Chicks, man...

[Cogwheel]

I love video game girls. I think a game with a female lead is exponentially more interesting than a game with a male lead. There is just something so awesome about a girl who can kick ass. That being said, I don't like female mages. They're so cliche and boring to me. A female healer...riveting. Aeris was ok, though. Sorry, now I'm just rambling. Anyway, the point is, I love video game girls. My personal favorites are Cammy, Psylocke, Jill Valentine, Lara Croft, Felicia, Rikku, Princess Ashe, C. Viper, Kitana, and Tali.

I suggest you play Iji [http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php]. Now. Noooooooow.

Really, it's free. There's no excuse.

Also..does using girls in games, especially fighting games, make you feel less manly/masculine?

My favourite fighting game ever (beating Brawl and some Gundam games) is Touhou Hisoutensoku, of which Youtube has many videos.

I'd say no. And as my playing that game, Kirby and a bunch of others may tell you, I honestly don't care.

This too, is my favorite fighting game. Do I feel less manly playing it? No. do the female fighting animations look better than what a male model would?(in my opinion yes)

Personally, I'm indifferent. The characters are awesome in a mildly psychotic sort of way, fancy moves are had, things go boom, I am content.

Also, I would challenge you to a 'net round of the game, but I'm in Japan, so lag would probably reach Matrix-esque proportions.

 

[Ashcrexl]

the ONLY time i had a problem playing a female is in nightfire, some woman i was was wearing nail polish. now i really hate nail polish in general but to see fucking nail polish wielding a heat-seeking rocket launcher or a laserbeam shooting death machine just kills me. but yeah, game chicks are usually pretty cool.

 

[katsumoto03]

Also..does using girls in games, especially fighting games, make you feel less manly/masculine?

I'm pretty sure that it's only men that are secure in their masculinity that don't have issues with playing as girls in a game, fighting or otherwise.

This. It was always weird for me, as whenever my friends and I would play a fighting game and I picked a female character, they'd give me odd looks. Usually it would end with me being called a pervert.

Silly people.

 

[Dog Wednesday]

I always play as a female when given the option. Fighting games its more about move sets than anything, but with everything else I always play the opposite sex. Why? Because female characters, though increasingly more common, are still a risk to developers because of the legion of idiots who wont play as a girl because they cant 'relate' to them. I like to think Im rewarding gutsy developers for taking a chance, but also because the voice acting is usually better, the character models are more dynamic, and because its just fun to escape your own gender sometimes. I like being a man, but games allow me to experiment, so i will.

 

[Danceofmasks]

Well ... my sort of response to people who thinks it's weird:

"You're playing Ryu, really? He punches cars, jumps 20 feet in the air, and throws plasma out of his hands. How is that any less weird than playing Chun Li?"

 

[Sniper Team 4]

I always plays as a girl first. Always. Playing with a male Shep in Mass Effect hurts my ears as I think the voice actor sounds like he's literally just reading lines off a page. But yeah, I play as the girls in fighting games too.

One of my all time favorite female characters (who isn't known to many people) is Kasami from Suikoden and Suikoden II.

 

[Saint of M]

I like characters in general, with female ones being some of my favorites.While I mostly play as guys, I am more then happy to play female ones, especially in fighting games as they sometimes are easier for noobs to learn the ropes. Not to say all female characters are this way, but there is bound to be an easy character in the female perswation then the male.

In general, if a character is good they are good, and so is the reverse, gender not withstanding

 

[Nimcha]

It depends on the game really. When it's an RPG where you can make your character write the story so to speak, I prefer a female character because for one they're nice to look at (yes I'm shallow) and for two I can relate to them easier.

Then again, in a game like Prototype I have no trouble playing as the guy.

 

[ThatStrangeDude]

I always play male leads.
I mean when I'm fighting dragons and killing dark overlords I don't have time to cry and bleed outta my vagina.

... Bayonetta is an exception though, if only because of the fact that she is yet another sex object designed to sell a decent game - And she actually managed to!

 

[Beryl77]

As long as the game charakter is well made, it doesn't really make much of a difference for me.
And I don't really feel less manly using a female charakter. In Mass Effect I use the female charakter (but mostly because the male voice acting is really bad). But in street fighters I mostly use males because I like them more.

 

[Kurokami]

I love video game girls. I think a game with a female lead is exponentially more interesting than a game with a male lead. There is just something so awesome about a girl who can kick ass. That being said, I don't like female mages. They're so cliche and boring to me. A female healer...riveting. Aeris was ok, though. Sorry, now I'm just rambling. Anyway, the point is, I love video game girls. My personal favorites are Cammy, Psylocke, Jill Valentine, Lara Croft, Felicia, Rikku, Princess Ashe, C. Viper, Kitana, and Tali.

Also..does using girls in games, especially fighting games, make you feel less manly/masculine?

No, with RPGs however I feel less able to relate to them and immerse myself in the game so... Not my thing.

 

[Vohn_exel]

*Deadpan* Yes, I feel horribly emasculated whenever I play a female character. :|

The only reason I prefer male leads over female is because I project myself onto whatever character I'm playing. If they're female, then it's hard for me to do that, lol. I do occasionally make female characters in games that allow you to pick gender (like Dynasty Warriors) and I have a pool of female characters that I choose from. Now in Street Fighter, I originally chose Ken because he had a green fireball, and because my brother chose Ryu. Now I just like him.

If you have SFIV, whenever my PS3 gets fixed, we can have a match online.

Actually, pretty much this. I'll usually play a male character (especially in RPGs), but I'm not against playing a female. Especially if its a fighting game and I like the moveset. Like Taki or Tira or Setsuka or Amy or Ivy or ... what? I play some male characters too. It just usually happens that the female characters have the faster attack styles (which I usually like).

Yeah they're usually the nimble characters, like how Chun Li can jump kick off walls and stuff. So when I want speed, I usually pick a female character.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

I usually get slagged because Christie Montero is my best character in Tekken. Although I'm also good with Dragunov!... Sorta...

 

[Flames66]

Also..does using girls in games, especially fighting games, make you feel less manly/masculine?

I personally do not play Female characters in games, not because of any sexism but because I am not female. When I am playing a game, my character within that game is an extension of myself and as such generally resembles me as closely as I can achieve with the tools provided.

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

Nope does not bother me if it's male or female.

 

[badgersprite]

You know what I like to see in RPGs? Male clerics. There's something about a man who is kind to everyone that makes me want to...violate him.

But that's just me.

Yeah. This. We need more dudes being the healing staff person and more chicks being the giant sword wielding or gun toting badass.

You know what I like to see in RPGs? Male clerics. There's something about a man who is kind to everyone that makes me want to...violate him.

But that's just me.

Especially if he's celibate?

Oh, God yes.

Not even going to lie here, I think about 90% of my non-adventuring time in Fable II was spent trying to chat up the monks at the Temple of Light. Oh your character information box says no but your robes say YES.