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[–] [email protected] 79 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (36 children)

Honestly I think this is a bad example. Guys are generally happy to play games with attractive bad-ass female leads. See Metroid/Tomb Raider/Bayonetta/Nier/etc

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (17 children)

Kicker is that they have to be attractive, which is the real reason most have no hate towards them. Aloy wasn't traditionally attractive in the Horizon sequel and people lost their shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (14 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There were tons of comments about her being overweight, which is just comical.

Don't even get me started about the Last of Us 2 hate

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