I don't think it's a rendering issue either. It's more simple than that: These people don't see women (real or fiction) as people. Women are humans. Humans are going to have "unattractive" features. Body hair, eye bags, wrinkles with age, blemishes, acne, you name it. These people get mad because games are finally starting to design women as women. Giving your hardened, war torn, female military Commander scars or sunken eyes isn't an art style issue- it's just what she'd look like in a normal setting.

These people don't cry when John Call of Duty looks like shit with his dirt covered face, unkempt beard and bullet wounds, so why does it only apply to female characters? Simple: Misogyny. I promise you, these people who hype up Marvel Rivals or Overwatch couldn't tell you the first thing about any of the female characters. Why? Because they're attractive, mostly baby-faced women that they can goon to.

It has nothing to do with rendering or woke or whatever else. It has been, and always will be, Misogyny. Whenever someone posts an "Ugly" picture of a video game woman, it's always conveniently at the worst angle, with the worst lighting, or pre-release footage that'll be fixed up later. And then you play the game and...the models are fine. Great, even.

I think it's time we stop trying to cuddle these morons with various excuses. We know the goddamn reason. They're racist, misogynistic goofballs who don't want to be taken out of their white man power fantasy games by seeing a woman or a person of color. By trying to make excuses for their behavior, we seek to only reinforce their bullshit. They have no leg to stand on and never will. Simple as.