People are always quick to go "but there's so many games out there today where you can play as a female."
That may be true on a certain level, but many games - (even my favorites can have something sexist about them in one way or another) - are , (again...just IMO)
well...sexist towards girls. (and sorry yes I'm gonna whine about sexism when it comes to girls......I don't complain much about any sexism in games towards guys - although I think I have stood up for guys before and would stand up for them - but sorry as a female gamer of course I'm going to be more focused on "is this offensive to me as a female? It this what counts as offensive to girl gamers like me?" or whatever...know what I mean? Sorry guys.)
I know it's not always a guy's fault but there's still more male creators out there or at least they have more of their stuff out than female creators.
(or so it seems) and it seems most of them give little to no thought about what kind of impact their games will have on females or how a female will feel about it.
I think that even if a guy is expecting most people playing his games to be male, he should give just as much thought - (if not more) to how females will take it.
Especially if he doesn't even give them the option of playing as a female.
And if one does include the choice to play as a female, the female should get pants as part of their default outfit too. Especially in mmorpgs. Let the dresses and skirts be optional, not mandatory! Shorts and pants = default / mandatory for both genders...Please.
And please give female players more variety / choice of clothing style...some girls like to be covered up more...some girls like to be "cutesy" style, and some girls get a kick out of wearing as little clothing as possible
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On the flipside, if I choose to play as a guy, I like it when something allows me to "girly up" my guy. Give him long hair, put him in a dress or shirt and skirt outfit.
Put lipstick and nail polish on him. Depending on the guy, I'm going to want to play with him that way sometimes. And sometimes I enjoy him in "regular guy" clothes.
It's just not a personal hatred against them, but colors like Pink and White are usually painful to/on the (or at least mine) eyes
Pink shouldn't automagically / automatically = girl!
One should not assume that all females everywhere of any age LOOOOVE Pink. Because, no. Not all of us do.
Sticking a bow on a character or having them covered from head to toe in Pink as a way to emphasize "omg character is either female or pretending to be one!" enrages me too
Female characters as "unwanted" sidekicks = rage mode
Strong female characters , female characters as one of the main characters and "respected and/or beloved among the male characters" female character = awesome and I love you
It's sad that some supposedly "female" gamers will be a huge witch about other female gamers, like if you don't play Halo and such you're "not a real gamer" ? What a load of crap. And so what if I let people know I'm a female gamer? BS that I'm just attention seeking. There's nothing wrong with letting people know you're a female and guess what, you happen to love/play games.
Some women like to make a big deal about "too sexy" female characters. Since I'm bi I rarely complain about that sort of thing. Sometimes it annoys me too though.
But I love the "sexy" game characters...male or female.
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I'm sure there's more I could be ranting about but I'm done for now.
Agree? Great! Disgree? Fine, let's agree to disagree. Hah.
BTW these are feelings I've had for a long time as a self-confessed "gamer who just happens to be female at the same time" and I've complained before in different places a couple of times about stuff like this....