I’m not judging, I’m genuinely curious. The reason why I’m asking is because in this sort of games I like to make the character resemble me as much as possible in every aspect, so I’m just curious to know what is the motivation behind men that decide to play as a female character.
Been playing male characters in games since the dawn of time (1990) so now I like to switch it up every now and then since we have the option to choose our own characters in a lot of games now.
Metroid (NES) was one of my favorite games as a kid. Finding the hidden rooms etc. it was wild when you found out you were playing as a girl.
Later, I preferred the Rogue in Diablo (1). (Firewall just inside a doorway / other restriction and bzatt with the bow gatt).
Since then I tend to try to recreate these characters as best I can in newer games. Largely for nostalgia reasons.
Man I’ve no idea why I do it. In have a female VR avatar too. I’ve thought about it. It’s just what I do. Like, there’s no desire to be a woman in me, but in virtual space I just seem to be one.
Character customization is one of my favorite parts of the game. And to be honest dressing up a “hot” woman is more fun than a guy to me.
Also I like looking at a woman more than a man. So there’s that too.
Role playing is much more fun when I’m not playing someone similar to me.
I play in 3rd person and I’m a ass man
This exactly. If I’m going to spend hours staring at or hearing a voice, if rather it be attractive to me.
Man-ass or male grunting are not my particular flavor of candy.
I don’t generally do that. But…what do YOU want to look at when you play games?
In cyberpunk I did both. I made a blades only femme fatale with sandevistan and mantis blades, and I made a male hacker V with smart weapons.
I suppose I base my choices more on what fantasy I have in mind for my character than the fact that I’m a man myself, but if that isnt as much of a factor I very pragmatically go with “girl ass on screen > dude ass on screen”.
On Skyrim, cause I have boob mods,and I love boobs. On any other game I generally play male chatacters cause I am male and that is therefore more relateable to me
Some of the best cyberpunk characters are women and the clothing is cooler.
For the former point: molly millions/Sally shears and YT were both by far the most interesting characters in the sprawl series and snow crash respectively.
For the latter: neokisch mox gear is better than worn browns and grays.
There are a few reasons, but please note that this list is by no means exclusive to Cyberpunk 2077…
Games are about escaping reality, as a man I can tell you that in my experience, men are often locked down into a generic “man” mold that is never broken in real life. Gaming gives us a way to pretend to be someone else completely.
Female characters in games tend to be funnier to play as, they often has better dialog and more customization options.
Finally, one of the biggest reason men play as female characters in games is simply because it is better to have pretty female character to look at when gaming rather than a generic boring male character, this obviously includes boobs.
When I first played an rpg with a basic character creator (the demo of bg2 I think, it’s been a while), I made a character that was as close to me as possible.
When I was in a period of playing lots of rpg, I tended to make characters that were far from myself and with lots of variation. So more often than not female, but not always.
And now that I play less rpg again, in the rare case that I start a new game, I again make characters that are close to me in looks. Usually an older greyer version, but still recognizably me.
For Cyberpunk I’ve played both because I play to enjoy the performances, and they’re both different performances. Now when replaying I always do female V because her performance is bloody incredible (not in any way saying the performance of Gavin Drea was bad mind you! But Cherami Leigh knocked it so far out of the park that I consider that personally the “canon” performance)
The character in the game doesn’t have to have anything to do with me at all. Just like a main character in a movie or a book doesn’t have to look or be anything like me for me to enjoy it. I’m looking for interesting stories not my auto-biography
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It just feels right man
Games is about new experiences, escapism if you will. Playing as somebody else and trying to thing how that person would act and feel adds to the escapism.
I tend to gravitate towards female characters in single player games and I ask myself this same question a lot. The weird thing is that I have no gender preference when my options are more limited - it’s only when I’m being asked to customize my appearance. With male characters I never really know what I’m looking for - usually what looks right is what looks familiar. Maybe I’ll be scrolling through hair options, find something that reminds me of Aragorn, and before I know it that’s who I’m roleplaying. With a female character it’s easier for me to resist these influences and make someone original because I can rely on my own preferences to tell me what looks right. I’ll still play male characters if I have a specific influence in mind, but otherwise I find myself much more likely to actually finish a game as a female PC.
