Scarlet Blade is basically porn attempting to
pretend to be a game. There are much better ways to spend your time and, really, it shouldn't be taken seriously.
The fact that anyone really bothers to play it is troublesome, though. There's obviously nothing that special about it, so people would only play for the porn aspect. And it seems to be working.
It's more of a problem with the fact that sex sells. People will sometimes make dumb purchases for the sake of satisfying their arousal.
It'd be even less of a problem if this was solely in "games" or other media like Scarlet Blade. But you see much subtler versions of this everywhere.
If you ask me, guys usually aren't anywhere near as sexualized. They usually have a much more respectable image, something you could look up to... Then some of the women are basically on the verge of becoming strippers. It's really sad when a game, or really any media that doesn't have the intention of being porn, is like that.
Just look at a game like League of Legends. It's one of the most popular multiplayer PC games out there right now, and every other female character in it has an unlockable appearance that makes them look like a slut. And these unlockables cost real money. And people buy them.
Don't get me wrong, I like playing League of Legends itself, but it's still an issue.
The main problems there are probably that
Most Gamers Are Male, not to mention
Men Are Generic, Women Are Special and
Male Gaze. I'm willing to bet most game developers are male, as well.
On the other hand, I don't have a problem with characters being attractive. As long as it's somewhat equal between genders and it doesn't get too absurd. I feel like I've seen a fair amount of games pull this off, and it's fine in my opinion. I mean, are you going to start telling Hollywood to not use attractive people as the stars in their movies? As long as nobody's turned into a sex object it's all k.
It's all about keeping a healthy balance.
That said, I wonder if there'll ever be a game like Scarlet Blade that only has sexualized men, instead of ladies? Wouldn't that would be interesting, haha.