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[Ramus Quaritch]

Both of my Origins Wardens and one of my Shepards are female. One out of two of my Hawkes is female. I'm willing to play both and do not care whether it is a male or female character that is the focus of the marketing. Then again, I also follow the games well before their release and read the previews, so I know ahead of time that in reality I am creating the player character (and not using the marketing version).

[Thandal N'Lyman]

Given a choice, I *always* play RPGs as a female character. I prefer a woman's voice, and I know I'm going to be listening to my PC's for a good, long while! All of my Sheps, and all but two of my Wardens and one of my Hawkes (out of about 20) have been female.

Do I play my character "as" a woman? Probably not. I play her as me.
Would I buy a game marketed with a female protagonist? Absolutely!

Two of my favorite (but non-RPG) games are "The Longest Journey", in which April Ryan is the main character, and comes back in the sequel, "Dreamfall, which features another female, (and a teenager this time)  Zoë Castillo in the lead, and "Syberia/Syberia II" (really one game released as two) with Kate Walker as the hero.

None of those could be considered remotely "sexualized'. In fact in "Syberia", Kate calls off her engagement (with a fiancé you never see) over the phone, and her relationships are with an automaton and a geriatric idiot-savant.

So my short answer to the OP's query is, "Yes." :-)

Modifié par Thandal NLyman, 03 novembre 2011 - 06:02 .

[AmstradHero]

To answer the initial question: Certainly. I would not have been turned off the game if FemHawke had been the advertised protagonist on all the promotional material. My first and "canon" DA2 playthrough was with a female Hawke. Having played a bit with male Hawke, I prefer female Hawke.

I'll echo the fondness above for The Longest Journey & Dreamfall. To be honest, I dislike that so many protagonists are male. I'd love to see more female leads in games, provided they aren't hyper-sexualised like the early tomb raider games. I quite liked Mirror's Edge (technical/design flaws aside) and Faith was a female lead. If I'm being assigned a character to play, I generally don't feel like the gender matters too much to me personally in how I relate to the game; it's akin to a female lead in a movie.

This might seem odd in the case of Hawke where the player is expected to play the role of the character - but with a fully voiced protagonist, I find that frequently it's me directing the avatar, than me being the avatar. I'm assuming control of Commander Shepard, the Prince of Persia, Marcus Fenix, John Marston, Niko Bellic, etc, but I am not them. While this is a slight removal from feeling like acting as the protagonist, it's still possible to maintain an emotional connection with the character, and gender doesn't impact on this at all.

[Deathwurm]

As a Male Gamer, I have no problems playing a Female protagonist.

I've done 2 playthroughs each of ME 1&2 and DA:O and in each of those I played once as a Male and once as a Female. I plan to eventually playthrough DA2 again and do so as a FemHawke.

I tend to play as a Male on my first time through Games and that is probably solely due to Gender Identification.

As a Gamer, I like it when devs give players a choice. At 46, I've seen Gaming move from an almost exclusively "Boy's Club" to having appeal for both Sexes and all orientations, and I love it. The more Gamers of any type, the better IMO.

[Gabey5]

I play male characters. If there is no male options i would generally hold off on it. My canon is always male but i can play a female for replayabilties sake. 

Modifié par Gabey5, 03 novembre 2011 - 03:06 .

[Chuvvy]

I generally play male characters, if there's an option to be female, and if there's enough reason to be female (eg new VA and different dialog) I'll play as one. But if it's basically the same thing except now you have breast, I'll stick with a male PC. Anyway, back on point, yes, I've played games with female protags before. And I think it's a good idea for there to be choice of gender, gaming's starting to attract a larger female audience, I'd imagine they'd want to play female characters.

[Nighteye2]

krissyjf wrote...

I have a question for all the male gamers out there:

If Hawke had been created/written and marketed as a female protagonist instead of a male one, would you still have bought and played Dragon Age2?

Yes - I even tend to prefer games with a female protagonist. The only reason for me to play male characters in a game is either because it's the only option or because there's romance in the game and I'm a straight guy.

[biomar]

Being a guy, of course I'd buy a game if it was marketed using a female character. I'm currently playing Alice: Madness Returns and it's instantly flown up to hold the place of one of my favourite games.

[staindgrey]

One of my favorite gaming franchises ever is Metroid.

So I don't think the gender is important. However, having an iconic character is, and marketing with two different Hawkes simultaneously would confuse potential consumers. They have to stick with one for marketing's sake.

And, come on. We live in a patriarchal society. Of course they picked the male lead for those badass Arishock fighting trailers.

[jbrand2002uk]

Well I'm a bloke and at 1st I did a male playthrough in each class but since then its been female all the way while i do prefere the male VA at least with a female character it doesnt freak me out when Anders comes onto you after only knowing you for 5 mins