Yeah, but my problem is that that female gear up there? Virtually every characteristic she holds is a typecast of a: a sexualized object of attraction, and b: a simple gender-swap of the gears we already know. Big deal.

You know what? Gears of War would be a perfect game to do all sorts of gender-, racial-, and, of course, sexual-role analysis in the universe Blezinski has created. I'd be interested in what intelligent gamers can come up with in a 60 page thesis paper...

The art is from a comic what do you expect? Of course the female gear is going to be like this.

@Zombutler

0_o

@covah: naw meng, just giant shoes.

She can kick my ass anyday.

Her name should be Venus, like that one ninja turtle that everyone remembers.

Given Cliffy B's concept of the human form, I suspect the female character to look something like this:

I'm gonna call it now:

One of the Carmine's has an androgynous name and it turns out to be a chick.

GEARS 3, CODE IT AND SHIP IT!

As long as she is pleasing to the eyes, I'm all for it.

@Brian Keljore: Hot.

I think there's a good chance of playable female characters in Gears 3.
Halo did it (Though all they had to do was a voice but still.

And besides that, Female characters are one of the main things people on the forum had asked for.

While I can understand none for SP, I don't see the problem in putting in some for MP it's not like people dying and respawning while trying to capture control points is canon.

"Given Cliffy B's concept of the human form, I suspect the female character to look something like this: "

To be fair it would make more sense. I find it a bit weird in games where you have the choice of either heavily-armoured roid-monkey men or a slim, scantly-clad women. Especially since the differences are almost always cosmetic.

I wouldn't mind a female gear in the game but I don't think Bleszinsk can write and create a decent female character based on what he has done so far. The whole thing with Dom and his wife was supposed to be dramatic and emotional and it felt tacked on and didn't really need to be there. Also his other comments along the lines of "notches on your bed for how many women you sleep with" lines tells me that he really doesn't have the attitude to write and create a female video game character that will be meaningful in any way.

The only way I can think of to explain a realistic role of women in the GoW universe is to keep them safe from combat for repopulation purposes. But I guess you could say the same for guys too.

If you gave her a sexy body like the girl in the pic, then people will just call her a female stereotype and if you try to make her fit in more with Marcus and the guys, she will probably resemble a 7 foot tall World of Warcraft dwarf female.

Maybe Dom will stop being such a whiney pussy and bang this new broad

@Cosmitz
I agree; I also always pick the female character if I can. I always get asked if I'm a closet transexual by my friends when I do, but I feel that if I'm supposed to stare at an ass for 12-15 hours, it had damn well better be female.

It's the sign of a of a well written fiction universe when you can add in any race, gender or even existing diease (mental or physical) without tacking it on. It's a sign that the universe is real and real things happen. People die, people get sad and women exist.

Gears is not a well writen universe it's simply a SUPER masculine fantasy although there's nothing wrong with that it's awkward for all parties involved when they try to pull off anything more than that. If they have to think about woman as "Do we HAVE to add in a woman?" rather than just flowing with an original idea and the girl just fits into place then they're probably trying to hard.

P.S. Don't make women wear obviously less protective "fanservice suits." It's just weird and makes them look like Lara Croft wannabes. She's in a war make her a fighter! If you're gonna do it pull a goddammed Samus people!

@RiotMonster

Again I think it's a mistake to show them as women in the first place. It's like they're noticably making a big deal out of it. Keep her in a helmet, Make her the same as all the guys (Don't make her damsel in distress or the super fighter girl) and then pull a Samus. Suddendly show that she is a woman but don't stop the game just keep going like nothing's happened. That's probably the best way to bring in a female character I can think of.

I'd like to fill her Emergence Hole, if you know what I mean.

^ What Zombutler said, it's canon you know!

Que Sera, Sera.

Dykes of War 3: The Scissoring.

SP campaign tends to be very story driven... but multiplayer tends to be where the demand is for avatar variations (including gender options).

I haven't played Gears... but as long as a female is consistent within the world, there's no reason not to include that option in multiplayer.

I think the Gears universe needs a lot more women.

Now I'm no Gears fan but if there is a reason as to why there are no women then why isn't somebody explaining why there's a chick in the above comic book?

The popular media has been serving up feminist propaganda like this for years. In real life, women don't serve on the front lines of combat because they're not physically and psychologically adapted for warfare. So feminist sympathizers im the film, television and game industries concoct fantasies where women are expert marksman and can beat up large men with martial arts moves. The inclusion of Anya as a playable character, if she is a playable character, is just propaganda. She's there to make people think women are as tough as men.