discussion Do you find it difficult to play a protagonist that doesn't align with your self?

[fuzzi_weezil]

I'm a guy. Playing a female protagonist it doesn't affect me at all. Playing a male protagonist I tend to pick a path that is at least somewhat aligned with who I am. It's probably why I play the "love" path first, play the "corruption" path second, and rarely play the "dark" path.

 

[Deleted member 217152]

No, I don't self insert. Much more enjoyable that way.

 

[SilentHunter]

It's not difficult for me to play as a female character, as an example. But there are VN's where the MC's are such frostbitten bastards that it not only makes you stop playing, but also delete this VN and forget it forever. As an example, Raptus and some other similar things.

 

[alexusbiru]

Games are all about trying new perspectives that you can't on real life, porn games are no exception.
That said, I can play, no problem any game for gaming sake. But I can't fap to any game. Female protagonist, for example, is a major turn off for me, as is most LGBTQIA+ content, I'm just vanilla like that.

I find it difficult to play games with a female protagonist. It's harder to insert myself into the role, I suppose. I do actually read and such so maybe that's a part of it. I really do play the games "for the articles."

One of the chloe games had a male protagonist for a chunk of it and I was enjoying it well enough (kind of an old game, at least a few years iirc fake family maybe?) and part way through, after a fair chunk of content it was a swap to chloe as the protagonist and I lost interest. Book of Lust does something similar in that you're switching protagonists throughout it.

I always find it offputting. I wish I didn't because it'd open more games for me to get into.

Man, the Chloe games were a rare exception, Never had problems whatsoever with them. A excelent combination of funny and sexy. Goon card happily punched with those.

I don't like to play games where the MC is too passive or actively resisting advances absolutely killing the potential for sexy scenes to happen.

Ah the moron MC, one of the 13 plagues of the Gooners. Being who I am, with some exceptions, I can guarantee it's not too far from reality though.

Kinda.
I know nobody can make my glorious and vastly superior self in a video game.
Being godlike in personality(And quiet arrogant)

I general speaking can deal with most mc.
As i dont do drug or drink i cringe when my mc does.
Or when he talk about how much he loves moms massive tits(just dont give mc opinions of its own)
I however hate idiots with a passion and nothing kills my desire to play faster then moron mc's.

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I don't care about gender or age, I adapt well to different personality types, most of the times the key is how well written the story is. Of course there are themes and kinks I like more than others, but I don't need the mc to be "me" (far from it!).
My only peeve is I need agency. I hate games where things happen to the mc against their will. Even if they "like it". Specially those female mc games that consist on degrading and hurting the mc. I can enjoy corruption stories, but I need my mc to enjoy and look forward what happens to them.

A control freak eh? Have Unity - Degrees of Lewdity [v0.5.8.5]

I want a game where the main character is a complete bastard without also being kind of retarded and just yelling and screaming all the time.

There really aren't enough total bastard games. Sneaking, kidnapping, raping, and then denying it or blackmailing the women into claiming it was all lies.

Capture girls coming in to save the ones already under your thumb.

Funny thing is I'm pretty chill in just about everything day to day. I have no idea why this kind of shit gets my engine going.

I've seen a couple of games over time that do this well. One in particular is great at it, but the MC isn't meant to keep it going in that one.

But god damn what a ride. I tried so many paths looking for an alternative ending. Alas.

I got you brother and I agree, some misoginy goes a long way. Let's see if I can find you something here in my bag - sorry, couldn't find it. I thought of a game for you. It was a Dungeon Keeper like, where you play the Dungeon Lord (you control the dungeon) and defend yourself from the heroes. And by defend, I mean, you rape them with your minions.

 

[kremtoa]

If the game is good, the women are hot, and the fetishes don't bother me. I'll play anything.

 

[Catchetail]

It generally doesn't bother me. Unless the protagonist just feels either so dumb or irredeemable.

 

[2wa]

Not really. I never really connect myself to any of the MC's from these games. I think of them as separate people.

 

[awkwardwank]

I don't see the MC as a version of myself, so I'm fine with them having different views and motivations.

 

[Herzmankova]

If the MC is female, it would be difficult

 

[napo]

it like a roleplay, sometime i want a diff myself as MC

 

[Coran]

Having a sense of kinship with the protagonist used to be a qualifier for which games I played, but it hasn't been that way for a long while now.
MCs who are wimpy or make a terrible decision despite having the necessary information do still make me temporarily step away from a game.

 

[jukssuger]

I wasn't even thinking in terms of the porn games. I answered "yes" because all I could think about was my inability to do a dark side run in KOTOR. You just have to be so mean.

 

[Paradigminant]

Not difficult at all. I can easily mentally place myself into whatever role I want to enjoy a story from. Zero innate identification with MC. And if I choose to, definitely doesn't mean I'm personally anything like the MC. Just a character I'm riding with. Sometimes I don't identify with any character, whether written into the story or self-created as an insert. Third-person viewpoint can be a ton of fun too.

 

[Shad007]

I don't think you should play games based on your alignment with the character.. what more fun is that you live as the character.. games are one way to escape reality and completely immerse into a completely different personality.. And it is the beauty of games.

 

[tias]

I generally like to stay truthful to the character or to what I think the character would do. Sometimes I get a clear picture of that from the game, sometimes the character is somewhat neutral and only shaped by your choices