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I'm glad someone is calling it what it is. Having just caught this thread....Yeah, it just feels like the usual concern trolling with some rather obvious slip ups.

NikhilR said:

Also we learn more about Kay's family during the game and it's clear she gets her face ass from her father, possible Ben Affleck cameo in sequel?

Like many were wondering why she looked like that and but atleast the game seems to explain the reason simply as,
"On a scale of 1 to 10, sometimes the roulette wheel of life does throw up the odd zero."

NikhilR, what is the actual point of these comments and threads? If you don't like something, you can just....Not play it, watch it, or read it. Nothing is being taken from you. It's alright to just not like it. Comments like that just expose a very unpleasant attitude towards women, and people in general. Sometimes women have cleft chins. Sometimes women don't have a face that totally conforms to current beauty standards. And those are just fine. That kind of "scale of 1 to 10" rhetoric....Not only is it a dehumanising way to talk about women - literally just reducing their value to a number - but it's insulting as hell to the artists who worked hard on it.

If we're to pursue realism, which has been the trend all this time, it's dishonest to only depict people who have all the currently desirable traits. I don't wish to be rude, but how can a character artist have such little respect for these things?

Also, hadn't you previously complained she was too much like Han Solo or something? But not she's just some thug...So, is Han Solo just some thug, or is it only when it's a her that it's an issue?

I would not derail this thread with talks about Concord, it could probably have it's own thread as I think there is a lot that could be discussed from a gameplay, visual, design and dev perspective. However I really do caution about being careful about which videos you share about it as the conversation has been overwhelmingly scooped up by reactionary content creators and outrage farmers. I personally know quite a few very talented people at Firewalk and while the game time may not be your jam (PvP only definitely isn't mine) the fidelity of the game is overall very high and a lot of effort went into it, even if it also missed the mark in other ways. Considering the industry is close knit, I would remain civil and nuanced about this one.

Returning to the Star Wars Outlaws discussion, the game seems like pure vibes. If you're looking to be deeply immersed in a Star Wars world I can definitely see this being your jam. The gameplay may not be the deepest, but it's there flawed as it might be in some regards, and idk maybe a simpler gameplay style is just fine for those who want to be in the world and enjoy the atmosphere.

I can't help but notice a few things in this thread though:

Is this sort of commentary necessary? This sort of dribble is what got the first thread shut down, it just looks like reactionary BS unsuccessfully trying to play off as a valid criticism. Why is the fixation so strong on how she looks and whether or not she is "attractive"? Something that is purely subjective to begin with. If it is something you don't like, that is ok, you can still enjoy a thing if you don't find the main character attractive in a way that is to your liking.

This is a gameplay and design complaint/issue that is lobbied as one about the character herself. This issue would have been present regardless of who, or what gender the main character was. This again, shows a reactionary sentiment seeping through trying to play off as a valid criticism. Why call her an overpowered thug? That seems kind of loaded and I can't see that same sort of language used if this was Han Solo for example. That is just the kind of stuff we do for the hero character, we make it so they can punch the baddies and take them down, regardless of gender.