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[AEve1]

Bisexual female here. My first playthrough in a Bioware game is always a female rogue-ish type, who makes moral choices that more or less match up with my own. She romances the guy or girl I find most attractive of the choices available to my PC - Alistair in Origins, Isabela in DA2, Garrus in ME, gonna probably be Sera in Inquisition. Second playthrough is male (good or evil depends on my mood), third playthrough typically evil female, and beyond that I just go with whatever seems fun at the time. Other than my first playthrough, I generally prefer roleplaying a character to playing a self-insert.

 

(Sidenote: Maybe it's weird, but though I'll gladly romance either male or female characters with my female characters, I've never been able to finish a single straight male playthrough in a Bioware game. The power relations totally squick me, even though the same dynamic with my femPC would feel totally natural in most cases. Maybe I identify more with the female LI than the male PC when playing straight male romances, maybe the writing is just too heteronormative, not really sure. The only woman I can imagine romancing as a male PC is Isabela, and I haven't gotten around to it yet because I prefer to romance her as a female PC. I don't have the same problems with the romances when playing as a gay male, probably because I don't have as much personal baggage coloring my interactions there, so I can distance myself equally from both parties.)

 

Anyway, basically I play both, but 60-70% of my completed playthroughs are female. My "canon" character, eg the one I instantly think of when I think "Shepard" or "Hawke," is typically my first female. DAO is the exception - I disliked my initial playthrough, and consider my male elf/Zevran playthrough and evil female mage/Alistair playthroughs both canon.

[Fraevar]

Straight male here. I'll usually try to play both, but lately I seem to pick female first as far as BioWare games go. There's such a lack of female heroes in games, so it's always appareling

[Giant ambush beetle]

Yes.
I always play both genders, first I role play ''myself'' via a human male warrior or rogue, then the next playthrough is usually done with a female protagonist with a different personality. This time I'm absolutely looking forward to play a female Qunari.

[Ieldra]

I have a medium-strength preference for female protagonists (which is the opposite of my RL gender) because male protagonists are a dime a dozen and often associated with stereotypes I don't like. If a female protagonist is associated with those stereotypes I still don't like it but at least it's unusual, sometimes unusual enough to be a trope subversion on its own.
Having said that, I will generally play both genders if there's something that motivates me to do so (such as an interesting gender-restricted romance option, or more than token world reactivity to gender). I have a strong preference for straight romances (from both sides) though, and I don't play m/m romances at all.

[smoke and mirrors]

I am a straight male and my first play thru is always a female but i play both sexes alternating each time .

[Fredward]

I have a medium-strength preference for female protagonists (which is the opposite of my RL gender) because male protagonists are a dime a dozen and often associated with stereotypes I don't like.

 

Same. Though I have much less of an issue if I can tailor the male character to something more palatable/less cliched. Not always possible. Actually usually not possible. Bioware likes to vex me by saddling me with really generic voice actors and steroid fueled musculature but they allow my characters to like **** so sometimes it balances out. I also like strong/competent women.

[naddaya]

Female here. If I get the chance I play female, and my canon characters are usually female. Then I might do a male playthrough.

 

I like my characters better if I can customize them, whether they're male or female, and I try to give them different personalities depending on their background and experiences. Sometimes they change through the game. I give them flaws and try to make them realistic, but I find it hard to play characters who have a lot of traits I find annoying or despicable.

My mage warden started out young, anxious, scared and inexperienced due to living in the circle. She was smart and talented, but being Irving's star pupil made her isolated from most of the other kids. She was very self-conscious and terrified of failure. By the end of origins she had grown a great deal.

My mage Hawke had a quick wit, she was snarky, confident, shameless and torn between her feeling of responsibility towards her family and her need for freedom. She only became slightly more bitter and exasperated during the course of DA2. They had very different attitudes and I had a lot of fun playing both.

[CrimsonN7]

My first playthrough in a Bioware game is always a female rogue-ish type, who makes moral choices that more or less match up with my own. 

 

Same, I always pick a rogue on my first run too. It will always be my canon pick, love rogues!

[Sir DeLoria]

I play both genders equally often, prefer female characters, but I usually stick with human.

[Shady Koala]

I play both, female first. I like to play males on my insane playthroughs, ah my crazy ass city elf warden, how I loved thee.

I lost him to a corrupted save 

[Ieldra]

Same. Though I have much less of an issue if I can tailor the male character to something more palatable/less cliched. Not always possible. Actually usually not possible. Bioware likes to vex me by saddling me with really generic voice actors and steroid fueled musculature but they allow my characters to like **** so sometimes it balances out. I also like strong/competent women.

Same here. And....sometimes it doesn't balance out. I certainly hope the Inquisitor won't go the way of Shepard, who couldn't take two steps without invoking a male stereotype. I'd never have played a male Shepard beyond the end of ME1 if not for some romance considerations.

[Subtle54]

Hetro-male who tends to play mostly female protagonists, one reason, if I'm going to be looking at the rear end of a character for 200+ hours I would prefer it to be pleasing to the eye. It does however limit romance options, Liliana in Origins, no one in ME2

[Helios969]

Male...both.  Prefer female.  Something I've done since way back in the days of pen and paper D&D back in the 80's.  I think I've always like the idea of a strong, heroic female character tearing across the battlefield.  I've rolled up many a Cassandra-type characters in my day.

[Mistic]

In every game that offers the option, I play both, roleplaying different characters (not me). The ones that offer the nicest narrative or I enjoyed most tend to be my personal canon, no matter if they are male or female.

 

For example, my canon Warden is a Dalish female archer, while my canon Hawke is a male warrior. In Mass Effect, I prefer my Spacer male Shepard. In other games not made by Bioware, let's see... In Fire Emblem: Awakening, for example, a female Avatar feels more integral than a male Avatar.

 

Who knows what will happen in DA:I.

[TheChris92]

Tend to always, exclusively, roll as womeenz when given the option.  I don't think I need to justify that but I suppose the little amount of neat and interesting leads, who happen to be women, might partially have something to do with it. Gender is superficial though to what makes a good character, but this notion seem to be lost on many as quite a few characters tend to fall into stereotypes and generic categories based on gender, circumstances and other arbitrary reasons.

 

Good characters are written as people first before anything else I'll say. To put it all short from here.

[Milan92]

I tend to play as males during RPG's most of the time, but on ocassion I roll a female as well.

[dragonwanderer]

Straight male player. I prefer playing a male in the games with romance, otherwise I always play as a female character, the exception being DAI where I intend to play a female character (cause: Sera )

[LeBurns]

I will play both male and female, but either way I always romance a female.  Just don't like romancing males, I guess I even play females like I'm a guy.  I did romance Alistair once just to see that side of the story (in 20+ play-throughs).

[Char]

I only ever play as my own gender, and I purposefully try to pick games where I will have that opportunity, even if it is a bit limiting. That being said I have decided to make a concerted effort to finish at least one playthrough in Inquisition as a male for a change. I'll happily romance either gender either way, but I feel it's time to pull myself out of my comfort zone and experience the half of the game that as a female I will miss. It'll be interesting to see any difference in reaction to characters of different gender, and to see how the interactions with companions differ if at all.

[Eudaemonium]

I'm a heterosexual guy in real life, but for some reason I almost always play as female characters romancing men (take from that what you will =P). Not always, though. I have 1 male Dalish elf! He romanced Morrigan.

 

DA:I actually has me wanted to play a guy because then I get Cassandra and Dorian, who are the main romances I'm interested in. But then I won't be able to be VO'd by Sumalee, which is causing my great internal strife.

[Vita Brevis]

Just curious when you play these games do you try out both genders or do you prefer to stick to what you like mainly? Personally as a female player whenever I get the opportunity to play a lead character in a game I take it happily. 

 

Also a female player here, but whenever I get the opportunity to choose, I always play as a male. I don't like female protagonists, I absolutely can't relate to them. Everything they do - from the silly walk and to the way they talk - annoys the hell out of me. Not to mention that female versions of the same armor in games usually look stupid as f-k. 

So yes. Males only who feel like real people more or less, like a character of the game... and not a weird sex-fantasy.

[Declined_Misery]

I'm a stright male and i prefer to play as a female when i have the chance. I'm comfortable with my sexual preferences and have no problem playing as the opposite gender.

 

I like playing as males too but in rpg's i prefer a female lead. I had a great time with my female Nord archer in Skyrim.

 

The first bioware game i played was Mass Effect back in 2008. I never played anything other than male Shepard. Before ME2 came out i decided to play as femshep and since that day i have never looked back. The VA was 100% better more emotion compared to male shep and i quickly fell in love with Liara (My male shep only romanced Ash)

 

Since then the only shep i played was femshep. I did play again earlier this year with male shep but i couldn't get far into it. Mark Meer definitly improved in ME2/ME3 but for me Jennifer Hale will be my 'canon' shep.

 

DA:O i couldn't get into it with a human male noble so i dediced to play as a female dwarf noble. The mini romance with Gorim was brilliantly done and i think my heart broke a little when they had to go there seperate ways. I rarely romance male characters apart from Garrus in ME but that mini romance was very touching and i kind of wished he could of been a companion for dwarf warden.

 

My F/Dwarf romanced Lelianna.

 

DA:2 Female Hawke is much better than male Hawke IMO. I did try a male Hawke once and only got as far as kirkwall when i quit and went back to F/Hawke. The male voice was rather monotone and lacked emotion for me. Plus female sarcastic Hawke is much better.

 

F/Hawke romanced Isabela. A damn shame Varric wasn't romancable...

 

We need more games with the option to play as a female. I hate seeing sexist comments on Youtube regarding the fem inquisitor. I don't just play as a female because they look better but because the VA is usually greater than they're male counterparts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Phnx]

I prefer playing female characters because they're nicer to look at. And who doesn't like bad-ass women anyway?! But because of the romance options I'm going to play a male inquisitor first. Also, all the player voice actors seem to be great across the board so I don't want to miss out on that too.

[Black Jimmy]

If a game has predetermined characters, like Borderlands, then I'll generally play female characters.

But when it's a custom character I tend to make male characters.

Though my latest, and canonical, DA2 playthrough was with a FemHawke who romanced Isabela and now any variation to that just sounds wrong.

As for DA:I, I'm definitely making a FemQunMage to romance Sera as either my second or third playthrough.