Poll: do you prefer to play as male or female character ?
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FEMALE by a long shot
1.as a demographic I generally feel starved of good representation in ANY media...so even somthing like Chell makes so much more difference
2. in videogame land ANY diffference charachteristic aside from the "everyman" adds 10x "interesting" factor...so chell...or gordon freemans glasses
1.as a demographic I generally feel starved of good representation in ANY media...so even somthing like Chell makes so much more difference
2. in videogame land ANY diffference charachteristic aside from the "everyman" adds 10x "interesting" factor...so chell...or gordon freemans glasses
yeah.....in Fallout 3 a female charachter just felt so...natural and well developed...Ryotknife said:
Usually male, because the male character models are usually better, especially with the armour as women are, sadly, often an "afterthought" to many games. And even when women's clothes are done well technically, they are generally ridiculously... well, nonexistent, practically. So In those cases, I usually pick a male character. Also, I like guys, so I like looking at them more than women.
I don't really have a preference either way and check all available options before creating a character, if given a choice. It would depend on the game mostly, some offer different experiences or a different feels. Any character well made, dynamic, and clever usually will win me over though.
I generally go female. It's not for a pervvy reason (I'm gay, so if anything I should be male to have an ass to stare at), but because I feel that I relate to female characters better than males for some reason.
EDIT: Plus being a female allows me to be pretty =^_^=
EDIT: Plus being a female allows me to be pretty =^_^=
serious in roleplaying the charachter came to life for me quite easyly,not so much in new egas where I had to put more thourght into her motivations (but the dialouge was better)Ryotknife said:
aslo aided by the fact there IS actual dialouge in FO3 unlike elderscrolls...basic as it may be
It depends on the genre but generally speaking I tend to play as a male because I value immersion over visual appeal. On one hand, I would much rather stare at the finely sculpted ass of a female for 12 hours than the chiseled back side of a male. On the other hand, a hot, thin, scantily clad female kicking ass breaks any possibility of immersion. It's just not realistic. Generally, women are neither strong nor violent. The ones that are strong and/or violent are generally not hot. And by 'generally' I mean 'almost always but for very few exceptions.' People living in an alternate reality where there are no differences between men and women will call my worldview sexist. Fuck them.
I also avoid playing as women because, for some reason, "rail thin with enormous tits"--the preference of fourteen year old boys-- seems to be the trend for female player models in nearly all games. Fuck that, I'd rather have realistically proportioned females. If that were ever the case then perhaps immersion could be maintained while playing as a female character. For example, I had no problem playing as Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2.
That said, as a completely strait male, I have no issue looking an attractive male physique for extended periods and appreciating it. Cratos comes to mind.
I also avoid playing as women because, for some reason, "rail thin with enormous tits"--the preference of fourteen year old boys-- seems to be the trend for female player models in nearly all games. Fuck that, I'd rather have realistically proportioned females. If that were ever the case then perhaps immersion could be maintained while playing as a female character. For example, I had no problem playing as Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2.
That said, as a completely strait male, I have no issue looking an attractive male physique for extended periods and appreciating it. Cratos comes to mind.
I usually do both, although my current Skyrim character is a female (initially made to look like my girlfriend at the time).
The only games I didn't play as a girl were the Dragon Age and Mass Effect games, mainly because I managed to make the character look like me.
The only games I didn't play as a girl were the Dragon Age and Mass Effect games, mainly because I managed to make the character look like me.
I can usually relate better to a male character, but I have no issues playing as a female.
I guess it just depends. While I enjoyed my evil bastard in Fallout 3 (a man with a pink combover and a cowboy hat who refused to wear anything but his undergarments), I immediately picked the female Alex Denton in Deus Ex: Invisible War. Partially for something different than JC or Adam (two of my favorite protagonists, by the way), and partially because I thought that being exposed to the male Alex Denton's haircut for 6-12 hours would induce some type of horrible mental illness.
(SPOILER ALERT; IT DIDN'T MAKE THE GAME ANY BETTER)
(Save for some funny dialogue swapping she had with the leader of the templars, dialogue that wouldn't have fit properly with a male Alex)
I guess it just depends. While I enjoyed my evil bastard in Fallout 3 (a man with a pink combover and a cowboy hat who refused to wear anything but his undergarments), I immediately picked the female Alex Denton in Deus Ex: Invisible War. Partially for something different than JC or Adam (two of my favorite protagonists, by the way), and partially because I thought that being exposed to the male Alex Denton's haircut for 6-12 hours would induce some type of horrible mental illness.
(SPOILER ALERT; IT DIDN'T MAKE THE GAME ANY BETTER)
(Save for some funny dialogue swapping she had with the leader of the templars, dialogue that wouldn't have fit properly with a male Alex)
*2nd try after computer f*cked my first response*
I usually go with male because it feels like I'm actually in the game, but when I play as a female I actually like it. For example Portal 2 when Glad0s does her thing...it made my feminine side sad faced.
All jokes aside I go man almost always (For immersion purposes) but when I play a female I actually like it for the change.
I usually go with male because it feels like I'm actually in the game, but when I play as a female I actually like it. For example Portal 2 when Glad0s does her thing...it made my feminine side sad faced.
All jokes aside I go man almost always (For immersion purposes) but when I play a female I actually like it for the change.
I prefer to play as my own gender, male. I guess it's the immersion of it, playing as a female character (for example, Mirror's Edge) is a little weird but doesn't make the game any less playable.
You do hear of people who claim playing the opposite gender is an unholy sin but it isn't. Why not? I can only hypothesize that playing as your gender is like seeing yourself as the character you're playing. Playing as the opposite gender is like watching a movie, for the narrative.
I couldn't imagine myself playing Mass Effect as a female character, mostly because I couldn't stand being hit on by Garrus or any other male character. It'd creep me out. But that's just me, I can watch movies where the main character is a woman who falls in love. I guess I"m just weird like that.
You do hear of people who claim playing the opposite gender is an unholy sin but it isn't. Why not? I can only hypothesize that playing as your gender is like seeing yourself as the character you're playing. Playing as the opposite gender is like watching a movie, for the narrative.
I couldn't imagine myself playing Mass Effect as a female character, mostly because I couldn't stand being hit on by Garrus or any other male character. It'd creep me out. But that's just me, I can watch movies where the main character is a woman who falls in love. I guess I"m just weird like that.
Well I have more female characters on Wow but more of my playthroughs through fallout 3 and nv have been male.
In mass effect 2 I'd gone with female shepard.So i guess female with fantasy rpgs and male with other rpgs and Fps
But Overall I feel more comfortable with playing male, as long as he can look like a total bad@ss.
In mass effect 2 I'd gone with female shepard.So i guess female with fantasy rpgs and male with other rpgs and Fps
But Overall I feel more comfortable with playing male, as long as he can look like a total bad@ss.
You haven't given us much choice in the poll there...
I usually run two characters at the same time and play them in directly opposite styles, for example, Skyrim, I have a sneaky rouge guy type dude and a heavy battlemage chick person.
I usually run two characters at the same time and play them in directly opposite styles, for example, Skyrim, I have a sneaky rouge guy type dude and a heavy battlemage chick person.
I prefer male characters, always have. I guess I can get into them more and, I dunno, usually take them more seriously. There are some great female characters in games, but I just can't play them myself.