The photo you see above is the character design for a female sniper in the upcoming video game METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN. The character is named “Quiet”. The game is set for the most part in Afghanistan. As you can see, she is wearing nothing more than a bikini and ripped sheer stockings. Can you guess what western culture is saying about this character design?
Designer for the video game series Halo, David Ellis, said this about the character design on Twitter:
Don’t care if this gets me in trouble. This character design is disgusting. Our industry should be better than this.
-David Ellis (@DavidEllis)
A slew of comments everywhere from western culture state their utter disgust in the character design choice. One comment included the suggestion that she should just be naked, implying the poster of said comment believes nudity is sexual. My response to that is, how can you make money off of cosplayers (people who dress up as characters in video games/cartoons) if the character you want them to dress up as happens to be naked? There isn’t any money in it. Therefore, they do not do it.
What do you think about the reactions to the character design? What is your reaction to the character design? If you are into video games, does this character design make you lose respect for the creator of Metal Gear? If you want to see more images of the character design, click here. Post any thoughts you have below.
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This reminds me quite a bit of Jessica from Resident Evil: Revelations. Why? Not because of the nudity aspect, but because of the ridiculous nature of the costume in regards to her being a sniper. I’m all for skimpy costumes, but sometimes, it just doesn’t make sense. This is one of those times.
I agree, but I think in the trailer she seemed to have some sort of octopus-like skin where the black marking faded away from under her eyes when she stopped looking down the scope of her rifle.
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