Why can't I play as a female marine yet? Why are men always the default, whilst womyn are placed on the backburner. This is an injustice that many are blind to, but the patriarchy hurts EVERYONE - not just men!
Male and female versions of the marines were planned for 1.0 of NS2, and we actually started with the female model, not the male. However, when working on the male marine model, we decided a large armor design revision was necessary, so the male model went through those revisions. Between the revisions and the much higher quality level of the male marine, the female marine just was not able to be used anymore.
Given our very tight resources, of both time and money on most of the development of NS2, it just never really made sense to devote a lot of these resources to create a female marine model, and all the time consuming animations that would go along with it. It would have meant a tradeoff of adding new features that added to the game depth, versus adding what was essentially just a cosmetic addition.
That is not to say that we don't think representing females in NS2 is not extremely important, but we wanted to wait until we had both the time and resources to add them, and do it properly. We are at that point, and have actually started development on female marines. It is going to be months of work, but we are hoping our next large content update will include them.
it just never really made sense to devote a lot of these resources to create a female marine model. It would have meant a tradeoff of adding new features that added to the game depth, versus adding what was essentially just a cosmetic addition.
im glad ya'll managed to find time to develop the male marine model instead. devoting time to females never really made any sense to me, either.
it just never really made sense to devote a lot of these resources to create a female marine model. It would have meant a tradeoff of adding new features that added to the game depth, versus adding what was essentially just a cosmetic addition.
im glad ya'll managed to find time to develop the male marine model instead. devoting time to females never really made any sense to me, either.
Development of the female model is in progress as we speak, so you'll get your chance to pretend to care about stickin' it to the patriarchy soon enough.
i bet when the females talk they will sound either girly, or husky and very sexual, and when they get hurt or die they will moan in a mixture of pleasure/pain just like in real life http://womeninpainingames.tumblr.com/
i bet when the females talk they will sound either girly, or husky and very sexual, and when they get hurt or die they will moan in a mixture of pleasure/pain just like in real life http://womeninpainingames.tumblr.com/
i bet when the females talk they will sound either girly, or husky and very sexual, and when they get hurt or die they will moan in a mixture of pleasure/pain just like in real life http://womeninpainingames.tumblr.com/
Yet men always sounding ultra macho or overly confident isn't something that concerns you, right? Hmmm....
I really think you are just impossible to please and easily offended given your responses thus far.
To others concerned though : UWE won't do the stereo typical thing every video game does. I know because I've heard Hugh go on about it passionately (despite the current model being very appropriate imo) and we've walked around the pax floor making fun of the lack of neutrality and unrealistic armor every single game uses.
I know the description on the last picture of this article is a joke, but I've often fantasised about a three race/team version of a game like ns! It would surely be a nightmare/impossible to balance if it kept it's asymmetry but could so completely awesome!
I know the description on the last picture of this article is a joke, but I've often fantasised about a three race/team version of a game like ns! It would surely be a nightmare/impossible to balance if it kept it's asymmetry but could so completely awesome!
Why can't I play as a female marine yet? Why are men always the default, whilst womyn are placed on the backburner. This is an injustice that many are blind to, but the patriarchy hurts EVERYONE - not just men!
Male and female versions of the marines were planned for 1.0 of NS2, and we actually started with the female model, not the male. However, when working on the male marine model, we decided a large armor design revision was necessary, so the male model went through those revisions. Between the revisions and the much higher quality level of the male marine, the female marine just was not able to be used anymore.
Given our very tight resources, of both time and money on most of the development of NS2, it just never really made sense to devote a lot of these resources to create a female marine model, and all the time consuming animations that would go along with it. It would have meant a tradeoff of adding new features that added to the game depth, versus adding what was essentially just a cosmetic addition.
That is not to say that we don't think representing females in NS2 is not extremely important, but we wanted to wait until we had both the time and resources to add them, and do it properly. We are at that point, and have actually started development on female marines. It is going to be months of work, but we are hoping our next large content update will include them.
--Cory
Can we see the Female Marine model as it was when you ceased working on it?
Korean Special Forces, ROK, are the best that I know of who integrate Korean Females. I hope that one day every nation integrates females equally. There are a lot of nations that do it, but do it by placing them in a protective role.
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Given our very tight resources, of both time and money on most of the development of NS2, it just never really made sense to devote a lot of these resources to create a female marine model, and all the time consuming animations that would go along with it. It would have meant a tradeoff of adding new features that added to the game depth, versus adding what was essentially just a cosmetic addition.
That is not to say that we don't think representing females in NS2 is not extremely important, but we wanted to wait until we had both the time and resources to add them, and do it properly. We are at that point, and have actually started development on female marines. It is going to be months of work, but we are hoping our next large content update will include them.
--Cory
Methinks you meant women.
Pay up female players. The patriarchy always wins.
im glad ya'll managed to find time to develop the male marine model instead. devoting time to females never really made any sense to me, either.
Development of the female model is in progress as we speak, so you'll get your chance to pretend to care about stickin' it to the patriarchy soon enough.
I wouldn't worry about that, they're good people.
I really think you are just impossible to please and easily offended given your responses thus far.
To others concerned though : UWE won't do the stereo typical thing every video game does. I know because I've heard Hugh go on about it passionately (despite the current model being very appropriate imo) and we've walked around the pax floor making fun of the lack of neutrality and unrealistic armor every single game uses.
Space orcs! Do it nao!
"Squeal, boy! Squeal!"
I would like to see it as well. The only time I saw an appearance was in this video @ 2:25
Even then the quality is 360p and in a dark location.
military.com/video/forces/special-operations-forces/female-special-operators-south-korea/1708135642001/
Korean Special Forces, ROK, are the best that I know of who integrate Korean Females. I hope that one day every nation integrates females equally. There are a lot of nations that do it, but do it by placing them in a protective role.