Is there or will there be female perspective with regards to design, functionality, and character aesthetics?asked by Zapa

I think a good reference to look at is the Cutlass commercial. Here we see a pilot taking on a Vanduul Scythe, and when she blows them up she comes and lands in the hangar, takes off her helmet, and you realize it's a woman piloting it the entire time - showing that she's pretty kick-ass. So I think that right there's a good indicator of he we want to keep things... I guess... I don't wanna say "gender equal" - that sounds so politically correct!

Well no, but I mean almost just like reflective of the real world, 'cause that's immersive right? Women are lawyers, they're doctors... I mean, it sounds weird when I say it, but it's like, it would seem odd if you have a bunch of women running around scantily clad or... you know, some games it kinda breaks the immersion when you're like, "that doesn't make any sense, that doesn't look right," so...

I'd rather see a bunch of kick-butt warrior women.

I think realistic is what we're shooting for, right?TD & DV: Yes.

We don't want our females to be portrayed as fantasy avatars. They should be an extension of who you're playing and they should look like they belong to the world.

I figure, how many hundreds of years in the future? I think difference between- or any perceived difference - imagined or real - would be negligible at that point.

Yeah. So, yeah, we're trying to keep it real. In fact, we are right now finalizing our female base-model that we're going to build upon, and players will have the option to pick their wardrobe, and swap costumes out, and environment suits and all that. So a lot of the way that the female will be portrayed will be up to the people playing the game.

Yeah. And realistic because it's a scan - not just an artists interpretation of the female body, I guess.

Exactly.

Keepin' it real.

Keepin' it real.

Yeeeah.