I know right? She really should throw those tights away. They are RIDDLED with holes.
Possible mice and/or bug infestation in Quiet's wardrobe aside, she is the controversial sniper support in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. As you can imagine, she is controversial because of her design. She goes into battle wearing a sexy soldier Halloween costume. Yes, this is very stupid, but most of Metal Gear Solid is pretty stupid anyway* so just by looking at her with no context doesn't really mean anything. I've instead been interested in what other people have to say about her and how this controversy was overblown.
*In case you are reading only this post and not my overall review, I love MGS for the record. So don't fly off the handle at me calling MGS stupid, okay? It is stupid, but I love it anyway.
So here I am being topical a month late. This is my opinion on Quiet in numbered form. 10 points.
"Or 10 points to shoot and kill you!!"....thanks Quiet.
1. As a heterosexual white dude, her design doesn't bother me in the slightest! It's like I'm being catered to!....Wait a minute.
2. Anybody who doesn't want to play the game JUST because of her design is totally justified. I don't get it when people get upset about this. Like, what, do you own Konami stock or something? MGS isn't going to die because of low sales, it's already dead because Kojima will no longer be involved. I'm sure there is something that you refuse to play/watch/read/do JUST because you didn't like the look of a certain part, even if the rest of the parts look fine.
3. The reasoning behind her wearing a bikini is dumb as hell. It's a spoiler but revealed pretty early in the game, highlight to read (she breathes through her skin). Why? Well, that's actually kinda fun and, also, stupid as hell as revealed late in the game. In fact....
4. ...It looks just like the same stupid reasons directors use so they can have naked women in their grindhouse B-movies. MGS has ALWAYS had a B-movie plot but with a bloated budget. All of the stupid shit in MGS mirrors those same shitty B-movies that I have a soft spot for. Yes, some of those B-movies have naked women in them for no reason whatsoever, but the better ones try to justify it with a plot point that is something completely stupid, over-the-top, convoluted, or all of the above. Doesn't Quiet's "justification" for her almost nude-ness mimic this? Again, yes, it's dumb, but it's kind of the point.
This was all MoCap BTW.
5. I know Kojima said something along the lines of "you will all feel ashamed when you find out why she dresses that way" or whatever. I don't know or care. I refuse to take one tweet by the man as gospel when everybody was hammering him on one design choice at the time. That said....
6. Maybe Kojima is trolling us. Maybe he knows perfectly well that MGS is stupid and his public remarks about Quiet (along with the "waiting for the cosplay" remark) is in jest. This dude has always been Mayor of TrollTown anyway. I'm not sure he believes what he says.*
Don't be a perv breh.
*Obviously, there is no way to know for certain. I don't personally know the guy, obvs. But he has always came across as one of those developers who really cares about the fans and doesn't want to offend anybody. I'd wager a bet that he was responding to the negative tweets about Quiets design defensively as human nature says we are likely to do. Who hasn't said stupid shit on Twitter/Facebook/whatever, raise your hand?....If you raised your hand, you're a liar.
7. That said, I wish Kojima would have just said, "I want a naked chick in my game, fuck ya'll" and been done with it. Anybody who claims Quiet is not dressed like that for sex appeal is full of shit. Common. In what way is this NOT played up for sex appeal....
This is high art apparently.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. There is a heartbreaking reason for this scene and maybe by itself it could stand up to scrutiny. The rest of the game, oogles her with the camera, sometimes when you don't even want it too. There were more than a few times when I pulled up my iDroid to do work when she is doing this in the background....
Y U Always Doing Things?
If you want to claim that she is not played off as sex appeal, fine. Evidence says otherwise.
8. It's distracting because IMO, she was a pretty interesting character. Not GREAT or anything, but good. There is a mystery around her most of the game and the payoff is that B-movie cheese I love so much. I'm amazed the controversy around her character isn't about something else. LATE GAME SPOILER (she has a torture scene). The second half of this game's story is pretty bad but the plot regarding Quiet was actually good. It's not for everybody but I like well done greasy cheese.
9. Her character for gameplay is a mixed bag. Self promote for Reviewwwwww
10. If you are one of those weirdos who comment on Jim Sterling's video or Angry Joe's review whining about artistic integrity or freedom of speech or SJW's are feminazing games into a new world order just stop. Realize you're fucking toddlers who need their bottle mmkay? Just because mommy didn't love you enough doesn't mean you need to hate everybody who gives the slightest of shits what women feel. Maybe try to give them the benefit of the doubt sometimes? No, that doesn't mean they are always right, but respect their opinion even if it's wrong and maybe you'll see we are all human....you idiots.
There will ALWAYS be a game for you BTW. First rule of business, and video games are a business unless you forgot, "if there is a market, somebody will cater to it". Besides, mobile games have done FAR more damage to your worldview than any SJW.
"BUT THIS IS MALE OBJECTIFICATION". Cause women dig dudes covered in blood, I guess.
And for the SJW's, please regard context. Quiet making you angry? That's fine. Not everything is going to be catered to your taste. May I recommend Mass Effect or Dragon Age? I agree that we need better female/non-white/gay/trans/Krogan representation in video games and not just as sex symbols like...Quiet? Even though, it's possible, the most interesting thing about her was not her boobs. Let's tone it down a bit. The Internet makes us look one dimensional, but that is rarely the case.
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In conclusion, Quiet is whatever. Good character with a stupid design. And hey, you know what, that is just my opinion. If you are angry at anything I said, maybe stop taking every review of everything as THE OPINION OF EVERYBODY. That....is the root of YOUR problem. There is no such thing as an "objective review" you fool.
Likewise, my review of you is I love you. Thank you for reading!
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