All female characters?

[sickle1986]

It sure is... odd.

I for one hate playing as female characters in games, so will there be options for male versions, or are you totally alienating players with gender locking, who don't like to play as one gender type?

I get the whole "Girl Power" vibe you have gone for with this, I really do, but in the gaming industry, it's not wise to force this upon your paying players.... Or, is this tied into the game LORE/STORY where you can only play as a female?

Other than that, the game looks promising... It will be a huge shame if I cant try it out, due to such restrictions on my part.

[MigrantP]

This game is based on the One Deck Dungeon tabletop game and has all of the same content. We're quite happy with that and hope you give it a try!

[sickle1986]

Oh really? well then, I shall go and see what that is then... Wasn't aware this was based off another game.

[sickle1986]

Wow, I was wrong, this game looks amazing.. Saw a video of the board game on Youtube, and now I really like the game, tempted to buy the board game, but will definitely be getting your digital version of the game... Females or not. :)

[MigrantP]

Great to hear! Tuesday will be here soon =)

[Sturm Trouper]

The board game is definitely fantastic, itself; no doubt it's why many of us are here playing the video version. I played the board game version for hours on end over the Christmas break, and look forward to playing it (and the new expansion) again soon. Given the vast history of games with only male heroes, I'm perfectly happy to play a game with female heros. It's not like you're actually roleplaying or anything.

[Hank34]

This is pretty ridiculous. What's the rationale again? Huge table top gamer too. Shame, looked cool otherwise.

[Jeysie]

Originally posted by Hank34:

This is pretty ridiculous. What's the rationale again? Huge table top gamer too. Shame, looked cool otherwise.

The rationale IIRC was that so many games have all-male casts, so they wanted to mix it up a bit and have an all-female one for a change. Which is true; the shift to more equal casts and gender choosing being the norm is still relatively recent.

And as a woman who's played games for decades and thus had to both get used to and never fretted much about all-male casts/playing as a guy, so many people being actively offended by the reverse has been a little eye-opening and bewildering.

[sickle1986]

As far as I understood, the game designers wanted to entice more females to play games, and be comfortable when doing so, which can only be a good thing.
Yes, all male casts are equally bad in my opinion, I like gender equality... play what you want to play as... but I soon came to realize that it just doesn't matter in a game that you don't actually control your character.
An all female only MMO however would be another matter for me, and one I would avoid.... As well as an all male MMO.... gender equality all the way.
That said, I actually like that O.D.D is all females, with the INTENT of luring many females to actually trying out playing games... I can outright respect this decision, and back it 100%.

[Jeysie]

The irony is that it doesn't matter much anyway since the art is mostly just placeholders for the mechanics. (Like if I had any real criticism about the original game it's that it's really lacking in personality. Handelabra's flourishes can only go so far.)

[3MBG]

IIRC the designer just did it ona bit of a whim, but has since embraced the decision. And One Deck Dungeon 2 also has an all female cast.

[Hank34]

So all-male casts are bad, but this is just "mixing it up" a bit. Got it. My bad. Not very inclusive if you ask me and frankly not something I want to support or encourage.

[Jeysie]

Indeed, when you have a majority of games with an all-male cast, an all-female cast is a change of pace.

I guess I just am perplexed and dismayed that most people still don't think much about all-male casts but an all-female cast elicits such an intensely hostile reaction from people. I'm starting to understand why feminists have some of the thoughts they do. :/

[Hank34]

Discussion seems pretty polite and calm to me.

I wonder what the reaction to an all-male cast would be described as? "Polite?" Something tells me not...

If one is an injustice and something to think about, then this is too.

[Jeysie]

The OP saying that they "hate" playing as a woman, that it's "alienating", and your statement that playing as a female character is "ridiculous" and "not something you want to encourage", are pretty hostile and forceful statements.

Since in my experience there either is no reaction at all to an all-male cast, or the reaction is that the person will still play but wishes there was an option for female characters. Not such an equally intensely negative reaction to the idea of playing as a male character.

So seeing such intense hostility to playing as female characters in games was thus a little surprising and eye-opening-ly offputting.

[Hank34]

Well I don’t enjoy playing as a female, and therefore I completely understand if a female prefers to play as a female character.

It is alienating, for me at least, just as I assume an all-male cast would be for a female player. I disagree that calling this “ridiculous” is hostile but to each their own.

In your experience there is no reaction to an all-male cast? Really? Maybe in 1980, but certainly not now.

I thought the goal is to be more inclusive? How is this inclusive?