i will always champion for character creators in any game. mass effect proved you could have a heavy “story based” game with two main versions of the single main character + the countless custom personal creations
for example it is an absolute crime star wars outlaws and the jedi ones did not have a custom human character but also not all of the amazing alien races you could of played. such. a. waste.
but also fuck off to those that just go 'boo girl/guy!" etc
Have these people even played Witcher 3? Because there you play as Ciri too sometimes. Her moveset was really fucking cool actually
We need more female only games, purely so the chuds will start agreeing with us that every game needs gender select.
I have a male gaming buddy whose account is named like tim2299. He names his characters Tim, they’re always male and if possible, the toon’s facial features resemble his real-life looks.
I don’t get it.
I never got around to playing the Witcher; so I have no horse in this race.
La Mulana 1, you play as Lameza (Indiana Jones with a hint of ninja), but in La Mulana 2 you play as his daughter Lumisa.
Narratively, this was brilliant since you had a reason as to WHY you had to navigate death traps to re-gear and learn about the ruins. Might be the same as Witcher 4 if the MC ended the first game with god tier powers/items?
Did the gender swap bother me? Nope, why would it - I’m playing to solve puzzles, experience the unfolding mystery of the ruins, and experience some of the cheapest death traps ever made.
I am man. I once played Tomb Raider and now my tits are huge!
and now my tits are triangular
“You can’t shoot straight, you big-titted bitch.”
Gun boob mod says otherwise
I actually liked that part tho. I can’t even think of any games since the first couple of Tomb Raiders that allow you to shoot two things on opposite sides of a room at the same time with the way she akimbos.
its a story driven game
in the story these games expand on, ciri is the protagonist half the time. and the central story piece most of the time
hell, geralt is just some (badass) dude, ciri is the one filling the chosen one trope
just some (badass) dude
And a father to Ciri, that’s an important part of the dynamic
When given the choice, I always play as a female character. I’m already a man 24/7, why continue that in games I play to escape reality?
For some reason this comment got me excited for the last of us 2
A polarizing question. Me, I always play a version of myself. More muscular, perhaps, or more adventurous. But still a middle-aged dude who is trying to do good. I never feel the urge to play a woman or a villain or anything else totally different from my IRL character.
And I guess that’s just how it is, right? We each make our own fun in the games we play.
So the dude in the xitter post is just going to have to sit this one out. I’m sure there will be lots of male centric stories to play in the future, as there always have been.
Meanwhile, I hope everyone who likes playing from a female POV has an absolute blast with The Witcher 4.
I usually play a female. I’ve always considered my character as a companion, a waifu, if you will.
You play as a female character and see her as your companion.
You play female characters because I like to control women.
We are not the same. /s
This comment is too funny to be downvoted
Plus, you get to stare at a hot female ass for most of whatever you’re playing. Playing females is the straightest choice imho.
Ugh, I can’t stars videogames that make me, a cis white straight man, feel left out! Where are the games about meeeee?
I bet these dudes have no problem playing Tomb Raider.
And they were real pissed at the end of Metroid.
Guess he didn’t play Horizon either? Fucking dumb ass. I don’t ever remember thinking or feeling that I was the main character in the last Witcher. I for one look forward to playing this character.
I do remember them noticing Aloy had peach fuzz and immediately jumped to the conclusion that any woman not waxing her face in the roboapocalypse must be trans…
I’m assuming they retroactively lost their immersion in Metroid.
I’m with him on this one. I don’t know anything about the game in question but in general I want to play with a male character because I’m a male myself. Ideally you’d have the option to choose from both genders as is the case with the game I play.
Play the witcher 3 (awesome game) and you’ll think differently. It’s an extremely story driven game, and the story is about ciri. This is the logical next step
You’ve missed the point here. This person is complaining that an industry that caters mostly to American men and historically has had mostly male characters didn’t do that this one time in a game he wants to play. Your preferences towards watching a male or female ass for 50 hours are not the point. His completely tone deaf 1990s attitude and selfishness is.
Ya know what? Just out of spite IMA play it.
I dunno, man.
Playing as a guy forces you to constantly stare at a dude the entire time. That’s seems pretty gay. 💅
You joke but when I was playing AC odyssey, I did switch to a girl after an hour because I was tired of looking up a dudes skirt whenever I went swimming.
Speak for yourself, Alexios was hot!
The duality of men.
Not interested in…
Metroid.
Perfect Dark.
Mirror’s Edge.
Parasite Eve.
Portal.
Half of Resident Evil.
All of these pivotal, classic games have great female protagonists, and came out before Obama got elected… probably before this person was even born?
Maybe somebody could try the ‘return to tradition’ approach with this fool.
Even The Witcher itself. You might not play as a woman, but seriously, the women are definitely the shining stars of the series.
If you wanted to include earlier games with great, compelling woman characters who you don’t singly/primarily play as, the list would be even longer.
Tons of em from party based RPGs alone.
As a kid, who doesn’t get a little warped by Samus Aran being female? Maybe it was just my experience growing up in the christocultist world, but I was in denial about Samus at ~7-8 years old with my only familiarity being passive and Smash Bros.
Now I see anyone that has a similar outlook as being ~7-8 years old in their cognitive development and KAFS
CDPR: we added a beard option for the insecure whiners, but it unlocks dwarves hitting on you.
That’s exactly what I’m into tho.
I’m into watching you get hard while playing that!
Awesome!
