Would you play a game with a gay main charater?
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This thread has been done so many times before...
The way I am is that I would play the game if it was good. It doesn't matter if the main character is gay or not. The one thing that does bother me is that if a studio were to make a decision to make the main character gay, the reason why would either be for controversy or shock value and you would constantly be reminded of it. The way game studios are is they want attention and a big way to get attention is by announcing that the main character is gay and during the game constantly throwing a barrage of comments about him being gay and imagery and all kinds of stuff. If he mentions he is gay at the beginning of the game or something and after that just goes on with his business and doesn't constantly throw it in our faces, then I'm cool with it. Just so long as it's not done for shock value.
The way I am is that I would play the game if it was good. It doesn't matter if the main character is gay or not. The one thing that does bother me is that if a studio were to make a decision to make the main character gay, the reason why would either be for controversy or shock value and you would constantly be reminded of it. The way game studios are is they want attention and a big way to get attention is by announcing that the main character is gay and during the game constantly throwing a barrage of comments about him being gay and imagery and all kinds of stuff. If he mentions he is gay at the beginning of the game or something and after that just goes on with his business and doesn't constantly throw it in our faces, then I'm cool with it. Just so long as it's not done for shock value.
If it was relevant to the characters personality or indeed the story then sure. It might make for some interesting cutscenes but otherwise I don't see how or why they'd bother making it specified. Most games I play I never think about the characters sexuality.
For fun, I hereby pronounce the player characters in CoD4, CoD5 and CoD:MW, homosexuals
Go forth and replay the games, see what changes now they are irreputably into man on man goodness.
For fun, I hereby pronounce the player characters in CoD4, CoD5 and CoD:MW, homosexuals
Go forth and replay the games, see what changes now they are irreputably into man on man goodness.
yes i would, then i would have hypothetical sex with that hypothetically gay hypothetical main character
Well quite frankly I'm not sure what sexual orientation has to do with a game's enjoyment. Most of the time I'm playing a main character with a different gender to me and it doesn't stop me enjoying the game so why would the sexual orientation matter.
This question seems a bit grounded in an assumption of homophobia. I mean, would you replace gay with black in the title and still expect it to be allowed on a forum?...
This question seems a bit grounded in an assumption of homophobia. I mean, would you replace gay with black in the title and still expect it to be allowed on a forum?...
That'd be a fair point if there wasn't a vast multitude of games with a black player characterpurplepixie said:
Such a thread would be shot down. However I suppose you could argue gay characters have already exsited and people played them in Fable and a couple of other RPGs. It's true no games has forced it on you, but it's rare a game pushes that your straight either.
Mmm...love the hypocrisy of hetero males: "I would if it was girl on girl, but 2 guys? yuck!" (paraphrasing, of course).
It's sad, really...
OP: Yes, I'm no more invested in hetero characters as I would be with gay characters. It's a game, who cares?
It's sad, really...
OP: Yes, I'm no more invested in hetero characters as I would be with gay characters. It's a game, who cares?
Whilst I can see what you mean, I would point out that most of the gaming 'greats' involves a hetero perspective (e.g Mario, Zelda, Tomb Raider, Silent Hill, Most FF games even Pacman lol). It's not rammed down one's throat but it's there. I don't think that it's wrong to have straight characters obv but I don't think it should be an event to have a gay one either. Like the original article referenced, just have it as integral but not a selling point.NezumiiroKitsune said:
Ooooooooh ho ho ho ho ho. (Yep, I'm Santa Claus.) That's one big can of worms you've opened there, my friend.Jadak said:
For example: I did play Doom.
(What? WHAT? It's a guy in a gimp suit going around impaling shaven pink gorilla-things on a big phallic chainsaw that's held at a level that's suspiciously close to the waist, so don't tell me you weren't all thinking the same thing!)
Or: I did play Half-Life 2.
(What? WHAT? It's the story of a guy who wears a haz-mat suit whenever the only young woman of marrigeable age of his acquaintance is anywhere within fifteen feet of him, so don't tell me you weren't all thinking the same thing!)
Or: I did play Halo / Mass Effect / Bioshock etc...
MGS1 Spoilers are in the following text.Aries_Split said:
To defend this position, making Solid Snake gay would have changed alot. Okay maybe not to slash fiction and rumors apart from compounding them, but if he HADNT hit on Mei Ling in MGS1 it just wouldn't have been the same for me. Snake is supposed to be a relatable main character, an every man that isn't so every man after all. He's one of the prime examples of where sexuality mattered some. Everyone could relate to his falling in love with Meryl and it was a massively important factor in his relationship with the Colonel.
Depends... is the game actually good or complete shit? I don't really care if the person is gay, straight, male, female, hermaphrodite, or something else. If the game is fun or not is all I really care about.