Why Do You Not Play Female Protagonist Gamess?

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I am as confused as you are. The female perspective, at least to me, is so much more interesting and intriguing. I know what it is like to pleasure a woman but understand so little of what she actually feels. I will play any game that is well-written and/or has good art, but a female protagonist is a big plus.
 
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For me, story is a really important element in any game. Having the main character be a different gender simply breaks my immersion. Some people care more about adult scenes than story. Others can take a bird's eye view and consider themselves to be a spectator instead of a character. I'm just neither of those.

Furthermore, I'd probably get bored of seeing the same character get fucked by different guys. Although I enjoy F/F from time to time, I don't really care as much about it as M/F.
 

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For me, story is a really important element in any game. Having the main character be a different gender simply breaks my immersion. Some people care more about adult scenes than story. Others can take a bird's eye view and consider themselves to be a spectator instead of a character. I'm just neither of those.

Furthermore, I'd probably get bored of seeing the same character get fucked by different guys. Although I enjoy F/F from time to time, I don't really care as much about it as M/F.
You know that's a good way to put it ive read from time to time people only play X cause of immersion but I always cared about story and characters over anything else but that is so true I must have a birds eye view since immersion breaking rarely ever bothers me. Probally why I usually play Female characters vs instead of male in AAA games when I have the option. Tho ill play both on here I do prefer males just for a chance of a girlfriend dating sim experience as it makes it feel like you get to know the character more and I enjoy the game as a whole, unlike LI that are easy.
 
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Honestly it is dumb, I play porn games for the porn. I don't care if the protagonist is male/female/futa or even nonhuman for that matter as long as there is porn in it.
"Hey, it is dumb to not play as female protagonist and not having any pleasure by your avatar banged by an old bastard!" :ROFLMAO:
 
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Someone has already said this, but I am one of those players who prefer to play as a character to whom I can relate. Also, when I play these games/VN's, I'd like to experience the story from the MC's perspective, and get to know and develop feelings (whatever those feelings are,) for those who he interacts with. As a heterosexual male, if the MC is a female then it's difficult for me to fully get into the story. I do read books where the protagonists are female, and that feels different to me. These VN's, however, make me feel like I'm living as the MC while I'm playing them.

There was actually a game where there were both male and female protagonists, and the player would play as both characters depending on the scenes. That wasn't too bad, except the female MC's boobs were way too big for me to get into the character, not to mention her personality being somewhat difficult for me to relate to. I generally had no problem playing as the male MC in this game, though.

It seems the way I feel about it stems from my wanting to experience something romantic, and from a heterosexual point of view that is close to my own. That is why I prefer certain types of VN's that have certain types of MC's, over purely sex-driven ones. I might even actually quickly click through the sex scenes if they aren't really my cup of tea, just to get back to the story part. But the romantic scenes, or scenes where there are meaningful conversations taking place, I pay a lot of attention to.

It may be a dumb approach to some people, but hey, we're all here for different reasons I suppose.
 
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Someone has already said this, but I am one of those players who prefer to play as a character to whom I can relate. Also, when I play these games/VN's, I'd like to experience the story from the MC's perspective, and get to know and develop feelings (whatever those feelings are,) for those who he interacts with. As a heterosexual male, if the MC is a female then it's difficult for me to fully get into the story. I do read books where the protagonists are female, and that feels different to me. These VN's, however, make me feel like I'm living as the MC while I'm playing them.

There was actually a game where there were both male and female protagonists, and the player would play as both characters depending on the scenes. That wasn't too bad, except the female MC's boobs were way too big for me to get into the character, not to mention her personality being somewhat difficult for me to relate to. I generally had no problem playing as the male MC in this game, though.

It seems the way I feel about it stems from my wanting to experience something romantic, and from a heterosexual point of view that is close to my own. That is why I prefer certain types of VN's that have certain types of MC's, over purely sex-driven ones. I might even actually quickly click through the sex scenes if they aren't really my cup of tea, just to get back to the story part. But the romantic scenes, or scenes where there are meaningful conversations taking place, I pay a lot of attention to.

It may be a dumb approach to some people, but hey, we're all here for different reasons I suppose.
You know the way you put that made me realize that's probably the main reason I love AVN games and I feel the same way about sex scenes tho ill watch the animation play once then click through while reading dialogue well most of the time anyways not every time hehe. I cannot agree more romantic scenes are my favorites which is why I prefer slow burn LI usually but ive seen a few LI that I wrote off as easy but as the story went on the dynamic changed and they felt more like a romantic girlfriend LI.
 

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As someone who primarily plays female protagonist, and was considering creating one, I am very curious. It seems a sizeable minority of players won't play a female protagonist.

What about the "Female Protagonist" label makes you not want to try the game?
- If your playing as a female protag the girl selection is usually 1 that female protag gotto be top tier. Side girls exist but far from the norm in these kinda games, Compared to the guy in which it's usually options galore.

- immersiveness, I'd rather be a guy trying to get a girl than a girl doing the opposite it's more interesting to me. also for certain genre's like dating sim I just avoid the girl perspective entirely. Turn off to date guys.

- rape is more interesting against guys vs girls. if a female protag is raped it's usually a monster or some generic dude. while vs guys your options can be pretty god tier in comparison ye got unique non generic options in quite some cases. Futa can spice it up a hell lot for female protags though on both the enemy side or the protag being 1.

- My standards are quite a bit lower for male protags vs female protags cause in terms of H content it's just way more interesting to me. For a female protag It's gotto be allot better quality comparison, for me to get the same enjoyment out of it.

- Again though when the quality is sky high such as karyn's prison Female protag is A ok with me since it can compete with the best. but in most cases for my taste male protag makes for better H games. cause of the things listed above.
 
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You know the way you put that made me realize that's probably the main reason I love AVN games and I feel the same way about sex scenes tho ill watch the animation play once then click through while reading dialogue well most of the time anyways not every time hehe. I cannot agree more romantic scenes are my favorites which is why I prefer slow burn LI usually but ive seen a few LI that I wrote off as easy but as the story went on the dynamic changed and they felt more like a romantic girlfriend LI.
I have played games where the subject matters weren't exactly my cup of tea, such as VN's that cater to those who are into domination/submission kink, and typically those are the types of games where I would end up quickly skimming through the sex scenes. But the ones I really like tend to feature gentler sex. I seem to say this often around here, but I'm really okay with vanilla stuff.

Examples:

When I played "Our Fate - A New Family", I chose the loving/romantic father route rather than the dark/cynical path. I just couldn't be the dark character for my daughter, lol. And my goodness, that daughter stole my heart! Similarly, for "Sisterly Lust", the only path I was interested in for Bella was the "romantic" route which, by the way, was so worth it for me. Also for that game, I totally opted out of the Discreet Inc. scenes after the initial "trial", because it dealt with the kinks I'm not into. One of the most enjoyable MC's that I've played so far has got to be the one from "Now & Then". He's older, so it's easier for me to relate to as I'm in my 40's. I also really like that he's not a doormat, though he's not by any means a jerk either. In fact, I actually even felt honoured that I got to play as someone like that guy, lol.
 
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Actually, I do play games with female protagonist, but mainly when the dev is a woman(otome games.)
 

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I'm a dude, I want to play as a dude in game, I want to be the one that bones people, not the one getting boned and reading internal monologue from the female perspective is distracting, I don't want to read about someone dicking me down, that's a boner killer bro.
 
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That's where futa on female comes into play. :cool:
And make me pass the game.

I don't care female protagonists. After all I'm not here to play "middle aged guy fuck his middle aged wife" games, but to give up to some fantasy, following stories that I'll not experience in my life. And what's more "there's absolutely no way that I experience this" than being a woman ?
But in the same time, if I choose to play a female protagonist game at that time, it's precisely because I don't want to see dicks. What also mean that if the said protagonist game don't have a pure lesbian route, I'm out.

The only exception is the game about a certain grandma and her sharing grandson. But hush, no need to tell it to mister I.
 

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As someone who primarily plays female protagonist, and was considering creating one, I am very curious. It seems a sizeable minority of players won't play a female protagonist.

What about the "Female Protagonist" label makes you not want to try the game?
Easy, can't self insert. I don't necessarily need to self insert to enjoy a game, and in my early college years I played many, many female protag games. However I have way less time, like maybe a third then of back then. So when the market is as saturated as it is nowadays compared to back then, mixed with having less time, I can be much more selective with whatever game I choose to play. When theres plenty of male protagonists games that I will enjoy, why would I choose a female 90% of the time when im essentially guaranteed to enjoy the previous just a little more? Unless theres something else I can't get in those games theres just no reason for me to consider them, and those games very rarely come around.
 
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... have you never heard of lesbians? Just go with lesbians, kthx.



Yes, thank you. Love me some futa/trans lesbianism. <3
Actually my upcoming AVN features primarily lesbian scenes. However, ppl who weren't into female protagonist were also (mostly) not into lesbian scenes. Was abit surprising to me, but hey they're the ones missing out.
 

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Of course there are many valid reasons to not enjoy female mc games, like Rafster mentioned being gay would be one of them.

What I said that was dumb though was the single reason I have given (try hard self-inserting), which is also the main reason I see being parroted by the people that instantly discard good games without even trying them because the protag doesn't match their bland personality, gender or similar.
Okay that's still a bad take. It's a perfectly acceptable reason to skip any game. "Good" is always going to be subjective. The ONLY problem with it is when people announce their dislike in the game threads.
 
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As someone who primarily plays female protagonist, and was considering creating one, I am very curious. It seems a sizeable minority of players won't play a female protagonist.

What about the "Female Protagonist" label makes you not want to try the game?
I actually don't know.I probably like harems more than reverse harems, and I'm not a fan of double penetration.
 

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I'm just not into roleplaying being fucked by guys.
What he said.

Some other games that don't involve sex stuff only cosmetics and overall simple nudity, mmos ect is fine to pick female chars, but on adult games, its either a guy or a futanari. Guess I like dominating position more, and not into being "fucked" unless facing amazones(since amazones fucks you lol) :D

On side note, lesbian games are different story, female chars are fine there.
 

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Sadly most of fem protagonist games featuring content that i dislike :HideThePain:
if exclude tags lesbian(dislike), male domination(dislike), humiliation, male protagonist = not much games to play
untapped niche with dominant female protagonist games :WeSmart:
 

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I'm just not into roleplaying being fucked by guys.

What he said.
I think that's just based on your capacity for empathy, for some peoples incest, netorare etc. is just "normal" porn because they are not feeling involved, it's not their familly, it's not their significant other, it's just humans shagging, maybe I'm wrong as it's a complex subject of psychology and everyone is reacting differently to various degree...
 

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I think that's just based on your capacity for empathy, for some peoples incest, netorare etc. is just "normal" porn because they are not feeling involved, it's not their familly, it's not their significant other, it's just humans shagging, maybe I'm wrong as it's a complex subject of psychology and everyone is reacting differently to various degree...
I wont lie saying I "used to" dont give a damn who I was playing and what was shaging my character. But guess my perspective changed over the years. If I play females, i avoid any sexual interactions with males, unless its other girl. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

To some its psychological thing to some its "just" shagging, to me its just a taste or as i mentioned before "dominant" position. Now don't start with "females can be dominant too" we both know thats not true, when raping is involved for example. But that's never my main tag as speaking of such.

I noticed most of times, while playing female protags, the dialogues just reads weirdly.