Why aren't women weaker in games like Dark Souls?

because female barely means female in dark souls - You're an undead you have all the time in the world to become godly strong or lose your mind.

>>389876653
Because they're powered by souls/magic/otherworldly bullshit and not ordinary human strength. Sexual dimorphism means nothing.

>>389876765
men should be still stronger though

There's no reason given, it's clearly unrealistic. I guess we have to just assume it's a magical quirk of the universe.

Perhaps strength in Dark Souls isn't about the physical form, but the soul?

This seems unlikely as gingers are just as strong however.

Because you're undead. or an ashen one, whatever.

You're not human.

>>389876929
Literal brainlet

>>389876653
why should they?

>>389876653
Why would they be? Humans of both genders in that world can do all kinds of impossible feats we can't do in real life. Not to mention humans being a product of some kind of dark magic and the PC themselves are zombies.

>>389876653
Do you ever see a vagina? Clearly its because they are actually trannies.

it's a fantasy game

>>389876653
>>>/r9k/

How come men are usually the weakest in the animal kingdom and the female are stronger and do everything?

>>389876653
they are not humans, that's why

>>389877016
you are a human, just cursed and losing your humanity

>>389877217
Fantasy works best with an element of reality though.

>>389877285
no
they are born of a lord soul
they are literally not human.

>>389876765
>>389876886
>>389877016
>polfags don't actually play video games

>>389876653
Because there would be no reason to play as a female you fucking retard.

>>389877285
A human in this universe is a being composed entirely of dark magic though too - you're not -entirely- flesh and blood.

>>389877240
>Humans defining trait are how smart they are instead of how strong

With that said, what you said applies to humans too.

Because it's a video game

Because dark souls is mythological, not "realistic".

>>389877240

Nature put more importance on females there so they would live to have babies easier

In our case, we grow too slow to mature so nature had to make women caretakers

>>389877394
People still visit pol?

>>389877240
they were intelligent civilizations in the past who empowered women thus they devolved into what they are now

>>389876929
You're consuming souls to do become more powerful than anything that can be considered remotely human. Physical characteristics have no meaning. Even a skinny twig can swing around a great hammer one-handed if he has invested his souls into strength.

>>389877428
Women typically score worse in intelligence though.

MCs in the Souls series are basically Soul vampires that eat Souls and become stronger. Even basic animals like dogs and cats can become fuckhuge in the Souls universe by consuming Souls.

>>389876653
If you want to roleplay as a weak vagina play mount&blade, and even there you can overcome it by improving your character.
Just quit nitpicking, you moron.

>>389876653
>new fromsoft game
>+5 str to males
>+1 int to females
the resulting shitstorm would be hilarious. people triggered on both sides

>>389878204
>+1 int for being female
Time to minmax int builds even more

>>389876653
Because they're juiced up on magical "souls" which increase their stats

>>389877316
Well this doesn't fucking have one anon.

The 20ft tall bosses with incredible quickness and characters holding weapons 3/4 their size didn't tip you off already

>>389878204
I think you mean +1 Charisma or Intuition (newly added stats) Or "emotional intelligence"

>>389876653
Why not men are stronger, women tend to have more dexterity?

>>389878395
Ahahahhaha as if +1 int is even fucking relevant. +5 str is pretty neat but still not gamebreaking at all

>>389878204
well that wouldnt be very realistic considering men have higher STR and INT than women in real life
women should have +bloodtinge

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>a skinny man with a giant hammer 8 times in a row is perfectly fine since he's a man
>a burly stronk woman swings dagger once
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MUH JSW PROPAGANDA
fuck off

Im a girl and I wouldnt mind if they made women a bit weaker in strength as long as we get a dexterity and intelligence boost :P

>>389876653
Women can lift too anon

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>>389878879

>>389878908
not as much as men

>>389876653
SJW's.
Dark Souls is casual sjw trash

>>389876653
Don't you alot your stats in that game?

>>389878794
Time to minmax int even more

Because video games are power fantasies
They let you be a strong chad even if you are a weak virgin IRL

>>389876653
Only game I know like that is Warband. Anything else?

>>389876653
How do we know women aren't weaker in the souls universe?

>>389878803
women have a higher IQ on average, but there are more genius men than women.

>>389877394
But that's true.

>>389876653
The more important question should be why can't we make a woman in dark souls that looks like a woman?

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>not making your STR run the smallest female possible

>>389877498
Are plebbitors considered people?

>>389880851
Yeah I mean they have flesh and blood and are sometimes born from a mother

>>389878621
>emotional intelligence
Not gonna lie that would be a neat stat to have in any other game, depending on how well implemented it is of course.

>>389878808
>neo-/v/ actually defends SJWs now
lel, this board is fucking dead. I guess it only makes sense since all the oldfags went to 2^3chan and /v/ is left with Redditors

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>>389884039
It's called willpower

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>>389884429
>all the oldfags went to redditcentral
lmao yeah okay

>>389884447
5 points of IQ really isn't much.

>>389877401
Say that to mountainblade.

>>389876653
no sense in summoning a shitstorm for no reason

in dark souls though, strength = souls, so gender, anatomy. and age has no effect.

>women can't level their strength passed 20
>men can't level their dex passed 20
>luck is leveled randomly which in state is really based of luck
There I fixed dark souls.

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>>389885223
only casuals play as men

>>389885439
Another generic same face animu so original.

>>389878879
+ 3 Charisma and - 4 Autism would be more realistic.

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>>389885516
alright jeez sorry
doesn't mean I was wrong

>>389885425
what is this DEX meme

>>389885425
A more fitting system would be for men to have no caps, but women to have higher minima.
Look up the difference in IQ between men and women; they center around the same point, but men have wider deviation, thus there are more male geniuses than female, but also more male delinquents than female.
There are incredibly few female geniuses, but also incredibly few female delinquents. So giving women a higher minimum on their stats fits the spread a bit more.

Women should be weaker in all games. Why? Because most games are about strength, endurance and killing.

If there was a game about having babies, would you complain because you can't play as a male?

Fucking stupid sjws

>>389884498
More games should use that proactively then.

>>389885890
yee

>>389885849
I want a RTS/action game hybrid where you play a horrible monstrosity and have to hunt down and force yourself on powerful males so you can bear their children, which you use as pawns to grow even more powerful.

>>389876653
you just implied there are games like dark souls

>>389877117
>this one thing is unrealistic, therefore you should just accept everything that is unrealistic
This thread is shitty bait but your argument fucking sucks.

>>389886421
but that's not what he said at all you fucking retard, he stated the exact counterargument to OP's nonsense

>>389886421
Your argument only works when it's like game of thrones or something where there are dragons but humans are still shiteating peasants with zero difference from real humans. Everything in dark souls is completely magical.

>>389886246
...Age of Empires?

>>389885634
Is that a hilt for ants?

>>389887371
I don't remember playing as a man-raping shebeast leading your magical halfbreed children in your quest for world conquest. Is it in one of the new expansions?

>>389884429
if thats what you call defending sjws then you need to get your mommy to take you to the therapist

>>389887540
Nah you just used a priest to do that.

>>389876765
>>389876929
Applying real life logic to video games is stupid and pointless.
Trying to be realistic all the time will just result in shitty game design.

>>389878204
>+1 int to females
stop this meme

>>389888076
the worst meme is games have to be realistic

>>389885425
i like the luck idea but this garbage about men and women having different stats would just ruin the game

>>389888158
right you are sir

>>389876653
Because that would be shit from a gameplay perspective. But I suspect you know that already.

>>389876653
>men
>+4 strength
>-4 int
>-4 will
There. Perfect.

The director of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls has explained that he wouldn't want to see many more entries in the franchise, as it's "not the point" of the series.

In an interview with EDGE, Hidetaka Miyazaki revealed he didn't want a bloated series to spawn from his past work, though he did give Dark Souls II his blessing.

"I [wouldn’t] really care for Dark Souls VIII to come out. That’s not the point," he explained. "It’s more, ‘What do the fans want?’ We want to stay true to what they expect."

Miyazaki went on to admit he is a little regretful about not being as involved in the development of Dark Souls II as he was with its predecessors, but suggested it was time for some new blood to come in and help the series evolve. This time around, he's adopting a supervisor role, meaning he won't be involved in actual development.

"I’m not one to restrict the potential that Dark Souls has by insisting that only I can work on the titles,” he explained.

“I want new expressions. It’s true that I’m sad about not being involved in the development of Dark Souls II, because I’ve worked on Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls’ development for the past five years. I really love those two titles; however, maybe this is the time to have new inspiration, so I’m fine about that.

“I’m looking forward to playing Dark Souls II not as part of the development team, but with a little bit of distance. Everybody knows what the core of Dark Souls is – the dev team does, the fans do, the media does – and that will never change.”

Dark Souls II is currently in development with no firm release date, though it's looking like we may not see it before 2014. Miyazaki, meanwhile, is hard at work on a brand new title, though little is known about just what this could be.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/29/miyazaki-dark-souls-shouldnt-have-multiple-sequels

>>389888330
no shit, the people shitposting this don't care about games they care about the (You)'s

>>389876653

Because either you start as a magical undead immortal being, or magical undead immortal being with some kind of occupation he/she was already proficient with before turning undead.

>>389877240
Depends on the species, dumbfuck.

>>389876765
>yoda is using the force excuse
that means the undead men would still be stronger.

>>389888887
Nobody else said this because they were able to read the word ''usually'' and connect two and two together.

>>389889090
You're right , congrats

Because no one gives a shit about you and you should kill yourself

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>>389876653
but women are weaker in dark souls. 3, at least. they always take a critical hit if they take damage while running. men don't.

As recently as Oblivion, the Elder Scrolls games all had a penalty to intelligence for Redguards (the black people). I was always surprised people didn't raise hell about that.

>>389889501
That explains why nu-/v/ hates 3 so much.

>>389876653
Because thats an absurd concept in the world of Souls OP you fucking ass. Nothing makes sense.

>>389877316
You are being fucking retarded on purpose anon. There is no reality here, everyone might as well have been goat people

>>389886421
>this one thing is unrealistic, therefore you should just accept everything that is unrealistic

Correct though. It's not up for discussion.

How come so many white men are virgins when they can get girls from any race? Imagine living life on easy and still fucking up

>>389893371
backlash from imagining Chad the 8 foot investment banker and being faced with marcus, that fag who posts on /v/