I hope in the remaining wizards we see a female that is more "normal" and not specifically arousing to the male audience (not every female in fantasy has to be promiscous. The guy closer to my age said the portraits didn't offend him, but he would be just as satisfied with the game if Karissa was completely dressed. The teenaged boy said he loved Karissa, and having portraits like that of Karissa, and the nymph from the original, enhanced his enjoyment of the game. However, I'm just not crazy about the way they are dressed.įor a male viewpoint, I did an informal poll (of two people), and it came out pretty much the way I expected. It doesn't disturb me that every one of them is beautiful, as after all one expects them to be charismatic, and I can't say I liked the old goblin female hero portrait (used for Sister Tersia), or the paucity of female portraits in general among the heroes and leaders of AoW. see Xena and Julia for the molded breastplate thing), every one has sizable, and plunging, cleavage, and none (that I can see) cared to cover up her belly or legs. Now that we have seen all the female wizards, I wonder why, out of all six, none are wearing any reasonable armor (yes, I know they are wizards, and may be hiding in their towers, but it is not uncommon in literature and movies for female wizards to wear some semblance of armor. I'll also say that I'm sure very few females actually read these boards, and I know that the female market is a very small part of the overall market for computer games in general, and probably strategy games in particular (anecdotal evidence from my acquaintances seems to support women enjoying puzzle and role-playing games most).īut I did feel a little concern when I saw the portrait of Karissa, who looks like the cover of a bad heavy metal album, and is wearing almost nothing, and that of Mab, who is obviously making heavy use of adhesives to hold up her umm, armor. We can definitely see the difference in quality between these and portraits of Mab and Serena (computer generated). Second, let me acknowledge that the portraits of the female wizards are fantastic. I thought this might be an interesting point to discuss a little further.įirst, let me include links to each wizard's full-size portrait:
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