When the protagonist’s character, personality, and story is significant, then that’s fine. If I’m playing a game like that I’m not playing a generic character that could be either and therefore should absolutely be a choice.
I’m fine playing a game like the Witcher, Red Dead 2, etc, cause those are the stories of that guy.
Where I won’t play is games that give you a generic protagonist with little to no personality but restrict you to male only, or even I suppose female only, although this is incredibly rare and I haven’t run across it myself.
“Some people are tall, some not. I require a game to give me a choice of playing a tall character”. If the gender is insignificant, why waste the effort of making everything twice just to have that choice?
When the protagonist’s character, personality, and story is significant, then that’s fine. If I’m playing a game like that I’m not playing a generic character that could be either and therefore should absolutely be a choice.
I’m fine playing a game like the Witcher, Red Dead 2, etc, cause those are the stories of that guy.
Where I won’t play is games that give you a generic protagonist with little to no personality but restrict you to male only, or even I suppose female only, although this is incredibly rare and I haven’t run across it myself.
“Some people are tall, some not. I require a game to give me a choice of playing a tall character”. If the gender is insignificant, why waste the effort of making everything twice just to have that choice?