2015,Game of the Year

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Jaicee said:

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Why does it matter if games tell stories about girls, women, female characters ("or hermaphrodites" ) rather than just stories about customizable blank slate characters wherein it doesn't matter? First of all, if the shoe were on the other foot, you would never say that. None of you would.

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Don't be so sure about that.  I can only speak about my personal taste, but I would actually be much happier if the narrative were removed from most games.  Also, I don't need to control a male character when I play a game.  To me Laura Croft is just as good as Nathan Drake and I don't really care about the story of either one.  Of all the of the GOTY winners for this decade, my favorite is easily Dark Souls, where you can pick the look of your character (including gender) and you don't have to pay attention to the story if you don't want to.

I don't play most video games for the story, and for the games where I do, like Final Fantasy, I see the story as being about the ensemble and not the character I am personally controlling.  If I were controlling Yuna during FFX instead of Tidus, then I would enjoy the game just as much.