The characters are the gender they are because that is what the creators intended, it's not up to other people to decide what characters the creators should make. As a male I would be more inclined to write/create a male character for a game because I'm obviously more experienced with the male perspective. I don't think it's right for other people to force their will on content creators. It would even probably be a bit of a disservice for males to be forced to create female characters.
What's needed is more females in the creative portion of the games industry. I think people complaining about games already in production are barking up the entirely wrong tree.
its wrong for users to force their wants on the creators but alright for them to force their content/vision on us O_o? plus you complain about having to play as a female character but don't think female gamers should or would feel the same way with this situation of being forced to play a male character O_o? i think they would. especially when theirs a create ur character portion to the game.
also their are plenty of female devs from what i've seen in photos of dev teams over the years.
Yes it is wrong, the devs should be able to make the game they want, it's up to the consumer to decide if they want to purchase/participate in the game world. They aren't forcing their content on you, if you don't like it you simply ignore it.
I never complained about playing as female characters (in fact I never mentioned my playing preferences), I said if I was a content creator I would be more comfortable creating male characters/stories because I'm male.
I will concede that it's silly there's no female option in this particular game, but that's the dev's right to make the decision and it will probably hurt them financially. My original statement was meant more for the industry as a whole.
oh ok, thats a little more clearer. before it all seemed to contradict each other.
Depends on the vibe. TF2 is males only? And it fits the game. The whole game breaths men amongst men. Not manly men, but boy men. Girls playing TF2 don't mind playing a boy in that game.
Maybe they thought the tone was too serious and dark or something for a female lead. If you hurt a woman in a game it is different than hurting a man, depending on art style and all that. You could design a suitable female lead for such a game too, if you happen to envision it. Maybe they just didn't.
I like playing females in videogames. Not because of the digital curves but because of what it's like.
Not saying that the game shouldn't have a female lead but I can live with it if that is how they wanted it.
can't really go for this one...in the new Tomb Raider she absolutely got her ass kicked in it. not to mention killed in some gruesome ways. also this is a free to play build ur character from scratch game...it and TF2 arent similar in that aspect.
Hmm then let's lightly disagree. As far as I know her being a woman getting hurt caused some controversy on gaming websites. If it was a man like Drake from Uncharted I wouldn't expect people to really care at all. A near rape scene (which was rather exaggerated by the media imo) would have been more of a joke like in Pulp Fiction than something we'd discuss as a point where games are pushing things too far.
You probably don't think it would make a difference, and that's good in a way. That's how it should be, I guess?
BTW I really wouldn't mind being able to play a woman in this f2p game and I would like a gender option to be the norm, but it's ok for me if there are stylistic exceptions.
yea, it would be a logical standard to go with in create a character games. its just weird that they decided to cut a whole demographic of gamer out of the equation...business wise. i mean, if ur reading a book and the character is a male u just have to deal with that. but a game created for the masses of gamers with a create a character option in it in 2014 and no female character option being available kind of sticks out like a sore thumb lol.
but who knows...maybe after the games comes out we'll see why they couldnt, even though i doubt it. unless the guy was a serial rapist before becoming a knight then i don't see why a woman option couldnt be edited in lol.
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