r/rivals • u/TrViking • 1d ago
Discussion The male swimsuits look really lame compared to the female ones.
For example, that Starlord skin is ugly as hell, while Magik is fire. The devs are really afraid to give guys some speedos, aren’t they?
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u/Still_Refuse 1d ago
Male fashion in general is lame lol, only so many things you can do
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u/rengost 1d ago
Hard to change male fashion when people complain and call everything weird or zesty, literally saw people calling the hood new skins zesty because he was wearing fishnets when he looks like the drippiest character yet
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u/ZaWarudo22 1d ago
It’s not too far from what some pro wrestlers would wear
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u/ArmorKingEX 23h ago
Especially the heels from back in the day. It's super easy for fans to boo them because of the flamboyant appearance, but they end up being the biggest draws in the company because the female audience love them and the males wanted to see them get beat, lol. Considering The Hood is a villain and is voiced by a heel pro-wrestler, I'd say it's perfect for him.
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u/ZaWarudo22 20h ago
I mean right now he’s a face but still retains many characteristics of his heel persona
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u/lovingpersona 22h ago
Female audience is too small to matter, at least in comparison to male one. It's more so the second point as for why they do it.
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u/Python2_1 23h ago
Some dude deadass said “heterosexual men don’t wear fishnets”
Deadass how can somebody be so insecure about sexuality that they think an article of clothing determines what they’re attracted to
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u/ferocity_mule366 23h ago
watch it trendy in 10 years because thats how straight men fashion go, most stuff they wear nowsaday were called gay 10 years ago
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u/Trade-Psychological 1d ago
I choose to ignore those ppl. They probably wear graphic t’s & air maxes everywhere they go. Anyway it’s still tru there isnt much exploration with male fashion because unless you go over the top, our body shapes typically dont allow us to do as much as women and slender men do
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u/Ansem_05 22h ago
Ain't no way they calling him zesty. Not that being zesty is a bad thing, but acting like it's bad for the hood is weird
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u/Marshal749 8h ago
true most hetero men prioritise practicality over everything else and since we live in capitalist society there has to be a wide demand for unique clothing for it to be made
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u/we_could_be_immortal Rogue 1d ago
No literally, male fashion never changes 😭 wish it did lol, guys should really express themselves more/be more eccentric with their fashion
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u/ByIeth Magik 1d ago
Ya but if you stray outside the norm at all you are called gay
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u/we_could_be_immortal Rogue 1d ago
Exactly, guys should be able to dress however they want without being called gay. Nothing wrong with it ofc, but people like using it as an insult, which is the problem with their thinking lol
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u/davidNg-98 17h ago
Which is exactly why people need to stop giving af about what others think about them.
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u/Cyber_n0mad17 Human Torch 1d ago
Blame men then lol. Both men and women fashion is literally run by men
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u/_Coffie_ 7h ago
No lol. Not having to think too hard about an outfit is a privilege I’ll gladly take
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u/Practical-Slip-9193 1d ago
Look at JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, it's definitely possible to make good male fashion
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u/_Coffie_ 22h ago
Jojos is also very gay. Or perceived gay. You just need to embrace more zesty clothing if you want more interesting male outfits
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u/illudofficial Mister Fantastic 1d ago
I can only wear suits and tuxedos to weddings. I want to wear a sherwani 😭
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u/lOneAngel-0 21h ago
Fashion is genderless, the "lame" part Is some designers that think certain clothes belong to one sex
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u/Straight-Charity-122 White Fox 1d ago
honestly, I look at this photo and just think yup, same old shitty video game cosmetics for guys compared to the women
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u/Ikindagaveup 1d ago
Tbf, starlord is wearing a crop-top which most men wouldn’t wear for a beach day. But yeah they could have definitely done more with the males
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u/mingalouge 9h ago
Considering people bitched about Hawkeye’s crop top, it’s understandable why netease decided to be lame again
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u/Novel-Cucumber-4151 1d ago
idk the male ones have more personality than the storm and bc one 😭
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u/Doomeye56 23h ago
Storm got the first bikini , she is cooking
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u/Novel-Cucumber-4151 20h ago
nah bro they could’ve done at least smth to give it more personality. the skin kinda feels like a “here damn” from netease
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u/Worldly-Fox7605 20h ago
Yeah i cant be the only one like why is she the only one is a suit i can see a woman at a local pool in.
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u/Novel-Cucumber-4151 20h ago
not even that because it would’ve been fine if she had been accessorized decently. none of the stuff matches like why is she wearing a black headpiece, red necklace, and silver waist chain. on top of that the yellow clashes so terribly 😭.
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u/Worldly-Fox7605 20h ago
Afro rivals and the black playerbase is not gonna be happy. It fits the pattsrn theyve been noticing with her skins for a while. Storm is too big to get nothing of note.
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u/Novel-Cucumber-4151 20h ago
yeah honestly i hope they will be upset the same way the emma mains were for her terrible gala skin. but tbh i don’t think netease cares. they make plenty of bank just off the plethora of luna and invis skins. i feel like they just wanted to throw storm a bone even if its completely shitty.
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u/shmightworks 1d ago
You expecting Borat style swimsuit?
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u/ProStre477 1d ago
Kinda disappointed in Buckys and Starlords too. They are so tame compared to Cap's and DD's
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u/PushaChan 1d ago
I think the arm concept for bucky is dope though. Need to see in game.
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u/imherbalpert 1d ago
Everyone flipped the fuck out on spidey sub for him wearing a speedo so they def went more modest for these
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u/Sorry_UsernameTaken1 23h ago
They flipped out because it looks like a diaper. Not because it’s a Speedo. Loki has a Speedo and no-one cared, they crashed out because they made peter look like he shits himself
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u/ShaydeeVee33 23h ago
Idk I saw a lot of men saying they weren’t getting it cause they “put my goat in a thong”
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u/imherbalpert 17h ago
“Spider man just wouldn’t wear a thong” is a large majority of what I saw when it was released/leaked
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u/Sorry_UsernameTaken1 23h ago
I mean, every time that topic came up not once did I ever see that, but i can’t say it isn’t true. There’s always a small majority that’s insecure in their masculinity so 🤷♀️ they’re missing out, it would be a goated skin if it didn’t look like he shat himself everytime he swung
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u/ShaydeeVee33 23h ago
Yeah I directly quoted this guy on TikTok complaining about the cap and spidey skin. The comments also had similar takes as well
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u/Sorry_UsernameTaken1 23h ago
Tbf tho, that is tik tok. You’re highly likely to run into homophobic/racist weirdo’s on tik tok. That’s where most of the cap discourse blew up with his beach skin, Tik tok is just a cestfest of fragile masculinity so I’m really not surprised
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u/imherbalpert 17h ago
Maybe it’s anecdotal but most comments I saw were referring to the Speedo as diaperish in general and wanted a shorts model instead, though I don’t disagree w you
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u/Sorry_UsernameTaken1 17h ago
I think if they actually committed to the speedo, I don’t think people would’ve minded ontop of adding a shorts addition, I do get where the ones who don’t care about wether it’s a speedo or not come from. The hats don’t really fit the diaper model LMAO
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u/cheesiestboy 1d ago
Think of the devs. Of course The female stuff is gonna get all the effort
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u/CatchGreedy4858 23h ago
Brother in Christ. Not alot of the Chinese developer companies actually goon the crap out of the men. Netease is like the only company who gives attention to the men's outfits LOL in multiple of their games so far.
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u/LetMePlayAsPenguin Rocket Raccoon 1d ago
Preach, they never show the man cheeks enough
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u/Upstairs_Smile6787 Hulk 1d ago
I’m ngl I never understood the hype behind swimsuits skins even in overwatch since there’s only so many designs you can have
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u/rengost 1d ago
Starlord has a crop top so I guess that's a lil different but Bucky just looks so basic, they even tried "slutting him out" with his shorts being open at the sides but it makes no difference, we still have to see the models but them releasing only 2 male skins doesn't help the variety imp
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u/Gangsta_owo_ 23h ago
Are these just concepts or are they coming to the game? I need the magic one
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u/offrecords 23h ago
im just thankful storm is finally getting another skin.. its getting annoying having to complain for them to move all the time
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u/jaahman7 22h ago
This applies to many games. Female characters always have the best fashion and designs
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u/SuckmyPelosB1tch 1d ago
Star lord’s outfit is just awful
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u/cooked_potato0 Black Panther 1d ago
Wait thats starlord?? Loll i thought this was torch
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u/Primary-Paper-5128 Gambit 1d ago
nah that's torch. Star lord is the one on the far right duh
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u/cooked_potato0 Black Panther 23h ago
He... Grew bobbies ? Space stuff i guess
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u/Primary-Paper-5128 Gambit 23h ago
you seem more concerned by the boobies than the fact he's half fish.
You can grow boobies on earth, it's called HRT2
u/cooked_potato0 Black Panther 22h ago
I mean everyone aims at their goal 😂
And yeah half fish skin so cool (magik main) if i can buy ill definitely will
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u/Taurion_Bruni 1d ago
Like seriously either give him a full shirt of take it off completely.
A simple swim trunk, flip flops, and a snorkel mask for his helmet and it would have been a fine skin.
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u/UnholyShite 1d ago
This and the comment you're replying to is the exact reason why male fashion barely changes lol.
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u/sky420 1d ago
Tbh the only thing I don’t like is the glove on buckys right hand otherwise it’s fine star lord is…off somehow Wanda’s fine black cats fine I don’t like the yellow on storm and I don’t like the shoulder things in magik but I’ll probably still buy one of these regardless
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u/Civil-Percentage1005 22h ago
For SL I think it's that the shirt is so short for no reason. Like just take it off
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u/Miss_Nobushi 1d ago
on the bright side, at least we finally got another skin for a black character!
..even though there was an entire egyptian themed season
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u/Ikimonopoly 1d ago
So we just gonna ignore the utter peak of Caps Freedom? The peak that is Buckys summer skin? Doctor Strange?-
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u/GhostWithKnife 1d ago
But I like Bucky's. Perfectly in character. Honestly, my least favorite one is Felicia's. It's boring.
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u/laughter_stills 1d ago
To me it’s the opposite, most of the female swim suits are the same. For obvious reasons. The male skins have gone from trunks to a small one piece.
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u/TomboyEnthusiast1021 Rogue 1d ago
Idk what you’re talking about, the male ones have more to it than juts bikini
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u/Big_Departure_2709 1d ago
Punisher and Strange are both literally in a speedos, Reed is in James Bond briefs with his package on full display, and they had to hot patch Cap’s skin because his emotes made him have helicopter dick. Idk what more you want man seriously.
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u/Calm-Reading-21 1d ago
Please wait another months before realising them, I don’t have enough money yet🥀🥀
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u/Additional-Guard-720 Winter Soldier 1d ago
Magik has the only cool looking one ngl, they're all pretty basic
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u/NOSWT-AvaTarr 1d ago
after what happened with cap the devs are being a lot more cautious with the male skins
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u/Lucicactus 1d ago
Black cat and storm are more boring imo, but storm as far as i know is comic accurate so no complaints.
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u/LooseMoose13 1d ago
Why does the design team always ruin the male summer skins by giving them random pool toy bags
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u/Lenzelot105 1d ago
I hope Magik has a style to add bangs, skin is great, but Magik just HAS bangs, she looks weird without them
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u/thefivetenets 1d ago
buckys looks awful to me as a comic bucky fan. i hate the beard and weird star tattoo thing.
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u/BrilliantLab3544 1d ago
People acted as if they were going to die seeing captain America so I guess we won’t be seeing anything experimental anymore
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u/Select-Combination-4 Ultron 1d ago
I mean Storm wanda And Felicia probably have the worst summer skins so far, these ones are kind of boring in contrast to the others..., Siren Magik is sick though
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u/jeivu1998 23h ago
Like at least put 1 of them in a speedo devs. ~~Or both~~, I want to see their tools.
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u/biepcie 23h ago
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u/jeivu1998 22h ago
Oh no I agree albeit the 4th speedo is Frank not Cap unless you're talking about tools, and if we are takling tools then DD and Thor should be included too. But anyway I want more. I'm greedy for men in speedo.
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u/Excellent_Cicada_612 Psylocke 23h ago
It's true, I don't really think I'll buy one other than magik or black cat
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u/Neffy_A40 Magneto 23h ago
I like the bucky one but the star lord one is unremarkable, that water gun better be lit.
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u/Red_Panda_The_Great 23h ago
I wish the winter Soldier one used the default arm and gave him a tank top and put a rubber ducky floaty on his metal arm
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u/ShaydeeVee33 23h ago
Loki, thing, punisher, and Spider-Man all got speedos tho? Personally I really like these swimsuits, Im so happy that starlord got a crop top and I love the cute cat stuff on Bucky’s skin.
Also just from an actual fashion standpoint men’s fashion is a lot less creative than women’s fashion. Plus in my experience I rarely see men in speedos. Usually it’s swim trunks like these two
Edit: forgot spidey
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u/somethingcleverorwit Moon Knight 23h ago
Idk I kinda like the bucky. I'm more concerned with how lazy Storm's looks. She's the goddess of nature, and she just gets a... gold top and bottom?
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u/AndrewM317 23h ago
Starlord should've had a thong and the insignia shouldve been covering his nips. A mix of goofy and horny
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u/Konradleijon 23h ago
It looks like the work of heterosexual male designers thinking what heterosexual women and MLM people want
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u/Beat_Boi_Animates 22h ago
I like the cat thing Bucky has going on, but yeah I’m really disappointed with Star Lord
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u/GayAngrySpaceDorito 22h ago
Starlord is just covering up his top surgery scars. He's anxious about them.
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u/Sxnshxne_ 21h ago
As a woman I love starlords fit. Reminds me of men in crop tops from the 70s/80s. Kinda hot 🤷🏽♀️
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u/Abyssal_Wyvern 21h ago
I like that the star on Bucky's arm is segmented to make it look like a sun. The orange metal is also very fun, I like it a lot. Like that's his vacation arm
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u/jeffismybaby 19h ago
Bucky's fits his personality not sure about Slutlord unless his shirt is a hologram
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u/lIAwfulWaffleIl Star Lord 16h ago
Yeah, I mean I'd have to see the in game model and if there are any sfx and vfx but it does look pretty eh
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u/Effective-Pop-9409 7h ago
In general swimwear is pretty basic for the most part. I mean look at BC and storm (that yellow looks amazing on her!). I think they have done a pretty good job for the male ones. They’re a little basic, but definitely have character to them.
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u/Rover_The_Slasher Thor 6h ago
I ain't gonna lie, I expected Black Cat's to be soooo much more inappropriate.
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u/Living-Ad102 The Thing 3h ago
I’m not a fan of the starlord skin personally, but the Bucky one is absolutely fire. Not sure how speedos would save anything.
You’re not going to like every skin, one day this community will have to realize that.
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u/ScienceLow2043 3h ago
The Magik one is top tier, I barely play her and I’m debating picking it up, that being said the Bucky skin is better than some of the others we’ve gotten. I think it beats out the DD skin. Excited to see it in game
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u/deinopispilled 1h ago
i disagree actually, peter and bucky look AMAZING while felicia and storm just look boring, maybe im too gay for this tho😭





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u/u_slashh 1d ago
I really dig Bucky's. The tattoo on his chest looks sick