Poll: When Gender Is A Choice, Which Do You Choose?

[nomzy]

When it's a single player game 90% of the time I'll choose male, but if I'm playing an mmo or something I lean towards female.
Staring at my characters ass all day, rather it be female yeah you've heard it all before.
Generally speaking, if there's no RP purposes then I won't pick male.

But I always end up with at least one of each /shrug

 

[LetalisK]

Male preferring to play male. The exception being Mass Effect. FemShep > ManShep all day, every day.

 

[Uriain]

90% of the time, I play a male character. Though, my choice is dependent on the character/class and how I view the character.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I'm a guy in real life and 7 out of 10 times I'll chose to be a guy if given the option. I loved how in Saint's Row 2 you could chose to be gender-neutral...or...gender-ambiguous...it wasn't a binary decision and I really liked that as an option.

If it's a fantasy game (because I haven't encountered this in a sci-fi game...that I remember anyway) I never chose to play as a human or a creature that could be human. I have to live my life as a human after all...

 

[LAGG]

Depends if it's first or third person.

For first person I'll take the male ones and if possible whatever character talks the least, preferably never at all.
For third person I'll take the female ones because I rather be looking at a girl than a a guy, they have better animations and take less screen space.

 

[Elfgore]

Well for more everything besides JRPGs if I can choose a man, I am being a man. But for games like pokemon, White Knight Chronicles, etc. I will usually think about it and start several games over to pick one.

I am even considering being a girl for GTA Online.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

I'm a heterosexual male preferring to play as a female. If I'm going to spend 20 hours staring at someone's backside, I'd just assume it be an attractive woman's, possible one whose body I designed myself. It made Mass Effect a lot more entertaining as a woman because it felt slightly less cliche than the typical stoic or wiseass male protagonist.

 

[Lucifiel]

Female here and usually, when having to choose, I'd opt for male. Not always, but most of the times. I guess my choice is heavily influenced by a combination of game aesthetics and story. I am also one of those persons that spends a minimum of 30mins to create her character and that's if there re very few choices involved. I messed around with the Eve character creator once... I have no idea where those two hours went...



Surprisingly enough, I got the poll choice right, despite the mistake. Yay me!

 

[Omega_Gozer]

I'm female, and I mostly chose to play male characters. I had a few female alts back when I played World of Warcraft, but about 80% of customisable characters I make have been male.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

As a man, I prefer to play as females whenever possible. I simply find a strong female warrior, regardless of whether they're actually some variant of mage or rouge, is more compelling to me. Part of this is because I'm attracted to strong females, as well as the fact that most games that don't have the option usually have a male character, and I like to balance it out. Another minor factor is the fact that I'd rather stare at a woman's ass than a man's, so if the game happens to be in third person, I'll usually be playing as a female.

... That isn't taking into account that I have only once made a decent looking man in a character creator.

 

[TreuloseTomate]

I'm a guy playing mostly female characters because I secretly wish to be a girl.