Glutes in Mass Effect: to be or not to be

Sexism

The year 2021 began with a conflict in the gaming industry: the news of the Mass Effect trilogy remaster paled in the face of a small change. In the original, during scenes with one of the heroines, Miranda Lawson, her buttocks were too often in the frame. It looked especially absurd during the dramatic dialogues.

The head of BioWare studio Mac Walters said that the developers decided to fix the camera work and change the angle in the remaster. They did not change the model of the heroine, explaining it as a creative intent.

But such a little thing as a change of camera angle was enough to make the male audience declared war to the studio. Players argued about the fairness of such censorship. Some said they would not buy the game. Discussions on forums were so fierce that the moderators of the English-language subreddit devoted to Mass Effect have forbidden to discuss the topic. That said, the series is not just for men. According to research, women also play Mass Effect willingly, and the generator for creating the main character allows