Upstream | March 31, 2009 | 17 comments

Fat Princess Might Offend The Pigtailed

source: http://kotaku.com/5191328/fat-princess-might-offend-the-pigtailed

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Titan Studios' PlayStation 3 game Fat Princess has already riled up the more sensitive of the internet's residents with its chubby, cake-fed royalty. But its developers aren't toning down their design decisions in response.

Yes, the game is still bloody (and bloody good) with gibs of cel-shaded warriors splattered about the battlefield when sliced in half by a Warrior or exploded into oblivion by a Worker's bomb. Sure, Titan Studios—which is owned by Epic Games China—is giving PlayStation 3 owners a chance to play as male or female characters in Fat Princess, but with custom hairstyles with names like "Prison Handles" for pigtails, someone's bound to have their nerves rubbed the wrong way.

We got to take a look at the game's character customization, which includes quaint skin coloring options like "zombie" and "vomit" as well as more tame ones that add variety to Fat Princess's lily white default lineup. For hair options, expect to see things like "Scottish" and "programmer," the latter of which conjures images of id Software employees during their ponytail-sporting days.

"Fat Princess' art style fits the humor and cheekiness of the game," said Titan Studios lead designer Craig Leigh, noting that the game's gore and carnage should invoke thoughts of Itchy & Scratchy. They're going for humor, as evidenced by the game's copious pop culture references, not something darker or "mature."

The game's unexpected bloodiness should be lessened by its cutesy character designs and brightly colored stages, with names like Sugar Cove, Coco Cliffs and Black Forest, just a few of the eight maps the Titan Studios team plans to ship with.

While visually attractive, the Fat Princess devs look to have added plenty of gameplay depth, with five character classes, each with a two-tier upgrade system and multiple attacks, as well as upgradeable buildings and strategic structures.

Perhaps most appealing for the multiplayer focused strategy game is the PlayStation Network game's host migration, which will ensure that even if the session host drops out, one of the other players, up to 32 of 'em, will pick up hosting duty slack. We'll write more about our hands-on impressions soon.

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Are you offended by a game that features fat women or does this look like fun (I'm thinking the latter).
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17 comments // Fat Princess Might Offend The Pigtailed

  • DarthSalem
  • morirjedi
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      morirjedi  

    • We can't even use the word fat anymore? What the hell. We are way too sensitive these days. Just be happy fat people are used in games. I doubt there will be any black princess games coming anytime soon.

    • 2 years ago
  • SW2
  • St_Alia_10191
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      St_Alia_10191  

    • Anti-royalty portrayals of monarchs usually make them big fat slobs. I'm down with it. Fat Princess is actually kinda cute. I'm sure the fetish community will embrace her corpulence ;-)

    • 2 years ago
  • ZomBelle
  • tootersmoocher
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      tootersmoocher  

    • The 'genetics' argument is one I find amusing. While it is true one can come from larger stock, an underlying issue is that like attracts like. That is the only way from a genetic stand point you can argue that "unfortunately it's just genetics." Look to the animal world at large. How many fat-ass lions have you seen in recent nature specials. Gazelles? Mole rats? Flying squirrels? Sperm whales? Ok, the last one might be pushing my point, but we as humans have essentially created the whole genetic argument by selective breeding, conscious or unconscious. Like must attract like. Or at least that's the only mate you could attract. Then again, I am a skinny kid, so what do I really have to say on the matter, and rather, what does that have to say about my genes?!? haha...

    • 2 years ago
  • jennatar
  • Will_the_Thrill
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      Will_the_Thrill  

    • Just to take the other side, if it were the retarded princess, people would be up in arms. Fat jokes and midget jokes are still socially acceptable. Whereas if you make a joke about jewish, arab, or black people, people get up in arms, understandably.

      I'm not saying we as a society aren't overly sensitive, cause we are, but a part of being a human being is trying to see things from someone else's point of view. While there are some fat people who are just lazy, there are fat people who are honestly trying, but unfortunetly it's just genetics.

      Even the word fat is a negative. But, what do you say? Overweight? What's overweight? Obese? Depends on your perspective I guess.

      Whatever happened to games that had a message, something tangible, something real-ish. Like Half-Life?

    • 2 years ago
  • unthought89
    • 0
      unthought89  

    • ITS A GAME *&%$@ why do you people get so mad. ITS A VIDEO GAME NOT REAL. Please get a life and stop complaining that's all you do. Same thing as Resident Evil. They never even said what part of Africa. Do you realize that not just black live there. Secondly how are you offended. Its not hurting you nor saying your name. Nor were there any slurs to insult a single race. Last time i check there was multiple races, middle eastern, I wont say African because its not a race its a continent.

    • 2 years ago
  • jennatar
  • DeliaTheArtist
    • 0
      DeliaTheArtist  
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    • This was posted a while back- it was funny then and it's funny now! As a chubby chick I am not offended in the least but then again it takes a LOT to offend me! In our politically correct world, there's still room for humor, isn't there?

      Suddenly I want cake...

    • 2 years ago
  • unthought89
    • 0
      unthought89  
    • DeliaTheArtist:

      The reason they become offended is because they see their self image. It shows them eating a lot and the fat girl in the game gets a cupcake while all they get is non-edible achievement points. HAHAAA

    • 2 years ago
  • KefKef
  • jennatar
    • 0
      jennatar  

    • I'm not offended by games about fat women, but I *am* offended at how much conversation there's been about offending women who are probably fat. Does that make sense?

    • 2 years ago
  • seanalyn
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      seanalyn  

    • Im super excited for the game. Also who cares if it features a fat woman?! Heaven forbid! Watch out dont call it Brunette Princess or it will offend the brunettes!

    • 2 years ago
  • iammyfathersson
  • TheDecemberists
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