Male mage

[gunser]

Can i play as a male mage? or create my own character? It looks like there're only 3 fixed characters? I don't like playing as a fighter or girl main character

[sandman25dcsss]

It looks like you can't.

[SDF-7]

Its a mage -- just roleplay your own mental story that it *is* a guy mage... but then there was a mishap brewing a potion and he turned himself into a girl. He'll get right on finding a fix after he saves the kingdom and all... ;)

[Thorba]

And the paladin is a little girl, great:) It seems there is only one playable char for me then.

[☠✠☩ Nekator ☩✠☠]

Originally posted by Thorba:

And the paladin is a little girl, great:) It seems there is only one playable char for me then.

Yeah this is a big letdown indeed. Why they have to make one of the three choices a peasant girl is beyond me... who identifies with that -.-

[Jo]

Originally posted by ☠✠☩ Nekator ☩✠☠:

Originally posted by Thorba:

And the paladin is a little girl, great:) It seems there is only one playable char for me then.

Yeah this is a big letdown indeed. Why they have to make one of the three choices a peasant girl is beyond me... who identifies with that -.-

Joan of Arc

[Schutzengel]

In prior titles all skill trees were accessible to all Classes. The difference lie in the last and most powerful skills, which were locked to the respective Classes. A warrior could cast very powerful spells, although not the most powerful. If it still works this way remains to be seen.

[DiceWrangler]

I bet that thousands of female gamers wonder exactly the same thing: "Why do I always have to play male hero?"

[DartMass]

I agree, but at the same time i had no problem playing as a princess in the first game.

[mbradtke]

who cares, these 3 choices prolly have some kind of story depending on who you choose, i prefer that about the option to customize the look and gender of a noname toon to my likings what usually is more a hassle than something u want to do, this is no mmorpg, there are a lot games with a set main, tomb raider, gothic etc. so why would it matter here... why would u identify yourself with something you play, that is some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥... u play a role in a game, you dont play as yourself, difference, this is not the sims, it is a game with a story

[xxman]

the demograpich of this game are mostly man. so they would barely be any females to complain about it.

[xxman]

Originally posted by mbradtke:

who cares, these 3 choices prolly have some kind of story depending on who you choose, i prefer that about the option to customize the look and gender of a noname toon to my likings what usually is more a hassle than something u want to do, this is no mmorpg, there are a lot games with a set main, tomb raider, gothic etc. so why would it matter here... why would u identify yourself with something you play, that is some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥... u play a role in a game, you dont play as yourself, difference

you would see that 90% of all picks would be warrior because of having the other two classes be females.

[mbradtke]

i think only men who are unsecure, have problems with gender matters would not choose to play as a women just because it is a woman, i can see more men picking the guy because you are a guy yourselve as well but there is nothing wrong about playing a game with a female protagonist in case you dont like the male warrior role

[xxman]

Originally posted by mbradtke:

i think only men who are unsecure, have problems with gender matters would not choose to play as a women just because it is a woman, i can see more men picking the guy because you are a guy yourselve as well but there is nothing wrong about playing a game with a female protagonist in case you dont like the male warrior role

it is a fact that people like to play a character with the same gender as they are more often than the other, that does not mean they are not able to play the oppesite gender. but if you are going to force people to play a set character you better check your demogprahic. cause your players are going to be stuck with that character for the entire game.

[Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ]

Originally posted by DiceWrangler:

I bet that thousands of female gamers wonder exactly the same thing: "Why do I always have to play male hero?"

Always? Thousands? How many games have male exclusive heroes? I can think of 2, and not very popular. Heroes of Annihilated Empires and Fantasy General II main campaigns (you can choose female heroes in multiplayer). How many women play those games and are actually frustrated by the fact?
Most games that are gender-locked have both female and male alternatives (like Heroes of Might and Magic campaigns, where the lead hero is gender locked although you can recruit secondary heroes of both sexes). There's people that enjoy customizing their character and this has been proven not only not to be detrimental to the story but also offering branching possibilities (like Dragon Age: Origins, where your character customization decissions will translate into the story).
Strategy games are getting lazier instead of more innovative and that's dangerous for a struggling genre. I've read that the sequel also focuses on a more human centric army with less monsters.

Originally posted by mbradtke:

i think only men who are unsecure, have problems with gender matters would not choose to play as a women

Is this a freudian slip? Because I don't like short characters like dwarfs or halflings and it's not because of insecurity about my height. It's just preference.

[☠✠☩ Nekator ☩✠☠]

Originally posted by Jo:

Originally posted by ☠✠☩ Nekator ☩✠☠:

Yeah this is a big letdown indeed. Why they have to make one of the three choices a peasant girl is beyond me... who identifies with that -.-

Joan of Arc:machine_lifeform:

Yeah, that´s most propably where they got the inspiration from. Doesn´t make it better though as Joan was a mentally disturbed child.. so whoever wants that as his avatar is imo more than only "insecure and has problems with gender" bla & blimsha.
The sorceress ist - after all- still an interesting choice. But pally is in this game dead for me.. which is sad, was normally my first choice in KB games.