FFXV's all male main characters

FFXV is going to be the best game ever and I feel that the big reason for this is the all male cast. It's by far the feature that gets me the most hyped.

Can't wait for FFXV: Bros before Hoes.

 

Here's the thing
AC games tend to have a LOT of research put into them
if there was a historically significant female in any way, they're probably in the game

 

~there are more than two genders~

 

Forgive me. You used the word gender in terms of biological sexes, so I simply did the same. There are in fact, only two biological human sexes without regard to self identification or social construction.

 

I can't wait for the swimsuit edition.

 

Isn't there a female playable character now? I haven't been following the series at all, but last I saw, someone posted a picture on Tumbler that had Arno and a woman with weaponry.

 

Yup, Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation had a (black!) woman as the protag. It was a Vita game but I think they released it on all consoles eventually. I've heard middling things about it, review-wise, but I've also read some shady things about the marketing (around when the whole Unity thing was happening). If you really want I can try to find the post about it on tumblr.

 

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I think he was talking about Elise from Asscreed: Unity.

 

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Let's all remember that we're all humans and we can all relate to each other regardless of gender if we just open our minds and your hearts. Next you silly kids will be saying you don't want to play your vidya because the playable characters don't contain the same level of melanin content in their skin.

 

San Andreas 4 life.

 

Same. Those better be Brazilian quality bikinis.

 

I've always subscribed to the belief that I don't need to have the same genitalia as my character to connect to them. For instance, the new Lara Croft and Samus. I also really like Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII because she's a socially strong character.

But ya know what, fuck me. I better check my privilege.

 

it's really not hard to enjoy something with a protagonist that isn't just like you, dontcha know

 

ff is lame

#shotsfired

 

To expand on this:

It depends on your language of choice. Many languages (English, Latin, Spanish Spanish, French, and a whole slew of others) have three (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter), Modern Dutch technically has the same three but only has two that are used often (Common, which borrows the masculine pronouns from Classical Dutch and is used for people and animals, and Neuter). Most Equatorial African languages share a total of 16 genders, though their numerous individual gendering systems are quite different and usually don't use all 16.

Gender as a societal construct evolved from that through a need to protect what was once the weaker and more important of the two sexes (females). Roles were created for males and females to conform to in such a way that females would be cast in the less potentially lethal ones and humanity survived long enough to develop so that females no longer need to be protected, rendering gender roles useless and on the slow but steady path to ending for good. Real feminism isn't a movement. It's merely a natural phenomenon caused by the end of humanity's weakness as a species. Real feminists aren't activists, but rather people whose instincts are ever so slightly ahead of the curve.

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How is that? Everything character that I've ever enjoyed has been a white straight cismale with professionally diagnosed Aspergers who was bullied in high school and occasionally has brief flashes of violent and psychotic thoughts. You know the kind. Like when you're standing in a crowded hallway and for a second you think, "I could easily break that fire extinguisher out of its box and bludgeon like five of these people to death before anyone could stop me." Or maybe you're holding a baby chicken and all you can think is, "Wow, it would be so easy to just snap that little guy's neck in two and kill him instantly." Or you're in high school being harassed by a bully and instead of standing up for yourself all you can do is stand there thinking, "Nobody here actually likes you. You are going to be the biggest failure in our class. One of these days I'll kill you at a reunion in front of everybody and all they'll do is help me pin it on someone else."

These are all actual things that I have thought and sometimes it really scares me.

 

I connect more to female characters and I am a dude so I feel this

 

Do you think it's because a lot of video game male characters aren't written like actual humans?