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omg they made lemmy political

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[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 week ago (6 children)

When given the choice, I always play as a female character. I'm already a man 24/7, why continue that in games I play to escape reality?

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A polarizing question. Me, I always play a version of myself. More muscular, perhaps, or more adventurous. But still a middle-aged dude who is trying to do good. I never feel the urge to play a woman or a villain or anything else totally different from my IRL character.

And I guess that's just how it is, right? We each make our own fun in the games we play.

So the dude in the xitter post is just going to have to sit this one out. I'm sure there will be lots of male centric stories to play in the future, as there always have been.

Meanwhile, I hope everyone who likes playing from a female POV has an absolute blast with The Witcher 4.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I usually play a female. I've always considered my character as a companion, a waifu, if you will.

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You play as a female character and see her as your companion.

I play female characters because I like to control women.

We are not the same. /s

[–] asmodee59@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

This comment is too funny to be downvoted

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Plus, you get to stare at a hot female ass for most of whatever you're playing. Playing females is the straightest choice imho.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

My favorite games of all time tend to be party-based, like Syndicate, the Wasteland games, the original two Fallout games, Baldur's Gate games, etc.

So I guess when given the choice, I always play... um...

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Same. I play a mix of both male and female characters and name them Jux most of the time as an unpronounceable non-binary name.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Senua's Sacrifice it's not even a choice.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

For some reason this comment got me excited for the last of us 2