Why do males like playing in female character ?

[A Gent of Villainous Intent]

In BioWare games, I do it to experience more, but in most other games, I prefer playing a male.

I've never played as a female character simply cause they had a nice ass.

Probably cause they're not really that spectacular.

 

[The Rascal King]

If I ever play as a female it would be to troll the hell out of people because I am that person.

 

[The Random One]

What a silly question. It's like asking why humans like playing as elves in [fantasy game].

 

[ZeLunarian]

Well seeing as I'm a pervert and prospective sexual offender I must be honest about this:

I do it [usually] because I've played through the game as a male already
- don't judge me, I'm only human.

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

I'm impressed, this has never been discussed before. Ever. Definitely not like last week. Or the week before that. Or the week before that.

That said, there are a ton of reasons. Maybe the female character has a better voice actor. Maybe you want to stare at a character model of the opposite gender. Maybe some gamers are just tired of playing the same gender in 90% of games and want some versimilitude. Another big one that I hear more often than one might imagine is to open up romance options for queer gamers. I have a lot of queer friends who played the opposite gender in Mass Effect for instance in order to pursue the relationships they actually wanted. I've never really felt the need myself, even when games do have a romance subplot with no gay option, but I can definitely understand why people do that.

I imagine there are also others who just like it for the roleplaying value. If a nice guy can roleplay an evil bastard in so many games and a screen-tan nerd can roleplay Rex SuperMcMuscleson, why wouldn't you expect a guy to roleplay a girl? I think it comes down to people who approach roleplaying from more of an "I wonder what it would be like if I were..." angle than the seemingly more common "it would be cool if I were..." angle.

 

[Theesacpee90]

I play females because they are more attractive..and kick ass and seem a little more bad and darker than the males. duh!

 

[Meanmoose]

Because somtimes I play through games twice. And I want the second time to be different. simple

 

[infernovolver]

"If I'm looking at an ass the entire time I'm playing, it might as well be a nice one."

 

[MikhailGH]

I play mixed, sometimes male sometimes female. I dunno why people do it. I do it mostly because my female avatar ingame looks hot/beautiful/cute or something similar. But on some occasions I actually choose based on the roleplay, that's why I played both mass effects with a male Shepard. I just can't imagine Shepard being a woman, and no its not because I believe that a woman can't save the universe

 

[Elexia]

I am the only girl in my Star Trek Online Fleet, and I posed the same question to the other members. Their answers were pretty much 'they don't like staring at man ass for hours on end', which I can accept.

Me, I play either. In WoW, I'm a female character because the male dimensions resemble triangular slabs of testosterone and are just plain stupid.

On Star Trek Online, it seems most players are men so most characters are females, so I stick to male characters to fly the flag for the opposite genre. I've also discovered there're more clothing options for females, so that could also be a pull factor perhaps.

 

[LightspeedJack]

Because inside all us manly men just want to be pretty.

 

[Kiju]

Usually the female character in an RPG (Mass Effect, for example) has a far superior voice actor than the male character.

I also don't want to play as some big, macho, stereotypical manchild that is in every game ever. Hell, when I play something like...Samurai Warriors, for example, I tend to play as Ranmaru because he isn't a stereotype...well, he is, but a rarer one than someone like, say...Commander Shepherd.

Otherwise, I think it just has to do with the fact that female characters are generally cooler than male ones, with rare exceptions. Auron from FFX would be my example. :3

 

[Marik2]

I don't. I always play as a male character. I am a man, therefor I play as one in a game.

Edit: I'm aware my avatar is a girl Doesn't change the fact that I always play as a dude. I just like to look at scene girls

Whats the difference between a scene, emo, and goth girl?

I just dont see the differences...

 

[Yeager942]

I'll sometimes roll with a female character just for the hell of it. Playing a dude is nice and all, but sometimes a change is in order.

 

[Gudrests]

because we can take of our clothes and dance on the mailbox in goldshire

This.

No wait.... What I meant was: Why do you assume all males play as females?

I cant play a female character at all....I cannot get into a game where when i get hit I sound like Justin Beaver.....i mean a girl...I am a Man...im simulating an alternate universe....i wanna have a huge....well and giant muscles...sooo...ya know...

Not saying I don't look like that on a normal day....Im a space marine irl

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

Well i can't say what has already have been said but case in point.

It's fun to some
There are advantages
Looks are better
It gets boring always playing a male character/ or female so some like to switch it up.

 

[twistedheat15]

I don't. I always play as a male character. I am a man, therefor I play as one in a game.

Edit: I'm aware my avatar is a girl Doesn't change the fact that I always play as a dude. I just like to look at scene girls

Whats the difference between a scene, emo, and goth girl?

I just dont see the differences...

one's happy, one's sad, and one too dark to wear your mainstream bs!