Today we'll be going into the eternal mystery, why do guys play as girl characters? Males tend to play female avatars for a Varity of reasons, so let's go ov...
Remember to differentiate between games where the character's appearance is cosmetic, versus games with individual characters with unique abilities. You can't really read too far into the latter. People might just want a particular type of ranged DPS or whatever. Men who would never, ever choose a woman in Call of Duty will pick D.Va in Overwatch because she counters some fucking guy's ability
Yeah same thing with fighting games. The competitive people are picking characters that work for their style. If their main gets a gender swapped equivalent in the sequel, they'll probably switch.
Though in my case i prefer female charachters in non-Smash fgs because fighting game girls are hot. I dont give a damn about Cammy and Juri's mechanics, I main them in SF6 because theyre the nicest (and coolest) to look at. Though Alex was my fave in 5 so thats not consistent.
Remember to differentiate between games where the character's appearance is cosmetic, versus games with individual characters with unique abilities. You can't really read too far into the latter. People might just want a particular type of ranged DPS or whatever. Men who would never, ever choose a woman in Call of Duty will pick D.Va in Overwatch because she counters some fucking guy's ability
Yeah same thing with fighting games. The competitive people are picking characters that work for their style. If their main gets a gender swapped equivalent in the sequel, they'll probably switch.
Though in my case i prefer female charachters in non-Smash fgs because fighting game girls are hot. I dont give a damn about Cammy and Juri's mechanics, I main them in SF6 because theyre the nicest (and coolest) to look at. Though Alex was my fave in 5 so thats not consistent.