Games with lesbian content?
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Depression Quest has lesbianism? I don't recall ever being explicitly told what the gender of the PC was, and has assumed (as I'm male, and placing yourself into the role is kinda the point of the game) that the character was also male. Confirming the gender one way or the other would seem to interfere with the immersion factor.Olas said:
There's a difference in the universe, though. In the Witcher's sex can be a powerful tool for political purposes too, while in Guild Wars sex is mostly restricted to the Courtly Love kind of ordeal. I'm not saying some scenes in the Witcher were purposeless other than the nudge-wink-tits imagery, but sex (or spanking, whatever) surely has a part in some narratives, even if it seems exaggerated or "unconventional" at first.Therumancer said:
To be honest, aside from the games already mentioned, there isnt really much to add aside from what i actually hate about all these homosexual options. Its not so much that they exist, but rather that it seems like all the more high-profile games which have them tend to be very same-y, by that i mean that the relationship is somehow always portrayed the same way with very little variation. Though that isnt a problem because it isnt exactly easy to write proper romance plots for anything, not even in books or movies or anywhere, you can point to any romance-work and find faults in how the relationships somehow feel wrong, which is for both heterosexual and homosexual pairings.
What i hate most though is the reaction to them, the relentless bitching about how "thats not true lesbian" or "thats not true heterosexual" or any variation thereof, the whole argument of trying to force how people act, like two lesbians or two gay guys cant act a certain way because they are homosexual, thats like arguing that a heterosexual couple cant act in a certain way, it makes no sense. That being said, i feel most games which tend to include, or try to include such pairings always end up shoving it into your face. Best example being Dragon Age 2, the romances were kinda forced onto you, hell Mass Effect 2 had the same problem, unless you knew exactly how to navigate the minefield that was Jacobs Dialogue you would end up dating him, even if you never intended that, nor your sentences even implied it, course DA2 was worse, Anders being a big offender here. Its good that the option exists, but if its shoved too much into your face, it becomes irritating no matter what you think of the option at first.
I suppose the problem is that we havent yet figured out how to do it properly, either its subtle and merely background events with no real impact, or its shoved into your face over and over. Plus many games focus on the gender rather than the emotional side of it, i mean name 5 games, big known titles, that have ignored the gender aspect and simply portrayed two people in love, or falling in love to be more precise. The whole "you have many options" aspect of romance subplots in games hasnt really helped this, because when you got the choice of several potential partners in the game, its not really possible to actually show how a relationship develops.
What i hate most though is the reaction to them, the relentless bitching about how "thats not true lesbian" or "thats not true heterosexual" or any variation thereof, the whole argument of trying to force how people act, like two lesbians or two gay guys cant act a certain way because they are homosexual, thats like arguing that a heterosexual couple cant act in a certain way, it makes no sense. That being said, i feel most games which tend to include, or try to include such pairings always end up shoving it into your face. Best example being Dragon Age 2, the romances were kinda forced onto you, hell Mass Effect 2 had the same problem, unless you knew exactly how to navigate the minefield that was Jacobs Dialogue you would end up dating him, even if you never intended that, nor your sentences even implied it, course DA2 was worse, Anders being a big offender here. Its good that the option exists, but if its shoved too much into your face, it becomes irritating no matter what you think of the option at first.
I suppose the problem is that we havent yet figured out how to do it properly, either its subtle and merely background events with no real impact, or its shoved into your face over and over. Plus many games focus on the gender rather than the emotional side of it, i mean name 5 games, big known titles, that have ignored the gender aspect and simply portrayed two people in love, or falling in love to be more precise. The whole "you have many options" aspect of romance subplots in games hasnt really helped this, because when you got the choice of several potential partners in the game, its not really possible to actually show how a relationship develops.
Loren the Amazon Princess (recently released on Steam) looks to have lesbians in it, because Amazons. The demo didn't exactly blow me away, but visual novels aren't really my thing, so take that with a grain of salt.
Rogue Legacy gives you the chance to have gay/lesbian offspring, which changes absolutely nothing.
Rogue Legacy gives you the chance to have gay/lesbian offspring, which changes absolutely nothing.
I was more than a little annoyed when I couldn't woo Miriel as a female character.Dexterity said:
LET ME EXPLORE MY JUVENILE FANTASIES!
Anyways, Pretty much every RPG I've played...I like playing female characters and I happen to be attracted to females so...things happen.
Except one is constantly naked and is only wearing her illusion magic. *wink wink*Visteri said:
But yeah, I like it, too. GW2 is still desperately in need of developed ingame characters. I'm sure there are plenty in the novels etc, but ingame, you only have a handful.
Mugen Souls has a fair bit of lesbian esque bonding at the end of practically every level. Its 100% confirmed Sandy has lesbian desires.
I think the sub text in that game is that they are really close friends, I never saw anything that hinted at any different type of a relationship.Gordon_4 said:
Vampire: The Masquerade you can have some strong implied interactions with on of the characters you meet.
Can't think of any not listed
You know, this has bothered me a lot about western media; where gay women are almost entirely represented in either fan service or porn. It feels as if general society doesn't acknowledge the relationship I want as an actual relationship, to be honest, it hurts if I dwell on it. But, some yuri has been very consoling on this point, and it's striking how much a representation of your romantic desires can have an impact on how you feel about your future and general self. It feels as if you're no longer just living in your head...
Validating, in a certain sense, that I can have a relationship with another woman and not have it just be sex.
You know, this has bothered me a lot about western media; where gay women are almost entirely represented in either fan service or porn. It feels as if general society doesn't acknowledge the relationship I want as an actual relationship, to be honest, it hurts if I dwell on it. But, some yuri has been very consoling on this point, and it's striking how much a representation of your romantic desires can have an impact on how you feel about your future and general self. It feels as if you're no longer just living in your head...
Validating, in a certain sense, that I can have a relationship with another woman and not have it just be sex.
Thanks for the detailed replies.
I made a bet a while ago I could name 10 (non-porn) games with lesbian content (game series counts as a single title). I got up to three and then caved in and included three more titles where lesbian content was barely present. I was pretty shocked I couldn't come up with anything else (and lost the damn bet). I'm surprised that with all the titles mentioned here, that's still barely 10 games that have any even remotely more substantial lesbian content (i.e. a prominent character / relationship or, hell, even fan-service).
Then again, I played through the whole Longest Journey a long time ago and never picked up on the lesbian stuff.
Weird.
I guess, the conclusion is that Bioware has put in the most effort thus far, as far as big Western developers go. As for the future, I guess will see what Dragon Age 3. the new Mass Effect game and the promising Cyberpunk 2077 from the Witcher developer will bring.
If anyone can think of any other upcoming title that might include this type of content, please, do share.
I made a bet a while ago I could name 10 (non-porn) games with lesbian content (game series counts as a single title). I got up to three and then caved in and included three more titles where lesbian content was barely present. I was pretty shocked I couldn't come up with anything else (and lost the damn bet). I'm surprised that with all the titles mentioned here, that's still barely 10 games that have any even remotely more substantial lesbian content (i.e. a prominent character / relationship or, hell, even fan-service).
Then again, I played through the whole Longest Journey a long time ago and never picked up on the lesbian stuff.
Weird.I guess, the conclusion is that Bioware has put in the most effort thus far, as far as big Western developers go. As for the future, I guess will see what Dragon Age 3. the new Mass Effect game and the promising Cyberpunk 2077 from the Witcher developer will bring.
If anyone can think of any other upcoming title that might include this type of content, please, do share.
Persona 4 has Chie and Yukiko that are quite close and full of subtext. Some of the other girls are kind of that way too.
Surprisingly enough, Psychonauts, but only if you read the campster background material which casts many characters in a very different light.
Surprisingly enough, Psychonauts, but only if you read the campster background material which casts many characters in a very different light.
There really isn't much content with girl on girl relationships that isn't fanservice, having said that though the Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o/A Kiss for the Petals series while it does have a lot of adult content it does properly depict a romantic relationship/story between two girls
on the Fire Emblem Awakening subject, Tharja and the female MC should have been possible and in order to explain the kids they should have gone with either adoption or... well it's a fantasy setting who's to say the same rules of conception apply, for all we know females may indeed be fully capable of impregnating another female... specially if one of them dabbles in dark arts and magic!
as for Persona; I was really bothered with P3P, I had played the PS2 version to death so I didn't care to play as a dude again so I went ahead and played as a girl hoping to have a relationship with Yukari and big whoop the game doesn't allow it I hope they fix this for Persona 5 because really at least one girl/boy should be allowed to have same sex preferences
on the Fire Emblem Awakening subject, Tharja and the female MC should have been possible and in order to explain the kids they should have gone with either adoption or... well it's a fantasy setting who's to say the same rules of conception apply, for all we know females may indeed be fully capable of impregnating another female... specially if one of them dabbles in dark arts and magic!
as for Persona; I was really bothered with P3P, I had played the PS2 version to death so I didn't care to play as a dude again so I went ahead and played as a girl hoping to have a relationship with Yukari and big whoop the game doesn't allow it
I hope they fix this for Persona 5 because really at least one girl/boy should be allowed to have same sex preferences
To be fair, the whole point of the relationships in Awakening is meeting your children from the future. Needless to say, you'd miss out on quite a bit of content if you went for a gay relationship.Sectan said:
That said, I definitely got a lesbian vibe from Tharja on my female character.
Here are 5 videogames with hidden lesbian content, characters or otherwise strong innuendos towards some feline action going on behind the scenes. https://youtu.be/8bIgQyKDzL0