Poll: If female characters were given an advantage....

[RichardThompson]

I guess I'd play a female character then. It's not like I don't prefer to see a female ass bobbing up and down the front of my screen.

 

[Raddra]

What would you make of this?

It annoys me.

It already happens: in certain final fantasy games and some other eastern MMOs.

They get access to special equipment that male characters cannot. Example: The Ribbon in final fantasy tactics.

renders them immune to all negative status effects in the game.

 

[archvile93]

I'd play female, though I also wouldn't exactly praise the game for its poor design decision that seems to exist only to establish poor balance. Why put male options in at all?

 

[Ladette]

I hate design decisions that make one race/gender better than all the others. I don't like being pushed into making a certain decision in a game that supposedly offers a choice.

This from a female who generally plays female characters.

 

[Nicholas Woodruff]

It would make Feminists happy, but then I have to ask, How easy is it to show open support for something like this from the kitchen?
Less Sexist and Hate-filled, I greatly dislike this idea, while it may be statistically accurate (Women Mature Faster than Men), it would imbalance the game, and then people would just play the females instead, and then you just have a bunch of half-naked elvish Transvestites running around the game world.
That's just my opinion.

 

[gideonkain]

were you looking for a specific response?

Because making a game where one group has a clear cut advantage over another isn't a good idea, and I suspect you already know that.

 

[Jodah]

I would think it a stupid game but not because of gender. It is an imbalanced game, I would feel the exact same way if it was males that had to advantage.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

A new game has come out - its the bees knees, reveiwers and players are loving it, both singleplayer and multiplayer. its the hot new game, thats selling in droves...

And the basis of the game is that women are inherently better at whatever form of combat its based around. Whether its a mystical force, or a unique and powerful control system that women inherently adapt to faster and better, women are the primary force in the singleplayer, and to map this across to multiplayer by saying that female characters gain skills/ranks/abilities at a notably faster rate. A character of either gender starts even, and the nominal 'caps' are even, but a female character will gain those ranks and reach that cap faster than a male character. What would you make of this?

So...like Suikoden 5?


In suikoden 5 only women can bear the ultimate runes...and runes are like god-magic in that game and you end up with women having the best end-game magic for basically destroying things with the power of the Sun and other cool stuff like that...though the main character still has a veritable harem around him hehe .



If it's supported by the story in a way that MAKES SENSE and isn't just an arbitrary thing used by the game to make itself look special I have no problem with it.

 

[OneEyeX]

A new game has come out - its the bees knees, reveiwers and players are loving it, both singleplayer and multiplayer. its the hot new game, thats selling in droves...

And the basis of the game is that women are inherently better at whatever form of combat its based around. Whether its a mystical force, or a unique and powerful control system that women inherently adapt to faster and better, women are the primary force in the singleplayer, and to map this across to multiplayer by saying that female characters gain skills/ranks/abilities at a notably faster rate. A character of either gender starts even, and the nominal 'caps' are even, but a female character will gain those ranks and reach that cap faster than a male character. What would you make of this?

>>Female level faster
>>Pick Male anyways
>>Go full hermit.
>>Troll everyone with virtual tits for being casual-fags.
>>Validate existence
>>Cry self to sleep.

 

[harvz]

have you tried any naruto game...oh wait, they are op'd in the anime too...

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I'd be very annoyed due to how unbalanced it is. I mean, having slightly lower strength but higher intelligence as a female than a male, but still advancing at the same rate, etc if good. Tipping it that was is shit.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

What the- Argh! Double post!

 

[Super Toast]

It would be an idiotically unbalanced game.

 

[squeekenator]

I'd consider it to be a ridiculous attempt at blatant attention whoring, but if the gameplay was good I'd play it anyways (as a woman, of course, I'm a born optimizer). Never let politics get in the way of a good game.

 

[Aerograt]

There's no point in giving women an advantage over men other than shoving a "Women > Men" ideal down people's throats. The game may be trying to make up for women generally being crapped throughout history, but the entire point of equality is to put people on equal levels, not give one party an advantage. Both sexes need to be given equal stats with the only differences being cosmetic.

 

[Freeze_L]

I would like to see some actual differences in women and men in video games, but not sexism. The idea is silly. Now what would be cool to see is some actual real differences between men and women in games, like for instance women tend to be more dexterous than men. Men are generally stronger. Women's brains are generally wired better for fluency and communication. Men's brains are generally wired better for spatial recognition and mental rotation of objects. They are rather small and general differences but it would be sort of interesting to see a well researched game add small bonuses (not penalties) to characters based on gender or even nationality and race. It would be difficult ground to tread: a bonus called "All Asians are Great at Math" is obviously racist were as a bonus called "Confucian Legacy" that grants a +1 to memory would be just fine.

Personally it would be nice to play a character and get a few miscellaneous bonuses based on character generation.

Ex. A Male Mixed/Hispanic American who is a Scholar.

"American Ingenuity" America's greatest resource has always been diversity and creative thinkers. +1 Cunning
"Gifts of Your Ancestors" Those who came before you lived through persecution and racism, not only surviving but leaving their children a chance at a better life. You have learned from the stories of those who set out before you, their gift shall not be in vain. +1 to Wisdom
"Visualization" Chance gave you an Y chromosome, and a small advantage solving difficult problems. +1 Cunning.

Awards for existence. Nice thought. Every character gets to choose from a hand full of special, and small, bonuses.

Edit: Thats me in this imaginary game.

 

[Mr Thin]

MOUNT AND BLADE! MOUNT AND ****ING BLADE!

It reverses this, with the male players having an advantage! And I'm currently playing a female character for that exact reason! IT'S FUN!

AAARGH!

There's nothing wrong with giving one gender an advantage over the other, as long as it's within reason, and justified by the story. The specific advantage given by the OP sounds pretty crap/unjustifiable, but the idea of gender making a difference to character shouldn't be pissing off so many people. Gender is most certainly NOT simply an aesthetic choice in real life, why must it be so in video games?

I admit multiplayer would pose more of a problem, mechanically speaking, but for single player there is no reason to complain about this.

 

[TonyVonTonyus]

It's not a good idea from either angle. You shouldn't make men better than women or women better than men, it's just sending out the message that you think one gender is dominant.

 

[The Lawn]

Sorry if this has been previously mentioned...
But this was the case in Gunz: The Duel.

Female characters had significantly smaller hitboxes compared to the male characters (at least when I played a couple years ago) and their animation timings could be used to abuse the walljump/slash thing better.

So all in all, at least then, female characters were better suited to every aspect of the game.