Female Player Character

[Foshizo]

It's the ultimate remake, yeah?

Let us make a woman.

[CrumbleCat]

Then they would have to remodel all the armor and clothes. I think it would be a hell of a lot of work.

Ladies need that breast-shaped armor. (apparently)

[toblat170]

Originally posted by MasterCrumble:

Then they would have to remodel all the armor and clothes. I think it would be a hell of a lot of work.

Ladies need that breast-shaped armor. (apparently)

Apparently, thats a bit more work than slapping a bright sticker with large and friendly letters "NEW AND IMPROVED! YOU REALLY NEED IT. TRUST US." on the metaforical package.

[Rum]

Why? Its a role-playing game so enjoy role-playing a male character.

[v00d00m4n]

This would need a lot of gameplay changes and gender swap for all the gameplay situations, this would need rewamp of story, cutscenes and voice acting, it would be disaster that would need a lot of testing to not ruin game with bugs. Such things needs to be implemented in early stages of developments, otherwise its real pain in ass to completely recreated everything that has anything to do with character's gender.

[tommynocker001]

That would require a large amount of programming which would, apparently multiply the costs incurred by 3... and some people thought it was overpriced already. ;)

[Shrapnel]

...you couldnt play as a female in the Fables?

[SLaSZT]

it would be a lot of work, yeah. but considering the anniversary edition didn't just pop up out of the blue, they could have done it. also, i don't think the player character ever actually talks, so voice acting wouldn't be an issue. i'm not a girl, but i think that female gamers probably get tired of playing as men over and over. it's also surprising that the original release didn't have this option, considering that at the time, this was a triple A release - at least on xbox. oh well; i guess it's a bit of wishful thinking if you remember how old the game is.

[Tamamo-no-Bae]

Well this is a remake, this is when it should have been done.

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by toblat170:

Originally posted by MasterCrumble:

Then they would have to remodel all the armor and clothes. I think it would be a hell of a lot of work.

Ladies need that breast-shaped armor. (apparently)

Apparently, thats a bit more work than slapping a bright sticker with large and friendly letters "NEW AND IMPROVED! YOU REALLY NEED IT. TRUST US." on the metaforical package.

The graphics are the only thing that's getting changed, from what I understand.

[Rum]

Originally posted by sutherbland:

also, i don't think the player character ever actually talks, so voice acting wouldn't be an issue.

However the character is referred to as a male and as far as I know they reused the original sounds so that would mean they would need to redo a good bit of voice acting which probably won't sound the same as the rest of the game.

Originally posted by Gurluas R.E.G:

Well this is a remake, this is when it should have been done.

Why? In a role-playing game you play a role, a character. In Fable 1 you play an boy who is orphaned and saves Albion.

[Megaman.png]

Originally posted by QuakeRiley:

Originally posted by sutherbland:

also, i don't think the player character ever actually talks, so voice acting wouldn't be an issue.

However the character is referred to as a male and as far as I know they reused the original sounds so that would mean they would need to redo a good bit of voice acting which probably won't sound the same as the rest of the game.

Originally posted by Gurluas R.E.G:

Well this is a remake, this is when it should have been done.

Why? In a role-playing game you play a role, a character. In Fable 1 you play an boy who is orphaned and saves Albion.

Laughable logic, in fable 2 you had a similar situation only you could choose your gender, but of course they'd rather make DLC instead.

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by Palin:

Originally posted by QuakeRiley:

However the character is referred to as a male and as far as I know they reused the original sounds so that would mean they would need to redo a good bit of voice acting which probably won't sound the same as the rest of the game.



Why? In a role-playing game you play a role, a character. In Fable 1 you play an boy who is orphaned and saves Albion.

Laughable logic, in fable 2 you had a similar situation only you could choose your gender, but of course they'd rather make DLC instead.

I'm not really seeing where the logic is that flawed. If they went through and did all of this (new gender and different armor renderings, new voice acting, etc), then I guarantee you that the price would not be what it currently is (easily pushing $40 to $50). The argument then becomes, "How much are you willing to pay for a game that's originally 10 years old, but now has a female character?"

[Entity]

Originally posted by Gurluas R.E.G:

Well this is a remake, this is when it should have been done.

It's a remaster.

[Rum]

Originally posted by Palin:

Originally posted by QuakeRiley:

However the character is referred to as a male and as far as I know they reused the original sounds so that would mean they would need to redo a good bit of voice acting which probably won't sound the same as the rest of the game.



Why? In a role-playing game you play a role, a character. In Fable 1 you play an boy who is orphaned and saves Albion.

Laughable logic, in fable 2 you had a similar situation only you could choose your gender, but of course they'd rather make DLC instead.

Because they wanted in their story the ability for either gender. Regardless of your opinions they are telling a story and they can choose to only have one gender or have two, even then adding a female gender would actually change the story.

[CrumbleCat]

Originally posted by QuakeRiley:

Originally posted by Palin:

Laughable logic, in fable 2 you had a similar situation only you could choose your gender, but of course they'd rather make DLC instead.

Because they wanted in their story the ability for either gender. Regardless of your opinions they are telling a story and they can choose to only have one gender or have two, even then adding a female gender would actually change the story.

Please explain to me how him being a boy changes anything. It's not like you are a defined character with a name and set looks. You can be whoever you want to be, a bandit, a devil, a do-gooder, a chicken. Stop defending it just because you can.