Why Men Love Playing as Girls | rosiebellmoo reacts to Noctapus

how many of you guys like playing girl characters in games?
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[@Spectacular_Insanity]

Me: "Is she hot?" Game: "Yes." Me: "Say no more."

[@Rosiebellmoo]

Sometimes its the simple things ^^

[@wolfmanflame12]

Basically.

[@GoldRaven-oe4by]

Why do you think bunny is so popular in the first descendant

[@BocchiTheBox]

The editor just carries that video. Not just with his editing, but his random appearances throughout the whole video. He really knows what kind of jokes to make at the right time.

[@lilia-ai]

According to mahiro from onimai he "just want to have a cute avatar", and i think that's what most man also think lol

[@Rosiebellmoo]

True it can be as simple as that really ^^

[@YuyuHakurei]

Ya Ya that one's meeeeee. So cute. I make characters I want to headpat. When I can't then I make anime characters. xD

[@indescribablycoolikeafurniture]

ONGGGG

[@bullettime1116]

Same reasoning here

[@Senkoau]

I think for most that's as deep as it gets. Do you want to stare at a cute girl while playing or a fat, scruffy guy with body odour?

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

As soon as my voice droped when i was about 13. I was no longer treated as child but as a man. With all responsibility but none of the abbiilty or experience. Being a relatively tall man with a deep bas voice, people treat you more harshly, less helpful, less trusting. In a videogame i can relive the fantasy, of being given love and affection.

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

"people treat you more harshly, less helpful, less trusting." nuh uh, take a look on josuiji shinri. buff guy, but hes a gentle giant

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

@@arlynnecumberbatch1056 Im not talking about this. Iam talking about how youre percieved by others.

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

@@stanisawzokiewski3308 oh right, sorry But its sad that it happens a lot

[@rinshotin2521]

That's so cute!!!!~

[@novapulses]

i’m giving you a hug 🫂

[@sniperboom1202]

I never once heard the argument from my friends that we picked female characters because we thought their hitboxes were smaller. We always picked female characters because we liked looking at them from the back!

[@JS-kr8fs]

That was definitely a thing I did in the Ghost Recon games, since they did have smaller hitboxes. Even an inch is the difference between a hit and a miss.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

It's funny in pvp games because if there is a gnome race or something people pick that for the hit box smallness haha

[@SkinUpMonkey]

Oddjob says hi. While not female but you pick him because of his size.

[@Niterayde]

If I have to stare at it for an ungodly amount of hours then it better be appealing damnit XD

[@BlissfullWulf]

@@Rosiebellmoo True for the MMO Tera with the Elin race, combat in that game was so fun.

[@M3RK4WK4]

I only play girl characters, because I've been playing as a boy IRL all my life😂😂

[@Yumiko-je1to]

Real lol like I wanna see what the other side is like

[@CosmicMitsuke]

Type shit

[@uhagi6720]

Sometimes a man just wants to feel cute without being shamed by society

[@Rosiebellmoo]

Well gamers tend to agree 👍 or not care

[@Kaltsit-]

So glad femboys are getting more normalized now tho.

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

i mean men can be cute, like the characters from that gacha/rhythm game project sekai, theres prince looking guys in that

[@euaf-crimson1730]

Deadass

[@old_liquid]

​@@arlynnecumberbatch1056it pulls women strings more

[@maddmind3756]

It is really simple for me. I've spent 35 some odd years as a guy I might as well play as a girl. Also girls get the best looking gear and frankly I grew up stuck playing as action hero guys and enjoy kicking ass with a cute avatar. There have been the occasional game that did make me want the beefy guy tank but most of the time it feels more entertaining to go the route of Kaede or Bisky.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

Hmm I guess that is true @ havent seen guys be accepted or having many options for girl action figures. And having stuck action figures next to barbie she is very very tall.. like a giant in comparison

[@weebamf]

Everything he mentioned is why I play girls/women if given the choice, as long as I can make them pretty/cute/sexy whatever. If theres no good style options I'll pick the badass dude.

[@jayewrite1256]

I remember my first female character in a game was in monster hunter 4U, and I remember being amazed by the number of different styles that female characters had compared to male characters. It was after that I started playing female characters in games to compare the style of armor and outfits. Though now a days outfits are rather unisex with few exceptions, at least in games I play.

[@juggernaut6666]

Stellar Blade has some fantastic ass physics. The first time I did a ladder slide, my jaw dropped a bit.

[@timmy3822]

And so juggernauts next three hours of game time was climbing up and sliding back down that same ladder 😂.

[@thegreatgonzales6813]

I haven't enjoyed a video game ladder so much since MGS 3

[@weatherman1504]

@@thegreatgonzales6813 What a thrill...

[@jaydenjayden3778]

Never wanted a PS5 more in my life

[@seneca983]

But I think butts should be firmer than breasts so they shouldn't jiggle as much (but others might have a different preference).

[@evilmandrake]

It ain't complicated; no need to sugar coat anything- girls are pretty and nice to look at. If I'm looking at an ass for 50+ hours, I'd like it to look nice. (Written before he mentioned it) The clothing thing is 100% also true.

[@Exquisite_Ed1ts]

The hitbox one is also true for some games

[@wolfmanflame12]

Case and point: Bunny from "The First Descendant"

[@liilalemuri2329]

Thank you. My exact answer every time.

[@NothingXemnas]

To me it is more or less the same, but the pathway is different. In the 2000's, one of the first anime crushes was May from Pokemon, and Pokemon Ruby was the first game I ever played that allowed me to choose gender. I chose May. She NEVER looked attractive in that pixelated model, so "attraction" was not the matter directly. I played May because I liked to imagine her, my crush/waifu, being the hero I hoped her to be/become. But I played Pokemon for 10 years, always defaulting to Female, so I eventually started playing female characters our of tradition, and I still do. Not because they are attractive, not because their hitboxes are smaller. I play girls because I literally don't know why I would even play male in games that allow me to choose. Sure, I started off because of attraction, but my attraction was for the anime character, not the game one, so you can see the separation. Edit: attraction, however, TOTALLY plays a role in why I only use anime girls as profile pictures. I like to see my waifus whenever I talk on Discord or Facebook Messenger.

[@TheInsomniaddict]

@@NothingXemnas IIRC, creator of the Dreamfall/TLJ adventure games stated he made his protags female because they were easier to empathize with. Men generally are expected to act a certain way while women have more free reign, so he could be more emotional or exploratory without it coming off as weird or wrong. I do play both male and female characters similarly to you; not specifically crush/waifu but wanting to see what that character's story is going to be. True, in Pokemon I quite often play as the female character, although I have no real reason for it. There's no real choices in Pokemon (at least the older games) so it's not like I'm RPing their journey or something. I think originally I chose to go with female because the original games were male-only and I just kind of stuck with it.

[@jaryl13]

Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game ❎ Many Men Online Role Playing Girls ✅

[@minyaw1234]

I think he missed a point. Many men do not project themselves into the character they are playing - at least for me my character was never myself but a companion to me. So choosing a companion I obviously tend to want a girl and not a guy. A girl that is as much visually pleasing to me as possible.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

I think they may try to represent the energy they want to recieve. I do feel like it's a point. But also yeah maybe the idolized partner is a thing to consider too ^^ thanks for sharing

[@neetpride5919]

Ngl I def play more cautiously with a female character and I think that's partially due to my male instincts to not let women get hurt. It's really noticeable in roguelikes for some reason

[@phantomgaming9771]

Yep. That is the main reason for me. I hate self inserts idk why but they don't appeal to me, so whenever I choose a character in an mmo I always go with the female. Maybe I just want to view life from a female perspective out of curiosity or I watched too many cartoons with cool female characters, but it's just instinctual for me. Plus I mean.... they don't look half bad at all ;)

[@BurakkuHishou]

I definitely agree with this. When given customization options, I always design the ideal partner I would want. Very rarely have I ever acted as if I was the woman I was playing, but when I was playing a male character, I would try to be the best version of myself.

[@corbinkendall6330]

I do this too. You let me create a sexy light skinned dark elf with sparkly cute eyes i will.

[@szysi3k]

I usually make girl characters because I like how they look. I never ever in my life made a character that was "me" or the "me I wanted to be". I don't pay games to pretend that's me, I don't ever imagine myself in the book character's role, it's a foreign concept to me. I play, watch, read stories of someone else.

[@jt_manic]

same. im not looking to insert myself into the experience. im there to embody an entirely different existence

[@alter_ech0]

There are so many people i know who think that way too, playing MMOs to create the most idealized version of themselves they can. But i never enjoy games or MMOs for that reason. Im not self inserting anywhere, i just like experiencing characters separated from reality. It gets really bizarre for others though, ill never understand the need to ERP your avatar in FFXIV for instance like what happened to that unfortunate dude in the video.

[@legacymse7095]

I think that people who NEED to create an avatar as close as possible to them have serious empathy issues and are unable to connect with a character if it’s a different race or gender. But is it really playing as someone else when you actively control that character for hundreds of hours, choose dialogue and make decisions? Immersion by interaction is the whole point of video games as an art form, so in a sense it’s you but not you.

[@alter_ech0]

@legacymse7095 this still sounds like those people who play aspects of themselves in game, which is fundamentally different from how I play. I'm not looking to become a character either directly or indirectly. Immersion is higher for me when I feel less conscious about myself making decisions for the characters. Which is why old-school bioware games or dialogue tree MMO's to me can't stand up to a game like Baldurs gate III nowadays. BG3 has so many insane moments of spontaneity it feels like a lifelike world on its own. I did have that interest in exploring characters and feeling myself control their individuality back in the day though. Now I'm just more enjoying fleshed out separate characters or worlds themselves. And I haven't touched a recent MMO in half a decade too.

[@szysi3k]

@@alter_ech0 My problem with inserting oneself into a character, is that it's limited and limiting af. I very much prefer a strong story with a defined character that has/had a life before I got behind the wheel, than a noname with no personality and belifs of their own. Not a linear story, that's a different thing. I hate playing hollow shells, that are made this way precisely for some to insert their perspective into it.

[@juni5822]

Unrelated to video: I can't get over how good your model is. It's lovely

[@Rosiebellmoo]

Thank you 😊

[@Arasaka.Employee]

Yeah, Plus her accent is triggering my cute Aggression. x.x it fits 1 to 1 with everything!

[@burkhardt7694]

Funny story is that I was playing as girl character in wow and a girl playing as a guy was hitting on me because she thought I was a girl

[@Shykaze]

It happened every single week. I had to create a fake facebook account, MSN, and a blog to keep the thing real 🤣I never paid for a mount or components, everything was offered

[@techead23]

For me its as simple as "I'm going to look at the character for who so how many hours, so I'm going to go for the cute girl". Also the fact that they clothes/armor tend to be better. I'm playing monster hunter world right now, and the armor looks better on the girls

[@PSYPrimo]

And if you play a first person game??

[@techead23]

@@PSYPrimo Depends on the game. Like some games are first person, but you see your character in cut scenes. Like cyberpunk I chose the girl because I liked the VA

[@thegreatgonzales6813]

Personally speaking, y’all ladies get the best drip in RPGs. Plus dresses and skirts are so versatile compared to shorts

[@Alexgamerkid18]

as ruby from rwby would say "combat skirts have more mobility and breathability to keep you cool." or something like that been awhile since I watched it, but the one thing most dresses and skirts lack is the one thing most lady's want more of, Pockets

[@jason221145]

@@Alexgamerkid18 I present you with cargo skirts

[@devilslayer3548]

What being half nude

[@opuntia33]

@@devilslayer3548there’s plenty of clothing options in games, especially for female characters, and most of them cover most of the body. This idea that all video games make their female characters half naked at every turn is outdated and as archaic as boomers believing that video games cause violence. I always pick female characters and I always get to choose cool outfits that aren’t sex doll outfits. If you can’t find games that give you those kinds of options, that’s a self report.

[@hibouowll7468]

1. I don't want to look monster. 2. Star Wars: The Old Republic is the only game where I can truly play as a man because they don't look like the Hulk. 3. If I am going to have to watch an ass for thousands of hours... I want it to be pleasing. 4. Final Fantasy XIV man Dancer.

[@Kiwi-Araga]

SWTOR is the first MMO in which my main was a male character. Before it, I haven't made a character for the purpose of role playing, but to look good. In SWTOR I wanted to role-play a Sith Lord. I even made him older later on to make him look mare experienced and battle hardened.

[@messoremvitae]

Bun Boi Dancer?

[@ateddybear1392]

Ironically I almost only play female characters in SWTOR, aside from the Sith Warrior, I haaate the male voices on the other roles. Also I just like dark side girls lol

[@talishfire]

Yeah, SWTOR was one of the few games in which I played as a male mc

[@cattysplat]

Yep, most male characters in videogames are some absurd aesthetic ideal or power fantasy. The females atleast look somewhat normal sized.

[@talkingtakotaco8611]

1. More Attractive character usually 2. Better customization options 3. I like feeling like i have more social priviledges than i actually have.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

Many factors skew results. Like… Does having a beautiful detailed outfit make people more friendly because it triggers something psychological or is it just that expensive outfits signal wealth and vested interest in the game and imply being a valuable ally? Possibly both

[@falsnamae3511]

Well, it probably varies community to community. League of Legends right now has a fun little drama where people are mass banning Ahri specifically because of a $500 skin for the whaliest of whales, just to stop them from playing (and to protest the concept of a $500 skin). Obviously, someone dumping five hundred into League for one single skin showcases conspicuous spending to the extreme, wealth signalling, but it has the reverse effect there, they want nothing to do with the rich ones.

[@BurakkuHishou]

So glad I stopped playing league years ago. My main was Ahri, but I couldn't handle that toxic community any longer. But yeah, wonder why Ahri was my main *ponders*

[@JakeTheBeastDelta]

I know that there are stats that say 50% of gamers are women, but that includes mobile. Capcom did a bunch of polls recently and one of them was a stat of the gender ratio of players. That stat came out to be 82% male, 14% female, and 4% other so I think that on PC and consoles based on those statics it's probably closer to 15%-30% on those platforms.

[@arealtomg]

Someone argued this. What would men rather do: Play as a guy and stare at his butt the entire way through the game? Or play as a beautiful woman with characteristics befitting her and watching that throughout the 100+ hours of gameplay? Easiest choice for any man. Women also tend to have MANY more customization options than men do in games.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

I hadnt even thought of the second part till I watched the video

[@XHiddenXSniperX]

If you're looking at your character in say World of Warcraft in combat and you need to move because fire is bad but you're too busy looking at the cape you're wearing and not paying any actual attention.. On the cape note, capes exist in nearly every MMORPG, if there is no option to hide said cape what use is the excuse of "i'd rather look at an ass that looks good" when you can't logically see it. Plenty of arguments to be made when a pixelated body becomes the primary reason of playing a specific gender. I personally play male characters on the sole fact that I'd rather look badass and most armor in WoW especially for plate simply looks better on male characters. Leather/mail (more or less one in the same I guess) looks great on both genders and robes generally look more appealing on female bodies. Not to say that men can't wear robes and look good but generally speaking cloth armor in most mmorpgs generally look bad on men. The only reasoning I see that men play female characters in MMORPGs specifically is to get handed everything on a silver plater, basically using people for their own benefit. Which is inherently a toxic method of progressing.

[@StarboyXL9]

Why are you staring at the ass when there's a whole-ass gorgeous game world around you?

[@ArvelDreth]

I don't really stare at the ass of the character I'm playing as tbh. A lot of the time you can't really see it anyway.

[@JeppeBeier]

That logic fails when you consider the fact the ass of your character is not usually where the focus lies in a game. It's usually on everything else that's around the character.

[@Soulsnatcher89]

So for me playing as a female character is twofold. 1) Pretty girl is pretty, let me be pretty 2) I want to transition but being in the US, that's scary. So I live out that fantasy in games

[@Axxidous]

I was sorta joking in my head that so many people are sorta guided to the conclusion they might be trans that maybe it's a sign that most men have been subliminally misguided into identifying as a girl, and that's why so many guys play as girls in video games. lol I don't actually believe that to be the case, although many people are guided to that conclusion when they aren't actually trans, which is a shame because it only serves to hurt and confuse everyone. Which is gonna make the opposing sides have a much bigger conflict. Another reason I assume it's scary to transition in the US.

[@MisterAssasine]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@johnathanedwards9054]

So I don't usually play as a girl, that's my brother's department. So out of curiosity, I asked him why he plays female characters sometimes. His response was just as simple as "I got bored," which shouldn't have surprised me. Anything he has ever done was done was out of sheer boredom.

[@beefsupreme67]

he's lying

[@Recoil_V]

​@@beefsupreme67how's that?

[@beefsupreme67]

@@Recoil_V ive made thw got bored excuse for many things and not once have i ever been bored

[@GeneralRosity]

Youre not his brother 💀​@oJSimpsonReal

[@beefsupreme67]

@@GeneralRosity shush evil doer

[@TylerGonzalez-ru5iq]

I like his last take. Carl Jung has this theory of the Animus and Anima, that we all have masculine and feminine traits within us and that they need to be expressed in a healthy way or they may come out in unhealthy ways. I'm buff, bald, was a machine gunner in the army, farmhand, now a welder/shipbuilder. My friends call me the badass of the group. Sometimes I just want to come home and be an uwu ninja catgirl in FF14 as a way to express that feminine side of me that otherwise doesn't get the chance in the rest of my life.

[@rinshotin2521]

That's so freaking cute, I also love being an uwu kitty or dwagon girl myself!

[@Gillian_FFXIV]

This is so fucking true and it's exactly what I do too, hence my pfp and name on here 💀

[@LivingChad]

lmao

[@Tihamatt]

NO FUCKING SHAME BROTHER, honestly we men just like cute things, that's just how it is.

[@abbynormalz]

In wow i had like 10+ max level alts. Only like 3 were ,ale and two of those were skeletons.

[@Lifeslikephotography]

I personally don’t insert myself into games. There are classes and archetypes I like to play and choose gender based on which one feels right for how I imagined a character. Like I create a little backstory and pick whatever enables it.

[@metalwork8159]

When games have customization, some people have the mindset that you're supposed to be creating an "avatar" that represents you. For a lot of us though, we're trying to make an interesting "character" for the game's world and sometimes that character is the other gender.

[@apache8795]

Are there romance options? I'm playing as a dude Are there not romance option? I'm becoming the waifu

[@CyberMonkey03]

100%

[@NoobsofFredo]

Yeah, pretty much this. Unless it's one of those games where you can romance anyone as anyone. Then it's a tossup.

[@baeber]

I like sesbian lex so I would still play as a woman even with romance options

[@GrimTzu]

To be a real man, sometimes you will have to become best girl. -Nikola Tesla

[@JayTohab]

Funny thing is, when I play as a girl I don't really think of it as roleplaying- it's basically a partnership between me and the character

[@armoredsquirrel946]

I'm actually surprised how many people roll play by default, I always pick up the characters as a partner on the adventure, someone to care about, not as my self insertion, I even think that's kinda dumb lol

[@CmdCodd]

At first in "code vein" I just wanted to play, as beautiful woman but over the years... She became my alter ego and now I think of my character more as my daughter, that no man is good enough for 😂

[@Majima_Nowhere]

Someone else who made an older lady character in Code Vein? Holy cultured

[@darcidious99]

I can answer from my own perspective: When I make a character, I want that character to generally be as different from me as possible so I can "roleplay" and get invested more. So I always pick ones that are as far away from "big and tall human male" as possible. In skyrim Im always playing as female khajit, maybe an argonian, but never one of the human races. The only time I make an exception is if the female voice is annoying in a game cause I suck and get hit a lot, so like in legends arceus I always go with the male character instead. Also, and this is a big one, female armor/customization is almost always better too.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

Ohh hadnt thought about the dissociation being more effective . Thas interesting too ^^ thanks for sharing

[@DemiCape]

My reason is because I am basically creating an oc character and sometimes they are female. For example in star wars old republic mmo I basically wanted to make a dominant tall sith lord woman called darth killra. While the story is still set in place, I basically added lore for the character, that she was a slave”true to sith sorcerer so nothing new” and she doesn’t like killing people and innocent people, so she has a kind heart, but the more she kills the more powerful she gets, so to escape the toxic society of the sith empire because she hates it so much, she has to kill as many people as possible, because when she does, she hates herself more and becomes more powerful so she can take down powerful foes. In conclucion the more she hates the things around her and herself, she gets stronger and while doing so earned her the name ”Darth Killra”. Yeah it is really just fan fiction lmao.

[@MarcLucksch]

Similar reason for me, and not just in video games, also in Tabletop games. I pretend to be a normal male most of my life already, let me be someone different for my role playing game. Also cool female character art is just easier to find.

[@mycroft16]

There is absolutely the fantasy escapism element for me too. I don't want to play as me. I am me. I play to escape.

[@breakerboy365]

I am an exception to both categories. I love creating the most ridiculous, unsightly, and cursed abomination of an avatar possible.

[@Dani_RdM]

I've never played MMO's or any other kind of multiplayer RPG and I used to play a lot of shooters back in the day. My first RPG was Skyrim and it got me interested into making female characters, I always gravitated towards pretty yet badass-looking characters and that's how it's been up to today.

[@norsehawk]

I always played Argonians in elder scrolls games... ended up becoming a furry when Covid hit.

[@fallentitan9286]

For me if its a MMOG type of game, I usually create my female character the type of woman I would be down bad for, and in all they look the same, the short hair, tall, tomboyish, tanned woman with scars on her body (some games allow you to add scars like Cyberpunk)

[@patrickoakley]

Honestly I like to go back and forth between male and female characters for different playthroughs when given the option to choose.

[@JeppeBeier]

I used to always play characters that resembled myself, but in later years I've started picking more female characters. It's not based on attraction since I'm usually not attracted to game characters. I think it's probably more based in escapism.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

It's interesting how many different responses there are ^^

[@azure928]

aight hear me out. I like girls.

[@benjamintan6750]

I like girls ~ by jo cat

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

1. Most male characters have poor options and customization (one body type, sliders that don't do anything, no decent hair); 2. Most customization is geared toward "dress-up", something I find better fit for a female body type. "Modest", "practical" and "smart" attire is extremely rare and often overdone to the point of ridiculousness which defeats the point of seeking these male styles of clothing; 3. I don't tend to do self-inserts, specially if I can't create a character that is like me in appearence (the greatest majority of the time) and the characters I control are shown to display a personality of their own. That's like half-assing; 4. And yes, I'm a guy who likes girls. If I'm going to see my character model most of the time like in a third-person game, I will gravitate toward the bodytype I like looking at if all else fails. I think that in the end, it's probably better for the game that their character creators are more gared toward "creating a waifu" rather than "making your own insert". Sure I'd love to have both and I always find it disappointing when the male character creation seemingly exists as more of an afterthought, but when it comes down to time management I suppose the former does generate the most income for the effort.

[@De1tAStreaM]

I play both as female and male depending on the game and build I'm doing. For example I usually play a female avatar for assassin, rouge, ninja, and Holy or healing builds. Male for warrior, paladin, and barbarian. It has more do to with does your build justify the setting of the game and makes sense.

[@kouko6727]

For me, I like cute, usually girl avatars are cute. But also in a deeper level the way I see my self when playing is someone who plays with the character. I'm there to guide them on their journey and I've always had an easier time doing that with female character even the ones I make. I do play a good amount of male ones to depending on the game.

[@doden1048]

I like looking and listening to the voices of women. It’s pretty simple. It’s kinda like the whole why do guys like lesbians, well what’s better than one thing you like? Two things you like.

[@EvolvedWizard]

In the old days, before everything had voice chat, playing as female characters always got you free gear, money, and extra helpful players explaining the game mechanics like I was five!

[@alejohp8725]

Two reasons: 1) I prefer staring at hot women. 2) The character’s role matters. Mages and assassins are women, warriors and knights are men. This makes sense in my head.

[@angel__king]

You clearly haven’t experienced the wonder of the buff female paladin mommy

[@alejohp8725]

@@angel__king I have not. But I decided to play Elden Ring again from scratch with the dry leaf arts, and I’m using a buff, fist-fighting, martial artist gal. This may not be so bad after all lol

[@ImTheMangaReader]

​@@alejohp8725you have awakened😂😂

[@CyberMonkey03]

Assassins are male goblins

[@TheAzureGhost]

@@CyberMonkey03 Styx? (game where you play a goblin assassin)

[@dailydoseofadorableanimals3081]

In rpgs I play as guys because it makes the character more real to me. I tend to use girl skins in competitive games. Just feels more smooth can’t really explain it

[@MonsterGaming-rh7sb]

As a guy who is currently play 'The first descendant' I agree that having something nice to look at goes a long way... Its half the reason Stellar Blade was so popular. And as someone pointed out, (regarding the first descendant) "Ultimate Bunny's assets will guarantee the games financial success..." Im paraphrasing because youtube will delete the comment if I use the direct quote. (Just remove 3 letters from one word of the quote that starts with a) ^,.,^

[@jeffe6928]

Hell not just hers lol...

[@MonsterGaming-rh7sb]

@@jeffe6928 well, yeah. Not only hers, but hers is the nicest imo.

[@soursnarl]

This editor is dedicated to the task let me just say. He knew the assignment and delivered above and beyond.

[@randommaster06]

Coming from Monster Hunter, most of the male armor is mostly variations of traditional, bulky armor. The female armor is much more creative and varied. You can get a girl to look like Kratos, but you can't get a guy to look like 2B.

[@alexisrivera200xable]

I play both characters if it's a single player game, that said I wouldn't play a girl character online. The prospect of being talked to because they think I'm a woman terrifies me.

[@TakahiroShinsaku]

Yea, you got a point, and its also honesty i guess. Thus i am playing online as wise old man.(only Last Epoch i choose acolyte, because genderlocked class... but play it solo) I just wonder if there is a correlation between choosing own gender and how much they spend on F2P games.🤔 I can honesty tell i never payd for these, ever.

[@Majima_Nowhere]

My FFXIV character is a female. The story in 14 is so good that I became super attached to this character. In the true spirit of an RPG, it's not just "what would I say in this situation" anymore, it's "what would _she_ say." And I never put her in skimpy outfits, because it feels the same type of weird as seeing my sister in a bikini. Not sure I'd care about this game as much if I was just playing as Meathunk McAxemuscles. The occasional compliments on my glam is also a decent ego booster 😅

[@flamerollerx01]

I normally play the female character for all these same reasons, but when I find a game with a male character that has good skins, I'll play the shit out of them. Like Leon in Resident Evil 4 remake. His villain skin is BADASS! So is the bone mask, which pairs quite well with the villain skin.

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

I've been playing mmo's since the birth of the damn internet. Within the first 6 months of getting into Sierra's The Realm, it was perfectly clear to me how much nicer people were likely to treat you if you appeared to be and acted like a cute bubbly girl. If you were the kind of person who was already having difficulties making social life work IRL, it was a no brainer whether you wanted to be lonely online too... if you didn't have to be!!

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

I just want to add, it's 7/9/2024 and I'm watching a cute girl vtuber cry on livestream while people lovebomb her with $100 superchats, just for the sake of watching her cry with happiness. As far as I can tell, all she's got is playing video games and being cute and bubbly. No shade, she's positively adorable... but there's no way on earth I could ever get that.

[@TheInsomniaddict]

I started playing female characters on an MMO I like simply because I hated how the male character's butt looked. It just throws me off so much that I find it distracting. I've definitely found that people are a lot more helpful to you if you're pretending to be a girl. In my case I generally found it somewhat annoying since I prefer to me off on my own most of the time.

[@SESauvie]

I just turned out to be trans so that could explain it for me, to some degree. Though I am willing to wager that a lot of people out there play a girls because media isn't great at providing us with badass or heroic women that aren't written like garbage. So taking control in a game where you can make a girl the coolest girl ever is very satisfying.

[@pineapple-rr5hl]

Hes not an anime girl hes clearly an octopus

[@The_Sad_Sausage]

men have treated me bad all my life while girls have been mostly nice to me so i would rather play someone i can connect to more and that brings me more happiness playing.

[@TenkoBerry]

The Choices : Smaller Hitboxes, Cuteness/Girl, Them Being Trans - These are The 3 Reasons to pick one

[@paolino4141]

There is three reasons to play female characters as a man: 1-The meta 2-Wants to be fabulous 3-Neuron activation

[@noihara3]

That's something I've always wanted to understand about myself tbh. None of the excuses apply to me (hitbox, sociability, gifts, etc), but something that I think I'm different than most of people is because I ALWAYS talk about my characters in the 3rd person. They are never me, theyre more like someone I'm guiding/helping? Tbf I really don't understand this part entirely

[@selenastar]

I picked the female character because i was closeted transfem and wanted to be perceived as female in some form.

[@natsuki8821]

Same bestie same 😅

[@rohuffgamingakaLea1576]

Same lol I was looking for this comment

[@nimlouth]

Also same here! I think a lot of "guys" actually would like to express in a more genderfuild way but society makes everyting essentialist and binary. Videogames break those norms a lot.

[@kenji214245]

When i was studying for game dev we had to gather some studies on this stuff. Two studies got the result that men are less limited in who they can relate to as a character in games based on the Sex/Gender than women and the data suggested them being less picky and more about fun of just doing it. "aka sexy lady" reaction was not a majority answer though it was still pretty high up there. Also the studies if i remember correctly mainly looked at single-player games with actual characters with their own personality.

[@hollowriller]

When i have the option to make my own i most often make a older gruff dandy, with a eyepatch. Just find that cool and how i would like to look one day. Making it female and sexy would be a potential distraction lowering efficiency and that won't do.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

Ahh interesting 🤔

[@davidpotts7116]

Funny that he mentions Black Desert Online because despite being a Korean, gender-locked MMO, they have consistently released really good looking clothing for both the male and female classes. The art department takes their time releasing new outfits to make sure that they look very pleasing for every class, and even if you don't like a specific color style you can easily dye the outfit to your liking. It's a step beyond to actually give the players control in what their outfit looks like beyond a few toggles to remove the helmet or cape, and I think that's why BDO's outfits are very well-received in general.

[@bregoelly9201]

as a female trans person, who has lived their life for 28 years as a male, and about 5 years as a female now, i have always chosen female characters. better overall looks, its more pleasing for me to hear a female voice than a usually deep male voice. male characters usually are not surreal, overly bulky, overly bodybuilder type.. how many guys do you see in life being a massive block of muscle able to lift cars as if its nothing... its just not real.. not everyone is a swartzeneiger... clothing options are usually way more advanced on the female side aswell. i am a person who likes long hair, you almost never see guys with long hair in videogames, most stereotype is spikey short hair.. and ive learned, because i have made male characters because of lore and overal fantasy better fitting reasons, that people are more willing to be friendly and sympathise more when you play as a female. now when i transitioned, and i say fully transitioned ( nobody would ever guess i was born male anymore, i mean nobody..) life has shown me that people are like that irl aswell. people talk more, people treat you more kindly, just because im a woman. as a male i was often just ignored, even when struggling somewhere, i would be left for my own's help. as a woman i constantly get helped to reach something, or when people see im not comfortable, people aproach me and ask if everything is okay... its the same thing. irl is resembled in videogames, because it gives the same vibe to it. ( and then theres the whole sexualisation part ofc).

[@xinlou6707]

Youre just a Man in a dress pretending to be a woman

[@GrimTzu]

In fictional stories, women are usually depicted as nimble and lightweighted character types. If I'm playing an MMO I have to role play to get out of the mundanity of my life, so I usually pick magic/speed oriented classes, that's also one of my motives.

[@appletherapy]

Both men and women find women highly appealing. Never seen a woman make a male vtube avatar

[@Shft-T4b]

For me its literally: "If I'm creating or choosing a character that I'll be seeing in story cutscenes, and in gameplay, then I want them to look pretty/cute/hot." So 99% of the time that means I'm picking the girl character.

[@unknown20005]

why not it’s nice to have something cute to look at while playing games

[@Dash-The-Hedgehog]

In a few games I played, I played the female characters that look sweet and motherly, but she's got a sleeper build going on, so she's super strong. Playing male characters, I go for either a gentle giant or a ranged supportive gentleman. It all depends on playstyle, narrative, and aesthetics for me.

[@nomisspell]

Theres quite a few eggs here, i think. Then again, im bad at picking them out.

[@Kelven486]

One thing that wasn't mentioned that I've thought of after asking myself why I personally tend to play female characters in story-based games is the self-insertion (no pun intended) aspect. What I mean is, when I play a game that is heavily story focused, I tend to pick female characters if possible. But when I play first/third person shooter games, or survival games (games that don't have a deep story) I play male characters. When I've picked female characters for the non-story games in the past, I always felt weirded out playing as a female character. It didn't feel right. But when I play story-focused games, it felt better then playing as a male. I think this comes down to the fact that when I play a story-focused game, I don't want to self-insert myself as the character because, a lot of times, that character will react to events in the story that I personally wouldn't emulate, so it would take me out of the story if I self-inserted and then the character does something I disagree with. Playing as a female character, I don't self-insert, so when a story beat happens that I personally wouldn't have done, then I'm fine with it because it's not me, it's my female character, who is a separate entity in my mind. Or perhaps I'm reading into this too much and I just like looking at a nice backside ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@vareckthehistoricaldemon196]

For me it started because hey I like looking at girls and then it kinda changed into a form of self expression that I'm only now just starting to embrace

[@Kaltsit-]

Me being a femboy

[@vareckthehistoricaldemon196]

@Kaltsit- with me it might be beyond being a femboy but I'm still figuring things out so idk yet

[@Kaltsit-]

@@vareckthehistoricaldemon196 oh well, good for you. Hope it goes well.

[@vareckthehistoricaldemon196]

@@Kaltsit- I hope things go well for you too

[@lilman227]

Every once and awhile when I’m distracted by the character mode, I like seeing something nice

[@doodlesquatch277]

MMORPG many men online role play girls

[@JS-kr8fs]

Some of the richest dudes on any realm are catgirls in the 'service industry'.

[@FireLock49YT]

I used to play female characters more often when I was younger, and I still kind of do sometimes, but the older I get I just go with the male option because it feels more immersive to me. It's harder to see myself in that world if I'm controlling a female character. Yeah, a female character is more pleasing to look at, but I also think it changes the way I make decisions in a virtual world because I like to reflect the decisions *I* would make if I were actually in that world, especially if I am playing an MMO, and playing as a female character I would more think about what this fictional character would do instead of what *I* would do.

[@kelvu8379]

Me playing games as women Characters and avoiding male characters only to realize im trans years later 👍

[@Talevar]

We really talking about jiggle physics rn🤣 valid point about the back tho

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

There is also a male fantasy of turning into a girl and getting with other girls and since you cannot become a girl in real life, the next best thing is to play a female character or watch anime like "Girl meets Girl" and the like. Also, Do I want to be [Buff = Male] [Cute = Female]. How I choose whether I play male or female. If there is no Cute option then it's always male, think The Horde from WoW before Blood Elves.

[@Anat0nyy]

Some people put them selfs in the game, in the Armor of that character. I just like looking at attractive or cute characters while I slash through waves of enemies.

[@Jagatrip1]

"They in for the long haul~ and a lot of amount of dedication we can get to tho the pretty armor, if we just try harder!" hit way too close to home. Laughed with my soul. XD

[@salvadorl5571]

I remember when I used to play Ragnarok Online, I chose gender depending on wich job sprite i liked more. But, something very interesting was that while leading a party, members were more obedient whenever i was using female chars.

[@forastero54321]

The funny thing is that it’s actually the opposite for me since I want to play as female characters, or sometimes have a female avatar in my psn account, but don’t want to be confused for a girl so I just don’t often use them. Sometimes female characters are just more aesthetically pleasing with color schemes that just pop out and eccentric beauty through their clothing. Plus it’s always nice to try something new to shake things up a bit from the norm.

[@Slimurgical]

I've asked in the past what they've think about a guy pretending to a girl vtuber (in relation to possibly doing it myself) one of the most common phrases I got saying something to the effect of (and sometimes verbatim worded as) "Sometimes it takes a man to be best girl" and its something I can't exactly disagree with, and it's very occasionally a thought in my mind that pops up every once in a while. I also think I gravitate towards female characters because generally speaking my fashion desires for male characters massively differ from that of female characters. With male characters I want to be less like Superman in bodytype and more like The Flash while the outfit might be more of a mix of a hooded urban suit/robed, with female characters varying in bodytype, but always usually being in big-ass armor, similar to the urban suit look (just with long hair drooping out of the hood) or something like thick pants and gym shirt with some sneakers and fingerless gloves. It's partly why I don't get into MMOs much while I fuck with any souls game, there's so many good armor combos to look like a total badass as any gender.

[@Rosiebellmoo]

Theres plenty of guys who use girl vtuber avatars ! And say openly they are men. I think its just fine! Vtubing let's you be whatever you want to and be creative ! You can be a cat dragon hamster 🐹 don't let anyone stop you ^^

[@BeastGuyver]

As a guy, when I play the big burly type, I generally aim for the "gentle giant" kinda meme, IRL I'm a big boy 6'3" broad shoulders deep chest overly thick in the middle. I have to minimize my size and soften my voice to not intimidate everyone i meet so the whole big scowling grumpy angry guy never appealed to me.

[@baeber]

bro I admire you, you're awesome. the gentle giant people are a rare type of people I dont see anymore this takes me back to old times

[@omar_1502]

It makes sense. And if you think about it, you never even think about girls but only when you grow up and it's normal in the human's body to get these feelings

[@calebsteiner7820]

honestly it doesn’t matter to me, whichever character is a better option. when you choose the gender of your character with no repercussions i typically choose a mix of male and female characters

[@MlkXiu]

One reason not mentioned is voicelines. If I'm gonna hear a character read dialogue or make fighting sounds, typically the female voice is preferred

[@ShaimingLong]

This is a fascinating topic for me as a male asexual. I can look back to when I started picking female characters and see that there was usually a gameplay reason, or go even further back to how some female characters in RPGs were standout favourites for either their gameplay elements or what they represented, but none of it feels like enough to explain why female is my default and now there has to be something standout unique about a male character for me to pick them. A good example of how this is muddy for me would be Tales of Symphonia, my favourite character is Sheena, I like her personality, how her personal story goes and she's the only party member that can summon, however even being able to freely pick who to play as, I typically just stick with Lloyd because he's fun and reliable to use in combat. I believe Phantasy Star 1 planted the idea of preferring playing as a female lead, Alissa starting out as a fairly nobody girl next door type and the opening quest being to find two experienced heroes to help you, and it was Phantasy Star Online that kicked me on the female default path, I started as a male fighter type but ended up making a female alt to try get specific rare drops and just ended up preferring the attack animations (which were slightly gameplay changing).

[@captainphoton1693]

Funny thing about everything in fiction. Men have more body options. Women have more clothing options. Tell me the last time you've seen a girl that wasn't hourglass shaped, or tall a slightly muscular, or thick? And then tell me the last time you've seen a man wearing something else than regular peasant clothes, military uniform (depend on setting), t shirt and Jean, suit. If I ask you the 2 question in reverse you sudently have way more answer right?

[@user-xh8uo8xd9l]

After 7 minutes and 12 seconds of in-depth reasoning I still have no clue why men prefer woman avatars over male as I have never once seen the appeal.

[@temptempy1360]

@10:05 .. yes, exactly. Guy characters always look either like skinny noodles stretches or macho super commandos and feel very boring. With a female character we feel more expressive, more fun, more mulan. We can be more cute or funny, do more stuff that we feel is sassy, seductive, or even flirty, that the guy character lets us do. We can even behave in ways that are fun or bold with girl characters that would get us arrested or fired (eg butt bumping other characters) in real guy life. If we wanted to play as tough stoic responsible for everything problem fix-it male role characters we'd just go bulk/stretch at the gym and work extra shifts. Sure, playing girl characters gets us hate from girlfriends and wives, but often they hate games and won't play anyway, often will ignore us when gaming - and generally IRL girls have more boring hang-ups and aren't as cute, fun, sassy, seductive, or flirty as guys in game, so we can have the fun that we wish girls would give us and not have to worry about crap real girls through...or give out... [i.e. basically same reason girls play as girl characters, less "the representation"]

[@Akirakun7593]

I have 10 hours of black desert, 9 hours is me creating my female character

[@PatrickRatman]

can confirm i pick female characters usually cause i like the drip more with a side of wanting just a nice character to look at. Cant say what id choose in MMOs as i have not played an MMO since i was a teenager.

[@buildingwithbrock291]

As a guy, I play as male characters for tactical shooters like ready or not and MMO’s like GTA online, but in other games I play female characters since I honestly feel more nimble and in some cases that is actually true like for example valorant with characters like neon, raze, and Jett

[@vikinggamer690]

Another factor to consider is how readily a person directly identifies with their avatar. Some people see the character more as a projection of themselves into the game space. So they might create a character that looks like themselves or is an idealized form of themselves or even is nothing like themselves but is what they would like to be which might lead to the gender bending. But people who think this way often don't realize that not everyone things this way. Many people will create a character that they see as an independent character. much like an author might create many characters in their story. Or how a GM might create many characters for this week's role playing game. The character doesn't need to secretly be you. All this to say that how you perceive your character can greatly effect what you choose to play as.

[@Draegon_Jiao]

Girls fashion also irl is very diverse Guys' fashion is down to strips, plain, Jean, poka dots, criss cross lines and suits

[@TheAyanamiRei]

ALSO: Let's not forget it's more socially acceptable in more subcultures for women to explore their Masculinity, than for men to explore their Feminity. This is something not talked about enough in discussions like this.

[@peteramaranth85]

i play a lass in every game that lets me because 1, i want to be one (love role playing) 2, the view is beautiful 3, some games there more agile 4, outfits are so damn beautifull 5, i get attched to my own charicter specially if i created her properly

[@TenshiKisai]

I find there's three answers I frequently hear: 1) Mechanically better (eg female characters are faster or harder to hit) 2) Men just like to look at women (and have more clothing options) 3) That's not a man playing a woman (TG/NB) Women spend a lot of time customizing their character they play a game with, and are often disappointed with the options. The gender-locked classes stuff is often a reason to actually quit a game once you've done all you can with the character you like.

[@rinshotin2521]

The 'Proteus effect', huh? I've always wondered why I like being cute when I'm a kitty or au'ra on FF14, good to knowwwww!~

[@CourtDuellist]

I always play as male if possible because I’m on the immersion mode when playing games. I want to feel like I’m part of the world and all that, with my character having at least a few of my primary physical traits, like height and build. If I ever played as a girl, it was literally just to check that booty lol I can also confirm that at least in ESO, which is the MMO I’ve played the most, I have never been approached out of nowhere by other players. I have played it for years at this point, and that’s literally why I have no friends in the game, that and I also don’t like joining random guilds. I’m a solo player for the most part.

[@VinlandicSoul]

I Play Final Fantasy 14 and j made a female Roegadyn character as a joke. Fast forward and I can’t believe how much I enjoy collecting dresses for her ._. She’s also a muscle mommy and that’s awesome