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#1 purin172003

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:09 PM

Yeah, there have been a few gay supporting characters in videogames, but never a (openly) gay main character in an AAA game.
Do you think it will ever happen in our lifetime?

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:18 PM

Persona 4 bro.

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:24 PM

There are a lot of games where the sexuality of the hero is not discussed. I noticed you wrote "openly", so yeah...

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:26 PM

Persona 4 bro.

I discussed "supporting" gay characters and that guy was in love with a girl.

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:27 PM

Probably in a Japanese game. :P

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:34 PM

Probably in a Japanese game. :P

Not unless their making a show out of it per se. Japanese people do accept gay people, they just do not like it highly displayed around so probably not.

Yeah, there have been a few gay supporting characters in videogames, but never a (openly) gay main character in an AAA game.
Do you think it will ever happen in our lifetime?

Doesn't GTA have a game called Gay Tony or something like that? I can't say for sure what the game has in full as I never played GTA much past about 3. Anyway, it is bound to have happened or to happen in western culture. Specially with how crazy some of these games can get.

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:40 PM

Commander Shepard could be gay, if you so choose.

#8 purin172003

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:45 PM

Not unless their making a show out of it per se. Japanese people do accept gay people, they just do not like it highly displayed around so probably not.


Doesn't GTA have a game called Gay Tony or something like that? I can't say for sure what the game has in full as I never played GTA much past about 3. Anyway, it is bound to have happened or to happen in western culture. Specially with how crazy some of these games can get.

Yeah, the balad of gay tony was DLC for GTA IV, but you played as the assistant to gay tony

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 03:01 PM

Where have you been ?

In the game Bayonetta Bayonetta is a lesbian,
In Mass Effect 3 Male Shepard is gay & Female Shepard is a lesbian,
GTA IV you help your boss who is gay, Gay Tony.
Sims you can be gay or lesbian,

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#10 purin172003

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 03:12 PM

Where have you been ?

In the game Bayonetta Bayonetta is a lesbian,
In Mass Effect 3 Male Shepard is gay & Female Shepard is a lesbian,
GTA IV you help your boss who is gay, Gay Tony.
Sims you can be gay or lesbian,

Woah, i seriously didn't know that Bayonetta was gay.
Discussed GTA IV already.
Sims and ME3 don't really count because that's user choices, not canon (another example: Dragon Age)

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 11:17 PM

Bayonetta is a lesbian? I really need to play that game.

Samus is a closet lesbian, maybe she'll come out in Metroid HD.

Luigi is gay isn't he? Waluigi is for sure.

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 06:21 AM

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 06:56 AM

Most publishers shy away from that sort of thing - because no matter what you do - someone will be offended. Having side characters or a decision to choose your sexuality is different - but I don't think we will see a full fledged gay hero for quite a while. Most gamers aren't gay and publishers fear the backlash they would get.
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 09:48 AM

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 09:57 AM

Bayonetta is a lesbian? I really need to play that game.

Samus is a closet lesbian, maybe she'll come out in Metroid HD.

Luigi is gay isn't he? Waluigi is for sure.


Bwahahaha

I think it'd be pretty cool if we had more gay protagonists, and not just females who are overly sexualized and lesbian. But hey, that alone is a step forward in the gay acceptance area. :B

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:13 AM

Bayonetta is a lesbian? I really need to play that game.

Samus is a closet lesbian, maybe she'll come out in Metroid HD.

Luigi is gay isn't he? Waluigi is for sure.

He is'nt gay, he is in love with daisy

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 11:31 AM

This is different, but I noticed in scribblenauts you can give a wife to a lonely female ghost who wants to have a wedding, and it works. They didn't have to do that, but it was nice.
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 11:57 AM

I think that there will before openly gay characters in video games in the future, but I don't see the main hero of any game being openly gay anytime soon for two reasons. Firstly, the fact is that there are still a lot of homophobic people in the world, and the chances are that as a result of this, the sales of a game would suffer, particularly in certain areas which have strong views on homosexuality. Secondly, most people aren't gay, and I think a lot of straight people may find it harder to relate to an openly gay character, especially if sexuality was important in the game.

However, I think it will happen one day, and to be honest, although I'm straight, I wouldn't have any huge issues with playing as a gay character.

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:23 PM

If they are gonna be gay, I would want it to be Luigi gay: not really gay but gay.

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 08:58 PM

The Dragonborn in Skyrim can also marry same gender characters. There is really not much else, but if you sleep in the same bed, you wake up with a "lover's comfort" stat bonus.




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