It’s been a few days now that some players have been able to try out the beta of the new title of BlizzardI obviously mean Overwatch 2. On this occasion, we then presented to you the first reactions of the fans following the opening of the beta of the game, which are rather mixed. But another detail has also raised some questions among players on social networks.
a different plot?
Many are fans ofOverwatchthe FPS (First-Person Shooter) from Blizzard Entertainment, to wait for several years now for the sequel to the first opus, released in 2016. The game, often compared to Team Fortress 2put the accent on cooperation between different classes represented by different characters, each with their own abilities and particularities. And precisely, among these characters, there is one in particular who has received a strange welcome recently.
Indeed, beta dOverwatch 2 allowed players to find the cult character of Tracer. This damage-focused hero is renowned for his dynamic gameplay, empowering the keenest gamers to dash everywhere, but also to go back in time. Yet the recent controversy surrounding Tracer has nothing to do with its gameplay, but rather its appearance.. Many players then suggested that the character’s body had been changed from the first one. Overwatchhighlighting on the networks the lack of form of the poor Tracer.
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However, this controversy is actually baseless.. Many fans then explained that it was the exact same model, and that it has looked the same for almost six years. It is simply the position that Tracer adopts on the image in question, given the angle, which suggests that a modification has been made.
And as explained Kotaku, the many diversions including the female characters ofOverwatch, in particular Tracer, have been the object for years on the Internet have surely skewed the vision of part of the gaming community. It should already be understood that this part of the body of the characters has already been used for some years among players, through different practices such as the “showbutting“, achieved when you win a game, and thus being able to explain why some players are attentive on this part.
the dark side of overwatch
But the fact is that we also find a lot of characters fromOverwatch, like Ange or Tracer, in pornographic montages. And according to Sashacakies, a netizen who makes this kind of content, the success of this type of content is explained by the combination of an already attractive character design, an exciting story and good gameplay.
I think there are things that distinguish porn fromOverwatch other types of video game porn. Overwatch has a very unique style, and the character models are just stunning. Many people also like the lore ofOverwatchwhich I think helps the porn scene a lot!
And precisely, it would seem that it is indeed the models which are at the base of all this, and especially their ease of access. Sashacakies explained: “Overwatch models are, for the most part, readily available for Blender, and some of them are very suitable for beginners”. Indeed, Blender, a free and open-source tool for creating 3D computer graphics, allows fans toOverwatch easily engage in the creation of pornographic content if the characters inspire them. Another NSFW image maker ofOverwatchblankpins, declared to Kotaku :
I had no prior knowledge of 3D, I just installed Blender, experimented a bit, followed a tutorial and decided to create a Twitter account to post my creations there.
The two creators in question have made it clear that they don’t want Blizzard to desexualize character designs Overwatch existing ones, one of them going back to the decision made by the developer in 2016 with the removal of one of Tracer’s celebrations, titled “What are you looking at” (VO: “Over the Shoulder”) . However, they also recognize that porn designs Overwatchwhere the characters are given much more voluptuous forms than the original models, should not influence those of the official characters either.
This then makes it possible to echo a recurring problem for many players in the video game industry, namely the representation of female characters, often hypersexualized. The best-known example is that of Lara Croft. A study carried out a few years ago wanted to observe the impact of the sexualization of women in video games on the image of women, to see if fiction could affect reality.
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