Also I'm tired of people trying to tell men we're not supposed enjoy anything, least of all the female form. Personally, I find nothing on this planet more alluring, more mystical than the pure beauty of the feminine.
Few spectacles in nature come close. Speaking of nature, there is nothing more natural in the world than a man to admire a woman. Anyone who disagrees...fine. You're a poorer soul.
I'm honestly disappointed they pretty much reconned Cortana's hot and sexy appearance that she kept for hali 5 after 4. Yeah, her sexiness wasn't as high during the OG trilogy. However, she wasn't as "flat" as we see her now during the memory echoes. The weapon has an okay bum, but virtually no hips. I don't mind the new ai being ng given a suit, but they didn't have to make her so... Unfeminine. Yeah, characters being masculine is the obsession for HH Ali: infinite as we see with the multiplayer character customization. However, that shouldn't affect in game characters. Especially, AIs. Unfortunately, sexualization of women in entertainment is currently being complained about by most feminists. The asexual or jealous feminists who don't have the mega-sexy bodies even more than the normal feminists. Sadly, companies listen to their insecurities more than anything else. That is why certain animes are now being censored in the USA, after all. I might be mostly wrong, but that definitely plays into why women in entertainment are made the reverse of sexy or just mostly/fully clothed. Reboot lara is sexier than of lara because she looks realistic and other reasons. Imo, her sexiest appearance is shadow of the tomb raider lara. The point is, if the devs truly wanted to return to more of an of aesthetic for the latest game, the could've kept Cortana as curvy and feminine while still being as slender as Cortana in halo 2 & 3. That goes for the weapon as well.
Personally, I think of Cortana as an evolution. She was created to serve a sole purpose: Protect and serve the Master Chief. How does that fit in, you ask? Think about the bond that develops between the two as the game series progresses. Wouldn't she attempt to present herself as the most pleasing form for Him? And as that bond develops, and intimacy (not physical) comes in to play, would she not desire to appear in a pleasing form even more so as their consciousnesses join even more?
I'm not saying blatant sexuality is the basis of relationships, but when you truly care for someone, don't you want to be as appealing to them as you can?
Because "The Weapon" is a different instantiation of the Cortana construct, it makes sense that she would choose a different appearance, albeit only slightly different on account of being based on the same original neural network. "The Weapon" is dressed more like a female soldier would be, which makes sense when you consider she was instantiated for a combat role, whereas Cortana was instantiated for an intelligence-gathering role. (in-game, Cortana was instantiated by the Office of Naval Intelligence while The Weapon was instantiated by the United Nations Space Command.)
In the real world, yes, it's almost certain that the real motivation for toning-down her appearance was to reduce the amount of screeching about female sexual objectification in videogames, but it also makes sense in the game's storyline, so I'll allow it. It's not like there's a lack of sexy naked women for me to look at on the internet. Some of them are even painted to look like Cortana. I'll survive.
i kind of wish they have a button in settings to make cortana look more presentable and professional and not nude in the past games and also im 16 and i cant play this in front of my parents even thought the content and language isnt bad. it was just cortana that was the reason
We can't have nice things because every time a new design is tried out, gamers are outraged if it isn't sexy enough.
The Weapon began as a very purpose-made piece of military hardware while Cortana was made as a pinnacle of sentient AI. If you don't like the Weapon's aesthetic, whatever, that's fair, but you're trying so hard to make a problem out of nothing. Consider for one moment that the world isn't out to tear down all that you love whenever somebody tries a new idea.
Can't speak to every aspect of the article, but I'll bite down on the bit I have the most opinion on, with Lara Croft's evolution v Cortana and the whole "T&A" part. The good of a character's physical design is all about how it is and isn't used, so it is possible to have a very busty character without it being demeaning if done right. The spectrum of women's bodies that is permissible has grown more and more narrow, and it isn't for the better at all. You can have a significantly larger than average bust size and people you've just met will ask whether you have backpains and if you've ever considered getting a reduction even if you're perfectly comfortable and physically capable as you are. Even if you haven't tried it, I imagine most could agree that is an uncomfortable experience to receive. And nowadays even the portrayal of characters has to be made as petite and "normalised" as possible, rather than using those kinds of character designs constructively, or leaving them unaddressed entirely as a non-issue to the character themselves and the world around them. The current trend of media and games to ultimately just have one physique for women with the occasional outlier being more about the whole weight-image culture that exists in various spaces of the internet, is ultimately a dismissive and mistaken attempt at appeasing a vocal outrage minority while completely misrepresenting the diversity in people's actual physique. And you could definitely write a similarly lengthy post saying the exact same thing for men at this point.
You criticse the replacement of Cortana for being too safe, boring, devoid of any sex appeal, but you go on to praise latest reboot Lara Croft who pretty much entirely was robbed of her sex appeal aswell, made safe with average proportions, no sexy outfits, little to no curves and her breasts got smaller and smaller to becoming just B cups in latest release. Thats what i call over correction. She already was perfectly fine in in the first reboot of the series during 2006 - 2008, sexy, but not over the top sexy.
There's a lot more to old Cortana than body paint look of Halo 4. She has personalty, wit and with the occasional ironic or sarcastic quip she was the constant loyal companion of Master Chief on all four initial Halo games and as he progress to save the human race, Earth and the Galaxy. It was her voice that guided John and the player across the game and its hordes of enemies and the seemingly impossible odds. It wasn't Just the Spartan that saved the day , it was the partnership between him and Cortana.
If they are going with a new AI they should not have made a cheap knock off of Cortana that only will remind people how superior Cortana was in every way, unless that is intentional to pave the way for her comeback. And considering how the studio defended her woke redesign for Halo 5 I don't think we are getting her as she used to be if at all.
Agreed.
Also I'm tired of people trying to tell men we're not supposed enjoy anything, least of all the female form. Personally, I find nothing on this planet more alluring, more mystical than the pure beauty of the feminine.
Few spectacles in nature come close. Speaking of nature, there is nothing more natural in the world than a man to admire a woman. Anyone who disagrees...fine. You're a poorer soul.
I'm honestly disappointed they pretty much reconned Cortana's hot and sexy appearance that she kept for hali 5 after 4. Yeah, her sexiness wasn't as high during the OG trilogy. However, she wasn't as "flat" as we see her now during the memory echoes. The weapon has an okay bum, but virtually no hips. I don't mind the new ai being ng given a suit, but they didn't have to make her so... Unfeminine. Yeah, characters being masculine is the obsession for HH Ali: infinite as we see with the multiplayer character customization. However, that shouldn't affect in game characters. Especially, AIs. Unfortunately, sexualization of women in entertainment is currently being complained about by most feminists. The asexual or jealous feminists who don't have the mega-sexy bodies even more than the normal feminists. Sadly, companies listen to their insecurities more than anything else. That is why certain animes are now being censored in the USA, after all. I might be mostly wrong, but that definitely plays into why women in entertainment are made the reverse of sexy or just mostly/fully clothed. Reboot lara is sexier than of lara because she looks realistic and other reasons. Imo, her sexiest appearance is shadow of the tomb raider lara. The point is, if the devs truly wanted to return to more of an of aesthetic for the latest game, the could've kept Cortana as curvy and feminine while still being as slender as Cortana in halo 2 & 3. That goes for the weapon as well.
Personally, I think of Cortana as an evolution. She was created to serve a sole purpose: Protect and serve the Master Chief. How does that fit in, you ask? Think about the bond that develops between the two as the game series progresses. Wouldn't she attempt to present herself as the most pleasing form for Him? And as that bond develops, and intimacy (not physical) comes in to play, would she not desire to appear in a pleasing form even more so as their consciousnesses join even more?
I'm not saying blatant sexuality is the basis of relationships, but when you truly care for someone, don't you want to be as appealing to them as you can?
Anyways, rant over. Point stated. Enjoy.
Because "The Weapon" is a different instantiation of the Cortana construct, it makes sense that she would choose a different appearance, albeit only slightly different on account of being based on the same original neural network. "The Weapon" is dressed more like a female soldier would be, which makes sense when you consider she was instantiated for a combat role, whereas Cortana was instantiated for an intelligence-gathering role. (in-game, Cortana was instantiated by the Office of Naval Intelligence while The Weapon was instantiated by the United Nations Space Command.)
In the real world, yes, it's almost certain that the real motivation for toning-down her appearance was to reduce the amount of screeching about female sexual objectification in videogames, but it also makes sense in the game's storyline, so I'll allow it. It's not like there's a lack of sexy naked women for me to look at on the internet. Some of them are even painted to look like Cortana. I'll survive.
i kind of wish they have a button in settings to make cortana look more presentable and professional and not nude in the past games and also im 16 and i cant play this in front of my parents even thought the content and language isnt bad. it was just cortana that was the reason
We can't have nice things because every time a new design is tried out, gamers are outraged if it isn't sexy enough.
The Weapon began as a very purpose-made piece of military hardware while Cortana was made as a pinnacle of sentient AI. If you don't like the Weapon's aesthetic, whatever, that's fair, but you're trying so hard to make a problem out of nothing. Consider for one moment that the world isn't out to tear down all that you love whenever somebody tries a new idea.
Can't speak to every aspect of the article, but I'll bite down on the bit I have the most opinion on, with Lara Croft's evolution v Cortana and the whole "T&A" part. The good of a character's physical design is all about how it is and isn't used, so it is possible to have a very busty character without it being demeaning if done right. The spectrum of women's bodies that is permissible has grown more and more narrow, and it isn't for the better at all. You can have a significantly larger than average bust size and people you've just met will ask whether you have backpains and if you've ever considered getting a reduction even if you're perfectly comfortable and physically capable as you are. Even if you haven't tried it, I imagine most could agree that is an uncomfortable experience to receive. And nowadays even the portrayal of characters has to be made as petite and "normalised" as possible, rather than using those kinds of character designs constructively, or leaving them unaddressed entirely as a non-issue to the character themselves and the world around them. The current trend of media and games to ultimately just have one physique for women with the occasional outlier being more about the whole weight-image culture that exists in various spaces of the internet, is ultimately a dismissive and mistaken attempt at appeasing a vocal outrage minority while completely misrepresenting the diversity in people's actual physique. And you could definitely write a similarly lengthy post saying the exact same thing for men at this point.
You criticse the replacement of Cortana for being too safe, boring, devoid of any sex appeal, but you go on to praise latest reboot Lara Croft who pretty much entirely was robbed of her sex appeal aswell, made safe with average proportions, no sexy outfits, little to no curves and her breasts got smaller and smaller to becoming just B cups in latest release. Thats what i call over correction. She already was perfectly fine in in the first reboot of the series during 2006 - 2008, sexy, but not over the top sexy.
So which way western man ?
There's a lot more to old Cortana than body paint look of Halo 4. She has personalty, wit and with the occasional ironic or sarcastic quip she was the constant loyal companion of Master Chief on all four initial Halo games and as he progress to save the human race, Earth and the Galaxy. It was her voice that guided John and the player across the game and its hordes of enemies and the seemingly impossible odds. It wasn't Just the Spartan that saved the day , it was the partnership between him and Cortana.
If they are going with a new AI they should not have made a cheap knock off of Cortana that only will remind people how superior Cortana was in every way, unless that is intentional to pave the way for her comeback. And considering how the studio defended her woke redesign for Halo 5 I don't think we are getting her as she used to be if at all.