Horizon: Forbidden West it’s one of the next games to be released on the PlayStation 5, so it’s common for it to stir up discussions from time to time. However, one of them ended up hitting Twitter last weekend: Aloy’s forms.
Last Sunday, a user known as ApexAlphaJ posted a message highlighting how the character ended up looking more masculine over time.
Is it me or Sony be making their lead female protagonist look masculine as hell..barely no curves or rough non feminine features..Unlike the average woman. Like *cough cough..TLOU2’s Ellie…etc. Just saying #My2cents
Pic from the game on the left, fan made on right. Hire fans lol pic.twitter.com/S1tLnmO7l6– ???????????????????? (@ApexAlphaJ) May 30, 2021
“It’s me or Sony is making its main female protagonist look masculine as hell… She has almost no curves or even feminine aspects like most women. Like Ellie. Just saying. The photo on the left is from the game, and the one on the right is a cosplay made by a fan”, says the message.
This message was enough to move a series of discussions and thousands of comments, many of them disagreeing with this argument. One of the answers, for example, points out that other characters could also be the targets of some comparisons, but that in the end the most important points in the game end up being the story, the gameplay and the characterization.
Aloy is “fat”, Tifa’s boobs are too small in Remake, Lara Croft and Jill Valentine aren’t “pretty” enough in their remake/reboot, Eivor and Abby are too manly, etc. So tired of my fellow men being sexist idiots. The story, gameplay and characterization is what’s important. pic.twitter.com/QFdwAaCThU
— GSD Labs (@GSDLabsGaming) May 30, 2021
And you, what do you think of this point raised? Do you agree with the author who started the discussion on Twitter? Leave your opinion in the comment space.
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