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Do not read comments under Dragon Age video previews/discussions. Holy shit this just a bunch of NPC men essentially complaining about the fact that the game gives you an option to do whatever you like
I made a mistake of talking with one of the idiots and got floored with weird responses about selfishness and narcissism like
I don't want to be myself. I just want fun. Remember when game were about fun first?
Definitely not a single fun RPG game came out recently where you can sneak behind a very tough boss and push him over the cliff while also being yourself
or
i want to see a Kratos, or a Master Chief, or a Lara Croft. I have no idea why all these narcissistic and vain losers are so desperate to see themselves in everything.
which is hilariously ironic since characters like Chief and Freeman are designed in a way for the players to insert themselves in a world. I'm sure all those men will pretend they never imagined to be Chief and have an AI girlfriend talking with them
or
In a RPG you play THE CHARACTERS. Not YOURSELF. Only Narcissists need to see themselves all the time in everything.
Despite the fact that in RPG you choose dialogue options that mirrors you yourself. Developers like BioWare and Rockstar admitted that basically 90% of players never went full villain mode
or the hilarious one from a cis dude
Kinda crazy you think men are the only ones that have an issue with itā¦also having a top scar isnāt part of your āpersonalityā and doesnāt DEFINE who you are, actions do
This is about the top surgery scars for trans men characters being included in the game. I'm pretty sure it kinda does reflect on their personality in a good way since trans guys actually have curiosity to make their life better - instead of living in misery by watching Asmongold/Melony Mac and complain about a video game giving you options - and therefor have a scar from the journey that they went through
Literally just a collection of whiny men who are afraid of a concept of individuality. Crazy how this is the same people who say "don't bring real life in games" while bringing up what women and queer people hear weekly in their life about how selfish and narcissistic they are for *checks notes* doing what they want (which is usually basic human rights that got ignored), not what they got told
I donāt play as myself (or at least not all the time, that would get boring).
But some people do and thatās fine: honestly, for women and minorities games that you get to customize yourself for are the only ways to self-insert, so even if you play every RPG as yourself you likely have a lot of variety from playing other genres as other people.
But, even if you follow the train of logic of ādonāt play as yourself or youāre a narcissistāā¦
A cis person might want to play as a trans person
A trans person might want to play as a trans person who isnāt themselves. Iām a woman and Iāve made my fair share of evil women for RPGs, having some traits similar to yourself =/= self insert.
Following 2, having options allows you to open up stories to certain demographics. You can tell the story of a trans person whoās a goody two shoes hero or who wants to burn the Veil down. One of the games I replay most is Skyrim and every single character is female, but all different: games like that give me the chance to tell the stories of different women.
But even then, the argument is so fucking stupid because 99% of games are cis. Even if a trans person wants to make their Rook 100% self insert, itās not narcissistic since every other game theyāve played (except maybe Cyberpunk) will have been them playing someone different from themselves. Having 1-2 games give you the option is so fucking far from narcissistic itās not even funny. And letās not pretend a ton of dudes havenāt made a āI know nothing about this game so Iām going to go as a generic dude with no backstory and a funny nameā character before.
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Iām as white as possible but Iām super happy to have the option for long curly hair worn down because thatās literally my hair irl and Iāve never gotten to play as that type. Iāve kinda already decided my Rook is going to have some form of hair like that because I feel like itād be a massive waste not to - I can play with braids/ponytails/shoulder length hair in literally every other game. My character is gonna look like a blonde Merida lol.