Hmm, I think you're being overly sensitive to the bra and panties scene. I haven't played Dreamfall yet, so I don't know to what extent the "Hanes:Her Way" are exploited, but I have known teenaged girls and they actually do hang out in their rooms wearing nothing but their panties and bra. Often. In fact, during the summer when one might think they're upstairs packing for vacation, they're actually hanging out watching Friends DVDs in their underwear. Seriously!

I think most females would think the main character's state of under-dress far more realistic than the anatomies of 90% of computer game females. Boys probably found this eye-candy seriously tame. Girls will probably say "Hey, I do that all the time! She's like me!" which was probably the motivation behind its inclusion.

IMHO, if they seriously wanted to attract males to the title using this eye-candy, then I'm surprised I haven't seen that screenshot before. In the age of the InPornNation SuperHighway, boys aren't going to buy a $30-$40 game based on an underwear scene when there's a lot of free underwear scenes already available.

Great review, though, and I'm looking forward to playing this game but I still need to finish the first "Journey" before I do. I'm glad they got the same person to do April's voice again, as I really liked it last time. I'm looking forward to seeing how she sounds all jaded. :)