Why can't you play as a woman?

[briancourt2]

My wife saw me playing this bought it, and was disappointed she couldn't play as a woman. She didn't find it fun, going around flirting with women to find a wife. It is also weird that your one kid is always a boy. So while I think it is nice to pick your character sex, it would also be interesting that your heir could challenge your choice. It would be great to go for that second child only to end up evaluating some choices. First born, better skilled, sex etc.

[Operator]

No female character = do not buy for me.

Honestly, I feel a need to put this here, this is a simulation game, and even more so an RPG where we are supposed to make our character and dynasty, and yet we are forced to play the same dude every time. Witcher 3 this is NOT.

So title says it, I was about to buy the game, but when I checked discussions and saw you can only play the guy, I tabbed out and moved the game to do not buy list.

[Zhorge]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............

[Goldi:AI]

The main character of this game is Racimir. He is a man and has no head. He knocks down walls with one hit of his hammer, may occasionally smell bad and charms the ladies by telling them they look like a boar. Personally, I rather like him and I enjoy exploring Medieval Dynasty with him. Part of me feels sorry that you are missing out, but we all have our preferences.

Just a reminder: Everybody keep it civil, constructive and polite or the topic will be closed and removed, just like others of the same kind before it. Thank you! :)

[Capuzzi09]

Originally posted by Operator:

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So title says it, I was about to buy the game, but when I checked discussions and saw you can only play the guy, I tabbed out and moved the game to do not buy list.

Too bad. You'll miss out big.
And, of course, we will miss you too. :)

[mdmnym]

I prefer playing female characters as well. However, being a medieval life simulator, it makes sense you can only play a male. Females in those times had no power over even their own lives, much less someone else. I do understand how you feel. The game is worth the effort regardless of character gender.

[Beltane]

Well, your loss if you ditch this very good game just because of that detail *shrug*

[zantariz]

It's a game. You never see your character model. Use your imagination if you like. This feature is not a buy / no buy situation.

[Edmund Greyfox]

Not even a good try. If you're going to troll, get better bait that hasn't been over used elsewhere.

[Pinkeye23]

the fact that the main char. is male is hardly an issue. you never see him, at best you see your own shadow. just pretend it is a female living with another female and 1 adopted son.

[CosmicTzar]

This is a medieval DYNASTICAL simulator. Inheritance follows the male line; making this a simpler linear game for the devs to create and more rewarding for the player to be able to work on the same project generation after generation.

A medieval female dynastical simulator is possible but it would be much more complex as your situation and environment would change dramatically with every generation depending on who your parents decided to marry you off to.

[richardmgoldsmith]

I feel sympathy for women who are forced to identify as a man within the make-believe of the game. It must reduce the degree of immersion it is possible to feel. I don't have any suggestions to offer to either the devs or potential players as would not presume to be able to empathise to a sufficient degree. I would hope anyone could still get something from the beautifully rendered world, because it is a great experience. Any game will require a certain level of suspension of disbelief. "Give it a try" is my feeling. Personally, I never had an issue playing Tomb Raider series and it never occurred to me to identify with the game character and that it might be difficult for a man to do even. I don't think I lose the fact that I am not Racimir (and never could be, he is far hardier than I could be), but I still do get very immersed in the environment in the game, and I'm getting a great deal of enjoyment playing it.

[Monkmandan]

There must be TONS of games in your "do not buy list" then.

The character has a name,a story and the game has a goal put together much like a movie.

I doubt you would refuse to watch a movie just because the main star is a male.

[ĐrαGoɳS' uK]

As a female player here myself it doesn't really bother me that the character is male.
As stated in a post above in those days women had no 'powers' as such in medievil times and to be honest the game / story wouldn't really make sense if the character was female!
To not buy this game because of that reason is a real shame ... you are missing out on a great adventure.

[Veny]

From roleplay perspective, i would really like to see female protagonist as an option. Sure, main hero has no voice and no model but still, you are pretty much forced to have a wife rather than husband (anyway, you would be forced to play active role when finding partner so goodbye realism).
From gameplay perspective, i think it would be great if men and women (incl. main hero) had different bonuses - women better in taloring, foraging, cooking, men better in woodcutting, mining and hunting.

Aaaanyway, how can someone avoid game just become the gender of main protagonist... it doesnt make sense to me at all. I mean i am a big adult man and i had no problem playing Life is Strange or Tomb Raider and i even sometimes pick female characters in RPGs

[danilo.schoeneberg]

Originally posted by Operator:

Honestly, I feel a need to put this here, this is a simulation game, and even more so an RPG where we are supposed to make our character and dynasty, and yet we are forced to play the same dude every time. Witcher 3 this is NOT.

So title says it, I was about to buy the game, but when I checked discussions and saw you can only play the guy, I tabbed out and moved the game to do not buy list.

You should have perhaps read the entire description of the game. The title Medieval Dynasty sort of gives away that it doesn't occur in a contemporary setting. And although we've thankfully moved on in societal matters, back in those days a woman walking about founding villages and beating up bears was not really a thing. So I don't really see the gender problem here. If you play a game in a medieval setting, you cannot expect it to make a contemporary statement.

That aside, there is no saying that the female option isn't yet to come. From a programming point of view it wouldn't take too much as the voiceless and invisible model is vague enough to work for both male and female characters, so it would just boild down to adding a lot of customized dialog. The devs may just as well have decided to put that in the backburner for the time being.