures on the Nexus being all female - which is, sorry, an unlikely scenario), but I'm not (yet) convinced that extends to the character designs. No, I think it's more of a push for realism in the art department that has gone wrong...

Those are three authority figures, we don't know if they're all the ones in the Nexus. I'm doubtful since some will surely be from other species.
Beside, one, as it's clearly shown in the trailer, isn't on the Nexus anymore.

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Uh... Stylized, in some cases overdone as fuck. And I don't really find more than 90 percent of those attractive.

What I believe is that there should be some kind of balance. Just because in the past a lot of women in videogames were stereotypical eyecandies, doesn't mean that we should reverse it now in order to achieve some kind of justice. I mean, lets have some of LIs and female NPCs conveniently attractive, and some not. It'll make majority of folks, apart from some zealots, pretty satisfied, won't it?

We have seen 4 humans so far, and 3 of them are customizable. I think that it is a little too early to declare that Bioware have an "agenda". But hey, if it makes you feel better about yourself, keep up.

I never really have had any problem with any of biowares faces. (except Shepard's rapeface )

P.S. even IF some people should be "ugly" (as that is a personal view) it doesn't mean that everybody will be.

If that happened I'd wonder who these people were and what they did with the BW fans.

If this is truly a concern for some like the OP, they should have a thread to vent. The mods have all agreed that this will be the only open thread on this subject. All others are going to be merged into here.

I don't have much else to say here. I know the OP from the old BSN and I know better than to touch this debate.

Uh, what? That's really not that unlikely. Or at least, it's precisely as likely as all 3 being male. The only difference is that if they were all male, no one would bat an eye Well, some Bioware fans might, but mostly, no.

Anyway, Sloane is kicked off quickly, so maybe her successor is male? Who knows? And I seriously doubt all of the authority figures in the game are going to be female, it's just that the ones on the Nexus are. And there are likely more than just those 3 in high-ranking positions aboard, not to mention other Arks etc.



Speak for yourself. Stories are supposed to be relatable, so I'd rather see the same diversity we do in real life in those stories. And if you don't understand why people want representation, it's likely you've never had a problem being represented before. Try putting yourself in other people's shoes for a moment.

Besides all that, you can't even say "no point putting ugly people in", because everyone has a slightly different opinion of what exactly that means. Another point in favour of diversity, in my view.