Depends on the game, though I don't know why. Two examples would be Dragon Age: Origins where most of my characters were female, and Mass Effect 1/2 where most of my characters were male.
Poll: Which gender in a game do you prefer to play as?
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Well, for the character sex, I choose female.
I don't think we can yet decide the character gender... although it could make things interesting, if you made them gender dysphoric...
I don't think we can yet decide the character gender... although it could make things interesting, if you made them gender dysphoric...
...No option for "I really don't care, the gender of my character does not affect gameplay at all"?
I always prefer to play as female in any game where you have that choice, whether in RPGs where you make your own character, or games like Resident Evil, where you choose which player your play as.
There are a number of reasons for this, though I am not sure even I understand and can articulate them all. Firstly, I like seeing women playing the role of protagonist instead of damsel in distress. It is sadly still relatively rare today and is far more fresh than having the typical, muscle bound male hero running around killing shit. Feeding off that same point, while female protagonists have their own cliches, and are often subject to sexualisation, I find that they are often far more original and well thought out than males.
I don't know if female protagonists will ever become really popular. I don't know how a Grand Theft Auto game, for example, would work with a female lead, and if it would appeal to most people. Still, that doesn't stop me from hoping that Rockstar gives it a go one day. I'd buy that.
There are a number of reasons for this, though I am not sure even I understand and can articulate them all. Firstly, I like seeing women playing the role of protagonist instead of damsel in distress. It is sadly still relatively rare today and is far more fresh than having the typical, muscle bound male hero running around killing shit. Feeding off that same point, while female protagonists have their own cliches, and are often subject to sexualisation, I find that they are often far more original and well thought out than males.
I don't know if female protagonists will ever become really popular. I don't know how a Grand Theft Auto game, for example, would work with a female lead, and if it would appeal to most people. Still, that doesn't stop me from hoping that Rockstar gives it a go one day. I'd buy that.
Currently on my first playthrough of mass effect 1 (I am so behind on awesome RPGs right now ><). Although I normally play male characters for my first playthrough, The voice acting of the female shepard was defiantly way better, or at least from what I've seen from friends playing male and my experience so far.Milesprowler said:
The sort of things that influence my decision on gender is usually based on what sort of character I'm playing. If the male is a beefcake and I want to play an agile character I'd prefer to be a female than a beefcake, but if I'm an armoured wall of pain then I'd rather be a Male.
I like to play as the male but i'll play as the woman just to go lesbian in bioware games. God bless Canada.
Always female, in a small part due to the "If I'm going to stare at my characters ass all day, it might as well be a nice ass."-thing.
But mostly because 95% of the times you can't choose gender your character is a male.
And You can't have Jennifer Hale voicing your main character if you pick male
Those were my original reasons anyway, nowdays I just pick female out of habit.
But mostly because 95% of the times you can't choose gender your character is a male.
And You can't have Jennifer Hale voicing your main character if you pick male
Those were my original reasons anyway, nowdays I just pick female out of habit.
Female, but then that's because I am Female, sooo....
I always find it lame when you are forced to play a badass guy. What if I want to be a badass girl? Not all girls are winy and annoying, though it's hard to tell if the video game industry knows that sometimes...
I always find it lame when you are forced to play a badass guy. What if I want to be a badass girl? Not all girls are winy and annoying, though it's hard to tell if the video game industry knows that sometimes...
Seconded. Second playthrough I'll be a girl tho, 'coz games like Fallout have gender-specific perks, plus I like to just switch it up now and then and pick completely opposite stats to what I usually choose.CrazyMedic said:
I'm quite proud of my girlfriend on a side note, since she got Mr. Burke in Megaton to leave without blowing up the town.He fell for her and started sending her creepy love letters, it's hilarious.
1st play through is usually male as I like it to be as close as possible and play through as I would probably act.
After that it's fair game, usually a crazy female and I change her skin colour and just go nuts.
After that it's fair game, usually a crazy female and I change her skin colour and just go nuts.
I?m fine with either.
I might go for female first off as long I don?t believe the game will have me dress up like Slutty McSlut, and even when it doesn?t I might go for male just because I find the clothing or armour more aesthetically pleasing. It might even sometimes just depend on how I feel and what kind of character I would like to role-play as.
I might go for female first off as long I don?t believe the game will have me dress up like Slutty McSlut, and even when it doesn?t I might go for male just because I find the clothing or armour more aesthetically pleasing. It might even sometimes just depend on how I feel and what kind of character I would like to role-play as.