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Why so many men like to play with a female character? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by Ironfist@sh.itjust.works to c/cyberpunk2077@lemmy.world
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I'm not judging, I'm genuinely curious. The reason why I'm asking is because in this sort of games I like to make the character resemble me as much as possible in every aspect, so I'm just curious to know what is the motivation behind men that decide to play as a female character.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 19 points 6 months ago

There are a few reasons, but please note that this list is by no means exclusive to Cyberpunk 2077....

Games are about escaping reality, as a man I can tell you that in my experience, men are often locked down into a generic "man" mold that is never broken in real life. Gaming gives us a way to pretend to be someone else completely.

Female characters in games tend to be funnier to play as, they often has better dialog and more customization options.

Finally, one of the biggest reason men play as female characters in games is simply because it is better to have pretty female character to look at when gaming rather than a generic boring male character, this obviously includes boobs.