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[franciscoamell]

At least DAO could be modded.

[SilencetheCry]

I tend to only play as my own gender (female). I'm just more comfortable that way and, since Bioware is one of the few companies that allows me to do that, I'll probably stick with it this time around too (it almost seems like a waste of a gift, in my own opinion, otherwise). 

[Drasanil]

I was probably going to play opposite gender any ways, I find playing as a female PC makes it easier to keep a detached view from my character and makes choices based on how they would view things as opposed to how I would. 

 

That said, I was planning on a 'purist' Dalish as my first/canon playthrough so with the only real options being male/celibate or female/Solas I'm probably going to go female. 

[Lukas Trevelyan]

I just can't bring myself towards playing a female up till now. They're never finished playthroughs.

I was thinking of playing a female Inquisitor because I fancy the idea but I know myself. I won't be able to. I just find it really really difficult to connect to a female character I'm not sure why.

[DuskWanderer]

I'm probably going to play a male as Josephine and a female as Cullen, already committed to those. Probably will do Cass and Solas. Wil have to see what Blackwall, Iron Bull, and Sera are like. Dorian...his character's going to have to be written well. All I've heard everyone say was "he's gay but he kicks ass", and my thoughts are "Really? That's his only character trait?"

[Puppy Love]

Couldn't do it in dragon age 2, because I could romance everyone and had zero incentive to do so.  I'm worried that I won't be interested enough in Cass or Dorian to do so in Inquisition.

 

I did do so in origins: mostly to play a manipulative bastard who romanced Morrigan and politicked himself into becoming king.

[Killdren88]

I know this is a snide comment, but I would sadly buy it since I don't like any of my options and my top option Cullen is not available. It's gonna be DAO all over again.

Not at all.This is something I wouldn't put pass EA to Pull. People would buy it. No doubt about that. Of course Bioware would be reluctant to create such a DLC. But with enough strong arming I can totally see this happening.

[Joseph Warrick]

Likely no. I make characters in these games depending on the voice acting most of all and romance isn't important enough a factor for me.

 

Given that I like Alix Wilton Regan very much and the youtube videos of Sumalee Montano show a very promising tougher voice, my inquisitors will likely be female.

[Borosini]

No. I'm a straight man and I cannot relate to women and gay men in a sense that I really do not know how they think [...]

 

The same way you do. With our brains.

 

 

 

All kidding aside, I get it. I'm only just now managing to make a dent in my first lesbian DA:O playthrough. My first warden was a bisexual male Surana but it was a little weird, I admit. Playing straight females also feels kind of empty when compared to the option of playing a gay male.

 

That being said—I often view a new character as a challenge to expand my own comfort level and learn a little about myself. If I find roleplaying a certain way boring or unappealing, I try to figure out why. It becomes less about the character and more about self-examination. Odd, perhaps, but there it is.

[Dabrikishaw]

Not roleplay, but essentially yes.

[SirGladiator]

As a PC gamer with patience, this is less of an issue .  Of course because Sera and Josephine are already option this is much less of an issue, but I have no problem waiting the few days (like DAO) or few months (like ME) until the modders figure out how to open up all the romances, so I can romance Cassandra as well.  Not a problem .

[They call me a SpaceCowboy]

I usually play an even number of male and female toons, to see all content. It looks like I won't be doing that in this game. Most of my toons would have to be female if I want to try out all the romances.

[Ex-Paladin]

Oh, definitely! I make it my mission to try out every romance

[frostajulie]

I've tried to play male Hawke/Shep/Warden.  I start enthusiastically in the character creator thinking I can roleplay a character that is wildly different from me, thinking I can try out the gender-locked romances or see how different the dialogue is.  The longest I've lasted is an hour before I'm back rolling another character.  The truth is I'm really less of a role-player and more of a me-player, even down to my characters usually ending up with black hair and brown eyes.  I wish it were otherwise because then maybe I could play some of those male-protagonist-only games out there while I wait for Bioware or Bethesda to make a new one. 

 

I will of course be trying out all the romances that are available to female characters f/f and f/m, but even that is still me-playing I suppose.

this is me although I am seriously going to try for Dorian he seems so interesting and pretty I tried for Zevran in DAO it was awesome my Tabris was so hot! but we got stuck in Orzammar and I used up most of the dialogues and Orzamar is sooooo looooong Poor guy never got to kill the archdemon. Adonai Tabris. he was beautiful

[ICevoL]

As a PC gamer with patience, this is less of an issue .  Of course because Sera and Josephine are already option this is much less of an issue, but I have no problem waiting the few days (like DAO) or few months (like ME) until the modders figure out how to open up all the romances, so I can romance Cassandra as well.  Not a problem .

 

I don't want to burst your bubble, but you may be waiting a lot longer than a few months... the previous Dragon Age games were on a different game engine.  DAO was on Eclipse; DA2 was on Lycium (which was an "upgraded" version of the Eclipse engine).  Since mod tools were released for DAO, it was much easier for modders to dig into the code.  There were fewer mods for DA2 (due to no update on the modding tools), but the base engine similarity was enough to make certain things possible with enough technical savvy.

 

From everything I've seen, that will not be the case for Frostbite 3 based games (DAI and the next Mass Effect game).  There aren't any modding tools for Frostbite 3 that I've seen (something that continues to vex fans of the Battlefield series).  Not that it couldn't be done or that BioWare/EA will never release mod tools, but I wouldn't count on it too heavily.

[CuriousArtemis]

The original question is a little wedded to the gender binary, so it's difficult to answer. I prefer to play male characters, and that won't change with DAI. I've successfully played female characters in DA2 but not DAO or Mass Effect (also, not BioWare, but also Skyrim). I've tried but I lose interest in the character pretty quickly, and a game that had previously felt amazing now feels flat.

 

Who I'm allowed to romance isn't going to change how I feel when I play certain kinds of characters. People play RPGs and engage in the romances for different reasons... we definitely can't paint the entire fanbase with the same, wide brush.

 

Some people are saying they're happy Cullen, Cass, Blackwall, Solas, Dorian, and Sera are gender-gated because it "makes" them play a gender they wouldn't normally play.

 

Maybe if you feel very comfortable and happy with who and what you are in real life, it can be a fun challenge to be someone else in an RPG. Personally, it just feels like choice is being taken away from me and my character.

 

Overall, however, I think it boils down to:

Those who are happy with what they got: Love the current system

Those who are bitter about what they got: Hate the current system 

[Sir DeLoria]

I play as both genders, but not because of LIs.

[KBomb]

Yep. For Cassandra. Maybe also for Josephine.

[Puppy Love]

Yeah I find it seriously hard to play males now.  I spent my entire life trying to successfully do just that before accepting myself, and now the idea of trying to do it again is just...  well not particularly a thing I enjoy.  I've found it harder and harder to play males, unless I have a crush on the male character in question...  I'm much more comfortable and happy finally being and playing as the girl I've accepted myself to be.

[NoForgiveness]

Well ya. I plan to romance Sera and Cass. Though, I never try to specifically make the character as close to me as possible(usually the opposite). For me, it's more about just making a character with a likeable appearance(I have a much easier time with females). While also getting and/or avoiding something specific, like a hairstyle, voice, or romance.

[JasonPogo]

I always play both genders.  But I will def roll a female to romance Sera.  She seems fun and I want to experience that firsthand.

 

I have personally never understood peoples reluctance to play another sex in games.  I have never played a game and thought of the protagonist as "myself". So I guess it dose not faze me one bit to be a different sex or race or whatever.

[Puppy Love]

I always play both genders.  But I will def roll a female to romance Sera.  She seems fun and I want to experience that firsthand.

 

I have personally never understood peoples reluctance to play another sex in games.  I have never played a game and thought of the protagonist as "myself". So I guess it dose not faze me one bit to be a different sex or race or whatever.

Depends on the person.

 

I'm transgender woman, I've spent most of my life trying to be the man I am not and everyone told me I was and expected me to be.  If I play a man in a game it's more of me pretending to be a man, which is the nightmare of my life.  So in that respect I think my not wanting to play the role of a man again makes a lot of sense.

 

I'm sure others have other reasons, each personal.