I know! Let's ask Onionberry! Ohhhh... right.

Now we (me and OP at least) are very curious whether you play as make or female in a game when given the choice.

Onion moved to the wilderness of alaska, got arrested for drug trafficking, and then got out on a plea deal on the condition she becomes one of the expeditionary team to mars, but then she got abducted by aliens. There's probably a good chance she won't be back.

I think the attitude of people here is a bigger turn-off to them than the theme of the website.

Respect the numbers.

Say it ain't so.

If you had included 'both' in your poll, that's the one I would have checked.

But I checked male as I play male characters more than I do female ones, and it's based on their character as much as their stats.

When I do select a female character it also depends how comfortable I feel with them, and sometimes that has something to do with the way they're portrayed. I'll play Samus in Smash, for example, but not Zero Suit Samus. I'll play Mei in Overwatch but not D.VA. And definitely no way any of the Mushroom princesses.

Thank you for the ellobarate explanation. It's not my poll or my yhread since I am not the OP so I couldn't choose or add more options like both or I don't care. I am also in the I don't really care camp. I enjoy games with a female lead as much as with a male lead.

One of my favourite games this gen has a female protagonist  (horion zero dawn). I also like Uncharted lost legacy and I think ND really nails portraying strong and attractive women in videogames, without sexualizing them.

When I have to choose I usually check which gender has the best voice acting. When I play a fantasy game set in the medieval I usually choose my protagonist is gender based on my playstyle. Thieves and support mages are usually female and two handed warriors and glass canon offense mages are typically males.

I never play as whiny or overtly sexualised females though when I have a choice. A glorified bikini is not armor and I can not stand whiny people so I definitely don't play as Peach, Daisy or Rosalina although the latter is less whiny. Zelda is awesome though.

Apologies for replying as if you were the OP, I should read a little more closely!

I agree with you with voice acting influencing the choice of character. Although I've never played TF2 (and I know they're all male characters anyway), if my choice were based on voice acting and personality alone, it would be the Medic every time.

lmao