Hoyoverse, the completely large sport growth studio and writer behind world hits like Genshin Influence and Honkai: Star Rail, is aware of the way to flip up the sexy dial. Whether or not it was the absurd boob jiggle physics when Genshin launched, or the guts 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 identified for being fairly sexy has seemingly outhornied itself.
Jane Doe is an S-rank bodily anomaly character working within the second half of the 1.1 patch of Zenless Zone Zero. She can also be very popular, like in a stereotypical manner. Her high-waisted shorts (that are layered over ripped tights) intensify what’s possibly probably the most dramatic hip-to-waist ratio I’ve seen in a sport in a very long time. Different options of her design, like a little bit satan tail that wraps round her leg, purpose to impress loads of lust from followers. On Aug. 30, developer Hoyoverse launched a personality demo trailer for her and properly… it’s so sexy that it impressed each simps and critics alike to remark.
The trailer goes by way of a situation 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 within 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 stuffed with fan edits of her. One video edit, that has greater than 3 million views, is stuffed with commenters screaming about desirous to “save hex” together with her — phrasing that individuals use to keep away from moderation parameters on TikTok. A brief clip exhibiting Jane strolling additionally impressed feral responses from followers, with one particular person saying, “brother the thigh physics are diabolical what the hell.”
Nonetheless, 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 within 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 one of many high feedback, that was preferred greater than 2,200 instances, mentioned, “the animation is so good bro however what precisely is the inventive workforce considering making a personality that acts like this.”
Then there are the people who find themselves simply plain upset. In a video considered greater than 186,000 instances, an individual layered textual content over a clip of her trailer and mentioned, “can’t shield [Zenless Zone Zero] anywmore, this trailer is straight up disgusting.”
Hoyoverse is accustomed to courting controversy with its character designs. When the sport launched in 2020, individuals criticized the boob jiggle physics in Genshin Influence and the builders added alternate outfits for 4 of its characters that lined up extra of their pores and skin. Nevertheless it’s additionally an organization whose followers actually do similar to to thirst over so a lot of its characters. The corporate has all the time needed to navigate a wonderful line between creating beloved, and generally horny characters, with out overdoing the sexual components. Now, it simply looks as if Zenless Zone Zero goes to go all in on these components of the fandom.
