For those who played as both genders, which V do you think was better?

[Dr. Professor Commander]

I usually try to do at least one playthrough of the other gender for games that offer the option, like this, or Dishonored 2 (especially games like D2 where it isn't just a gender swap). Partially a FOMO thing where I wanna experience the full game since there are many circumstances where it can change your entire perspective of what's occurring and you might notice something you didn't before, plus I'm a musician and I have tons of respect for art in any form, including acting.

So for those of you who have played as both, which actor do you feel delivered the best performance?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

I liked female V lot better, voice actor is very good. Male V is kinda mid.
Also male V can`t date Judy and has to settle with desert hag Panam (as you can guess not a big fan of Panam, lol).

[cheetah1546]

Female for me

[Dr. Professor Commander]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

I liked female V lot better, voice actor is very good. Male V is kinda mid.
Also male V can`t date Judy and has to settle with desert hag Panam (as you can guess not a big fan of Panam, lol).

Originally posted by cheetah1546:

Female for me

Which background would you guys recommend for Female V? I read a lot of folks online seem to think Corpo fits her VA better.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

I usually play Street Kid or Corpo with female V and Aldecaldo with male V.
Both Street Kid and Corpo fit pretty good for female V imho.

[Nar!]

I love both but I have leaned a bit more with female V in my multiple playthroughs.
My favorite path for female V are street kid and corpo. For male V, either street kid or nomad. :)

I think as far as voice acting, both Cherami and Gavin did a great job with their roles.

[cheetah1546]

Originally posted by Dr. Professor Commander:

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

I liked female V lot better, voice actor is very good. Male V is kinda mid.
Also male V can`t date Judy and has to settle with desert hag Panam (as you can guess not a big fan of Panam, lol).

Originally posted by cheetah1546:

Female for me

Which background would you guys recommend for Female V? I read a lot of folks online seem to think Corpo fits her VA better.

street kid for me absolutely

[Shift]

I'm at the minority I know, but I don't like female V english VA that much. Maybe it's because her voice tone remind me of an abusive auntie I've used to have as a child, but wathever, I'm aware not many people will agree with me here.

People tend to favor Male V as nomad more because there's Panam and female V as corpo or sk because Judy. But again I prefer the opposite, female as nomad and male as corpo.

As for missing anything, don't worry about that. The only differences are that female can romance River (boring) and Judy, while male can romance Panam and Kerry.

Also, corpo lifepath have the most unique dialogue options during the game.
Nomad have the most boring dialogue choices - "Hey, you knew I've used to ride with the Bakers?" to which every NPC will answer with "Didn't ask" or "Cool, anyway".
Streetkid isn't much better, but at least there's some options that will allow avoiding danger.

[Goof]

i feel like a lot of the dialogue was written for female v. could be just the actors but i started as male v and then rerolled a female because I thought male V felt off

[TEMUCHIN]

Female and Men Both got nice gameplay feeling.. its kinda diffrend game... i like to play Vi-Female is Corpo Lady + Hacks, Men is brutal gang member with mele fights, hard and heavy guns, and in both sytuation you ot diffrend game, Voice actor is diffrend too

[NovemberRain]

female v was definitely better ive done 3 playthroughs as her

[Retour du Roi]

Originally posted by Shift:

I'm at the minority I know, but I don't like female V english VA that much. Maybe it's because her voice tone remind me of an abusive auntie I've used to have as a child, but wathever, I'm aware not many people will agree with me here.

People tend to favor Male V as nomad more because there's Panam and female V as corpo or sk because Judy. But again I prefer the opposite, female as nomad and male as corpo.

As for missing anything, don't worry about that. The only differences are that female can romance River (boring) and Judy, while male can romance Panam and Kerry.

Also, corpo lifepath have the most unique dialogue options during the game.
Nomad have the most boring dialogue choices - "Hey, you knew I've used to ride with the Bakers?" to which every NPC will answer with "Didn't ask" or "Cool, anyway".
Streetkid isn't much better, but at least there's some options that will allow avoiding danger.

Honestly you're so right about being a Nomad, everytime I took the option, nobody gave a f*ck.

[valium]

Neither V sounds much like a corpo, but male V nails the Streetrat and Nomad attitude. I prefer the Panam option, so I go male V.

[CLeRiC670]

Originally posted by Dr. Professor Commander:

So for those of you who have played as both, which actor do you feel delivered the best performance?

Such a subjective and loaded question I feel I HAVE TO ANSWER.

Male V really nailed it for me, especially after reading Neuromancer by William Gibson, I basically read that entire book with male V's voice in my head.

If you haven't read the book you're missing out btw.

[Mr. Nobody]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

I liked female V lot better, voice actor is very good. Male V is kinda mid.
Also male V can`t date Judy and has to settle with desert hag Panam (as you can guess not a big fan of Panam, lol).

there's a mod and console command to let you date Judy as male V

[Ihateeverybody]

Female Corpo V is the best when dealing with Johnny (their interactions with each other) are the best.

Male Streetkid is the best when dealing with everyone else in the game.

So there is really no good answer as opposed to personal preference. I didn't really feel Nomad (Either) really added anything to the game. Again thats my personal take on it.

Not really sure I answered the question but I hope every little bit helps.

Edit: Forgot the No in no good answer.