| kitler53 said: I believe there are two distinct types of gamers when it comes to these matters. Gamer A) the in-game avatar represents me. this is my story. these are my actions. Gamer B) the in-game avatar represents someone else. this is a story. i influence their actions. i'm certainly gamer B. even in a game with the silent character and a first person perspective i still never think of it as me. as such,.. when given a choice i almost always pick female avatars. i feel more invested in female companion than a male companion. it's the same in my personal life where i have a lot of female friends and very few male friends. i imagine gamers in the A category would want a character that looks like them,... correct sex, color, and build. i'm sure it helps a lot with their immersion. i completely get it even if it is not for me. |
I think this is nice sum up, though I think being one or the other doesn't always mean you pick the same sex, especially for completionists like myself.
Personally I think I am a Gamer B, I don't tend to think of the character as an extention of myself, and I tend to prefer a female protagonist... but when given a choice as in Mass Effect I often pick male first, and will try to make it look similar to me, but a second playthrough will have a similar amount of time and effort put into it and would be female, and subsequent playthroughs after that I am far more likely to be female (unless different character game mechanics mean I prefer playing as a specific male character)
I like a strong female lead, and strong female characters in general (AC:Brotherhood I deliberately only recruited female assassins... took a while as they seem more likely to be the opposite sex as your last recruit) but I still like to play as myself on occasion.
