Would you play a game with a gay main charater?

[Ph0t0n1c Ph34r]

I have.

It was a yuri dating sim.

Go on...

 

[Frankydee]

As a pansexual transgirl, anything other than an answer of 'yes' would be most hypocritical. And incorrect.

As incorrect as, say, this statement:

Probably not.

I find I have a problem playing flamboyant and irritating characters and having a gay lead guy would probably irritate the piss out of me.

Which assumes that all gay guys are prissy, feminine fops. That's a bit like saying all straight guys are beer-swilling, stocky louts who fight in the streets of a Saturday night. Patently false, no?

It doesn't really matter, as long as the story isn't condescending. Personally, I don't want the gay character to receive a pat on the head and an 'It's OK, sweetie, you can be whatever you want to be' in the sickly tones of a Disney film.

Look I get that not all gay/lesbian types are that way. It's the flamboyant, inevitable flaunting of it that would piss me off. The character can be whatever he wants and hell, it can be a central or relevant part of the story, all I ask is that it's done tastefully rather than doing it for some massive degree of shock value so as to say "Hay look faux newz and Gurge Buish! Look wut I did! Get pissed off at me and start a huge nationwide flame war!"

Which is why I say that I would bring to question the motive behind making such a character. I would almost guarantee that it's certainly not going to be for the purpose of advocating homosexual characters into video game.

In short, if the central purpose behind developing a game is to have a homosexual lead character, it would probably be less about advocating homosexual relationships in a popular form of media and more about stereotyping.

I won't argue this any further as I'm probably going to be flamed for expressing my opinion. So you know, go on with the usual flack of "you're an incompetent, hate mongering, conservative homophobe." I'm guessing you're patrolling this thread just for the purpose of pointing out opinions that don't agree with your own and calling them misinformed and idiotic.

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

The responses confuse me.
Why not have a gay character just because?

Aren't all games having straight characters just because?

I would prefer if the main character was relatable to me... Just you know... that would be nice. Thats why there are no gay main characters. Because its not the majority of the audience.

...
Because its so fucking easy to relate to a video game characters.

*Blinks*

How did you get your job as a gun toting space marine cowboy in new york city working for the mob?

MGS1 Spoilers are in the following text.

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.

So gay people don't fall in love now? :?

What? Of course they do. That was not my intention at all. I made a response to this post stating how it'd still work if Meryl had been a man, but I feel it would a detracted from the ease of relatablity with Snake which was important. They tried to make him as "standardised" to the western audience as possible. He was white, straight, and didn't like his job. I had no intention of implying gay people can't fall in love. I'm very aware they can, having seen it on a daily basis.

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

Not if the character being gay was the only unique thing about it...

I just imagined any game released again but all they changed was the characters sexuality. That'd be the most unecessary special edition ever

 

[cieply]

"did anyone ever stop to think that homosexuality could be a natural response to a given species' overpopulation?"

That comment blew my mind.

Actually mass starvation of a spiecies is a standard response to overpopulation, not turning gay. It's more like defect, some sort of mild mental sickness. In nature noone is born perfect so I believe homosexuals just 'pop" here and there once in a while, just like people with cancer or aspergers.

Yeah, I know you're entitled to your opinion and whatever, but fuck you. "Some sort of mild mental sickness." Good thing ignorant opinion isn't supported by facts.

"Gay sex doesn't create babies so there must be some defect." Since when has sex solely been about reproduction? Humans are one of the only species that have sex for pleasure, and not just reproduction. So that argument goes out the window.

I'm confused as to why you even posted, especially since you knew that it would likely make someone mad and start some kind of flame war.

Edit:
OT: Maybe we should try fixing how people look at homosexuals before trying to put them into more games. I read through most of the posts, and many people say something along the lines of "As long as he's not one of those stereotypical gays." That's fine, I don't like those guys either, but I think it's a problem that that's the first thing people think of when homosexuality is mentioned. Also, as someone else mentioned, they already struggle with portraying Blacks and women without overwhelming stereotype.

Also if you're one of the people that said they would feel too uncomfortable with playing a game with a homosexual character, that's pretty pathetic to be honest.

I want no flames in here, my friend. Topic is about gays in computer games so we talk a bit about the whole issue as well.
I explained why I feel uncomfortable. I like to get into the role I'm playing in the game and being gay would make it hard for me as men don't turn me on.
As for the "sex not for making babies" - I'd like to do it in a socratean way of asking you questions but unfortunately It's a forum and my english could be not sufficient for this. Still I'll try to explain to You my strain of thought - sex is a way of securing continuity of our species. We get fun along the way, sure, but if suddenly the entire world would turn homosexual, humans would extinct. Therefore, the main role of sex is procreation, pleasure is a secondary use that is supposed to lure us into the whole "making babies" business so that we survive. Once you accept that, it'll become obvious that there is something wrong with homosexuals. It's a harmless deviation that poses no real threat to humanity, just one of million things that can go wrong in a human but still allow him to prosper and live happily. Still, it's not normal.
Now I know you won't agree with me. The only way I ever convince intelligent people of this belief is, as I said before, through questions. Still I wand to assure you I am not a troll looking for some warm flames. I try to express my opinions in a manner as civilized and polite as possible.

And as always I hear "fuck you" from people who think of themselves better than me, lowly homophobic scum.

 

[Steelfox]

If the character is gay and not overly flauntingly stereotypical "Gay" with a fucking lisp and prancing around the whole game, then I'd have no problem. At that point my problem wouldn't be the fact the character is gay but more that the game developers are jackasses.

Take a character like Capt. Jack Harkness from Dr. Who / Torchwood. (If you don't know him then wiki is your friend.) Gay but he's not a gay character. He's a character that happens to be gay. If that makes any sense.

 

[djkangal]

Has anyone made a joke about playing "Gears of War 2" already? Because if not, I call that one.

 

[Doctor Robert]

That's why I didn't by Final Fantasy XII. The main character in that game was the gayest-looking thing I've seen since Mr. Slave.

 

[Sylveria]

Already have, FF10 and 12!

 

[Del-Toro]

Yes of course I'd give it a spin. It would be considerably easier get away with if he's one of those classy maybe he is maybe he isn't gay guys, I don't know if my nerves could take him being one of those holy crap here he comes I can see him from a mile away gay guys. Unless it was used for comedic affect, in which case I'd try to beat the game in one sitting.

 

[ucciolord1]

Why not? I doesn't make any difference to me- after all, once you've played characters that aren't even human, what right do you have to discriminate?

 

[Xojins]

"did anyone ever stop to think that homosexuality could be a natural response to a given species' overpopulation?"

That comment blew my mind.

Actually mass starvation of a spiecies is a standard response to overpopulation, not turning gay. It's more like defect, some sort of mild mental sickness. In nature noone is born perfect so I believe homosexuals just 'pop" here and there once in a while, just like people with cancer or aspergers.

Yeah, I know you're entitled to your opinion and whatever, but fuck you. "Some sort of mild mental sickness." Good thing ignorant opinion isn't supported by facts.

"Gay sex doesn't create babies so there must be some defect." Since when has sex solely been about reproduction? Humans are one of the only species that have sex for pleasure, and not just reproduction. So that argument goes out the window.

I'm confused as to why you even posted, especially since you knew that it would likely make someone mad and start some kind of flame war.

Edit:
OT: Maybe we should try fixing how people look at homosexuals before trying to put them into more games. I read through most of the posts, and many people say something along the lines of "As long as he's not one of those stereotypical gays." That's fine, I don't like those guys either, but I think it's a problem that that's the first thing people think of when homosexuality is mentioned. Also, as someone else mentioned, they already struggle with portraying Blacks and women without overwhelming stereotype.

Also if you're one of the people that said they would feel too uncomfortable with playing a game with a homosexual character, that's pretty pathetic to be honest.

I want no flames in here, my friend. Topic is about gays in computer games so we talk a bit about the whole issue as well.
I explained why I feel uncomfortable. I like to get into the role I'm playing in the game and being gay would make it hard for me as men don't turn me on.
As for the "sex not for making babies" - I'd like to do it in a socratean way of asking you questions but unfortunately It's a forum and my english could be not sufficient for this. Still I'll try to explain to You my strain of thought - sex is a way of securing continuity of our species. We get fun along the way, sure, but if suddenly the entire world would turn homosexual, humans would extinct. Therefore, the main role of sex is procreation, pleasure is a secondary use that is supposed to lure us into the whole "making babies" business so that we survive. Once you accept that, it'll become obvious that there is something wrong with homosexuals. It's a harmless deviation that poses no real threat to humanity, just one of million things that can go wrong in a human but still allow him to prosper and live happily. Still, it's not normal.
Now I know you won't agree with me. The only way I ever convince intelligent people of this belief is, as I said before, through questions. Still I wand to assure you I am not a troll looking for some warm flames. I try to express my opinions in a manner as civilized and polite as possible.

And as always I hear "fuck you" from people who think of themselves better than me, lowly homophobic scum.

Oh I accept that biologically the main point of sex is to procreate, but in today's world, it's mostly about pleasure (save for some societies, probably). I would go so far as to say that most people (at least young people) who have sex have no intention or desire to have children, hence the use of condoms/birth control. They do it for the pleasure. So by your argument, there must be something defective with them.

Also, let's just examine how you think that homosexuality is something that "goes wrong." Biologically, something that "goes wrong" is a disadvantageous trait, making it less likely for that organism to survive. Homosexuality, however, is not a disadvantageous trait; it certainly isn't an advantageous trait, but not a disadvantage at the same time (according to Sigmund Freud. I can even provide a quotation if needed).

And I said "fuck you" not because I think I'm "better than you," but because I'm gay and I actually take offense to having myself being equated to cancer or asperger syndrome.

 

[THEMILKMAN]

Well I did play Modern Warfare 2

*ba dum tish*

 

[irtaco]

I would love too. If, of course, the games actually good. GTA with a Gay(or Bi) main character seems like an awesome idea!

 

[mercenator3000]

yeah, i have no problem with it.

 

[The Warden]

As long as when I look at the back of the box it's not rated 'A for Adult' then I've no reservations.
OH YEA, unless it's a JRPG. Gay character or No, They suck shit.

 

[Gulduzh]

Good Gravy, people, why is this even a question?

I've played games as megalomaniacal Sith Lords, as half-orc barbarian brutes, as Lawful Stupid gnomish Paladins, as short pudgy stereotypical Italian plumbers, intrepid fighter pilots fighting for their lives over enemy territory, Space Marines (tm) facing Hell Itself (tm), and a hundred others that have virtually no relation to my real life.

We really need to get over our Bronze Age sexual hangups.

Repeat this to yourself: It's just a game. I should really just relax.

 

[night_chrono]

Yea I played FF7.

O ho!

Now back on topic; Who the fuck cares? I guarantee that every person has someone gay in their family. The statistic is 1 in 10 (last time I checked YEARS ago it might have gone up or down a little). So grow up and stop denying people their rights just because they are found of their own junk.