Transgender representation in games makes no sense

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

So, let's say you are a man but you want to be a woman. What's nice about videogames is that you can play as everything and everyone, and who or what you are in this world does not matter at all. So if you want to be a woman, at least in game you can do that if you can play as a female character.

In the real world, you have a problem which is that being male does not feel right to you. If you would have been born as a woman, everything would be fine and you would not have been transgender at all.

So WHY do you want to take transgenderism into the game? In the game world, your problem is solved! You are a woman and have never been a man. So you're not transgender either, you can just drop all of that.

And that is what you want, isn't it? You don't want to be transgender, you want to be a woman.

[Sixtyfivekills]

But you don't understand, its about shapeshifting between genders on the fly like switching styles in DMC, something like playing Prototype.

[George Lincoln Rizzwell]

It's never been about that. It's pure narcissism and about feeling "seen" - whatever that means...

[Rio]

Trans itself can be a person's identity. One could not strictly identify with a single gender. Like I could want softer skin of a girl, but increased muscle mass of a guy.

One could have confusion on what gender one wants to be. Or one could want to be special, like i'm not a male, I'm not a female, I'm something more.

I mean, if we had the freedom to change our body to suit our whims effortlessly, why settle on just one option with its strengths and weaknesses, when you want everything.

[Republic of Lamers]

If I can be a woman, then I can also identify as a cat. All I need to see is say moew.

Ban me for being correct, moderators!

[TGC> The Games Collector]

oh, that's just terrible, you totally forgot the FtM transpeople.
This is why they need way more representation!

[Abaddon the Despoiler]

They want to be a trans woman because they think it will give their character +10 strength.

[Apteryx]

THIS!!! THIS IS WHAT I WNAT PEOPLE TO HEAR! I'm trans, and games allow me to be the gender I want. I don't want my character to go through the things I deal with irl, I just want them to be whatever role the story chose for them

[Nülliflower]

Well what if the severe depression caused by gender dysphoria was an important element in the development of the character's personality

[Sir Seanicus, Esq.]

In depth character creators are always based.

[ZZZZZ]

dunno whats the question.. either u play yourself or u play a character.. if u play urself u go by ur own gender, if u play someone else u play that persons gender

[Ice Robertson]

I think a lot of young people these days are exploring their identity's, Back when i was at primary school if you were different you were ridiculed.

Young people might be a little more confused these days...

[Cksalzy]

Originally posted by lankaras:

So, let's say you are a man but you want to be a woman. What's nice about videogames is that you can play as everything and everyone, and who or what you are in this world does not matter at all. So if you want to be a woman, at least in game you can do that if you can play as a female character.

In the real world, you have a problem which is that being male does not feel right to you. If you would have been born as a woman, everything would be fine and you would not have been transgender at all.

So WHY do you want to take transgenderism into the game? In the game world, your problem is solved! You are a woman and have never been a man. So you're not transgender either, you can just drop all of that.

And that is what you want, isn't it? You don't want to be transgender, you want to be a woman.

so stupid seeing devs cater to the 1%

[Sek-Raktaa]

a lot of games put a focus on creating a believable world, or at the very least believable in the context of the setting.

while it is true that many games give the player tools to create a custom character via a character editor to allow them to create any character they look, that is something that only affects the player.

NPC's don't get a character creator to change into whatever they want.

so, to stay true to the whole thing about the world and setting being believable, its not unreasonable to portray the one or the other character who may be trans or whatever. they aren't a player character so they don't get access to a character editor and depending on the setting, maybe they simply can't afford whatever magic scrolls or sci-fi genetic alteration would allow them to transition into who they are.

while this is unfortunate for the character in question, this can provide story opportunities because it creates conflict and struggle.

whether you like that or not is something you gotta decide

me though?

I welcome any sidequest that isn't the usual copy/paste "go to Z, kill X amount of Y and then come back to me" kind which has become prevalent in many games.

[NW/RL]

I'd assume it's because people identity with the struggle more than the outcome at a certain point to where that struggle is more important

[SweetStarfieldFan]

people want to be something special thats why the rather stay transgender than become the sex they want to be.
But this all boils down to the root of someone's ego and incepting the thought that one can be born in the wrong body, which is the ultimate nonsense and delusion peopel are sadly struggling with.
You have that one body and if you are not liking it then start going to an life coach.
People rather divorce than repair a broken marriage, it's very "cool" nowadays to change your sex when you are not satisfied with the one you were born with.
It's just the next step after surgery extremism was not enough.