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[poodaddy]

I really wanna do a female on one of these games eventually, but I always just end up going with a male. For some reason on games like Bethesda and Bioware titles I always feel like I'll relate to the game a bit less if I'm playing as a woman, I really wish I didn't feel that way though as I watched my wife play through Mass Effect as Fem Sheppard and I'm convinced that she's far superior to male Sheppard. As for me, I'll probably go male again. I'll just make the same character I always do; old, bald, mean looking, scarred up, slightly muscular bearded black guy.

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I'm an average looking, long haired, relatively young (28), goofy looking, bearded white guy with zero scars....don't know why I make the character that I do but it's always basically the same character. Can't figure it out.

 

[DTJAAAAM]

Sticking with a male character like usual.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

I was gonna make a male character but I think this time I'm gonna go female.

 

[SAiLO]

I always play as male character. Perhaps playing as a female would expand my horizons?

 

[pelican]

Female as always.

I doubt she will match my Renegade Femshep in awesomeness though ;p

 

[baudelinog]

Female always.

 

[MrS]

Female character 'cause the voice acting seems excellent from what I've heard

 

[JoeLT]

Does anyone have a link to some none-spoiler dialogue conversation of the male and female character?

 

[LifEndz]

I always make me when given a choice, so African American male it is.

 

[mcwizardry]

Female this time around.

 

[Ruuppa]

Flipped a coin. Female.

 

[Unaha-Closp]

I always pick Female if given the choice. I am a man you see. If I want to see or hear or know what a man is thinking I can. That and digital lady bums are better to look at. I kid I kid. I like playing Female what can I say? I have a beard and fart loudly in real life so why not!

 

[Shaanyboi]

I usually let my gf make the character in these kinds of games. Helps her get invested. Sooo probably a girl.

 

[VibratingDonkey]

I'm pretty much set on female. I've gone dude in all previous Fallouts, Effects, Scrolls and what have you. While that's worked for me, it's about time to change things up.

It seems obvious to do a Furiosa type character and name her after Mad Max of Life Is Strange. I'll probably do that.

I have a beard and fart loudly in real life so why not!

I like this reasoning.

 

[Warablo]

Guys, I think the only person who can say your name is the butler robot. Even then he calls you Mister NAME. So calm down on thinking everyone can respond with your name.

 

[dh4niel]

They both have fine looking booties but I'll have to go with Male.

 

[Coll1der]

I made a female, but couldn't get the back right. For some reason mid slim/mascular makes the ass pretty flat.

Does anybody have any tips on how to perfect my char's butt?

 

[Lunafreya]

I will go female, I don't mind playing as males in games, but if I have the option I usually go by my gender.

So excited!

 

[GribbleGrunger]

wrong thread

 

[Lanrutcon]

Depends. How majestic are the beard options?

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

Whoever has the better voice actor.

 

[desosav]

male

 

[Alpende]

Male because I usually stick with male characters if I get the option.

 

[2+2=5]

Can you make Furiosa in this game? How is the customisation?

My fallout 3 character was already like that(arm apart), well her face looked more like 80s Annie Lennox but i'm positive that a Furiosa-like character is possible in Fallout 4(and obviously my character will be female again)

 

[Rei_Toei]

I mostly played with a female lead in Mas Effect and Fallout. I like playing in third person.

 

[BlindMonkey]

In a game that lets me choose, Mass Effect, Destiny etc, I always pick Female.

Mostly for the Aesthetics.

 

[IzzyF3]

So I've owned Fallout 3, Oblivion, Skyrim, and even Morrowind back in the day, but I never seem to be able to play much of them. If I played all of them as male characters, I may choose a female this time, but since I haven't, I'm choosing male protagonist for max immersion.

 

[SolarMystic]

I'll end up playing as both eventually. Will probably pick female for the first run through. I find it easier to RP in rpgs when I'm the opposite sex. Otherwise all my male characters end up being just extensions of my own personality.

 

[Red Liquorice]

Male. If I have to stare at someone's ass for 200 hours I at least want 30 minutes of sexy face customisation as foreplay. A male burns victim with a scrappy beard and non-descript Ken doll body is better than a female burns victim with a bob haircut and Barbie's less busty sister body.

 

[Hypron]

I don't know. I kinda feel like making a female character for once... But on the other hand I'd kinda like to hear that robot say my real name haha

 

[pikmin_trainer]

Female named Ashin Underpants with anime hair.

 

[El-Suave]

I'd have gone with female this time but they had the male voice actor on a show at Gametrailers a while back, and I liked the dude - so I'll probably pick male.

 

[Blackthorn]

Wonder how close I could get to this:

 

[Frank Jaeger]

When given the choice, always female!

 

[JoeNut]

I will be going female, yeah, i think it makes sense to play this game opposite to most games where you're forced to be a white male.

 

[revolverjgw]

Male. I always create my RPG characters in my image.

 

[sgjackson]

i'm going to make myself with a beard because i use video games to cope with my insatiable desire to grow a thick, full beard

 

[Coll1der]

Can you make Furiosa in this game? How is the customisation?

You can definitely do this bodytype and the haircut. Armor customisation is pretty robust as well - you can wear a raider right armor, it will resemble a robotic one.

 

[robotrock]

Two peas in a pod: I could never find Shareef.

I'm praying for both of us

 

[Messofanego]

You can definitely do this bodytype and the haircut. Armor customisation is pretty robust as well - you can wear a raider right armor, it will resemble a robotic one.

Nice.

 

[Namikaze1]

Male for my first playthrough. Then a female.

 

[sleepykyo]

Female for first run.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

A black dude.

His name will be Eli.

Black Mamba?

Holy shit, MGS is fan servicey hahaha

 

[Reule]

I believe I'm going female first but sort of still riding the fence. They seem to lean toward the Lone Survivor being male with some things but Taylor just performs a bit better here to me. Delaney isn't bad at all but he comes off a bit too soft for my liking. I like playing as an smug asshole male and I'm not sure if I'll get that just yet. Taylor seems to ride that fine line of being cool and collected but can be a bit of a bad ass at the same time. At least from some of the gameplay I've watched.

This is sort of how I felt when I was choosing Shepards way back in Mass Effect. Mark Meer was fine but came across a bit emotionless sometimes whereas Jennifer Hale would inject a lot of fun and attitude. The latter sometimes too much but I enjoyed it all the same. Some of Meer's delivery of lines ended up being classics so he's still cool in my book. Just liked Hale better.

Wish they could get Justin Roiland to come and voice thousands of lines of dialogue so I can perfect my Rick Sanchez character.

 

[robotrock]

Just actually confirmed it myself: Codsworth does NOT know how to say "Omar"

It can call you Bailey though if you're into that.

 

[Afrocious]

Black Mamba?

Holy shit, MGS is fan servicey hahaha

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Look up 'Book of Eli'.

 

[ckohler]

I normally go female in Fallout/Elder Scrolls but for Fallout 4 I'm going to base my character on me in both name and appearance... so male.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Female cause:

Dat Ass....

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making a male

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I am really not sure yet :-/.

 

[Laughing Banana]

The thing is, if you're the kind of person bothered by logical inconsistency then it would make more sense to make a male character since he is a military veteran, so it would not be far fetched for him to know how to handle guns, kill people, surviving, that kind of thing. The female character in the meanwhile is a law graduate... how is she then immediately capable of blowing people's heads off after the vault?

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

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Look up 'Book of Eli'.

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I was making a joke. I am aware. Eli is also the name of a child in something that came out recently and beats into the ground that he is Caucasian. Drive by passive aggressive, man.