29 March 2016

Overwatch's Tracer's Victory Pose Is Out of Character? Really?!

So, today I heard a weird news on PC Gamers. You see, Blizzard is currently holding an Open-Beta phase for their newest class based multiplayer, Overwatch. One of the characters in the game is a 26 year old high spirited girl, Tracer. I'm gonna skip on her ability and just skip to what important in this case; her personality. From what I've seen from cinematic trailer, gameplay video, and many sources in the internet (I haven't played it though), Tracer is a genki girl. She's very high spirited and playful. Some of her pose and movement also tell us (or me, to be exact) that she's also likes to do cool stuff.

And now, people complaining about her. Not about her as general, no. But complaining about one very specific victory pose. In that pose, Tracer stands with her back to the camera and her head looking at the camera.

This is the ass, er, pose in question. Image: PCGamer

One of the pose in the "How to Look Cool" handbook. So, what's wrong with it? Well, people said that the pose showing Tracer showing off her ass (a nice pair of ass). So it's over-sexualized? Eh, not really. Strangely enough, the reason why people complaining about this pose is because they think it is out of her character.

Wow, that's sounds like a legit reason the gaming community ever throw. But, wait. Is it really true though?