Hoyoverse, the completely large recreation improvement studio and writer behind world hits like Genshin Influence and Honkai: Star Rail, is aware of methods to flip up the attractive dial. Whether or not it was the absurd boob jiggle physics when Genshin launched, or the coronary heart throbs of Tears of Themis, Hoyoverse has by no means shied away from making lustful characters. However now, with the introduction of Jane Doe in Zenless Zone Zero, the studio recognized for being fairly attractive has seemingly outhornied itself.
Jane Doe is an S-rank bodily anomaly character working in the second half of the 1.1 patch of Zenless Zone Zero. She can be extremely popular, like in a stereotypical method. Her high-waisted shorts (that are layered over ripped tights) intensify what’s perhaps the most dramatic hip-to-waist ratio I’ve seen in a recreation in a very long time. Different options of her design, like somewhat satan tail that wraps round her leg, purpose to impress loads of lust from followers. On Aug. 30, developer Hoyoverse released a character demo trailer for her and nicely… it’s so attractive that it impressed each simps and critics alike to remark.
The trailer goes by way of a state of affairs the place a personality is being interrogated by Jane Doe. The character, who sits strapped in a chair, pants and breathes closely as Jane taunts them in a sexualized method. Jane lowers her face in-between the character’s legs and shoves an apple in the character’s throat — and it’s all framed from a first-person perspective, so it provides the impact of her doing it to the viewer. Now, each the trailer and character have impressed combined responses from followers.
Some persons are already worshipping Jane and TikTok is crammed with fan edits of her. One video edit, that has more than 3 million views, is crammed with commenters screaming about desirous to “save hex” along with her — phrasing that folks use to keep away from moderation parameters on TikTok. A short clip showing Jane walking additionally impressed feral responses from followers, with one individual saying, “brother the thigh physics are diabolical what the hell.”
Nevertheless, others aren’t so proud of the character. For some gamers, the design of the character was wonderful, however they didn’t like how she was portrayed in the video. Others questioned Hoyoverse for utilizing the sexualized trailer to market on TikTok. The builders uploaded the trailer to the official Zenless Zone Zero account and considered one of the prime feedback, that was appreciated greater than 2,200 occasions, mentioned, “the animation is so good bro but what exactly is the creative team thinking making a character that acts like this.”
Then there are the people who find themselves simply plain upset. In a video viewed more than 186,000 times, an individual layered textual content over a clip of her trailer and mentioned, “can’t protect [Zenless Zone Zero] anywmore, this trailer is straight up disgusting.”
Hoyoverse is accustomed to courting controversy with its character designs. When the recreation launched in 2020, individuals criticized the boob jiggle physics in Genshin Influence and the builders added alternate outfits for 4 of its characters that coated up extra of their pores and skin. However it’s additionally an organization whose followers actually do identical to to thirst over so lots of its characters. The corporate has all the time needed to navigate a wonderful line between creating beloved, and generally attractive characters, with out overdoing the sexual components. Now, it simply looks like Zenless Zone Zero goes to go all in on these components of the fandom.
