Dissecting Smite #1: Oversexualization, Stereotyping, Double-Standards, and Other Misogyny in Smite

How is that not a good excuse?

too long;didn't read.

in short i said that smite is still a realistic game rather then an unrealistic game.

they use our logic and use armor but illogical armor.

they are using gods from realworld religions meaning that they can offend large groups of people by inaccurate representations.

this is why it's important to look at the character design.

Smite is definitely nowhere near an extreme example of sexualisation. I don't want any of my family to find weird **** in my search history so no pictures laddies. Games such as Scarlet Blade, completely unrelated to sex and some animes and films have completely BUTCHERED a female model in some of their design choices. Like, Scarlet Blade is disgusting in its sexualisation. IT'S EVERYWHERE. Like everything in the world is very close to naked and it is revolting. There are pieces of media that make smite seem like a female rights campaign.

And another thing I'll bring up is an example of when I think female models were an issue in a game.

My favourite game, Xenoblade Chronicles, has awesome character designs but there were a few too many alternate costumes that caused problems and butchered the original design.



In my opinion some of the armour in the game ruined the characters as rather than fighting with a regal mage and a murderous cyborg you were fighting with sex toys.

This is where I give smite a cookie. All the kits and animations fit the current models extremely well, so while Smite is oversexualised it isn't a bad example in my opinion.

If you look at character design, many of the goddesses are impressively done, watch this video:

toast just like with the realism/unrealism thing i talked about that.

matpat is not entirely right in this video.

first off it's important to note that when aphrodite is depicted as an A cup. no perfect body.
defently a perfect face, hair and well developed muscle's though. yeah its pretty important to think of what the characters creators thought of beauty. not ***/TITS. toast we are going backwords in this argument, heck sub coverd this stuff in the beggining of this post as well.

neith is A cup as well. she is not sexualised in any way by simply showing her nipples because there is nothing inherently sexy about them, neith in smite is delibratly trying to be sexy and making sex jokes.

kali from the pictures has an average cupsize. you know what is not the focus of in her pictures? TITS!. her face, the pile of bodies, her weaponry and arms and the skill neckless but not the TITS.

no matpat is not right in this case about them being well designed.

they aphrodite was some one who got around but didn't give much thought to with who, in smite she constantly makes jokes about having to get the BOYS off of her, the original aphrodite did not care if a god came to **** her and she did not care if that god was a goddess.

she is linked to one person at all times with her 1. she did everything/one not just one person.

I am going to say one last thing before I retire on this post.


@Subzero

I realize how much work you put into this site and I have the deepest respect for you; even when I ***** at you over debate topics such as this one.

@All4Games

I would rather argue with sub then deal with some of the **** you throw at people. Defend your original thoughts, don't be a follower all the time.

that girl wieling giant swords was in full plate armor... i have yet to see a goddess in full plate armor.

true smite is not as sexualised as some other pieces of media... (high school of the dead) but they are very sexualised none the less.

question. what ****?

and another question. how does pointing you to an earlier argument that i thought was good while for the majority using arguments i made before sub even made this mean i am a follower.

no seriously? what is your problem? why with the insults?

YOU HAVE BEEN INSULTING ME FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS ON A PM! IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO POST PICTURES THEN I WILL!

Yeah Toast, idk why you always go into Sub's threads with such a negative mindset towards Sub and All4. You are literally the only one using insults here, and no, calling someone a sycophant is hardly an insult. To think it is would make someone really sensitive. I mean calling someone obsequious is less of an offense than calling someone stupid or a jerk.