'Metal Gear Solid V' Character Design is 'Disgusting'

[Lara Mills]

Metal Gear Solid V Character Design Is 'Disgusting'



A Halo designer spoke out against female character design in MGS V.

In a string of recent tweets, a designer at Halo developer 343 Studios called the design of a prominent female character in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain "disgusting."

"Our industry should know better than this," David Ellis, designer at 343 said. "...Industry full of man babies."

Ellis' complaints were in response to an image of a specific character called Quiet, a sniper character revealed at E3 who will play a prominent role in The Phantom Pain. This reveal followed a series of tweets by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, in which he said that he encouraged art director Yoji Shinkawa to make characters appear more "erotic."

Kojima has since contextualized his comments, saying "erotic" wasn't the right word, and that he meant more along the lines of "sexy." Check out the image in question below. Do you agree? Is Quiet's revealing design too much?

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[Lara Mills]

What do you think to the design of this character in particular?

Honestly, I'm a bit shocked. I can understand them wanting to get "sexy", but this just seems to miss the mark. More clothes than this can be sexy, right?

[Yamser]

What do you think to the design of this character in particular?

Honestly, I'm a bit shocked. I can understand them wanting to get "sexy", but this just seems to miss the mark. More clothes than this can be sexy, right?

yes it can be sexy my dear more clothes can be sexy , but its a game , a load of nerds in a room working on basicly a women of there dreams , yes i understand your annoyed that she is skantily claded but you could also give out to movie producers or anyone else , you see what mylie cyrus was wearing last week ?

the game is a fantasy my dear and the majority of players are men so therefore need a sexy lady

it could be worse it could be her in bikini but that wouldnt suit the character

[Lara Mills]

yes it can be sexy my dear more clothes can be sexy , but its a game , a load of nerds in a room working on basicly a women of there dreams , yes i understand your annoyed that she is skantily claded but you could also give out to movie producers or anyone else , you see what mylie cyrus was wearing last week ?

the game is a fantasy my dear and the majority of players are men so therefore need a sexy lady

it could be worse it could be her in bikini but that wouldnt suit the character

Wearing underwear and the like CAN be sexy, in the right context. Miley Cyrus on stage? No. This woman in a game, considering she walks around with a gun? No.

Lara Croft looks good in the new game:



And Miranda from Mass Effect looks good too:



I know it is fantasy, but still... it frustrates me! They can make a sexy lady with more clothes and have a hidden easter egg where she had less clothes, so that people are more inclined to explore.

That's what I'd do, anywho.

[Cassandra]

What do you think to the design of this character in particular?

Honestly, I'm a bit shocked. I can understand them wanting to get "sexy", but this just seems to miss the mark. More clothes than this can be sexy, right?

What worries me most is the lack of support that tiny string bra must give.

[Half Man and Half Dildo]

I'm not a big fan of realism in games. If I want to experience the 'real' world I'll just turn off my computer and do real world things. I think the very first Tomb Raider got it just about right with the amount of clothing for Lara Croft. Based on what I see here I would have no interest in playing MSG at all.

[Lara Mills]

What worries me most is the lack of support that tiny string bra must give.

That's what I was thinking... doing a roll in the middle of battle and the enemy get an eye-full... though that's probably a good distraction tactic

I'm not a big fan of realism in games. If I want to experience the 'real' world I'll just turn off my computer and do real world things. I think the very first Tomb Raider got it just about right with the amount of clothing for Lara Croft. Based on what I see here I would have no interest in playing MSG at all.

I don't mind a bit of realism in games, but she is going to pop out of that and die with the first shot that hits her. Just a bit more... something!