Is ff 14. Too feminine?

I am not intending this thread to insult people. It is just an issue occurred where my nephews were going to play ff with me noticed the little lady's day event and looked up the outfits in the game. Now they are telling me they are not going to play the game with me because it is too girly. Are we going a bit too far in the aesthetics department of design as of late in this depiction that would cause a lot of male players not to even try this game?

Oh, puh-lease. This game already caters to straight male players more than anything. That's just a knee-jerk reaction to the notion that other player bases with their own wants even exist.

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Originally Posted by Vlady

I am not intending this thread to insult people. It is just an issue occurred where my nephews were going to play ff with me noticed the little lady's day event and looked up the outfits in the game. Now they are telling me they are not going to play the game with me because it is too girly. Are we going a bit too far in the aesthetics department of design as of late in this depiction that would cause a lot of male players not to even try this game?

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It's a Japanese game with an anime influenced aesthetic, are you surprised or something?

Aesthetic is good as it is and separates itself from all the other copy cat games. The only complaint I have is sometimes it's a bit over the top (specifically glows and giant armour) and repetition (a lot of armour seems the same with slight variation).

It's a holiday pretty much for the ladies. And for outfits, there's a huge amount of latitude in how you want your characters to appear.

All that said if it's not to their liking, well, that's that. Can't please everyone. I think there's enough flexibility/options to please most people but if they can't be bothered to try... *shrug*

tl;dr: No.

You do realize that this isnt just some made up event for FFXIV right? You do know that Girls Day (or Dolls Day) is an actual thing in Japan yes? Its not even just catering to females its an actual holiday for little girls....

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Originally Posted by Magis

It's a Japanese game with an anime influenced aesthetic, are you surprised or something?

Aesthetic is good as it is and separates itself from all the other copy cat games.

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I was about to say the same thing but he beat me to it. But I have a question, why do they think it's too girly?

It's not feminine enough.

too feminine as in what exactly? Longer hair models? "pretty" looking characters (which is often how SE characters look, I mean 90% of them are young, good-looking characters both male and female). Bikini wearing, axe wielding female cat people? Muscle-bound stocky scarred up male characters? Skimpy female ARMOR?

I mean there are a lot of things that would cater to a male's sense of...well...manliness.

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Originally Posted by TinyMonster

I was about to say the same thing but he beat me to it. But I have a question, why do they think it's too girly?

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I honestly don't know. Did Lady's Day give you armour that was "girly"? All I got was a choker.

Armour is most of the time unisex and doesn't look like for a certain sex either way.

The biggest argument is there are no "burley stereotypical man" looking males but eh, it's anime. Play Elder Scrolls or Age of Conan if you want that. Or a Galka/Hellsguard.

This game has a variety of aesthetics. It's got heavy intimidating armor as well as floofy gear. Just like that IRL game, it is what you make of it.