main character?

[Chinbalus]

the main character looks awesome but will there be option for choose gender?
like play as male main character?

[Ash]

No, there's already plenty of games where you play as a man only, without gender options. In this little gem you play as a woman.

[Morthos]

Would only love this option too.

[Mimiayako]

I'm glad for the woman protag but it'd be nice if we could customize her to fit our inner Witch.

[zero]

oh this thread again, what a surprise /s

the protag is a specific character, so that don't really have a reason to make an alternate character, as its a narrative driven game

[Samseng Yik]

If anyone really want change the protagonist gender, I guess anyone who suggest this cannot stand Witcher and Half Life series because you are forced to play as man.

Of course, usually the people with sexism mindset will want to hide behind "I just want to give constructive opinion" or "Extra option always good"

[Sr. Tequila]

Originally posted by Samseng Yik:

If anyone really want change the protagonist gender, I guess anyone who suggest this cannot stand Witcher and Half Life series because you are forced to play as man.

Of course, usually the people with sexism mindset will want to hide behind "I just want to give constructive opinion" or "Extra option always good"

Come on dude, let's not accuse people of sexism for wishing the game had more options. That's basically the same logic certain demographic uses when calling "wokes" that want to force diversity to people who just want an optional female protagonist.

[zero]

Originally posted by Sr. Tequila:

Originally posted by Samseng Yik:

If anyone really want change the protagonist gender, I guess anyone who suggest this cannot stand Witcher and Half Life series because you are forced to play as man.

Of course, usually the people with sexism mindset will want to hide behind "I just want to give constructive opinion" or "Extra option always good"

Come on dude, let's not accuse people of sexism for wishing the game had more options. That's basically the same logic certain demographic uses when calling "wokes" that want to force diversity to people who just want an optional female protagonist.

it'd be less apt if there wasn't a disproportionate number of these "questions".

you don't see people asking for female geralt, you very much see people ask for male alloy.

these threads are always bad faith by their nature.

[Blehh.....]

Originally posted by Chinbalus:

the main character looks awesome but will there be option for choose gender?
like play as male main character?

I guess you dont like pretty cute girls as alchemists, do you? And rather an old grey bearded man?

[Mimiayako]

Originally posted by I like tasty melons:

Originally posted by Chinbalus:

the main character looks awesome but will there be option for choose gender?
like play as male main character?

I guess you dont like pretty cute girls as alchemists, do you? And rather an old grey bearded man?

Thanks for the laugh @I like tasty melons 🤣 At this point, I'd rather believe that people crying for male "representation" when a game only offer a female protag is a troll and not real.

The only thing I want is being able to dress the protag of this game in other outfits (gimme my witchy robe and hat!!)

[Lex]

You just want to play as Muktuk, admit it

[Shadex]

If a female gamer doesn't buy Uncharted is it because she is sexist? Or simply because she doesn't resonate with the character of Nathan Drake and for that reason wasn't interested and maybe purchased Rise of the Tomb Raider instead. If a male gamer doesn't buy a game because there is only a female protagonist, it does not have to be because they are sexist, or man babies, or trolls, or whatever hate term is popular that week. It can simply be because they did not resonate with the character and moved to another game. Every developer has the right to make that choice and have most likely taken into consideration the degree of lost revenue resulting. But let's try not to spread hate, and be vicious to someone simply because they thought the game looked interesting but in the end decided against it because they would prefer to play as a male avatar.

[Sr. Tequila]

Originally posted by Shadex:

If a female gamer doesn't buy Uncharted is it because she is sexist? Or simply because she doesn't resonate with the character of Nathan Drake and for that reason wasn't interested and maybe purchased Rise of the Tomb Raider instead. If a male gamer doesn't buy a game because there is only a female protagonist, it does not have to be because they are sexist, or man babies, or trolls, or whatever hate term is popular that week. It can simply be because they did not resonate with the character and moved to another game. Every developer has the right to make that choice and have most likely taken into consideration the degree of lost revenue resulting. But let's try not to spread hate, and be vicious to someone simply because they thought the game looked interesting but in the end decided against it because they would prefer to play as a male avatar.

No one has f*cking refused to buy Uncharted just because Nathan Drake is male, so how about you stop using your ridiculous made-up examples to justify not buying a game just because playing as a girl hurts your tiny ego and fragile masculinity?

There's nothing wrong with wishing for a game to have a male and female protagonist, but only incels would be so insecure and pathetic to refuse to enjoy a game just because the protagonist is a woman.

[kagmole]

Holy guacamole. People, stop playing the social justice warriors and show some maturity.

This topic is by no mean offensive.
It's not like it was "it *should* have a male character" or "forcing me to play a female character annoys me", or whatever the level of your reactions.
It's just a suggestion like any other. Yes it's a duplicate, like more than half topics in this forum or any other forum. The filtering and sorting options or the game difficulty options, just to mention 2 of them.

That said.

Despite @zero could have prevent themselves from writing their first sentence, their answer is right.

The game tells the story of Sylvia, the niece of a dead uncle that has to pay his debt off in order to not end up in a cardboard box for... quite some time. She happens to be female, and that's about it.

Making a sex swap option just for the sake of having the choice would make little to no sense; the story was written like this, and it would require a significant amount of work in order to adapt the story accordingly. It would feel like we just try to "fill the gap" without effort.

If there was the introduction of a male character, it would make more sense if it was a brand new story settled in Rafta rather than reusing the existing one.
It could be a new setting as well, like playing a hero that has to help Sylvia in order to save Rafta from whatever menace; still a deck builder but to defeat monsters. It would be a nice addition if we saw the choices we made with Sylvia as well, like seeing her partner involved in the main story, and being able to romance a character still "available".

But a simple sex swap would be bland. This game with Sylvia is great as is, and should remain the same as long as we follow her story.

And I do hope we will have more of her story! One way or another. :)

[kagmole]

Originally posted by mimiayako:

I'm glad for the woman protag but it'd be nice if we could customize her to fit our inner Witch.

And this, yes yes yes; NPC included. Some concept arts in the artbook were really cool.

[MERC]

Id love to see just a cosmetic option , like her hair color and style , eye coloer and maybe switch up colors of her clothing etc . at game start !