Gears of War 3 More Macho Than Ever
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 5, 2010 16:54 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Character Design, Epic Games, Marketing, Muscle, USA
Fans awaiting Gears of Wars 3 have been treated to new screenshots showing off the spectacular graphics and ursine character designs the series is known for.
Although the “screenshots” may owe more to optimistic use of Photoshop than actual gameplay, that the game should have top notch graphics is hardly in doubt.
Even the women are macho:
It is not hard to see where some less sophisticated Japanese developers get the idea that the uglier and buffer the character designs the greater the probability of success in the US market.
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Atleast there's a woman in it who's not a prostitute or in the kitchen unlike MOST popular american games..
With muscles like that, I hope that chick is futanari...
*crosses fingers for hentai pics*
She isn't. Anya is by all means a girl. And a cute one at that. Only she got transferred from mission support to fighting in the front line because the Gears are running short on manpower. You may blame the Locust, the Lightmass Bombing and the sinking of Jacinto for that.
Now that I get to have a good look at her, she's definitely cute...
Hmm...I can't wait for, uh--pics of her to appear in Pixiv, hehehehe...
*lecherous grin*
I can imagine....Her face will be completely remade in illustration of pixiv.
Never played Gears of War.
Don't intend to do so in the future.
Regret nothing.
I think your missing out. It's a pretty fun game.
Number 83, the Cole train!
Even Mario can be more successful than the Japanese pussies, cause he's at least more bad-ass than most of them.
Muscular Badass Masculine > Final Fantasy Design
I kicked burning locust so hard in balls I tore a tendon
"(...) ursine character designs the series is known for."
Ironically enough, I was discussing with some peers over at a video game forum about how they now look noticeably less ultra-mega buff than in the previous two installments, especially the arms and their now not-so-comically-minuscule craniums.
"(...) the uglier and buffer the character designs the greater the probability of success in the US market."
It's not so much that they have to be ugly but that they have to be badass. I mean, it's a barren, gritty battlefield with bloodthirsty aliens and monsters; Japanese moe crap and gay Final Fantasy designs would be too much of a turnoff for these manly games for manly gamers.
And no, I'm not being ironic, sarcastic and/or otherwise facetious at all there. Supermodels have nothing to do in these games unless, as the game's developer, you play the comical fetish card (see Bayonetta, OneeChanbara, P.N.03, Ninja Gaiden Σ and Σ2, among others) or just portray a beautiful, yet properly dressed and generally stark, grown-up woman (Bullet Witch).
"...the uglier and buffer the character designs the greater the probability of success in the US market."
its in the genes. like how gorillas will only be attracted to gorillas.
The less sophisticated Japanese developers was not wrong after all.
I don't think Americans will prefer girls what have a face like Yoko of Gurren Lagann or Samus of Metroid at "manly" game. So, go the over-masculinised girls!
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....Here a link of Iori in GOW armor.
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=10471703 [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=10471703]
....GOW's weapon at 3d custom girl.
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=10640753 [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=10640753]
....Nothing can escape from hands of Fujoshi. They can transform anything to BL and GAY.Locust is easy near then.
http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?word=gow+%E8%85%90&s_mode=s_tag [http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?word=gow 腐&s_mode=s_tag]
No wimpy otaku will ever save the world from monsters!
Gamers can be too superficial, does it really matter what mass size the character your playing is if the game is really good?
I understand the ugly face part though.
Who cares about the woman! This is gonna be badass.
Cool Swiss-army turret
I don't see what makes the girl "macho" in those screenshots, unless firearms are a staple of machohood.
Also, the designs sometimes provide a break from the androgyny governing male characters in Japanese games. They sure are pretty to look at but, must they also behave like big kids?. Oh Tidus, you were annoying as all hells sometimes
To be honest I didn't even know they were making GoW3. I should get around to playing GoW2 someday... yeah, someday...
AMERICA = SAWING PEOPLE IN HALF
JAPANESE = MARRYING THEIR PILLOW
Get real. Only japs believe that pansy characters can kick ass.
character designs aren't everything. gears of war actually has some solid gameplay and decent co-op too.
I dont get it she doesnt look "macho" at all she has a femine shape :S Wait i forgot all women are twigs in the japanase world....shit that explains everything
I don't know. I thought it's a basketball player suddenly given a gun.
It's like they attempted to add a pretty boy, but he still has a rough and rugged facial structure.
It's like some Japanese-American bastard child in design. It's really hideous.
i don't know. I thought it's a basketball player given a gun.
American games tend to focus on "macho" characters and underdog fights because it's rooted in their history. You might as well gripe about the otaku culture of Japan.
Nice to see that the female armor mirrors the male armor, for once. I wonder if those giant rustbuckets each character wears is custom made, given the size difference between individual characters.
The graphics don't look all that incredible if you compare it to today's games. Looks pretty much the same as GoW 2.
So you got an advanced copy of the game? May I borrow it?
I wouldn't agree. The Unreal III engine, used both in UT3, GoW and now GoW 2 is the most advanced graphic engine with integrated hardware and software physics. There may be games that look better, but no other engine can compare with U3 on the terms of resource usage to graphich/physics quality ratio.
The new Call of Duty demonstrates just that- it does look nice, but after you've been looking at it for some time, you see that the developers have made certain "compromises", with animation quality in particular; and with all that, it still eats up computer resources as a fat kid eats his snacks.
Why does it continue to be such a problem around here that western game companies tend to gravitate towards more "manly" themes? At least there was somewhat of a complaint relative to Nier, as it seemed to be a corruption of the original intent of the creators (I assume), however in this case there just doesn't seem to be any cause for concern. Why isn't there such a loud ruckus over Japanese designers to utilize effeminate males?
Why does it matter, so long as the game's gameplay and overall storyline is endearing?
It's just the standards of two different societies clashing. Granted they could tone down the muscle mass on some of the guys, but that's beside the point.
Needs more Samuel L. Jackson.
Everything needs more Samuel L. Jackson.
He's had it with these muthafuckin' Locusts on this muthafuckin' planet...
NEED, MORE, SPARTAAAA!!!!
Yeah, what we need are more JRPG girly men fresh out of make-up studios to go fight the Locusts. Maybe the girly men can go speak French to the Locusts and wave some white flags while they are at it.
funny how the girly men in games seem perfectly able to handle the same (if more in some games) difficult enemies just as well(sometimes even better) than the macho men...
Oh, you mean like Shinji who is only capable of whining, screaming and throwing emo fits? What a freaking loser. Yeah, let's send a pussy to go save the day.
Kill him off already.
Makes you wonder what kind of landslide would take place if those girly men went macho. We're talking last episode of Gurren Lagann here.
Precisely dear anon, few people seem to remember that in order to achieve that level of macho, Simon got rid of his "girly boy look and attitude" first.
A diet that comprises of solely beef and taking steroids on a daily basis will make anyone a success in the US market.
"MANLINESS. It's even in our women..."
woMANliness
hey, this is wrong.
man suppose to get more Armour and machoness,
and
women suppose to have lesser armor and clothing. (a bikini would be appropriate)
But this is Gears, where wearing improper armor means you are gong to die biting high caliber bullets. She has to wear bulky armor, since, well, you know, being hot is good and all but it's better to be alive.
Nonsense. Everyone knows that the less the armor covers, the higher the armor rating...
http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2008/7/4/633507941156341396-Armor-Class.jpg
Of course, this being GoW, NEVER wear a helmet, however much proper armour that may be.
Remember Carmine!
RIP Carmine
Wearing a helmet will give you troubles spotting the snipers.