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SaccharineSmile
01/08/18 5:21:11 PM
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What is it a law now that all games needs a main female character?
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Kaname_Madoka
01/08/18 5:21:36 PM
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yeah
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UnholyMudcrab
01/08/18 5:22:04 PM
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spikethedevil
01/08/18 5:22:15 PM
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GTA1 had a female playable character so it wouldn't be the first one to do it.
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Steve Nick
01/08/18 5:22:35 PM
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A female GTA protagonist might be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.
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Giant_Aspirin
01/08/18 5:23:03 PM
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I've literally haven't seen a single person say this

TC going after the low hanging bait, as usual.
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GuyCarlPeterson
01/08/18 5:23:47 PM
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I could make a great character if Rockstar wants me too.
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AlabamaLove
01/08/18 5:24:05 PM
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I honestly wouldn't care. Women can be psychopaths too.
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Itennu
01/08/18 5:24:20 PM
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still waiting on my female link in zelda
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spikethedevil
01/08/18 5:28:01 PM
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Steve Nick posted...
A female GTA protagonist might be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.


spikethedevil posted...
GTA1 had a female playable character so it wouldn't be the first one to do it.


@Steve_Nick
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UncleBourbon33
01/08/18 5:29:33 PM
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I don't know how they could do it without it being a feminist power fantasy.
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DarkChozoGhost
01/08/18 5:30:24 PM
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I don't see what's wrong with wanting one. GTA games have different main characters each time.
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spikethedevil
01/08/18 5:31:28 PM
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GTA1 Had a female playable character...... Am I the only one old enough to remember it?
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UncleBourbon33
01/08/18 5:31:35 PM
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We still need a latino protagonist.
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spikethedevil
01/08/18 5:34:18 PM
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CensorErik posted...
Just do it like GTAV and have multiple characters. One is a chick. What's the problem?


So like GTA1 did then? Though in GTA1 they all follow the exact same missions but still.
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Gamer99z
01/08/18 5:34:46 PM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
I've literally haven't seen a single person say this

TC going after the low hanging bait, as usual.

A lot of people have said it, especially after GTA V came out with 3 switchable protagonists that were all male.
That said, it's still clearly a bait topic. Personally I'd like single player to have a customizable character with a few different voice options to choose from. With how much dialogue GTA has its probably unrealistic to expect them to get several VA's to do the dialogue in multiple voices to match your character you make though.
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Tmk
01/08/18 5:36:42 PM
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Few are calling for this, and people had been calling for this since at least far back as GTA: SA.


Anyway, they may as well do it at some point. You can already play as a female character in GTAO and people who think it "wouldn't work" in a GTA story have a very small imagination apparently (and perhaps also a bad memory considering the main antagonist of GTA3 was a woman, and there was another competent female character in crime in that story).

I'm pretty sure old Rockstar would have got around to it, but I'm not sure if this new twisted, drunk on microtransactions Rockstar still cares. Maybe. They do appreciate the value of controversy being free advertising, and making a female protagonist for the next GTA (Well likely using a similar model to GTA5 for protagonists to not alienate the weirdos who can't stand not playing as a guy) would certainly create a lot of free buzz about them.

Really the question of whether or not a female protagonist would work relies on a simple question: can a female character exist who did bad criminal things but then decided to stop but is so half-hearted in truly stopping they are easily strung along by someone with the government to do more crime while indulging in 10x as much on the side as they go? Yes. Yes quite easily. So congrats: a female can be a Rockstar sandbox game protagonist.
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spikethedevil
01/08/18 5:37:31 PM
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These days if they do decide to do it it will just get attacked for being SJW pandering unfortunately.
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Esrac
01/08/18 5:37:55 PM
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I'd hazard a guess and say GTA probably doesn't attract enough of a female player base to justify marketing it to them.

I mean, shooting games and the like tend to have a very low female audience in general. I don't know how much of a difference a female protagonist would make.
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spikethedevil
01/08/18 5:40:07 PM
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So no one else remembers GTA1?
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Tmk
01/08/18 5:41:13 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
So no one else remembers GTA1?

GTAs before GTA3 aren't really the same like...thing as GTAs 3 and onward.

Like, there was a pretty significant shift there.
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spikethedevil
01/08/18 5:43:56 PM
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Still a GTA with a female protagonist.
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AverageCEgal
01/08/18 5:44:58 PM
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And then we have horny teen boys playing "woman visits woman stripper"

no thanks
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K181
01/08/18 5:45:01 PM
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Itennu posted...
female link


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http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Linkle
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Tmk
01/08/18 5:46:42 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Still a GTA with a female protagonist.

If someone told you they really like GTA5 and asked for games similar to it, would you suggest they play GTA1? >_>
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Darmik
01/08/18 5:47:59 PM
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
I don't know how they could do it without it being a feminist power fantasy.


Eh? Someone like Catalina could easily be a GTA protagonist.

Esrac posted...
I'd hazard a guess and say GTA probably doesn't attract enough of a female player base to justify marketing it to them.

I mean, shooting games and the like tend to have a very low female audience in general. I don't know how much of a difference a female protagonist would make.


Umm GTA is the most broadly appealing video game in the industry. GTAV has sold like 80 million. If you play a console game you'll likely play GTA.

I don't think any protagonist would make much of a difference to GTA at this point. They can choose whoever they want.
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EbonTitanium
01/08/18 5:48:53 PM
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It really woundn't change anything. I woundn't mind a female GTA lead, as long as she's an interesting character.
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AlabamaLove
01/08/18 5:52:12 PM
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Y'all pretending like you couldn't play a woman in saints row smh
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EbonTitanium
01/08/18 5:54:56 PM
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AlabamaLove posted...
Y'all pretending like you couldn't play a woman in saints row smh

Well, the Female Boss is trans.
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Hexenherz
01/08/18 6:05:46 PM
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If you want to see a female character in GTA just go online LOL.

Also lol @ people saying that GTA1 had female characters. The only thing it changed was the color of the pixel you controlled.
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Kitt
01/08/18 6:10:29 PM
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I wouldn't mind if they did this as long as the character herself is interesting and we'll done, but lol at the people saying "it wouldn't work" or it's a "stupid idea".
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SpreadManning
01/08/18 6:15:21 PM
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You will probably make a custom character with a very heavy focus on online mode.
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glitteringfairy
01/08/18 6:19:36 PM
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All I can say is i don't want multiple main characters I have to switch between.
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Hexenherz
01/08/18 6:21:25 PM
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I mean it wouldn't be that hard, just make her an anti-hero. Like, make her a successful sex slave trafficker but then her partner rips her off and she winds up as a slave herself and then she has to fight back to rebuild her empire and kill the partner. Pretty generic plot but it paves the way for a tough-as-nails female character that will appeal to men.
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weapon_d00d816
01/08/18 6:21:45 PM
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AlabamaLove posted...
I honestly wouldn't care. Women can be psychopaths too.

They usually express it differently, though. There are reasons violent crime is largely male.
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Darmik
01/08/18 6:36:56 PM
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weapon_d00d816 posted...
AlabamaLove posted...
I honestly wouldn't care. Women can be psychopaths too.

They usually express it differently, though. There are reasons violent crime is largely male.


Outside of maybe IV GTA doesn't have realistic characters.
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dave_is_slick
01/08/18 6:42:30 PM
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Steve Nick posted...
A female GTA protagonist might be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.

Fucking why?
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dave_is_slick
01/08/18 6:44:37 PM
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EbonTitanium posted...
AlabamaLove posted...
Y'all pretending like you couldn't play a woman in saints row smh

Well, the Female Boss is trans.

No. It's a literal retcon. They straight up said that if you pick female then that's what they always were.
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CensorErik
01/08/18 6:49:03 PM
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tote_all posted...
Oh, this one should be fun.

Men commit all crime, but GTA needs a powerful, independant, strong woman as a lead in the crime-based game.

Which one is it?

It's a video game heavy on satire. Calm down before you get diarrhea again.
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Gamer99z
01/08/18 6:49:08 PM
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dave_is_slick posted...
Steve Nick posted...
A female GTA protagonist might be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.

Fucking why?

B-because women don't commit violent crimes!
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Zikten
01/08/18 6:49:53 PM
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how about a compromise. do 3 characters again. but make one female.
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CensorErik
01/08/18 6:56:24 PM
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Zikten posted...
how about a compromise. do 3 characters again. but make one female.

This is what I was saying earlier but deleted it because the topic got so dumb.
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Darmik
01/08/18 6:59:13 PM
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I hope they go full blown custom character for the next GTA. Even give dialogue choices for missions and interactions. I know it won't happen though.
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MrDrMan
01/08/18 7:06:20 PM
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Nobody besides annoying ass feminists have asked for this.
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l33t_iRk3n_Rm33
01/08/18 7:08:01 PM
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
I don't know how they could do it without it being a feminist power fantasy.

Are the current GTA games all male power fantasies?

If so, not a problem.

If not, just do what they do, but with a female character.

They don't have to, but it'd be neat.

MrDrMan posted...
Nobody besides annoying ass feminists have asked for this.

Not even
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Kitt
01/08/18 7:09:41 PM
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MrDrMan posted...
Nobody besides annoying ass feminists have asked for this.

Nah. Spending a considerable amount of time on the GTA board, there are actually quite a bit of people who want this.
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