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DonFerrari on 03 July 2014
d21lewis said:
DonFerrari said:
d21lewis said:
A sexy female character model and I'm sold. Any game where I can create a female and I'm in (except Dark Souls II because the women look like guys with lady heads). Even the old WWE games that let you make a girl and wrestle guys--I always made a female character. I like looking at sexy women, too.

Some games that took advantage of my weakness:

Xena: Warrior Princess (PS1)
Danger Girl (PS1)
Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman (PS1)
X-Blades (Xbox 360)
Blades of Time (Xbox 360)
Rogue Ops (Gamecube)
Primal (PS2)
Golden Axe: Beast Rider (Xbox 360)
Bulletwitch (Xbox 360)

You get the idea. I'll even buy a shitty game if there's a decent female option.

Where is nariko?


Got that one, too!  One of my first PS3 games.  Hell, my first Xbox 360 games were Kameo and Tomb Raider Legend.  I bought Velvet Assassin and Vinetica based on their box art.  I'm telling you, I have a problem!!

I'm married, have sex often, watch good porn (nasty ones actually) but love too see pixelized butts while playing, do I also have a problem?? I sexualize all my female friends. And loved rumble royale, remember it? Should be released for ps4 with live textured DoA.





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SvennoJ on 03 July 2014
HigHurtenflurst said:
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.

I'm of the B variant too, which helps with multiple playthroughs (sometimes concurrently switching between characters) making changes based on what I think the character would do. I wonder how gamers of the A variant do multiple play throughs? You're role playing after all, why play as yourself every time.

If you're strictly in the A category I can see how beyond 2 souls might be a tad difficult to get through in certain scenes.



NobleTeam360 on 03 July 2014

I usually choose female, in Mass Effect 1-3 though I was male shepard. Dragon Age I prefer being a male in that series also.



SvennoJ on 03 July 2014
Bristow9091 said:


Yeah but what I'm talking about is people who pick female character specifically to ogle at them while they play, for example, there are games where you can pick a male or female character, and it will affect the story or gameplay, and the female is presented as a real woman, such as Claire Redfield, or even Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider reboot... I'm completely fine with this, it doesn't bother me...

What DOES bother me, is games where you can create your own character, and people will select a female character, and make them look as whorish as possible with huge tits and arse and such, and as I said before, just ogle at them while they play, like animals or something... I mean sure, to each their own, but when people announce they do things like this as if it's completely fine and they're not messed in the head or some weird sex pest or whatever... yeah, it just creeps the fuck out of me. Same thing applies for those people that love watching that weird anime porn and stuff...

Lol sexually repressed much? Even if they did it to ogle at huge tits and ass, I have no problem with that. Usually people do it for shock/distraction value (if online) or to make a caricature or simply make the game look ridiculous and thus more fun.
Why deny yourself freedom of the mind. Fantasy != reality.

I prefer more like a well toned female to look at. Gives me a bit of incentive to work out myself. I can never match the guns of marcus fenix (nor would I want to) so not inspiring to look at. (Plus those kind of characters block way too much of the screen)



Zadainie on 03 July 2014

I never liked playing as a female until recently. Heck I even play as them more than male protagonist.



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PotentHerbs on 03 July 2014

I'd like to see that ass shake.. lol.



DonFerrari on 03 July 2014
blunty51 said:
The best are those incredibly skimpy costumes which actually have the highest armor ratings



because the enemy is busy Ogglying your tits and sex appeal that they miss the attacks. It's totally proved by scientific methods. Besides would you dare attack a hot woman and scar her? I wouldn't nor would the enemy, them you are less vulnerable the more vulnerable you get.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

binary solo on 03 July 2014

My favourite play through of dragon age origins was as a female city elf fighter two handed weapon specialist. It was fun having a diminutive character running around with a weapon bigger than her and laying waste to multiple enemies with one massive swing of her Great-weapon.

Fem shep is my ME canon playthrough. And this is more or less the case for all rpgs when there is a gender choice for main character.



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Smear-Gel on 03 July 2014

I always play as the female in Pokemon because (except for Heart Gold and Emerald) the female character looks 100 times cooler than the male one.

ESPECIALLY in Gen V.



Tamron on 03 July 2014

I basically always pick female characters, most recently a female character on Destiny.
Shouldn't really need to explain why, it's like asking why someone picks a certain chatacter in a fighting game or a certain character in mario kart, you just like a certain character over others.

When customization options are available more often than not my characters end up looking roughly the same across games, too, so theres that.