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[Major Crackhead]

I generally do 50/50. Sometimes male sometimes female. Because I'm a trap. 

[Aolbain]

Both, I guess. Not at the same time though

[Whitering]

Yes, often, but I play both genders. I played Fem Shep through all of ME though because Ms. Hale is wonderful. In general though, I prefer the sight of a female bootie whilst I run around the games.

I did play male shep in 1 as well though, just to experience the romances over there. I did not romance as fem shep, except Liara of course.

[Ieldra]

Unless there are compelling reasons to stick to my own gender (such as a particularly appealing LI option), I usually play as the opposite gender. Don't ask me why, I just like it better. I always eventually play both, but my "main" protagonists are usually of the opposite gender.

Modifié par Ieldra2, 17 avril 2013 - 08:28 .

[wright1978]

Normally my own gender.

[frostajulie]

I only play female when given the option, I did play a male city elf in DAO to romance Zev and I tried a Male Shep in ME2 to romance Jack, never finished either playthru. I definitely can put myself in the PC's shoes if its female. and that makes for me a far more satisfying use of my playtime.

[Giltspur]

I tend to play male on my first playthrough of a single-player game and a female on second or third playthrough. 

In online games, I tend to favor male characters since playing a female can lead to people calling you by a female character name in Ventrilo.  If I"m just making an alt that I mostly intend to solo with, I might make that character female.

In theory though, my preference would be to make whatever character seems coolest at the time.  I like how in games like Icewind Dale and, later this year, Wasteland 2 you can build a party which allows you to make males and females in one go.

My general attitude on this is that male authors write male and female characters; therefore, it makes sense that male gamers would play male and female characters.  And that's how I view my characters in games: as creations.

Modifié par Giltspur, 17 avril 2013 - 09:08 .

[Ryzaki]

I usually play as the opposite gender.

[bmwcrazy]

I like playing as a male character as well.

It's been my ultimate dream to build my own harem with hundreds of beautiful women. *drools*

[Dean_the_Young]

Only on second playthroughs. Once I know what sort of game it is, and once I already know various parts of the game to plan for, my female characters tend to be distinct from my role-playing characters.

For me, I have a hard time role-playing as a female: call it those irreconcilable differences, history, or whatever, but I can't easily adopt the perspective for long. It's one of those things where the fundamental experiences of dealing with it are critical in actually expressing it (also like: dealing with amputation, being a minority of color, being raised in a religion), and it's... not distracting or unpleasant, but I find myself just playing as I would a male character, with the general projection/implicit bias associated with it.

I'm better at modeling than assuming the role, so it's usually much easier on second/third playthroughs when I can already build a narrative for the character to fall in. Then I'm not so much role-playing as seeing a role played out: I don't project on the character anywhere near as much, and so she takes a sort of independence and and trajectory I can see as natural for a female like her.

Of course, this also happens a bit in the context of how my second playthrough is also quite often the 'other playstyle' walkthrough, where I pick almost everything differently for maximum differences. This has led to some pretty great experiences: my M!Couseland who was a generally heroic nationalist with a bit of at-all-costs royalism contrasted nicely with my F!City Elf, who I actually ended up writing a bit of a fic for in honor of her misanthropic prejudice and fear that she struggled to overcome. My first-run Renegade M!Shep, on the other hand, was a totally different sort of hero/anti-hero to my Paragade FemShep... who also had an entire invented roleplaying back story based around being a covert Cerberus Operative all along.

On the other hand, sometimes it just gets weird. I'm probably one of the few who has ever done a Female-Courier Caesar's Legion run-through. I tried to run with a revenge-against-NCR motive for awhile, but that was one game that, while interesting, broke down on a narrative level.


It's not equal, and I used to feel a bit of shame for not being able to role-play women. I got over it, though, because, well... I'd rather be able to show the respect of doing it well, rather than make a hash of it. At least I feel my scenario-characters are better, at least.

[Wulfram]

I default to the opposite gender. Will play male if there's a reason to - say an interesting LI, or preferably voice acting.

[Grog Muffins]

I have almost always played as a female first and most of my playthroughs of a lot of games are females, but I also play as a male just to see the differences and experience other paths. That said, I wanted to spice things up a bit with DA2 and I played as a male first over there. Never got around to playing as a female because the VO for FemHawke irritates me too much. Don't know why exactly, it just puts me off from a 5 minute Youtube video, don't want to test what might happen in a 40+ hour game.

I also have a BroShep playthrough started somewhere in ME1 but never got around to finishing it.

[mopotter]

I also play both. I play more female characters than male ones because I'm female and I like playing a female character. But I always play at least one or two males, hopefully for different romances and to see a different dialogue.

[Zyree]

 DA Origins:
1 - Male Elven Mage who romanced Zevran
2 - Male City Elf who romanced Morrigan
3 - Female Dwarven Noble who romanced and led the Wardens with Alistair
4 - Female Human Mage who romanced Lelianna
5 - Male Human Mage who was too shy to romance anyone

DA2:
1 - Male who failmanced Fenris
2 - Female who friendmanced Fenris
3 - Male who rivalmanced Anders
4 - Female who rivalmanced Sebastian
5 - Female who friendmanced Isabela

ME:
1 - Femshep who romanced Kaidan
2 - Maleshep who romanced Tali
3 - Femshep who romanced Garrus

So I dunno, I think it's mostly random for me, gender and sexuality wise. Sometimes it's affected by the VO but I liked both VOs for Hawke and DA:O didn't have that issue. Definitely prefered Femshep's voice though...

[highcastle]

Both for me. I tend to pick one character as my "canon" and then I might do a couple experimental playthroughs. In DAO, my canon was a female human rogue, in DA2 a male mage. It all depends on which character I click with, and honestly that has more to do with personality than gender.

[Phoenix_Fyre]

my 'canon' is always a female city elf, but I play my mage as a male elf, and my rogue as a male commoner

[Bekkael]

I only play my own gender (female) in BioWare games since I am frequently forced to play a male in so many other games. I find it easier to get into the roleplay if my avatar is my own gender and coloring.

[Raydiva]

I'll play as my gender, then try the opposite but give up. Dunno why I just prefer playing as 'me' in games where I'm given the choice. Because of Bioware and other games now giving us the choice, I now find it difficult to really get into games that have only the male character as being playable.

[Evil_Jashinist]

I do multiple playthroughs using both genders; I think it's pretty much 50/50... My first playthrough usually ends up being the opposite gender though for some reason.

[ADelusiveMan]

I play both genders, but I find myself playing female characters more. Probably because I'm a sucker for a strong female lead character.

[Zorinho20_CRO]

Yes

[Bugsie]

I play both genders. I like being able to choose!

[esper]

I get forced to play male enough in other games, so I mostly play my own gender (female), unless I have a really compelling reason for trying male.

[Nerys]

esper wrote...

I get forced to play male enough in other games, so I mostly play my own gender (female), unless I have a really compelling reason for trying male.

Same here. I mostly play as a woman, because it is what speaks to me the most. But, in RPGs I always try to roll a male at least once in order to see romances/content I wouldn't normally see. It never seems to quite work out though. (for example in DA2 my M! Hawke trailed Fenris around like a puppy, turns out Fenris was more interested in Izzy... I obviously did something wrong lol.) Anyway, I play both opposite sex and all romances types (M/F M/M F/F). It all depends on what my Character "wants". It is a blast getting to know them, who they want to romance <3

[garrusfan1]

I play as both but I admit in bioware games I play as a female more then a male. but I replay bioware games many many times