I like playing the female characters, usually they have the better voice acting in my experience and honestly I don't want to watch some dude running around the screen. Though being the perv I am I like to romance the other female characters....after all I control the female avatar that is my character but Im still a hetero guy so...female character romancing a female npc. Hmm you could say Im a Lesbian trapped in a mans body
I play a lady whenever games allow it. I guess I'm not that good of a roleplayer to be able to set myself in the mindset of a man.
This unfortunately limits my options as not many good RPGs also have good romance options for female characters. A point that's been made over and over again: BG2. I'm sure that some women out there can take his attitude, but I can't even stand him as a companion, let alone a romantic partner. I'm twice the man he is and I'm a woman! :P And that's where modding comes in. Mods for everything from friendship, PG13 romance to steamy adult romances.. you name it. My husband calls them cheats to pay me back for the myriad screenshots of FemPCs and cluttering all our computers. Ah well...
@Razor : The whole femshep thing was just a publicity stunt for ME3. I for one am just glad there is a female version of Shepard available for the trilogy... (and of course sweet Garrus available for her.. and Thane.. and Liara.. and Sam Traynor ^^) I never wanted her to be canon. God knows one Lara Croft is enough in the gaming community. I never felt bad that the female Shep option in the first 2 games wasn't prerendered.. or wasn't canon. Metagaming isn't that important and inside the game you could become a strong, smart, beautiful, deadly etc etc woman... or a troll if that took your fancy. I've seen characters so ugly it's a shame to assign them a gender. :P
I can't relate to any other gender then males, and so I play a male(I'm a male obviously). It also means that I think of the character as me in that world, and so I'm always locked on chaotic netural.
I dunno it's weird when given the choice I almost exclusively play males, but there are tonnes of great games with female protagonists that I absolutely love, Tomb Raider, Metroid, Gravity Rush & Longest Journey to name but a few.
I've never played a female in BG, and I think in party based RPGs when you can comprise your squad as a mixture of males and females it seems less crucial, although I do intend to do a Mass Effect playthrough with a femshep, and my primary character in Diablo III was a female wizard, so I dunno maybe I'm starting to branch out.
It depends. Generally, I play once or two as male, next once or two as female... But I often playing as a mage, and I greately prefer playing female as a mage, due to in-game avatar (and BG1 paperdoll). It is just more enjoyable to watch.
@Moomintroll My problem with him is that initial romance conversation where you tell him about your actions in BG1 and his reaction is "You couldn't have done all that- you're just a woman!" In real life, I would have hauled off and socked him into next week for that line. And when you continue the romance by telling him, "Well, I wasn't alone, I had the help of my companions." his response is something like, "Well, then, I guess it's possible..." At that utterance, I literally said to myself, "Why is the only romance available for women this jerk?"
@LadyRhian Haha ok, that didn't stick with me. I guess I enjoyed his caricature from a slightly more distanced perspective; spotty teenager that I was while wooing the female delicacies of Baldur's gate, I created a female character because I didn't want to miss out on the content, yes.. that's what I'll tell them..
@Moomintroll You only get that conversation when the game tries to start the romance with him. But that is pretty much why he got so much loathing. He also spends a lot of time telling you off after asking your opinion on something. It's like "What's your opinion on X?" and no matter what you say, "That's a stupid answer! You should never think that about X!" Dude, STFU. You're the one who asked. If you don't like the answers, stop asking!
@LadyRhian I don't remember any of this! I can see why that might inspire people to leave him on the hellish plane outside the planar sphere, or permanently petrified. Some feverish re-playing will be done when I get my (PC) monitor back.
The last straw for me about Anomen was a long time ago, he had just been given the knight title by the order, and he was having a small chat with Keldorn after the night rest. After the dumbass dialogues my female npc had to go through with him, this happens.
I can't remember the actual dialogues, but it was something along the lines of :
I always play as a male. I just don't feel right playing as a gender that I am not as it makes me feel like one of those 40-year-old men on chat websites.
For CRPGs: Female, unless the gender choice has an actual impact on the game, then I base it on the impact. I'm simply playing a game, and while they try to represent an RPG, they are still a game. I prefer to look at female characters over male characters, and listen to female voices over male voices, so picking a female character just makes the time spend on the game slightly more enjoyable.
For Tabletop RPGs: Male, usually. Here I actually try to identify myself with my character, and have to pick his actions. There also is nothing to look at or listen to, so the CRPG benefits of picking a female are moot.
I've ALWAYS played female character in BG1 and 2. I'm male, and mostly it was for the romances. I played Anomen once, he's very coddled... Kelsey was a much better romance, he was more confident (even though he doubted himself sometimes) I would have really enjoyed a romance with Hear'Dalis, and LOVE a romance with Valygar.
The game came out over 10 years ago though. Female gamers weren't really what the devs were looking at because they were so few. That's my two cents anyways.
I always play as a female i find it stance to play as a male. I quite liked the Anomen romance more so after it gets established properly and he's not so pompous. It could have been much better and another choice would have been nice.
But as @xavioria said above female gamers were not that common so i can see why they would not waste resources on something like that
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This unfortunately limits my options as not many good RPGs also have good romance options for female characters. A point that's been made over and over again: BG2. I'm sure that some women out there can take his attitude, but I can't even stand him as a companion, let alone a romantic partner. I'm twice the man he is and I'm a woman! :P
And that's where modding comes in. Mods for everything from friendship, PG13 romance to steamy adult romances.. you name it. My husband calls them cheats to pay me back for the myriad screenshots of FemPCs and cluttering all our computers. Ah well...
@Razor : The whole femshep thing was just a publicity stunt for ME3. I for one am just glad there is a female version of Shepard available for the trilogy... (and of course sweet Garrus available for her.. and Thane.. and Liara.. and Sam Traynor ^^) I never wanted her to be canon. God knows one Lara Croft is enough in the gaming community.
I never felt bad that the female Shep option in the first 2 games wasn't prerendered.. or wasn't canon. Metagaming isn't that important and inside the game you could become a strong, smart, beautiful, deadly etc etc woman... or a troll if that took your fancy. I've seen characters so ugly it's a shame to assign them a gender. :P
That is literally the only reason
I've never played a female in BG, and I think in party based RPGs when you can comprise your squad as a mixture of males and females it seems less crucial, although I do intend to do a Mass Effect playthrough with a femshep, and my primary character in Diablo III was a female wizard, so I dunno maybe I'm starting to branch out.
I can't remember the actual dialogues, but it was something along the lines of :
Anomen : Good day sir Keldorn, lovely day today.
Keldorn : Indeed sir Anomen, a fine day.
Anome : Yes sir Keldorn, what a fiine day indeed.
Me : Shut up! Shut uuuuup!!
@ about it :]
This may have something to do with me being a live mannequin for my mum's dress making sometimes.
For CRPGs: Female, unless the gender choice has an actual impact on the game, then I base it on the impact. I'm simply playing a game, and while they try to represent an RPG, they are still a game. I prefer to look at female characters over male characters, and listen to female voices over male voices, so picking a female character just makes the time spend on the game slightly more enjoyable.
For Tabletop RPGs: Male, usually. Here I actually try to identify myself with my character, and have to pick his actions. There also is nothing to look at or listen to, so the CRPG benefits of picking a female are moot.
The game came out over 10 years ago though. Female gamers weren't really what the devs were looking at because they were so few. That's my two cents anyways.
But as @xavioria said above female gamers were not that common so i can see why they would not waste resources on something like that