
We recently wrote about Konami’s piss-poor excuse for the barely-there costume of their Metal Gear Solid character, Quiet. After all the controversy it caused, youād thinkĀ theyĀ might have wanted to avoid any furtherĀ dodgyĀ moves, but apparently not. Now that Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain online multiplayer has gone live, downloadable content is available on Xbox One and amongst that content is a new jumpsuit inspired by the one worn by female spy EVAĀ that can be, get this, unzipped for ātactical advantage.ā
Hereās the product description āJumpsuit that the female spy EVA wore during Operation Snake Eater. The chest area can be unzipped for a tactical advantage. *For female staff only”
Well, you wouldn’t want a man unzipping his outfit, would you? #rolleyes
Iām not certain to whose advantage this outfit and its tactics actually works, but the cynic in me says itās not the female staff’s. IĀ think it’s intended as tongue in cheek, particularly the reference to an undisclosed ātactical advantage,ā in an attempt to poke fun at the outcry against that absolutely necessary outfit Quiet wore. But honestly, have a bit of bloody sense, Konami.
Do you honestly want to add yet another exposed female character to this game and make it official that there are more fully dressed men than there are items of clothing on your female charactersā bodies? This entire thing just highlights that youāve really only got most of these female characters in the game for their sex appeal. Metal Gear Solid players are not all stereotypical horny teenage boys, so donāt treat usĀ like that.
Maybe this is an effort to soothe the rage that microtransactions create with tits. Is this outfit to your tactical advantage, Konami? āGet your tits here, 79p for some animated tits! What a bargain!ā Thatās pretty much all this feels like. They’re using a sexualised female body in order to try and get 79p out of their players and that’s just insulting to everyone. Itās not a fond throwback to EVA as a character, itās a fond throwback to her exposed body, and a really depressing grab for cash.
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