Guys That Play Girls In Games. Why?
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It's something different. I have a female character for New Vegas simply because it's different than selecting a male in every single game. Plus the Black Widow/Cheez La Femme perk..
Sometimes they just look cooler. I found it much easier to make a good looking female in oblivion than a male. Sometimes it fits better with the class too. Tends to look more natural in games when you see a female sneaking around. Males can look like top heavy freaks when they try to sneak. Males tend to look more natural in 'buff' roles however such as tanking etc.
End of the day... Its just personal preference. I personally play both.
End of the day... Its just personal preference. I personally play both.
To see if the story of the game is different. I may not be sexist but the game might. Plus, it's a video game and if I'm going to try and create a second personality, I want to make sure I know it's a second personality. Plus, playing as a girl is fun when guys start hitting on you and you tell them your a dude.
Well I can sum it all up right here. "I'd rather look at a woman all day than a man" Done. End thread.
Because I for some reason feel the need to be an asshole woman with no fear sticking to sexist men while having a heart that is not afraid to show itself. That is why I prefer to play as women instead of men when given the choice.
I'm guy, always been a guy, lotsa guy friends. I know guys. Women are still interesting. As a writer, I use female characters, as fleshing out a story from a very different perspective is more fun.
With character creation and customization, playing "dressup" with female characters is more fun. It may explain why so many fashion designers for women are guys. My characters tend to dress modestly and practically, by the way, with very rare diversions into frivolity and sexy. My female heroes and villains in City of Heroes are much more likely to have their extra costume slots unlocked.
The hero, to some extent, should be an underdog. Although not as pronounced as it used to be, female heroic leads are, classically speaking, MORE the underdog.
Having met some interesting people in my time, I can easily imagine a woman in the lead of an action adventure story. A friend of my sister, for example, was the "enforcer" of her mixed-gender hockey team, and once responded to a hazing in high school by punching the guy in the face.
Also, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Toph, Azula, Katara, Mai, Ty Lee, Suki, Avatar Kiyoshi. Some serious action gals in that show, and I try to make my female characters interesting and capable.
PS: Avatar Kiyoshi was voiced by Jennifer Hale, who seems to be getting a lot of attention as Ms. Sheppard in this forum. Rightfully so. She's a great performer. And Avatar Kiyoshi, she came off as kind of scary...
With character creation and customization, playing "dressup" with female characters is more fun. It may explain why so many fashion designers for women are guys. My characters tend to dress modestly and practically, by the way, with very rare diversions into frivolity and sexy. My female heroes and villains in City of Heroes are much more likely to have their extra costume slots unlocked.
The hero, to some extent, should be an underdog. Although not as pronounced as it used to be, female heroic leads are, classically speaking, MORE the underdog.
Having met some interesting people in my time, I can easily imagine a woman in the lead of an action adventure story. A friend of my sister, for example, was the "enforcer" of her mixed-gender hockey team, and once responded to a hazing in high school by punching the guy in the face.
Also, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Toph, Azula, Katara, Mai, Ty Lee, Suki, Avatar Kiyoshi. Some serious action gals in that show, and I try to make my female characters interesting and capable.
PS: Avatar Kiyoshi was voiced by Jennifer Hale, who seems to be getting a lot of attention as Ms. Sheppard in this forum. Rightfully so. She's a great performer. And Avatar Kiyoshi, she came off as kind of scary...
Clearly it isn't a silly question as, if you look back to my edited original post, I have already received a wide range of answers all from people who play as women in games.Zechnophobe said:
Mainly it has to deal with the fact that I like girls. I would rather spend my time looking at a girl then a guy; and so it goes when I'm playing a game. Also another part is that if the game is going to have the option where I can change my characters look and style (most games that include the choice of female/male playable characters are going to be doing this) I prefer customizing the outfits for girl characters. I'm one of those strange guys that finds style fascinating and I find it that much more fascinating on girls then guys. I have had loads of fun going into dress shops with some of my female friends and watching them try on different dresses and the like and just getting to look at all the amazing designs in the store. So it goes with games, I love finding costumes or clothing to put on my avatar and finding the right style that makes them look good. Don't get me wrong I also like to play guy characters, and coming up with a persona and style for them, it's just it usually feels more satisfying to come up with an amazing look and feel for a female avatar then a male avatar.
Now that I think about it though I don't play females that much more often, it's usually 60% female 40% male.
Now that I think about it though I don't play females that much more often, it's usually 60% female 40% male.
one explanation I heard was from some football players who played WoW as female blood elves:
"If we have to run around looking at someone's butt all the time, it might as well be one that's pleasant to look at."
"If we have to run around looking at someone's butt all the time, it might as well be one that's pleasant to look at."
This is primarily the reason. I have a choice to play both genders, I am going to fucking experience both. Aesthetics, gameplay options, and voice acting all go into consideration (Jennifer Hale beats Mark Meer at the emotion, but Mark Meer beats her at the douchebag lines).Daystar Clarion said:
In short: If I am going to play a game for hours on end, I better be looking at an arse in which I can appreciate, and not want my ugly ass male space marine.
I wanted to see the game differently. In fact I want to get Persona 3 Portable just so I can play as a girl.(Different social links, better music, if I wanted to play as a guy I would play FES)
I have a theory...
Female characters that possess certain aesthetics and attitudes that the player sees as desirable could be the basic framework of what the respective male desires for himself. For example: the bad girl, ditzy cheerleader, punk rawker, super model, gothic, or tough girl could represent variants of what they might never otherwise experience for themselves romantically, biologically, etc...
...or it could be just for fun.
There are many varied reasons, I suppose, but when you asked simply why someone would choose to game the way they do (and making it perfectly clear that answers based on nothing more than preference will suffice) and they go hard on the defensive or answering the question with a question instead of answering the initial question on its own terms, one can suspect that some people's reasons go deeper than others. I'm not gonna lie: that's kinda creepy
I myself have played as both and have no real preference, but I have some questions for all those people out there who focus on the character's backside that they claim to stare at throughout the game: Did you notice all the stuff going on AROUND your character's backside, or do you just run into a lot of walls all the time?
Good question, Chairman Miaow.
Female characters that possess certain aesthetics and attitudes that the player sees as desirable could be the basic framework of what the respective male desires for himself. For example: the bad girl, ditzy cheerleader, punk rawker, super model, gothic, or tough girl could represent variants of what they might never otherwise experience for themselves romantically, biologically, etc...
...or it could be just for fun.
There are many varied reasons, I suppose, but when you asked simply why someone would choose to game the way they do (and making it perfectly clear that answers based on nothing more than preference will suffice) and they go hard on the defensive or answering the question with a question instead of answering the initial question on its own terms, one can suspect that some people's reasons go deeper than others. I'm not gonna lie: that's kinda creepy
I myself have played as both and have no real preference, but I have some questions for all those people out there who focus on the character's backside that they claim to stare at throughout the game: Did you notice all the stuff going on AROUND your character's backside, or do you just run into a lot of walls all the time?
Good question, Chairman Miaow.
Okay in my defence i play the gender that suites the ideal of me
In WOW my first character was a female human mage...Why ? because the human male looked like a 3D square with some hair a nose and eyes on to it and biceps the size of my legs (and i got fat legs)
second char i rolled was a female draenei shaman be the same reason
third char troll male warrior because the trolls don't look like rambo and the incredible hulk had a baby
In Mass Effect i decided just by the voice acting first game Femshep the second Maleshep.
I remember why i choose being a female by a second reason and that is for how more much awesome wouldn't it be if a female killed a badass that killed hundreds of men.
In WOW my first character was a female human mage...Why ? because the human male looked like a 3D square with some hair a nose and eyes on to it and biceps the size of my legs (and i got fat legs)
second char i rolled was a female draenei shaman be the same reason
third char troll male warrior because the trolls don't look like rambo and the incredible hulk had a baby
In Mass Effect i decided just by the voice acting first game Femshep the second Maleshep.
I remember why i choose being a female by a second reason and that is for how more much awesome wouldn't it be if a female killed a badass that killed hundreds of men.