[Crystallyn Whisper]

I usually pick female if the option is available. Sometimes I pick whichever one looks the more aesthetically pleasing.

[dragoness129]

I am a female who plays females in video games if I can. However, if it is some classes that have a set character (Like Baulder's Gate 2), I will play the classes I like over the gender.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Unless you're talking about NPCs, I'm not sure what you mean by set classes in BG2, though I admit I haven't played it much and not for a while. I played the first one for ages.

[Espy]

I'm currently messing around on BG (got it during the sale), and oh boy, the voice acting makes me want to stab things.

[Worm]

I usually play males...
Depends on what kinda characters you can play though.

[Espy]

Boy am I still peeved that healer-type classes in gender-locked games are usually female.

[Claire Bear]

i is female and always play as female,

so does my boyfriend usually lol.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Originally Posted by Espy

I'm currently messing around on BG (got it during the sale), and oh boy, the voice acting makes me want to stab things.

Give it a break, it's old. ;)
But yes. And I've got an annoying amount of memorized.

Baldur's Gate has a mix of characters/races/etc, you just need to go find them. Some take a while to reach.


I'm often amused at the comments about guys apparently assuming that a female character is played by a female, even if they are playing as a female as well.

[Mekatra]

I generally start out as male and then roll female on my second playthrough. If the classes are done by gender then I will usually go with whatever the rogue/thief style character is. It doesn't exactly matter to me too much though.

[bluebird]

Depends on the game. When I played as a female in MMORPGs like Runescape and Maplestory, I got more free stuff than when I played as a guy, so I'm more inclined to play as female in MMOs heh. Ain't saying I'm a gold digger, but...
gamelifeiscertainlyeasierlmao
I tend to play as male and other species when they have really cool looking equips or attack moves.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I'm all for the non-humans. I tend to look to that first, before thinking about gender.

[Mekatra]

I didn't even think about non-humans. I almost always play non-human if given the option. That was my favorite part of Dragon Age Inquisition was finally getting to play a Qunari.

[Espy]

FEMALE. ARGONIAN. BERSERKER. Argonians and Khajiit are kind of my thing. Or, any other beastfolk race that's done well. I cannot stand beastfolk races in which the male's an anthro and the female's a human with ears and a tail.

[Mekatra]

I prefered to play a male Argonian, a thief/light weapons fighter in Oblivion but I much preferred being an archer in Skyrim. Made killing dragons a lot easier early on before you get the Dragonrend shout.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I wasn't great with a bow in Skyrim (as opposed to Morrowind when it was pretty much all I used) so I would just kite around until the dragon landed and then run into it's face.

I was annoyed at not being able to give my Khajit enough fur in Skyrim so I started with a Nord, but I have one now. Both female. The elder scrolls games are one area where I am decidedly female leaning.

[Espy]

I play a male Argonian thief in ESO :P

I've run basically everything from a male Khajiit brawler, to a male Imperial archer who dotes on his two kids, to a male Breton conjurer, to a female Nord-with-a-bit-of-elven-blood valkyrie-esque warrior in Skyrim.

Oblivion, I've only got my one male Khajiit sneakthief so far, and I surprisingly didn't roll a Khajiit in Morrowind, opting instead for a male Bosmer I'm-hesitant-to-actually-put-him-in-a-class.

Also, Guild Wars 2 might be the only game so far in which I have more technically female characters than male.