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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I think it was Jack on Roster Teeth that said it best...

Everyone made their online character for GTAOnline as basically themselves, except Jack, he made a female character. They all start ripping on him and he hits them with "if I'm gonna be staring at an ass for the next 500 hours, i want it to be a girl's ass." I think Gavin even asked if it was too late to switch.

ETA: girls run faster in GTA, so it's the better choice by any metric.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Idk, my friend also said he played Cassandra in AC Odyssey because he'd rather stare at a girl's ass than a guy's ass for 50+ hours, but now she flies the ol' blue-pink-white-pink-blue in her living room so idk what to think.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Ya friend got gripped by that "want them -> want to be them" pipeline

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I choose female characters in games all the time, and this is one of the reasons for sure.

Not online games where you create your avatar though...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I've seen it said that people create three types of characters in online character creation: first is just themselves. We've all done it. Second is a celebrity or character from an IP. Think of all the Shreks, Peter Griffins and Samuel Jackson's that were being shared when baldurs gate 3 came out. Third is an unholy monstrosity that's just every slider at the extremes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

While I've definitely done #3, my go-to is usually creating a character for a sort of half-hearted roleplay of an OC. They usually don't look like me, but they're always a beautiful woman.

I really enjoy doing it as a creative outlet. I've made quite a few "characters" that I don't even have save files for yet. When I start a game that has a complex character creator, I usually spend like 30 minutes in it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, I've been the third for many years. I'll be damned if I don't take off my helmet in any soulsborne-ring game and my nose doesn't like like a fucking battleaxe.

Speaking of which, Capcoms new character creator is pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Third is an unholy monstrosity that’s just every slider at the extremes

This is what I generally do these days. I mentioned it in another comment, but I love hitting random over and over in a From Software game character creator to get the most hideous creations imaginable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a nearly decades long veteran of Ark, I'm beyond familiar with characters that look like an amalgamation of Jabba the Hutt and a russet potato.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ahhh, Ark. I didn't really enjoy the grind, but good god - every dev should take notes from that fucking character creator.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ark is a masterclass on how to make a video game that's actively hostile towards its user base.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You're forgetting the one they are sexually attracted to

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I play whichever gender has the best looking armour when it comes to custom characters.

I'm not sure people's arguments about story characters. I don't put down a book because a chapter is about a female character