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[CrystaJ]

I play female first, then usually try the male route. My DAO save is a female elf and the DA2 save I'm gonna use is with a male character.

My boyfriend always plays the female route and both of his Dragon Age characters are female. I think he just likes to be pretty; it's not like the dialogue changes much at all.

[iSpaz]

Yes always. I usually end up with two male pcs with opposite personalities in most rpgs. So far mass effect is the only game that I've played as a female pc all the way through. I like games where the female character and story are preset like Tomb Raider for example. But when I get to make the character somewhat my own I don't really like playing as a female...

Modifié par iSpaz, 17 avril 2013 - 04:10 .

[Rann]

I sometimes play a female on my second run (I usually do three runs initially) -- I'm mostly interested in the dialog differences -- but often I skip it. For BG, I ran with a female fighter/thief/MU even though it felt weird initally to do that -- turns out that it was irrelevant anyway since choice of sex matter not in that game. I'd gotten over any issues that I might have had with it by the time BG2 came out, and my female kensai/mage was a lot of fun to play except that the only love interest was Anomen, which was annoying (and so was he). My boys were old rnough then that they were the ones who were weirded out ("Dad, you're playing as a girl???" -- that turned into an interesting discussion on gender stereotypes).

For some unknown reason, I skipped the "play as female" thing for NWN, NWN2, and DA:O. (Well, mostly -- I started a female drow cleric for NWN2 but abandoned her because I'd made her chaotic evil, and I simply wasn't able to play as that.) For DA2, I played a femHawke fighter for my second run, who ended up n a rivalry romance with Merrill (that wasn't exactly planned, but just sort of happened -- that particular Hawke despised Anders and sided with the Templars).

That Hawke was interesting in that she ended up with the "tough guy" responses, whereas my male Hawkes were all smart alecks -- again, I didn't plan it that way, it just sort of ended up that way. She was also the only Hawke who ended up with the default "Hawke face" -- I liked that look for her, but didn't care so much for the Richard Chamberlain look for the default male Hawke (not that I have anything against Richard Chamberlain, mind you).

[Fredward]

I play women almost every time. Because male heroes are just so passe. Also because I HATE the VA's Bioware chooses for the male protags.

[Angrywolves]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

[Jaronking]

well I mostly play as a male character but some times I play as a female character in mmo r when i want to see the diffence between them

[Frolk]

Fast Jimmy wrote...

I think a more interesting question may be to ask if people play a different sexual orientation than they are in real life.

Are you female and play a male who is attracted to other females? To other males? Are you a straight female and play a female lesbian? Etc.

Since many view gender as a social construct, I thought sexual preference outside RL norms would be an interesting conversation piece.

I'm a straight male.  I've played straight males and females as well as gay males and females.  The thing is, I don't really put myself into the protagonist; I just see them as the main character in an interactive story, so there's no real awkwardness about playing a character with tastes that are different from my own.

On one of my Origins playthroughs as a male dwarf commoner, I started flirting with Zevran, having not romanced him in any of my previous playthroughs.  Turned out that the romance was fairly well written, so I just rolled with it.

[In Exile]

I play both males and female (and am male). But I've found it very difficult to have an M/F romance as a female, while not very difficult to have an M/M romance as a man. Don't know how that one works.

Also, I thought the Zevran/MDwarf romance physics were hilarious.

[Bfler]

Mosty play straight good male char. The classic hero.
When I play a female char and there is a romance then it's lesbian. I can't overcome myself to romance a man, because for me that's wrong.

Modifié par Bfler, 17 avril 2013 - 05:52 .

[SongstressKitsune]

I do, often - in fact I think most of my playthroughs of Dragon Age -both games - are with male characters!

[FenrirBlackDragon]

I have a couple of male characters. My elf mage is male because so many elf mages I have seen were female, and I have one male Hawke in the works. But, for the most part I play my own gender which is female.

I've also chosen to play as a man once in Fable 2 and twice in Mass Effect. So, it happens sometimes for me, but not very often.I actually feel more motivated to play the opposite gender in Bioware games because of romance options and dialogue differences.

I tend to play straight characters regardless of gender- males who like females and females who like males. I've considered S/S but being straight myself I find it hard to imagine being attracted to the same gender. I do watch some of the romances I don't do as videos and some of them are nice, I just don't swing that way I guess.

Modifié par FenrirBlackDragon, 17 avril 2013 - 05:49 .

[Chiramu]

I always play my own gender, I can't relate to a character that is the opposite sex no matter how cool they look I just can't play them :<.

[Seon]

I play as a female. As a female, I get tired of being "forced" to play male characters. I relate to the game better.

[themageguy]

I do. I'm a male and my female characters tend to be called Morana and use dark/ frost powers.

[Izana]

Playing the opposite gender is no concern for me. The character I play as is suppose to be his/her own being and not a visual representation of me. I usually do it in a order, with DAO having a male character, DA2 having a female character and DA3 having a male character.

[Felya87]

first and second play Always a female. usually I use a male to see the different romances and to create a different character, like my totally psicothic Mage Elf who is romancing Zevran. (yep, I'm currently playng it)

usually I can relate well with male S/S romance, but not so much with female S/S...but maybe is because with all my female Elf I Always end up being jumped by Leliana >_> (sometimes I find myself say to the game: this run I'm ethero!!!understood?!?!)
That means I'm very, very, very annoyed with ME3, anche how was treated the romantic life of femshep U_U

but, at lest for now, the only male PC I've created that I really love are my castless Dwarf and my maleshep (but for him is thanks to Claudio Moneta. his voice is great. I love him even if for me, Shepard will Always be Cinzia Massironi.)

never tried malehawke. But I can't even find a justification to play again the game, either. And even If I will play the game again, since the LI are all BI, why should I create a male character?

[Kelvrik]

I tend to play a female character on my first run through a game, then switch to the male and see which plays out best. I suppose that what I like most in a game is to have that freedom of choice, rather than be bound to a male or female protagonist.

[MstrJedi Kyle]

Liamv2 wrote...

I will usually do male first making choices i would make in real life and then make a female character that is completely opposite

This is what I do as well. 

[Zaxares]

I play a roughly 50:50 ratio of male to female PCs in any RPG. I empathise more easily with my male characters, but I love my female characters just as much.

[Aleya]

Female first, then male to see if it changes anything about the storyline/options available. If I do more than 2 playthroughs the remainder will usually be female. I may also switch if the PC is voiced and the male VA is significantly better in the role.

Modifié par Aleya, 17 avril 2013 - 09:13 .

[andy6915]

To add to my last post a while back, even though I said I choose female... I meant only most of the time. The ratio is probably 1/3, with about 1 male playthrough for every 3 female ones.

Also, I have a rule about DA2. Warrior Hawke's are always male, and mage Hawke's are always female. I have good reasons, don't worry.

1.Female Hawke's can't be warriors for me because she's too skinny. This
also makes heavy armor just not look as good on her then it does on male
Hawke. For females to realistically fight like warrior Hawke does, they should have Aveline's build at the least. There should be some decent muscle on you to fight like that, and FemHawke lacks it. If she could be made to have that build, I wouldn't have this  rule.

2.Male Hawke can't be mage because he's too muscular for such a physically weak character like a mage is. For 2, the male mage Champion armor changes his arms to be very huge and muscular, and ONLY this armor changes the actual build of the character model. For 3, mage robes simply look awful on the guy, only a woman can pull off mage robes and make them look good.

Rogues are neutral, both the more muscular look of male Hawke and the skinnier look of female Hawke fit a rogue, and rogue armor looks good on both sexes. So both are allowed to be rogues.

Modifié par andy69156915, 17 avril 2013 - 09:28 .

[N7 ElusiveOne]

I play both sexes usually, several times over. Dragon Age 2 is the only game I can think of where I couldn't bring myself to enjoy a male play-through. Default male Hawke is a awful looking character and in no way a badass, which the trailers portray him as. Custom male Hawke will still not be badass but instead look even worse than the goofy default male Hawke available.

[Chaos Lord Malek]

Always when i have that choice, but its not mandatory.

[Heimdall]

Sometimes, when I have a choice. Most games only offer male protagonists. It's good to get some variety.