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[Elginer]

I choose female nearly 100% of the time where possible, especially when there are character creation tools. Fighting games are a completely mixed bag, as I'll just choose whoever has a fun play style. It usually doesn't bother me too much if story-heavy games don't have a female option.

What DOES bother me, though...is when the male options are attractive, and the female options are seemingly purposefully super plain, strange looking, or actually ugly.

Case in point:

I'm sure Jayde Rossi had to be upset with this.

Goddamn they straight up murdered that woman.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Always male.

Or, as it is known these days, "Body Type A"

 

[German Hops]

I favor a hermaphrodite option, but it's never there.

 

[Yoboman]

Still waiting for an RPG where I can choose transgender and all dialogue options switch to talking points about gender identity

 

[Boy bawang]

I don't like my games to assume my gender of course.

 

[Tommi84]

I play mainly as girls - for uhmm, scientific reasons

 

[Edgelord79]

Couldn’t really care. I don’t spent hours in a character creator or picking an avatar.

 

[OOGABOOGA]

Men, cus I am sexist woohoo

 

[F31 Leopard]

Why wouldn't you want to play as a female...I mean Type 2

 

[Javthusiast]

Nobody gonna guess my choice.

 

[_Ex_]

I forgot to mention that these guys answer “i always play as a female” then defend their choice by referencing one or two games that allow lesbian interactions. Usually Mass Effect.

I ain’t judging bro you do you

You're not judging, you're projecting.

 

[names are for friends]

Always male.

Or, as it is known these days, "Body Type A"

I'm pretty sure in Demons's Souls remake it's Body Type B. Take that, male privilege!

My answer here is obvious. Honestly, us guys are surely best placed to appreciate the female form... I think it's actually more hetero than having a male avatar. And it only gives me gender dysphoria about 50% of the time that I'm online which seems like a fair tradeoff tbqh

 

[D-ray]

If the game gives you a gender choice to customize your character, then I go with male. If the game has different male and female characters, I usually play the one that I enjoy more in terms of gameplay and/or design, so it might be both.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

If I’m going to be looking at a character on screen for anywhere between 20-30 hours, I’d prefer it to be a nice looking woman than a dude bro with a beard.