5. The Seraphim suffers from the same unrealistic sexist artwork found in many games. What woman in her right mind would go into combat dressed in a bikini? Even a bikini with wings! In fact the only RPG game I recall where the female character starts out appropriately clothed is Blade and Sword, created in China, so I guess this is a fault common to the genre in America and Europe. When the Seraphim does get some clothes on her I think they look tacky.
Interestingly, the cover of the game looks *very* different from German and English versions, don't ask me why.
In the German RPG Chat we are currently *very* deeply discussing RPGs, buyers / customers and the lot. There is a point where we agreed that a great number of customers are male, and a great amount of developers are also male. Personally, I don't remember any development company that had consisted of at least 60 % female members.
So we must fear that there are certain "styles" out there that are more or less dictated by the male "sense" of beauty - have you ever noticed female PCs and NPCs with scars ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
This discussion was originally invoked by a writing of mine about the social structure in Gothic I - it's based on men, and women are just ... like gems no-one are allowed to touch, so to say. Also, there are rather few riddles, and rather combat, which had led me to the suggestion that this game - and others like this - attracts a certain kind of customers - young, not very intelligent (at least measured at the tone in the forums there ) , preferring hack & slay. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />
