Got the idea of posting this when I watched this YouTube video that talks about reasons men love playing as girls.
Why do you do it?
Are there more than one reason?
What do you enjoy about it the most?
If it’s a third person game, I’d rather be looking at her ass throughout the playthrough than his.
I never get this type of response. Do you really keep paying attention at whoever ass it is rather than the whole game happening on the rest of the screen?
In this case, “ass” is a funny oversimplification. The player model is on the screen all the time, so having it be attractive adds to the visual appeal of the whole experience
Maximum autism. People are hard mmmm kaaaayyy
You’re looking at the ass through your gameplay?
No one has said this one yet:
I play a mix and generally want to create a distance between me and the character. I’m not thinking “what would I do?” I’m thinking “what would this person do?”
Having said that, if I pick a girl I won’t pick a heterosexual romance option. Romance in games is strange.
Unless it’s Mass Effect or Saints Row, though, right? Then err body gettin’ fucked!
There’s an absurd gender dimorphism in most games where every guy is a mountain of muscles by default. I don’t enjoy that body type - for myself, as a 5’5 dude, or even romantically - and women are usually on the softer, thinner side, so I tend to pick them at first.
If its a game where I can easily change genders, I’ll flip around to my tastes, depending on which clothing looks better on whatnot. - Aliens:Fireteam Elite and Dragon Quest Builders 2 come to mind as examples that did that. Also games with intricate character creators, like Saint’s Row (RIP) are welcome, but rare.
Eastern games tend to have softer men, so those tend to be exceptions. I recall picking male options in both Genshin and Path To Nowhere, and I usually enjoy the male leads in jRPGs.
I think this is my reason. I like lithe, acrobatic archetypes and will, for instance, usually prefer playing stealthy character classes when given the option. Guy bodies in games are (or at least used to be) blocky rectangles; they look like walking refrigerators. Gals usually have a more dynamic and nimble appearance.
Two more relevant reasons: (1) traditinally, non-customizable main characters are predominately male, so when given a choice I’ll choose the less common option to mix it up and (2) I am a guy in real life and am bored enough of it that I feel incentivized to play the other side in game world.
I play a dude IRL so why would I do the exact same thing when I’m trying to escape from reality?
RPGs present the opportunity, and even the excitement, to be something you’re not. There’s allure in trying on something you’d normally never get an organic chance to wear.
I dunno doesn’t everyone wanna be a girl?
who’s gonna tell her
can’t violate the prime direggtive
I sure do
Congratulations!
I don’t really like looking at men. Yeah, the Witcher games are pretty alright but Geralt is kind of boring for me to watch. Given a choice between watching a buff dude throw a goblin at another goblin in bg3, or a buff woman do the same? Probably want to see the woman. Maybe it’s just low grade ambient horniness.
I never think of the character in a game as “me”. I had a friend who would always make himself. White guy with short hair and a short beard. That’s not for me. I don’t want to watch myself get blown up, stabbed, eaten by a dragon, whatever.
I don’t like when games feel like they’re just giving me eye candy or lazy titillation, though.The whole bikini armor thing I’m not into. Someone else mentioned they hate heels. Same.
low grade ambient horniness
Great band name
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Because catboy isn’t an option yet.
But really it’s because in fps they have abilities that make them quicker and it’s more my style of gameplay. I rush to a choke point and try to make it look like there are many players there to push them towards my teammates.
Apparently you haven’t played FFXIV yet.
Female outfits are typically more interesting, like in GTA maybe it’s not as bad but I’m tired of every endgame male armor in rpgs of MMOs being a guy in a giant mountain of metal. It doesn’t look “badass” it looks stupid and bland. (On the flip side bikini armor is also stupid)
That and female voices are just more… appealing? Idk the science behind it but there’s a reason AI assistants are like 95% female voices.
Idk the science behind it but there’s a reason AI assistants are like 95% female voices.
That varies a lot by country.
I don’t relate with masculine characters at all. No idea why as I don’t identify as a woman. I have very little association or ownership of my gender.
Also character creators traditionally don’t have a ton of options beyond the binary. Hair, pronoun options tend to be most of the extent.
Also feminine bodies tend to be more interesting. More curves and interesting shapes while a lot of masculine bodies are rendered as blocky.
Why not? I also play races other than human too
Why not? I have to roleplay as myself all the rest of the time.
Mainly cause I find women aesthetically superior to men (maybe cause I like women) so I find my character nicer if it is a girl. Also thats cause I dont tend to identify with the main character
Honestly I just pick whichever option looks cooler. Most games that ask me to pick play in third person, and if I’m gonna have to stare at this thing the rest of the campaign it might as well be something I think looks cool
Pretty shallow and lame reason: I vastly prefer staring at a woman’s ass all day over a man’s. I’m already a man 24/7 of the day, might as well mix it up.
That, or if I have to follow the internet I don’t realize I’m trans?
I like looking at women.
On a similar note, avoiding watching a guy’s butt wiggle for 20-40 hours.
