My reason for bringing that into the conversation has to do with people claiming that male Shep's armor was just as sculptured as female Shep's. I may have missed something, but I didn't see any lovingly rendered pectoral muscles on any of male Shep's gear.
Well - given that the armor in question showed the effects of gravity and every last arc and curve fully detailed, it certainly looks to me like it was metal encasing. If there were some soft padding underneath, you'd lose some of the detail in the exterior appearance.
In retrospect, "sculpted" was a poor choice of words on my part. I do think both versions of Shepard had form fitting armor, but it does indeed form more of a shape around Femshep's chest. I still think that's partly because there's just more to shape around.
I just have to believe there's something in the way of soft lining in there, because all of it being hard metal directly against skin just seems nonsensical to me, whether it's on the chest or the arms. I'm not only assuming there's some padding, I'm also assuming the material the armor is made out of has a little flex to it. I mean, that's why the whole concept of needing to account for shape and degree of sag isn't really working for me, because we have bras that can lift and shape pretty comfortably even today. When I try to imagine wearing that armor, I just imagine putting on a corset bra with a hard outer shell.
I do acknowledge that it doesn't make as much sense as just wearing a sports bra and an outer shell that doesn't sculpt around each breast.
Well - I think that line was crossed in the particular armor we've been talking about. There just wasn't any need to make it that detailed, to make it look like an accurate breast sculpture. The other examples you mention include specific camera angles intended to focus attention on the sexualized bits.
I expect we'll have both - some boob cup, some not, as in the past.
Of course, the pose of the female protag on the poster causes me some concern. I'm afraid they'll use hyper-genderized walk animations, ala DA - in which case, I might not be going to Andromeda.
Admittedly, the only direction a discussion like this can really go is in circles. We're comparing our perceptions and coming up with incompatible viewpoints.
There is also the fact that I don't have very strong feelings about sexualization occuring in someone else's work. At most, I try to assess whether there's a point within the story, or whether it's primarily fanservice. But I only do that because I like analyzing fiction, not because the presence of fanservice itself bothers me.
I think we can reasonably hope for more neutral animations. My fear is more in the vein of the female protagonist walking like a gorilla again, but I'm not actually rooting for the swishy sashay either. Something about that doesn't seem like it would work in the ME setting at all.
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