Female Leads In Games

[archer9234]

Shiken said:
Can't play as a female character so I am very annoyed with Horizon cause it looks fantastic. As I have said before I play games to emerse myself in stroy, but I can't do that as a female character. I could not complete Dino Crisis, RE3, early Tomb Raider games (I did beat the reboot, so that says a lot about that game), Metroid, Bayonetta, Heavenly Sword, etc. I have played these games and always lose interest half way through due to lack of connection with the protagonist. I am all for a gender option or parts where you would play as a male mixed with parts featuring a female character (example TLoU or even a true 50/50 split), but strickly female leads are a problem for me.

My loss I guess...=(

I don't even understand. I assume than you can't watch TV shows like Star Trek Voyager, Xena. Or movies like Alien then?

Shiken said:

the-pi-guy said:

Why?  

As a male, I find it hard to put myself in the shoes as a female.  It totally ruins it for me.  It is not a matter of insecurity or something of that nature.  I just have no intetest in portraying my role in a story as a female.  I have tried to look past it, just doesn't work for me most of the time.

How then does playing as Jill in RE3 different then Leon in RE4. She is using all the same abilities and items as Leon. She interacts with people as a generic person. She doesn't seduce Carlos. you're not getting quized on labor pains. Or doing a breast examination. You even beat the Tomb Raider reboot. And that has a harder scene to see a woman be hit on. So it can't be a violence factor.

Are you just falling into the trap that if you are intrested in something with a woman focus. You're imeditaly branded as gay. So you just can't continue on in the game?