Does no one play male v?

[Licoix]

All the promotional stuff, even the phantom liberty ending shows female V, and most videos i've seen of people playing have picked female V, is male V just not popular, is it the voice acting?

[Northwold]

Prefer male V's performance. I just find it more sensitive and lost and searching, and appropriate for his predicament. I find female V at times unaccountably aggressive to my take on the character -- it feels, to me, a bit reductive and sometimes plain weird (like, why is she so angry and reactionary in the shortest ending; it's not an emotion that convinces me in that moment). (Both of them are pretty great though.) But it's a matter of personal taste. I think a lot of people have a preference for playing a particular gender of character, too. In terms of marketing the entire build up to launch used male V so, if anything, female V has been used less.

[Shadow]

Male isn't canon that's why

[Psyringe]

Publicado originalmente por Titus:

If you're a dude surely you'd wanna play as a dude, you know as it represents what you are.

When I'm playing a game, my character is a _lot_ of things that I'm not. They might be effective killing machines, for example, which I'm not (and certainly don't want to be in real life). Or they might be astronauts, which I'm neither. Or they might have a different body build, or a different hair color, or a different age, or not have a beard. I don't see why gender would be any different.

[Mewsha]

Male V isn't bad, but Fem V's voice actress plays the part so much better. It almost feels like V's story and lines were written for her. With Fem V she sounds like someone who has been put through the wringer, never given a break, constantly taking risks, and always looking for the easy way out. How else would someone get themselves in the situation that V did? She's still able to be rough around the edges while at the same time being vulnerable.

Male V sounds like a lovable goofball, more like Jackie, which I enjoy but it just doesn't have the same weight to it when you get to those more emotional parts of the story like when V is cursing Johnny and the relic. The slang and informal speak fits her voice like a glove, and on Male V it can feel too forced, which is why I wish we had different speaking options.

Plus Judy is by far the most popular side character, and she'll only romance Fem V. It would probably be more evenly split if Judy wasn't only interested in women.

My main issue with Cyberpunk 2077 has always been this game promised choice, but didn't deliver. We really only have one life path because they all bleed into something that feels like Streetkid no matter what you choose. Corpo feels the most unnatural for the story and how V acts. Fem V's voice actor is so good at selling V that it starts to feel more like a linear path that was laid out for us rather than our own V where we make all the choices. I don't buy her or the other voice actor for something like Corpo life path, or a colder type of character in general. Her performance is too gritty and raw, and his gives golden retriever energy.

[eoozy]

Publicado originalmente por Mno:

I think most players play male V, it's just that the pervs you see around Reddit and Nexus only play as female. This is true for other games like Skyrim, Fallout 4 or Baldur's Gate 3 as well.

This argument kinda falls flat when you dont even see your character 90% of the time ingame, other than inventory screen and a mirror.

[trusttt;]

I play Male V because i'm a guy and Panam is the best romance option for me.

[KianaSuperCute]

100% for male V, i can't believe how cringe it will be for female V to do the johnny ending.

[Phobos]

Publicado originalmente por Baby Ghoul:

Male V isn't bad, but Fem V's voice actress plays the part so much better. It almost feels like V's story and lines were written for her

Litterally the opposite for me, I don't see what's wrong with male V and the storyline at all.

Guess it's just a matter of tastes in the end, all arguments saying female V is better in this thread storywise, I could just say the same in reverse.

[mutantspicy]

Publicado originalmente por Licoix:

All the promotional stuff, even the phantom liberty ending shows female V, and most videos i've seen of people playing have picked female V, is male V just not popular, is it the voice acting?

Only people who don't care about armor or clothing. This is literally the case for nearly every RPG, the armor and clothing is always superior for the female models.

[Sir_Baldur]

Personally, when playing as a male V, I set the language to Japanese and the sub-titles to English. It makes for a whole new experience. Otherwise I do V as a woman in Russian or English. The English VA for male V just sets my nerves on edge like I'm playing GTA3.

[-=PR=-moon knight]

Publicado originalmente por Clail:

I'm surprised people don't like the Male V's voice acting? I think it's got a lot character to it, in most games protag VA's are so generic.

It's monotone and scruffy. I can't listen to it when I see youtube videos, so the idea to having to listen to that voice for 80+ hours is painful.

[-=PR=-moon knight]

Publicado originalmente por Gron:

From a story perspective that makes no sense, a cold, distant and rough individual is more realistic, Which I think Male V portrays in a superior way. He speaks like an actual person who's been through and seen some real ♥♥♥♥.

Not in the world of Cyberpunk. Spider Murphy, Santiago and Rogue sounded cold, distant and rough to you? Did T-Bug and Jackie?

[uberdai]

I play male V almost exclusively, very much enjoy the VA. Plus Panam, easy choice.

[BIG E.]

I do.

I play dude in every game i can.

[snowyonetwo]

I play both, but corpo V is my 'main' as I like the idea of a corporate elite getting kicked out into the real world and finding what truly matters in life and such. So they start off as a corporate big-shot and end up riding off into the sunset with the Aldecados. Even if their life is limited they're going to spend it free and with their new-found family/people who matter to them. That V is ALSO female though. Nomad I do male and street kid is 50/50.