GTA No women??

Why doesn't Rockstar have a female as a lead playable character? It would add something new and interesting.

Why doesn't Rockstar have a female as a lead playable character? It would add something new and interesting.

peach79

im struggling to think of how a woman would make a better playable character.campzor

It would add something new and interesting.

I don't think that playing as a women would be any different. The main thing would be interactions with hookers, they wouldn't exist. But otherwise I don't see why a women wouldn't be as badass as a male. other than the way society portrays women as weaker than men

Why doesn't Rockstar have a female as a lead playable character? It would add something new and interesting.

peach79

I've played through Saints Row 2 and 3 as a female main character and it was a refreshing experience.

I know they're two totally seperate games, but I really don't see the big deal if you can do it in Saints Row without any controversy, why not in GTA?

If it's not a big deal then it shouldn't be brought up in the first place :roll:

I've played through Saints Row 2 and 3 as a female main character and it was a refreshing experience.

I know they're two totally seperate games, but I really don't see the big deal if you can do it in Saints Row without any controversy, why not in GTA?

Sophette

Because that isn't their vision for the game. I'm sick of people always bringing up race and sex diversity in video games. It is up to the developers.

Now lets be a bit rational here. The stories of GTA NEVER fit with female characters. No man falls in love with a woman to betray her and shoot her in the face, and she lives, then escapes an escort convoy out of sheer luck to then have the chance for revenge. No female kills 15 people and then is sent to prison for life but manages to get out in 11 and is sent to a drug meeting once she is released. No female goes from the ghetto gang life to jumping out of planes, working for rappers, and bunny hopping on bikes 20 feet in the air. No woman can be pictured doing any of that. Don't get me started on European women.

Saints Row works with that but GTA isn't Saints Row. GTA gives you a real character, with a realistic background and personality.

I suppose they could include an option to play as either a male or female character, but then they would have to write and record two unique sets of dialogue and likely two completely separate stories. Like Devilish said, a story that works for a male lead likely wouldn't work for a female lead, and vice versa. It may work with Saints Row, but Grand Theft Auto is far more story driven.

As for making a game based exclusively around a female lead, I don't think that will happen. Simply put, many male gamers don't like playing the role of a woman.

No thanks

Its not rockstar, its the entire media industry, you've idolised rockstar because they make a game you like.How many gangster, cop, action films are there with women as the main role? Some may say its sexist, but its the way its been for so long. I though though rockstar may have made a 'create your own character' mode.Badgerman-UK

I'm okay with playing as Samus in Metroid games or as Catwoman in parts of Arkham City, but GTA is a series for male protagonists. I don't think that a female character should be forced into every kind of game just for the sake of having one.

Because picking up gigolos in your car and then running them over to get your money back just lacks the appeal of doing the same to prostitutes

Saint's Row solves the problem perfectly fine

Seems like we have alot of games with female leads so its not like it would be fresh or anything. Perhaps if it fit their story.