In-game Avatar and sexuality
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I play with female characters, if I can choose. I did it in saints row 2, ME and several other games. I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
people get worked up over stuff way to much. oh, and my personal favorite hate mail comes from a left 4 dead guy who tried to kill my character(several hits with a machete, no zombies in sight).since he was lower on health and i had a shot gun, i rushed him and got him on the ground, lit up a molotov, and walked away, the entire time he's screaming "you fucking ****! someone goddamn revive me!" he quit the game and sent me a couple paragraphs immediately, pretty much coming down to "u r a fcking tem kiler, and i hope u fcking die mutherfcker." so i shot him a message telling him that he should learn how to hold his liquor.
I more of often than not play as a girl in games.
If it's an RPG, then I play as a girl a bunch of times and a man once or twice.
I'm straight... sort of. Leaning close to being asexual.
If it's an RPG, then I play as a girl a bunch of times and a man once or twice.
I'm straight... sort of. Leaning close to being asexual.
I hope not. In that case my boyfriend has a lot of issues we need to discuss. And he has several to discuss with me. While playing Fable 3 co-op he was a girl and I was a guy. We were hanging out once, he was playing Oblivion on the 360, I was playing Morrowind on my PC and he was a female Nord and I was a male High Elf. We do both play as females in Reach, though, but his model is based off of Linda, a sniper Spartan from the books, and mine is... not based on anything, I guess. He doesn't act like a lady when he plays as a lady, and I don't act like a man when I play as a man.
So, no, I don't think it's perverted.
So, no, I don't think it's perverted.
Seeing as how all my avatars on this very site have been of adorable anime women--more specifically, their heads and faces (aside from my current one, I suppose)--it would be hypocritical of me to say anything besides: No. It doesn't make you a pervert.
Though I do agree with the first reply in that your answer to their simple message was a bit harsh. I personally would've waited for a reply. If they don't reply, they're just childish assholes and deserve no further attention. If they just ragged on you, then I'd block them, and report them.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand:
I don't see any problems with playing a female avatar in any game, particularly action games (and then preferably ones where they aren't super-sexed-up), since I think the action genre is just a bit too much of a sausage fest, if you catch my meaning. I'm one of the 20% of gamers that almost always plays a female Shepard (mostly for the relaxing tones of Jennifer Hale, but I digress). The person that single-worded you (if this IS actually the complaint) seems to have a personal problem with this, and if THIS is what upset them, they shouldn't be playing online games.
It also works from a gameplay standpoint, like a previous poster said. Female avatars in games (for example, Zoey and Rochelle from either L4D game) are a bit shorter and make somewhat smaller targets, so they don't have to aim downward as much. And if it was an FPS game, there really isn't anything you can stare at besides her barely-visible hands. Even if it was TPS, you're usually just a bit more focused on the things shooting at you to stare at her.
Besides, games are an escapist medium. We shouldn't have to be limited to playing a single gender just because that's what we are in real life. Games were designed to be played several times, anyway. Why can't we do it with a different voice actor every once in a while?
Though I do agree with the first reply in that your answer to their simple message was a bit harsh. I personally would've waited for a reply. If they don't reply, they're just childish assholes and deserve no further attention. If they just ragged on you, then I'd block them, and report them.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand:
I don't see any problems with playing a female avatar in any game, particularly action games (and then preferably ones where they aren't super-sexed-up), since I think the action genre is just a bit too much of a sausage fest, if you catch my meaning. I'm one of the 20% of gamers that almost always plays a female Shepard (mostly for the relaxing tones of Jennifer Hale, but I digress). The person that single-worded you (if this IS actually the complaint) seems to have a personal problem with this, and if THIS is what upset them, they shouldn't be playing online games.
It also works from a gameplay standpoint, like a previous poster said. Female avatars in games (for example, Zoey and Rochelle from either L4D game) are a bit shorter and make somewhat smaller targets, so they don't have to aim downward as much. And if it was an FPS game, there really isn't anything you can stare at besides her barely-visible hands. Even if it was TPS, you're usually just a bit more focused on the things shooting at you to stare at her.
Besides, games are an escapist medium. We shouldn't have to be limited to playing a single gender just because that's what we are in real life. Games were designed to be played several times, anyway. Why can't we do it with a different voice actor every once in a while?
I wish you hadn't blocked him. I'd like to see his response.
For all we know, he wasn't talking about your character model. I haven't played Resistance, but I'm guessing the characters don't run around naked, so I'm not sure how what the character looks like can make you a pervert.
For all we know, he wasn't talking about your character model. I haven't played Resistance, but I'm guessing the characters don't run around naked, so I'm not sure how what the character looks like can make you a pervert.
I chose a female model in Halo: Reach, mostly because I would find it odd for Cortana's voice to be coming from a male Spartan.
I also usually run female characters in RPGs (video and paper) because I like to add a bit of diversity. I mean, we occasionally get a female heroine in a video game, but when I play D&D everyone else runs a male character. My first character was male, yes, but every backup character I've built is female. I don't know why. Probably some sort of desire to make my character special. Women aren't expected to pick up a longsword and fight orcs, but I have the ability to do it and I'm sure as hell going to use it.
It's gotten to the point where other players are giving me weird looks about it. I built a Shadowrun character this weekend and one of them looked at me and said: "Why do you keep playing female characters?"
I couldn't give him a straight answer, but I know that when someone builds a character based on someone like Revy, they prefer to keep the details similar. As far as sexuality goes, I guess I'm just projecting my unconscious fantasies into the games that I play.
Could you imagine Black Lagoon with a male Revy? I sure as hell couldn't.
One of my friends has a philosophy on female avatars. Crude, but he has a point: If you're going to spend hours and hours staring at something on screen, make sure that what's on the screen is what you want to look at.
I also usually run female characters in RPGs (video and paper) because I like to add a bit of diversity. I mean, we occasionally get a female heroine in a video game, but when I play D&D everyone else runs a male character. My first character was male, yes, but every backup character I've built is female. I don't know why. Probably some sort of desire to make my character special. Women aren't expected to pick up a longsword and fight orcs, but I have the ability to do it and I'm sure as hell going to use it.
It's gotten to the point where other players are giving me weird looks about it. I built a Shadowrun character this weekend and one of them looked at me and said: "Why do you keep playing female characters?"
I couldn't give him a straight answer, but I know that when someone builds a character based on someone like Revy, they prefer to keep the details similar. As far as sexuality goes, I guess I'm just projecting my unconscious fantasies into the games that I play.
Could you imagine Black Lagoon with a male Revy? I sure as hell couldn't.
One of my friends has a philosophy on female avatars. Crude, but he has a point: If you're going to spend hours and hours staring at something on screen, make sure that what's on the screen is what you want to look at.
Whether it be Pokemon, Mass Effect, or Uncharted I typically choose a female model character to play as (FemShep, and Chloe Frazier). I had a conversation with a couple friends of mine about why I always pick a chick when playing pokemon or Uncharted 2 multiplayer and I ended it with a very simple response. If you have confidence and secure in your masculinity then the there shouldn't be any difficulty from choosing a girl. When given the option to choose its about 60/40% depending on the game. RPG's I tend to do chicks because it requires me to think things differently then how I normally would in reality because I'm not sure how females would react to certain situations. I have no problem playing as Master Chief, Etzio, or John Marston in those games and will continue to do so. I own a PS3 and PC, and my decision to buy a 360 was finally solidified when I learned there would be a playable female gear in 'Gears Of War 3' Samantha. And she's the VA for Chloe from Uncharted 2, OH HELLZ YEA!
