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.
Just because a game has attractive women with big tits doesn't mean I will play it. There's a billion cell phone games out there that are obviously designed to get 12 year olds boys to play the games and spend their parents' money on it because cartoon titties. The games are trash and usually produced in China cause the whole thing is scamming boys that just hit puberty.
However, having exceptionally ugly female character models and especially black women (yes, I'm racist) and/or blue/red haired chicks and butch chicks with tattoos is a huge warning flag for me to stay away from the game. I can only imagine the kinds of developers that make a game with these sorts of character models and even if the game is a good game (which I doubt), I won't play it because I do not wish to support these kinds of people in society so I will not touch it to boycott it similar to the Bud Light boycott. If you don't represent my values and beliefs then I will not support your game. That's why I've never touched overwatch or fortnite despite some of the good things I have heard of those games. The female character models turned me off entirely.
To me, video games where the women are attractive (that means skinny, big breasts and feminine) and the men look like men, I'd want to be like indicate the developers share similar values to me or at least aren't trying to make their video game about values/beliefs so I'm more inclined to play these games.
Sometimes I have played games entirely because of the big anime titties and I have been surprised at how good the game was so in some regards "attractive females" are a good enough hook to get me to try a game. I will 100% not play a game because of ugly characters even if the game is good though because I don't want to support ugly characters or the developers who'd want to develop games with ugly characters.