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[graciegrace]

I prefer JenHale to Mark Meer tbh (although Mark Meer is hot...). Despite being male, I feel like I can relate to a female character more too. Weirdly enough. I also like the idea of the protagonist to a series like this being female, equal rights and what not.

[palker]

Because we like girls. Most of us anyway.

[Carfax]

Ieldra2 wrote...

Carfax wrote...
3)  Some males identify with a female character more than a male one, and always play female when given the opportunity.  These kind of males (not sure I would even call them men) tend to both fear and reject masculinity, and thus feel more comfortable playing as a woman.

ROFL.

I am one of those men who tend to play women in CRPGs. I'm very much a straight male and like it that way.

I never mentioned anything about sexual orientation, so I don't even know why you're bringing that up.

I'm merely saying that a few of the males that "prefer" to play as female to the point of exclusivity, often have issues with their own sex/gender.....which plays a big part in why they prefer to play as female.

Even though it's harmless, it's not normal for a male to identify more with the opposite sex than with his own sex..

[OhoniX]

When I play an RPG, I don't really try to play as "me, only in a sci-fi/fantasy world." I guess it comes from playing mostly Square RPGs when I was younger, in which you are forced to play as a pre-set character. So the character I play rarely is any attempt to replicate who I am in digital form, but rather to play out the character for who he or she is within the game.

In that respect, I do tend to often play as female characters in these sort of "build your own character" type of games, at least half or more of the time, and usually the first character, with a male as the second I make, if I get that far into it. The avater I'm using, for example, is my second DA2 character, the first being the default FemHawke. I played Femshep through all three MEs because I liked the way she looked initially, and I loved Hale's performance which sealed the deal. I even made my first live character in TOR a female Trooper because of that. I recently started up a second playthrough of ME3 with a male character, and the dialog scenes just felt. . . wrong.

Of course, there are limits to my roleplay, I make no attempts to play as a straight female character, I'm always a confirmed lesbian when I play as a female character, which made ME2 a bit disapointing, and TOR especially so.

Modifié par OhoniX, 25 mars 2012 - 08:46 .

[Shunt Mcblunt]

Carfax wrote...

I never mentioned anything about sexual orientation, so I don't even know why you're bringing that up.

I'm merely saying that a few of the males that "prefer" to play as female to the point of exclusivity, often have issues with their own sex/gender.....which plays a big part in why they prefer to play as female.

Even though it's harmless, it's not normal for a male to identify more with the opposite sex than with his own sex..

Well hhmmm. This is interesting from a Psychological view. You are say to Identify themselves as a different sex means they are not normal. Lets see, where do you get your facts. The term normal is perspective. the reason I state that is based off factors.

If 55% of male players play a Female character and you play a Male character. This means you are not normal because Normal is based on views of the masses. You can not judge other players based on your thought process. It does not work.

Lets just stress players play Female character because they want too.

PS: I am a straight submissive(to a point) male and I play a kick ass Female Character. Reason because that is type of women I want to marry so either you could deal with it or can't I do not care.

[abaris]

OhoniX wrote...

Of course, there are limits to my roleplay, I make no attempts to play as a straight female character, I'm always a confirmed lesbian when I play as a female character, which made ME2 a bit disapointing, and TOR especially so.

Interesting.

If I'd follow my guts, I would make the same choices. But when I play a female, I find myself asking what she would do. Would she find that particular male character attractive?

For example, I never went for the Garrus affair, since I always had the feeling of Garrus just being a first rate buddy and noone to get into bed with. I had my problems with Kaidan, since I got the feeling he's to whiny for someone like Shepard to get involved with. I found Thane to be the most interesting choice, since he's got that aura of danger.

[Eudaemonium]

I play as women in games to vicariously live out the fact I actually want to be a girl, but am too immersed in my own real-world privilege to have a sex change.

Only partly joking.

[AveryChim]

I play femshep purely to romance Garrus.

[Nyctyris]

Carfax wrote...

Ieldra2 wrote...

Carfax wrote...
3)  Some males identify with a female character more than a male one, and always play female when given the opportunity.  These kind of males (not sure I would even call them men) tend to both fear and reject masculinity, and thus feel more comfortable playing as a woman.

ROFL.

I am one of those men who tend to play women in CRPGs. I'm very much a straight male and like it that way.

I never mentioned anything about sexual orientation, so I don't even know why you're bringing that up.

I'm merely saying that a few of the males that "prefer" to play as female to the point of exclusivity, often have issues with their own sex/gender.....which plays a big part in why they prefer to play as female.

Even though it's harmless, it's not normal for a male to identify more with the opposite sex than with his own sex..

but it's apparently normal for women to identify more with male characters because... that's all we usually get to play??? What? 

Nothing wrong with male leads. I love JC/Nameless one/Adam Jensen/Kratos/etc. But I don't identify with any of those characters, not even Femshep. They are their own people. I get to play their story, but I NEVER think of myself as Shepard, and I never think of myself as any character regardless of gender. Similar to following a male character in a book.

Presumably men can do the same and just say, "I'm playing as Commander Shep, someone who happens to be a woman, it's her story not mine, even though I shape that story" rather than "hai guyz I pretending to be a womanz!!!"

[Get Magna Carter]

Get Magna Carter wrote...

1) I like staring at beautiful woman but prefer them not to call the police
2) Hale and Meer

3) why not?
4) I am not delusional enough to consider the character I am controlling to be me

[Legion64]

Eudaemonium wrote...

I play as women in games to vicariously live out the fact I actually want to be a girl, but am too immersed in my own real-world privilege to have a sex change.

Only partly joking.

[Heimdall]

I used to create characters as avatars for myself in games. Back then I created male characters exclusively. Now I create characters with their own reasons and background, and so I have been playing many more female characters than before.

Modifié par Lord Aesir, 25 mars 2012 - 01:46 .

[orangesonic]

because Jennifer Hale voice is amazing, and i don`t like to play looking to a ugly guy for hours

[Tirigon]

Carfax wrote...


I never mentioned anything about sexual orientation, so I don't even know why you're bringing that up.

I'm merely saying that a few of the males that "prefer" to play as female to the point of exclusivity, often have issues with their own sex/gender.....which plays a big part in why they prefer to play as female.

Even though it's harmless, it's not normal for a male to identify more with the opposite sex than with his own sex..

It's hardly normal to identify with a gender more than a character.

I dont know about you, but for me my penis is not my defining character trait (although it is great and usually makes me the dominant male by means of its enormous size:innocent:).

[OmniPrime31]

I also mostly play female characters in video games. The reasoning for this is usually different for each game though. For the mass effect series I tend to play both male and female, though I prefer the voice acting and appearance of the female character model. The female model simply has better facial animations in reguards to emotion and such, thus making the story more involving. This is just my opinion though.

[Mecha Tengu]

when I play RPGS, I mary-sue self insert myself and imagine I AM that character (lololololo nerds)

I have nothing against female shepard, I just can't relate with her. Though I have played her once to try out the new voice acting

However, I tend to notice that a male character's physical apperance tends to be pretty brutal in North American, western, games and media because it is overshadowed by the desired qualities of toned muscle and hulking mass. Though I could make a decent looking male in dragon age origins and 2

I wish I could make a decent looking male shepard

Modifié par Mecha Tengu, 25 mars 2012 - 01:49 .

[Ihatebadgames]

I can hear Hales voice better(bad hearing).

[rudenotginger]

My husband says that he prefers to play FemShep because he'd rather spend 30+ hours looking at a good-looking woman than a man. He doesn't "identify" as FemShep.

Modifié par rudenotginger, 25 mars 2012 - 01:51 .

[Kungfu Nando]

I did it because Jennifer's voice, in my opinion, is better suited for the renegade convo options.

[linkrulesx10]

femshep = badass chic
maleshep = lame redneck
*I play with default faces*
Pretty much first impressions based on faces.

[Dallbee]

My original playthrough started with a custom-faced BroShep in ME1, and that's who I've played as the first run on every one of the ME installments from the beginning. He just feels like a proper Shepard to me.

That said, I did start a secondary set of saves as a FemShep, largely based on wanting to hear Jennifer Hale's depiction of the character. I've found that identical dialogue between the two takes on a very different tone based on whether it's Mark of Jennifer delivering the lines, and that sometimes that alone is enough to inform my choice of one option over another because it just "feels" like that's where the character is going.
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Additionally, a lot of the little dialogue bits from other NPCs are different based on gender, so it's been interesting to hear variations on themes that I'd not even previously considered (Jack's "boyscout" nickname and Anderson calling you "son", for example).

My male Shepard is my canon playthrough and the save I will always import first into any future installments that allow it, but playing the female side of it has given me a very different viewpoint from which to see the story, and it's been a lot of fun.

[dmickeyc]

After reading through this thread a little bit more than I did yesterday, I have to mention one thing, at least IMHO:-
Female Shepard is not Tomb Raider...

I believe Bioware got it right in ME1, that Female Shepard was never to be some sort of barbie doll running around in skimpy clothing, and baring her "assets".
And many kudos to Jennifer Hale for her talent in pulling off a very convincing female leader.

But then the whole Asari thing, and the "chest expansion" over the series has kind of undermined the original intent somewhat...
And it may be just me, but I utterly despise that hideous leather outfit for Shepard (the same for the Diana Allers character). At least the Kasumi Goto dress was nice, but not too inappropriate...

As always, sex sells...

[die-yng]

I prefer the voice actress, male shep seems like a bit of a braggart and too macho for me.
I also like the idea of a female heroine in such an epic story.

Last but not least, I really don't like to watch a male behind in front of my face for all the hours I play.

That's why I usually play women in games with no romance or with a lesbian romance.

I do play with male Sheps and that's also fun, same with DAO and DA2, I just usually go with women.
Somehow I'm more comfortable playing them, but not while romancing a man.
Not that there's anything bad about it, it's just not my thing.

Modifié par die-yng, 25 mars 2012 - 03:04 .

[Pappi]

I must admit, I played male shepard so I could boink James...

[VyseN1]

I do not like manshep's voice acting, IMO it's terrible (only IMO). I think Jennifer Hale does a fantastic job as femshep.