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Also this is one of the games where you play a character that has personality already, self insertion isn't intended.

Geralt of Rivia, Lara Croft, B.J. Blazkowicz, Alan Wake, Max Caulfield, and probably Doomguy those are all roles that you play.

In contrast you have games like Skyrim, Elden Ring, Terraria, Cyberpunk 2077, Far Cry, Valheim and most classic MMORPGs, where you have a playable character that you can form to your own design.

That's just fundamentally a difference in design. Complaning that you can't self insert in a game of the first category doesn't make sense.

i will always champion for character creators in any game. mass effect proved you could have a heavy “story based” game with two main versions of the single main character + the countless custom personal creations

That's a fair point. Cyberpunk also did it quite well with the customizable character called V (Vincent/Valerie), I thought.

On the other hand, I have to say for games like the Witcher, that adapt an existing world, character set and story threads (from a book series in this case), this is probably too hard to do without compromizing the source material. I'd rather get a good adaptation than risk it going wrong.

And I also understand if smaller studios keep it simple and bring one artistic vision to the game. Like Dontnod with Life is Strange. You could probably make it so Max can be male too, but it's an extra burden and it's a valid choice to go with Max as a fixed person.

Yeah why would someone want to roleplay in an RPG

Play the witcher 3 (awesome game) and you'll think differently. It's an extremely story driven game, and the story is about ciri. This is the logical next step

You've missed the point here. This person is complaining that an industry that caters mostly to American men and historically has had mostly male characters didn't do that this one time in a game he wants to play. Your preferences towards watching a male or female ass for 50 hours are not the point. His completely tone deaf 1990s attitude and selfishness is.

"You can't shoot straight, you big-titted bitch."

and now my tits are triangular

just some (badass) dude

And a father to Ciri, that's an important part of the dynamic

Same. I play a mix of both male and female characters and name them Jux most of the time as an unpronounceable non-binary name.

My favorite games of all time tend to be party-based, like Syndicate, the Wasteland games, the original two Fallout games, Baldur's Gate games, etc.

So I guess when given the choice, I always play... um...

Plus, you get to stare at a hot female ass for most of whatever you're playing. Playing females is the straightest choice imho.

A polarizing question. Me, I always play a version of myself. More muscular, perhaps, or more adventurous. But still a middle-aged dude who is trying to do good. I never feel the urge to play a woman or a villain or anything else totally different from my IRL character.

And I guess that's just how it is, right? We each make our own fun in the games we play.

So the dude in the xitter post is just going to have to sit this one out. I'm sure there will be lots of male centric stories to play in the future, as there always have been.

Meanwhile, I hope everyone who likes playing from a female POV has an absolute blast with The Witcher 4.