Would you still play a game if the main character was gay?

[sam42ification]

Yes, in fact it might make me more likely to play a game.

Exactly my thoughts. It seems that it wouldn't matter to people but i think it would be a big positive.

 

[bdcjacko]

How gay? Like flamingly annoyingly gay? Or like we find out at the end of the game the character was gay, but it didn't really matter to the overall plot? Or somewhere in between?

 

[sam42ification]

Well, yeah. I'd probably be more likely to play a game with a gay protagonist, to be honest.

It's just more interesting, and it wouldn't give me any trouble with immersion. In video games I'm practically pansexual for reasons that continue to elude me.

[sub]Not to mention the fact that I'm also not a space marine or a witch with shotguns on her legs.[/sub]

Exactly. It would be much more interesting to see a gay relationship displayed in a game. Rather than the hetrosexual relationship with bad voice acting and fake emotions.

 

[bulldogftw]

As long as the fact that he/she is gay is not beaten over my head constantly yes.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

yes.

Depends if it was a good game.

There will be no answer more perfect than this one.

i think critics may find themselves in an odd position on this one, though, since publicly criticizing a game with a LGBT character may get them some flak just on principle.

in that case i'd just see if the gameplay looks fun (homosexual alex mercer or commander shepherd wouldn't change my opinion one bit of how awesome those games are)

besides, can't a gay man or woman be badass (which is what i like to see in my games)? look at testiclees from Doraleus and Associates

 

[sam42ification]

Would you still play a game if the protagonist, antagonist or favourite character in the game was gay?
State the game, the character and a yes or no.
The character could be lesbain also but don't say yes because you think it would be hot if the main character lesbain.

For me yes infact it would maybe make it more reason to play the game because then atleast the character would be interesting instead of generic spacemarine.

So you are saying that if a character is gay then it suddenly becomes interesting. Why? Explain this to me. Why being gay makes a character more interesting?

If the protagonist of a game was gay I wouldn't stop playing because I honestly wouldn't care. I mean, in my first playthrough of Dragon Age I hooked up with EVERYONE possible, even with that elvish guido, and I didn't stop playing, although I admit I did skip the sex scenes because, you know, I don't like seeing 2 men kissing and rubbing each other.

I mean, as long as the game isn't just trying to give a big "Fuck you" to the industry by yelling all over the place your character is gay, I would be ok with controlling said character. If there's something that is annoying as hell is homosexuals that NEED to tell everyone they are homosexuals. I just can't stand them. Make the protagonist of your adventure one of these persons and the game ruined for me.

And I don't say it's ruined because the protagonist is gay, it's ruined because I can't sympathize with the character I am controlling and thus the game stops being engaging. Imagine if in Oblivion, instead of playing as the voiceless hero, you played as that annoying fan that would follow you around. Nobody wants to play as someone they don't like.

Maybe it's because i'm bi and a hetrosexual relationship bores the hell out of me. Plus a character nervously exploring their sexuality is so much more interesting the the normal gritty protagonist. The gay character doesn't have to be annoying just gay

 

[Dango]

Yes, in fact it might make me more likely to play a game.

Exactly my thoughts. It seems that it wouldn't matter to people but i think it would be a big positive.

On the contrary, having a poorly done gay character as the protagonist would be much worse than having a poorly done straight character. There aren't many studios that would actually put the time into a game or take the risk of trying to sell a game with a gay main character.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

One good example where I couldn't "handle this situation" is Dragon Age 2 where my first playthrough was a male Hawke warrior and I accidentally had a conversation with Anders where I had 2 flirt options and a end romance one and I choose the latter.

I don't wanna sound homofobic,but I'd rather play a female character and romance someone of the same gender than playing one on the opposite side(that is what I did on my second playthrough with my female Hawke rogue)

Guess that's just my view on it.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Yes, unless they exploit the fact he's gay for some homoerotic scenes.

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

So you mean, a game like Enchanted Arms? Or the entire Chou Aniki series? These games exist, no one really cares.

 

[Griffolion]

I'd be more inclined to play it to see how that aspect of the character affects the way they interact with their world as opposed to the typical straight characters that have been mapped quite extensively.

 

[Shirokurou]

Wouldn't play only if he's a flaming Gaylord and overacts more than Bayonetta.

If he's like Da Vinci in AssCreed, then I won't pay attention to it.

 

[Treblaine]

Well stated. One thing I would add is the objectification of bi women. As a result they're completely trivialized in the eyes of most everybody.

Also - "the college thing." Now there's a joke for you. "It was a college thing." Really? Either you did it for your boyfriend because you have absolutely no sense of yourself or you did it because you were ATTRACTED to another person of the same sex.

Discuss.

Is a man not entitled to love who he likes?

'No!' says the man in Gay Bar, 'You must love only men.'

'No!' says the man in the Church, 'You must love only women.'

'No!' says the man in Government, 'You must love no one.'

I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Bisexuality!

___

Seriously though, society is fucked by the path that gay activism chose, not true sexual openness but sexual "equivalence". They couldn't sell the idea that people could love either gender, but that their sexuality was inverted... it seemed to be the only way they could make people understand.

Bisexuals who say "it was just in college" are merely simplifying things, it should be no reason to doubt their love for their wife or husband. There is the insidious and horrible stereotype that bisexuality somehow "dilutes" sexual intimacy, as in how can you truly love your female wife if you are sexually attracted to both males and females.

Logically it shouldn't make any fucking difference but people don't think logically.

It's pretty clear that there are millions of people who would be very open and flexible about their sex lives for either gender but choose one sexuality just for simplicity, either gay of straight, people can't comprehend anything but 100% preference for one gender.

The WORST insult is the label "Closet homosexual" for those who have active and open heterosexual relations with women yet hidden/private homosexual interest.

The insinuation is devastating, not that their homosexuality is hidden, no. That all their sexual intimacy with the opposite gender is a charade, a deluded fantasy, lying not only to their partner but them self. That is HORRIBLE to label someone with, that destroys families, that leads to suicide over nothing but prejudice and ignorance.

Say a married man (to a woman) had an affair with a woman at work. There are chances the marriage could recover if they realise it was a weakness not in love but lust. But if he visited a gay-bar and went home with a guy? I can guaran-fucking-tee the woman on finding out would think he NEVER loved her, that he really loves men. Hell if a wife found her husband looking at gay porn, that would be enough.

 

[Archwright]

As long as the game doesn't use it as a USP

Boom. This.

Most game protagonists are, for the purpose of the game, asexual anyway, so I don't see any problem. I'm curious there aren't more trans char's in games, tho....

That's a whole 'nother mess. Most people can accept transvestism. Mulan to save her country; Thor for the lolz. My experience the general population and transgendered spouse indicates that the mainstream is not ready for transgendered characters. I'm pretty sure any game with one as a significant NPC or PC in a serious role would end up with an M rating hands-down. And most likely places like Wal-Mart would ban it, dooming the game to obscurity and the developers to financial ruin.

Then again, I would have said the same thing about a gay characters in video games 20 years ago.

 

[Venereus]

As long as I don't have to engage in gameplay-embedded interactive intercourse, like in God of War or Hot Coffee, it's fine. This applies to all sex scenes in games, it's not just that I (probably) wouldn't enjoy gay sex, it's just that I'd rather it being a cutscene.

 

[dagens24]

Here's an interesting idea. How do we even know if the main character is gay unless it's specifically said he isn't? There's no more reason to believe that Gordon Freeman is heterosexual than there is to believe that he is homosexual. Same goes for every Call of Duty protagonist, Samus, Master Chief and all the other loveless heroes.

At the end of the day unless love or sex plays an important role in the games theme then there is no reason to believe your character is either straight or gay because it really doesn't matter.

 

[Doctor Glocktor]

I'm not really sure. It would make it harder to actually be able to relate and be immersed in the game for me.

 

[Kiltguy]

Yes, if it's a good game, and that's all that really matters. There's no excuses for bad games.

IMO: Seeing as we living in a pretty morally bankrupt society, the thought of just putting a "gay" character in a game to "provoke" buyers, is just as bad, or ill-advised, as putting big-breasted, half-naked females in a game just to incite a riot. Bad marketing.