Female Leads In Games

[Shiken]

archer9234 said:

Shiken said:

It is not quite as black and white as that.  I can portray myself as any mythological creature in a game be it human, elf, orc, or beast so long as it is a male character.  The thought of portraying myself as a female just does not interest me and leads to a lack of connection to the world I am trying to emmerse myself in.

 

I know you can say the difference between playing as a non human character or a female human may be minimal, but for me it is not.  Even in the Tomb Raider reboot I had to pretend I was watching a movie to get through it, while in Uncharted I can actually portray myself as Nathan Drake.  And even with a great game like TR, the difference in portrayal impacts the overall feel pf the game for me.

 

I am not alone in this, nor do I have anything against females leads.  They just keep me from enjoying my personal experience with the game more often than not.

So then the interaction is the sole problem. How about other aspects like a book. Would you feel akward if you read Wonder Woman, or She-Hulk in a public area. Or a T-shirt with them on. I'm really curious. I hope i'm not coming off as an ass.

No not at all, as it is all about portrayal.  In a book or a movie, I am reading or watching a story.  In a game however things are a bit different.  I am controling and, in a sense, living the story through the protagonist.  As a male that has no desire to portray myself as a female, this presents an issue in some games.

 

Now I have tried to look at it like a book or movie, but most of the time it just does not work for whatever reason.  This worked for the TR reboot as I said before, yet it failed to emerse me into the world like Uncharted does.  It does not make TR a bad game, I know it was great.  I am just unable to experience the full effect of it from what I love about gaming, which is emersing myself into the shoes of the main character and living the story in a sense.