In case you're wondering why the Insectussy was worth it

[u/TheDarkMuz]

Lol we were robbed by Amazon indeed

[u/RiflemanLax]

“Some kids might be watching this. Tone down the boobs and ass, but… leave the violence.”

-Amazon, probably

[u/schebobo180 → u/RiflemanLax]

Yeah I’ve always found it funny how people make a shit storm about T&A but have zero issues showing the most disgusting and brutal violence on screen.

I know that people are trying to stop seeming pervy but there is still something odd about it.

Reminds me of the discourse around Mortal Kombat 1, and how the series has gradually reduced the skimpiness of outfits. On one hand I get it, but on the other hand they have ratchets up the violence to hilariously OTT levels.

Like I just don’t get how someone is ok developing a game where the thanksgiving themed fatality is literally one fighter forcing food into another fighter and having it burst out of their faces with blood and guts, but are like “eww!” When one of their female characters is showing too much skin.

At the end of the day though, the developers should feel free to creat whatever they want but like I said its just weird.

[u/tyrenanig → u/schebobo180]

lol I was about to comment about this. MK community is so weird when people are fine with the gruesome violence, even when it’s the female characters being dismembered on screen. But when it’s about them showing some skins? “Nah not in my game”

It feels like NRS bounced hard and overcorrect into the other side of the spectrum. Even a little bit of skins got censored, like how Nitara has pants with human skin color instead of showing thighs.

[u/Klientje123 → u/tyrenanig]

I think removing skimpy clothing is NRS way of 'maturing' the games and making things more serious, grounded, realistic idk.

But I don't know why. It doesn't make it better. It just makes it different. The dudes are shredded and shirtless and they haven't changed that in 20 years so it's weird they focus on redesigning women like that.

I hope the designers genuinely want this and this isn't some higher up saying ''old mortal kombat outfit not good need change or people will hate our game'' or whatever

[u/Huckleberry_Sin → u/Klientje123]

Forreal bring back the titties

[u/downvoteawayretard → u/tyrenanig]

It’s basically all modern media. We are completely fine with showing the most graphic gore and violence imaginable but are so sexually repressed as a society even the slightest amount of skin showing unsettles us.

[u/Cicada_5 → u/schebobo180]

Violence is actually relevant to Invincible and Mortal Kombat. There's no rule you have to include equal amounts of boobs and ass if you have graphic violence.

[u/schebobo180 → u/Cicada_5]

I agree you shouldn’t. But like I said, there’s something morbidly fascinating about how we perceive violence and anything related to sex.

They are two very different things, but like I said I’ve always found it wierd when people get so squeamish about sex but are completely fine with some of the most gruesome violence in ever. Especially when the person is squeamish in “moral grounds”.

[u/Cicada_5 → u/schebobo180]

To paraphrase someone who once discussed this, "your regular boner and your murder boner" are supposed to be separate. The American Pie movies, like them or hate them, are based on titillation and nudity is expected there. If they suddenly started throwing in lots of graphic violence, I'm sure we'd see complaints from the same people accusing Invincible and Mortal Kombat of being prudish.

[u/Lemonkainen → u/schebobo180]

I think it’s similar to why people hate Dolores Umbridge more than Voldemort. She’s the sort of evil you’re actually likely to have to deal with in real life. Over the top violence is less likely to bother people because it’s pretty easy, usually, to tell that the media isn’t actually endorsing committing acts of violence, and even if it does it’s in a context that’s unlikely to be relevant to people’s lives. Women in skimpy outfits to appeal to the male gaze, on the other hand, is something that every woman has seen happen in real life. It’s also a lot harder to tell if the woman in question just happens to dress that way, or if it was done to treat her as a sex object. Even if you want to show empowered sexual women it requires a lot of nuance and careful framing of the sexiness to make sure it doesn’t come across as gratuitous. It’s much easier, therefore, to just avoid it entirely unless the story requires it.

[u/idontlikeshowers → u/Lemonkainen]

What you said is great. I bet your argument was just reduced down to being a prude but I see that you actually get it.

[u/UmbreonFruit → u/schebobo180]

I honestly hate how pro gore and anti boob the world is