Guys, why do you play female characters in games?

[angrytato]

I realized a lot of men do it... my boyfriend does it too. Not that it's bad thing... but why?

[Anonymous]

Why would it make more sense to make guy characters? Because I am one? Why does that make sense? I am me, so I'm not interested in still playing myself in a game. Most people don't identify with their character, they more often identify *as* their character.

I usually play girls, at least at first because that's the character I want to exist and that I enjoy being in the company of for the next 50 hours of gameplay. That's why my first character in a game (assuming I have a character creation option) will usually be a cute redhead, who turns out to be awesome and makes all the choices I would within the context of the game, go figure. :P

[MikeAndMolly]

I don't see the character as a reflection of myself, but rather as a story I want to help tell.

I prefer stories featuring female characters. I prefer thinking about girls, looking at girls, etc.

So for example my first D&D character was a female sword-and-board fighter. I really liked that character because I'm attracted to strong women, and I re-created her in skyrim when that came out.

It's all about the story I want to tell, and I'm more interested in a story if it's about a woman.

[Chrysis]

Afaik, most guys don't want to stare at a guy's arse the whole time while playing. Apart from that-
Many video game creators haven't figured out yet how to make good-looking male characters, at least when it comes to character creation.

[lala_ray]

Lol... I would rather stare at the environment for possible enemies than to stare at a 3d mesh's ass.. and loose... but I prefer female chars in video games I don't know why!

[AquaBun]

I know in mass effect femshep is just the better choice, voice actors much better in my opinion.

[ScarletAngelic]

Well, I don't know, but I always play as a female character, haha

[Storm_Soldier2377]

I don't put too much immersion into the characters I play. For instance it is hard to imagine myself being a chiseled galaxy-saving hero. The character I'm playing is a different person, so why can't it be a hot woman who's ass I will stare at for 30 hours?

[JackJD]

I play as both genders for representation. My COD WWII is the Asian woman, because how many Asian non-martial arts related protagonist do you ever see in Western games? How many are females? People made them out to be weak, shy, and submissive. I want to change that and make them badass.
As for other games, I play as everyone, regardless of gender or race.

[Aizou]

Because dudes don't want to watch another dude's repeated grunting from being hit or jumping.. And, male characters in games are often poorly designed and awkwardly huge.

[HotJealousy]

let's say I'm playing a 3rd person game, I'd much rather stare at a girls ass than a guys ass while playing

[Havengul]

I've done it before to pretend to be a girl and get lots of free shit from my guild. Works like a charm on those horny 18 year old boys haha

[Sauron2099]

Not sure, just have a preference for them I guess, but mostly I try both anyway as long as it has a different effect in terms of dialog or different view of the world.

[Dim1213]

For fun and cause I can. In munchkin the board game it seems like female perks come up more even though it is even.

[Shaboops]

For a lot of third person games you're kind of staring at someone's back for hours. Might as well stare at a girl's back than a man's.

[LegateLanius]

I play both men and women in video games. Can't exclude a character just because. Often times, the character and story fits pretty well. I really liked Heavenly Sword

[andreasderjuengere]

So that when we lose that game we can say that it was HER fault 😏

[Peopleschamp]

I don't like to. Maybe because it's different than their usual character

[chc0009]

Because only male characters can be boring. Like in Pokemon Crystal when they introduced female protagonists, I chose her, even though I'm a guy.

[muteant]

Because a lot of players are teen boys and if they think you're really a girl they almost always help your char

[calcifier]

cuz most of the female characters are sexualised and we like it i guess

[PoliceLivesMatter]

Men secretly dream about being women... lol

[Demiurge6]

Because we like to look at girls

[Duke1985]

Yes, all the time. What do you think about that?

[Stan_Control_]

We just enjoy being the opposite sex for once.

[Aksamlar]

I'm already a man in real life.

[cobo0402]

Why do you waste your life on a video game?

[JesseTheMan]

Why do you waste your time on anything? You could use all your time to work.
It's not like entertainment is subjective.

[cobo0402]

I don't consider going out and taking to people a waste of time. What do you get from staring at a computer screen beside lack of basic communication skills?

[JesseTheMan]

How is it different from watching a movie or reading? Unless you have a problem with those as well.

[JesseTheMan]

And you just basically admitted that you have no actual argument here, it's all your own arbitrary opinion.

[cobo0402]

You can actually learn a lot from reading and from some movies. What can you learn from a video game?

[JesseTheMan]

How is a story told by a video game different from a story in a movie or a book?

[cobo0402]

You really need to drop a book out of your argument because reading actually makes you smart. I've never met anyone who got smart from playing a video game, quite the opposite.

[cobo0402]

And it's slot different because it can be based on a true story. And let's not even mention historical movies.

[JesseTheMan]

So historical games and games based on true stories are not a thing then?
Also since when is non-fiction somehow smarter than fiction?

[JesseTheMan]

I'm sorry, you probably grew up playing Pong which isn't really known for it's deep stories and themes.

[cobo0402]

Are you seriously arguing that playing a game is better than reading?

[cobo0402]

I grew up playing outside with kids yes, not saring at a screen locked in my moms basement.

[JesseTheMan]

No, when did I say that?

[JesseTheMan]

Actually I guess games do make you smarter since I'm not the one using ridiculous strawman arguments.

[JesseTheMan]

Oh the classic "mom's basement" line. Your ad hominems are pretty meh.

[JesseTheMan]

Unlike you, I wasn't a narrow minded idiot. I did BOTH, omg, what a novel idea, isn't it?