Is it possible to create a female character?

[Arrhyn]

Everything is in the title. As a woman who likes immersion and good story, being able to play a woman for more immersion is something that is important for me as a criteria to whether or not I buy a game. Specially in RPGs. :)
Also, just a little statistic here : 47% of gamers are woman so not adding a female version of a hero would be stupid, that's why I'm asking.

[frried]

go somewhere else with your SJW ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[crysis]

this again sigh go somewhere else we allready had a post like this if you knew anything about this game then no it would not AND THAT 47% of women that play games and you are sure that they care or dont care if they dont play as a female

[marex]

Originally posted by frried:

go somewhere else with your SJW ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

you are sjw too, from the other side. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on your own

@ Arrhyn
80% of this "community" are *** this is why those questions are not a good idea

[v0]

this's really simple. small studio -> limited games. they focus on what matters most. which they must. if you really think elex sales'd double with female character...

btw much larger studios do same depending on game eg witcher 3 or tomb raider reboots.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by frried:

go somewhere else with your SJW ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Not helpful. There's nothing even slightly SJW about what the OP is asking and saying. Good grief.


ELEX has a premade character with a lengthy backstory, just like Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Witcher, GTA and countless other open-world games. You're doing yourself a disservice by avoiding ELEX just because of the gender, just as any man would be ignoring great games like Horizon or Remember Me for the same reason. :)

[Arrhyn]

@frried Wow, in what asking a simple question is a SJW thing? You must have a lot of hate in your poor male heart. Pity you.

@crysis "This again", sure because I searched all those post and saw all the trolling and sexist/insulting comment but no real answer to the question. So yeah, "this again".

@Marex76 Yeah, I can see that. That's kind of sad. Almost feel like they are hurt because we ask that haha

@v0 I was asking if I could play as a female not why there is no female.
"they focus on what matters most. which they must. if you really think elex sales'd double with female character..." > A 2014 SuperData Research study found that men and women enjoy video games, but some genres are attracting one gender more than the other: Women compose 57.8 percent of the mobile market (which makes sense when we see male reaction like frried), 53.6 percent of the RPG market and 50.2 percent of the PC market. The study found that men make up 66 percent of MMO players, 66 percent of FPS players and 63 percent of digital console players.
53.6% of RPG players are woman. So yeah, it would give better sales. And I think the numerous topics about Elex character's gender proves it. :)
"btw much larger studios do same depending on game eg witcher 3 or tomb raider reboots." > In a sample of 669 action, shooter, and role-playing games selected by EEDAR in 2012, 300 (45%) provided the option of playing as a female, but only 24 (4%) had an exclusively female protagonist.
669 - 324 = 345. It means 345 games have exclusively a male protagonist while only 24 have exclusively a female one. So, yeah, much larger studios do it, but come on...

[Strontiumdog]

No you can't. I apologise for the rude responses of certain people.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by Shrike:

No you can't. I apologise for the rude responses of certain people.

To be fair, there was only one genuinely rude person.

[Arrhyn]

Originally posted by Shrike:

No you can't. I apologise for the rude responses of certain people.

Thanks for you answer! :D

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

Originally posted by Shrike:

No you can't. I apologise for the rude responses of certain people.

To be fair, there was only one genuinely rude person.

Well, Crysis was rude as well, I mean, just the beginning of his message "this again sigh go somewhere else we allready had a post like this if you knew anything about this game"

[v0]

Originally posted by Arrhyn:

@v0 I was asking if I could play as a female not why there is no female.
"they focus on what matters most. which they must. if you really think elex sales'd double with female character..." > A 2014 SuperData Research study found that men and women enjoy video games, but some genres are attracting one gender more than the other: Women compose 57.8 percent of the mobile market (which makes sense when we see male reaction like frried), 53.6 percent of the RPG market and 50.2 percent of the PC market. The study found that men make up 66 percent of MMO players, 66 percent of FPS players and 63 percent of digital console players.
53.6% of RPG players are woman. So yeah, it would give better sales. And I think the numerous topics about Elex character's gender proves it. :)
"btw much larger studios do same depending on game eg witcher 3 or tomb raider reboots." > In a sample of 669 action, shooter, and role-playing games selected by EEDAR in 2012, 300 (45%) provided the option of playing as a female, but only 24 (4%) had an exclusively female protagonist.
669 - 324 = 345. It means 345 games have exclusively a male protagonist while only 24 have exclusively a female one. So, yeah, much larger studios do it, but come on...

genter statistics for gamer population's irrelevant. what matters's how protagonist gender affects *sales*. none of what you wrote gives that without additional jump in logic in other words your own implicit model if you wish*. on top of it even if pb really made much more money that way they can choose not go for it. it's their game their life money isnt everything. maybe they value staying small with fewer than 30 people. maybe they value projects with fewer parts to manage. etc etc. personally i'd rather they experiment with core aspects such as ai not something straightforward as protagonist customization. many games already do latter quite well.

that said it's your life and money too. if you skip elex because of this be it. from my viewpoint it's your loss but your call too.


*based on myself i'd even think there's anticorrelation as i prefer female heroes. male characters're far less exciting because i already play them daily ;) but ofc i wont generalize from one personal data point.

[crysis]

Originally posted by Arrhyn:

Originally posted by Shrike:

No you can't. I apologise for the rude responses of certain people.

Thanks for you answer! :D

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

To be fair, there was only one genuinely rude person.

Well, Crysis was rude as well, I mean, just the beginning of his message "this again sigh go somewhere else we allready had a post like this if you knew anything about this game"

oh yeah sorry about that the last posts i was on was getting out of hands and im sorry for being rude

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by crysis:

Originally posted by Arrhyn:

Thanks for you answer! :D

Well, Crysis was rude as well, I mean, just the beginning of his message "this again sigh go somewhere else we allready had a post like this if you knew anything about this game"

oh yeah sorry about that we the last posts i was one was getting out of hands and im sorry for being rude

Dude, that was awesome of you for admitting and apologizing for that. Imagine if most of the internet was like you? We'd be experiencing a utopia!

[v0]

i think some big post vanished from this thread :o

[giedrem]

Well, for a small studio it would make more sence if they were to create only ONE premade character in the game, to make it female character. Why? Money wise sales would be better. Why? Becouse if 47% players are females, but females prefer RPG style games, which makes female player population higher than male population in RPG games. And most female players won't touch a game if it doesn't have a female character (especially RPG game, becouse their main focus is the story). So, no money from me, sorry.

Originally posted by v0:

this's really simple. small studio -> limited games. they focus on what matters most. which they must. if you really think elex sales'd double with female character...

btw much larger studios do same depending on game eg witcher 3 or tomb raider reboots.

[Sturm-Falke101]

Originally posted by Alteo221:

Well, for a small studio it would make more sence if they were to create only ONE premade character in the game, to make it female character. Why? Money wise sales would be better. Why? Becouse if 47% players are females, but females prefer RPG style games, which makes female player population higher than male population in RPG games. And most female players won't touch a game if it doesn't have a female character (especially RPG game, becouse their main focus is the story). So, no money from me, sorry.

Originally posted by v0:

this's really simple. small studio -> limited games. they focus on what matters most. which they must. if you really think elex sales'd double with female character...

btw much larger studios do same depending on game eg witcher 3 or tomb raider reboots.

Originally posted by Arrhyn:

Everything is in the title. As a woman who likes immersion and good story, being able to play a woman for more immersion is something that is important for me as a criteria to whether or not I buy a game. Specially in RPGs. :)
Also, just a little statistic here : 47% of gamers are woman so not adding a female version of a hero would be stupid, that's why I'm asking.

Something to note, genres aren't taken into account with that statistic.
I don't own ELEX, but as far as I'm aware, ELEX is story driven about a specific dude. That's just what it is.

Now granted, it wouldn't be hard to stretch the story a tiny bit to work around that, but equipment morphs, VOs, and animations would need to be split and added for a female variant. Some older games went this route. I get the impression ELEX was released in a rough state and they don't plan on doing much else now.


Talk about not feeling relatable to your character; (which is true, people either go for whatever the hell they think is funny or creative, or they try and mirror themselves) you wouldn't like gender locked MMORPGs like Vindictus.