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[banefirelord]

Played through Skyrim as a male, so I think I'll go female here. Shame there isn't a ghoul race.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Male Wood Elf as always.

Wait....

This aint Elder Scrolls.... I'll go with a white male then. Tried to play as female once in Mass Effect and ended up railing on Jacob. Felt wrong. It's not for me.

 

[exmachina64]

Female.

 

[Johndoey]

Its so hard to make a brother that doesn't just look like a dude in blackface in these games.

 

[CaptNink]

Female for me.

 

[jesu]

Female as always. I don't wanna see some dude's ass for 100 hours.

You play 3rd person too???

 

[Emperor_Uriel]

Male, obviously.

"Nothing against females. I love them and respect them. I have the best girlfriend in the world and I treat her like a princess. But playing as one in a video game I cannot.

I just cannot enjoy it and immerse my self into the world. As with most high testosterone males we want to come home from a long day at work and put on a video game and feel empowered for a short while. I just cant do that when playing as chick with big tits and vagina."

Spoiler

200 GAF bucks to whoever gets the reference.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

considering the setting of the game, the big twist of the game is probably that

Spoiler

you're a robot with false memories implanted in you,

so my answer is moot

does it matter?

depends if black widow is in the game

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Male for this one.

 

[Dennis]

The Male isn't handsome enough for my liking so I may have to go with a Female protagonist.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Female, I like Courtenay Taylor. Also I play third person and female characters look cooler.

What's the romance situation in this game? I thought I read that they were putting some in this time?

 

[Replicant]

TPS + Character Creation = Hot guy - so I can stare at him throughout the whole game.
TPS + No Character Creation = The guy, if hot. If not, the girl.
FPS = Don't really care but usually female if I can sleep around with the guys.

 

[BokehKing]

Male, see no reason to play a female, a game like this, with this much customization? I want my guy to look exactly like me.

 

[Erudite]

Does it really surprise you that men like to play as men?

Not that I have a problem with it, but the recent statistics of women making up a good chunk the 'gaming demographic' (granted a lot of the ones that are counted include those who are exclusively on mobile or web gaming) would've lead me to believe more than just 18% of the player base would pick female.

 

[Soyongdori]

Always male first, female on 2nd playthrough.

 

[Olengie]

Male. Would probably go the Female route on my second run.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

I will go with male.

 

[timetokill]

Played through Skyrim as a male, so I think I'll go female here. Shame there isn't a ghoul race.

Mods will rectify this grievous error.

 

[Nyteshade517]

if I pick this up (not 100% sure yet)...I'll probably go female

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Females. They're more fun to play with.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

I'm still undecided, but I'll definitely modify both characters' facial traits, since apparently that's possible.

Glad they did that.

 

[Nuke Soda]

90% of the time when I have the choice female. There is more than enough male characters in most other games.

 

[The Flash]

Male.

 

[TheStig88]

Female as always when given the choice. When it comes to customization and equipment/outfits they just always, always appeal to me more. Plus Jack is the fem VA and I loved Jack, so win-win.

 

[Yeul]

As a girl I always pick female when given the chance. Live it. Love it.

 

[Sakura]

I will play male because I am male

 

[ironcreed]

Probably a male first and a female later.

 

[JDSN]

Male, I did the last three RPGs as a female (Dragonfall+HK+Pillars) and its time for a change.

 

[ANDS]

It was still a dumb post. Clearly to some people it does matter hence Bethesda giving them a choice. Some people when they play RPG make gender actually matter beyondof the scope of what the developers do storywise.

It could be just me, but the whole "does it matter" just reinforces the "straight white male" character in videogames because it's seen as the "default".
/mini-rant

You missed the point. They could have been asking if the choice was more than superficial. Instead most just jumped on the posters back assuming they were reinforcing this White Male Patriarchy or whatever. . .

 

[ngff02]

I always pick male because I am a guy. I assume the same reason for females to pick a girl. I guess if you like to "role play" as your character or you're not gender specific then take your pick. But, I think playing as a girl character if you're a guy because you want to stare at a video game character's ass then that's a very stupid reason.

 

[MasterOfPastures]

Nothing was more satisfying than shooting Caesar legion as a sniping female with extreme prejudice.
If Bethsoft made the effort to make gender as relevant, then I'll play female just for the extra wrinkle.

 

[nubbe]

Females used to be more interesting in Fallout

 

[Kenai]

I will probably play female since I go male in the Elder Scrolls series. Also because I have yet to make a male character in the fallout series I am satisfied with appearance wise, they always end up looking super ugly to me.

 

[EscapeArtist]

Male, in games such as Fallout I always assume the character is a recreation of the player (I'm male) so I choose that as the sex. I also choose dialog options that I feel are more in line with something I would say. I'm bad at roleplaying I guess haha.

 

[jesu]

Female, I like Courtenay Taylor. Also I play third person and female characters look cooler.

What's the romance situation in this game? I thought I read that they were putting some in this time?

Is he the singer from the Dandy Warhols?

 

[takriel]

Female because I want to become sexually aroused by a protagonist in a video game.

 

[neoism]

i always play a female if the game lets me.

 

[KorrZ]

Male of course. I find it much easier to get immersed/role play that way when it comes to these blank slate characters that you have to imprint yourself onto.

For females I much prefer ones that are predefined characters (loving Evie in Syndicate right now!)

 

[Shredderi]

For a game like Fallout I always make my first playthrough as a male for maximum immersion because I'm a male. Female for the second playthrough.

 

[DXLelouch153]

lesbian renagade badass
just like in Mass Effect

 

[Bodom78]

With more serious themed games I choose my sex which is male.

For more fantasy base games like Sunset Overdrive I go with female.

 

[jediyoshi]

Gonna play as a lady and start up my female harem.

 

[Mad Season]

Now that the Fallout 4 hype is hitting it's peak and we're just weeks away from getting the game; has anyone put any thought into which gender their wanderer will be?

The voice actors for the two are as follows:

Male: Brian T. Delaney (IMDB)
Female: Courtenay Taylor (IMDB)

They've both done mostly bit part roles in games here and there. Courtenay Taylor some may recognise as Jack's voice from Mass Effect.

I still haven't decided but usually go for a female character when there is a choice. Thoughts?

Male

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Not hyperbole at all. Perhaps they were literally asking "Does gender matter in this game. . ."

I'll be playing as Anabelle Jones, PhD. Post-Doc at The Institute, and synthoid sympathizer.

The OP never said it mattered. Saying "does it matter?" implies the OP needed a point other than curiosity.

 

[Basketball]

Female because I want to become sexually aroused by a protagonist in a video game.

at least someone's honest

 

[mrjohill]

I usually play a black guy

 

[tallbroski]

Male. Aww yeah Lee Everett is back. I wonder how good the character engine will be in creating faces.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I use to make females. I wanted to be a strong female character, but I realize I'm not being myself.

I like being a female, but I kinda want to live the adventure as myself. It's still rather hard deciding. A female is interesting because I'm attracted to females and it looks better.

 

[daveo42]

Female this time around.

 

[rjinaz]

I usually play a female in their past games, but, I've thought about it and I think I'm going male for at least the 1st playthrough. I'll do female on other plays.