I mean I almost get it. Disregarding "she make peepee hard", Judy is, imo, the best-written of the 4 romanceable characters (though I think it's kinda weird for any version of V to date her given the events in her storyline), with Panam a distant second. I think the bigger problem is that both the guys are trash. River is a fucking cop and Kerry is like 80 years old and clearly going through a mid-life crisis.
I didn't even know there were romanceable men. In the entire time from the hypefest teaser years ago to this moment I have never heard anyone talk about them.
I think it's a combination of a couple of two main factors. First, most Capital-G Gamers are straight guys, and they aren't going to be interested in men, so the devs put less effort into the male options as a result. Second, both River and Kerry are buried behind optional quests, whereas meeting Judy and Panam is mandatory.
There's also the possibility that the writing staff is mostly dudes, so they can think of what makes an attractive female NPC, but can't do the same for men. Idk though, I'm cishet so I might just be off-base and the tiny straight woman Cyberpunk fanbase could be crazy for River.
There’s also the possibility that the writing staff is mostly dudes, so they can think of what makes an attractive female NPC, but can’t do the same for men.
These sorts of games do often seem to fail to realize who their most attractive male characters actually are, yeah. I was there with Goro Takemura like "I can fix him" but I don't think any of the devs or writers ever thought any players would look at him that way.
On a certain level I'd prefer romanceable characters in games to be open to any player if only because I don't trust writers to not only make a satisfactory option for everyone but also to not be awful about writing characters with explicit sexualities. Like 90% of the time the gay men feel like an afterthought and the gay women feel like they exist because someone thought it was hot.
I mean I almost get it. Disregarding "she make peepee hard", Judy is, imo, the best-written of the 4 romanceable characters (though I think it's kinda weird for any version of V to date her given the events in her storyline), with Panam a distant second. I think the bigger problem is that both the guys are trash. River is a fucking cop and Kerry is like 80 years old and clearly going through a mid-life crisis.
I didn't even know there were romanceable men. In the entire time from the hypefest teaser years ago to this moment I have never heard anyone talk about them.
I think it's a combination of a couple of two main factors. First, most Capital-G Gamers are straight guys, and they aren't going to be interested in men, so the devs put less effort into the male options as a result. Second, both River and Kerry are buried behind optional quests, whereas meeting Judy and Panam is mandatory.
There's also the possibility that the writing staff is mostly dudes, so they can think of what makes an attractive female NPC, but can't do the same for men. Idk though, I'm cishet so I might just be off-base and the tiny straight woman Cyberpunk fanbase could be crazy for River.
These sorts of games do often seem to fail to realize who their most attractive male characters actually are, yeah. I was there with Goro Takemura like "I can fix him" but I don't think any of the devs or writers ever thought any players would look at him that way.
colossal mood, i can turn him into a commie if you give me a chance pls
A lot of the marketing and early hype focused on that character and heavily sexualized her so I can at least see why they feel entitled to do so
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That's a good point!
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On a certain level I'd prefer romanceable characters in games to be open to any player if only because I don't trust writers to not only make a satisfactory option for everyone but also to not be awful about writing characters with explicit sexualities. Like 90% of the time the gay men feel like an afterthought and the gay women feel like they exist because someone thought it was hot.