This isn't a gotcha thing I'm doing, I was watching this AI vs artist Arch was doing where he did one before with black April O'Neil and he's done another with dark skin Velma this time. Some flaws here and there but a massive improvement over the HBO show, at one point, he puts out the idea with what I like to refer to as 'milfy Velma' was having it that she was detached from the group, is a reporter herself and events brings her back with her old friends, so like the show just, not shit.
One of the immediate things that detached me from even trying to watch it was how ugly the self insert Velma was yet if this AI made hotter Velma was in it, I might at least give it an episode.
But a key part of this is that watching shows is passive, you're not interacting so for games it depends for me. Does it fit the setting as if it's a game about giant mechs then it isn't really a factor. If there's character customisation beyond just selecting outfits, then it becomes a big factor as if I want to create a really hot character, the game itself shouldn't limit me. Same as if there's 'romance' choices and all of them are fugly.
I've gotten to the point where having attractive guys but ugly women in a game is a massive red flag for me as then it means this is a self insert game and there's likely to be a lot of ideology in the narrative too. So just want to hear your guys takes if having attractive female characters even affects the shows and games you play/watch.
Jedi Fallen Order is actually an excellent example. That's a game I might have actually looked into - protag is a white male, doesn't look like an idiot, combat seems okay, atleast pretends a little to be more Prequel than Disney...
...and then we have his, what, mentor? That looks like a straight up half-human half-alien, and I'm basically 'nope'. Not happening. Fuck that. I'm out.
The funny thing is there is another character in the game who is a total babe, but has like zero interaction beyond her little sub story. If the Jedi mentor had been a normal old guy (even a black guy) it would have been better.
I doubt modern game devs could pull off a Jolee Bindo.
I wouldn't complain if they did, though.
Also Dying Light 2. The first game had a cute and feminine female companion on the main story, the sequel features Rosario Dawson, who was okay looking in her younger days but is like a 50 year old abuela now.
The funniest part is that is her actual face.
Worse, it's an improvement over the real thing. I don't know what the hell happened to Debra Wilson after Mad TV ended, but the woman clearly lost her marbles and became just as insane as the characters she frequently portrayed on that show.
Here's an image of her for those with courage and/or stupidity.
At least the bug-eyed thing from Fallen Order looks like it's trying to pass off as human.
Insert long rant here about how they can never find an actual attractive black women to play the part, for some fucking reason.