Ammokkx

What kind of RP mood are you in?

I just need something to join, like, in general.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread Number Two

I've been reminded recently of just how many people on this site either play or have played Final Fantasy 14 and I'm starting to wonder if I could get away with making a general XIV discussion thread.

'cause lord knows I can't get enough placed to talk about this game.

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

But then my main is a rich Lala boi so naturally I win twice. Anyways RPG FC anyone?

@Exit

Also there's nothing cute about having a lala sugar daddy buy all of your nice clothes. I have a lala anyway.

@BrokenPromise

I-

So is this the point where I reveal I have a lala alt myself? Because I do.

I swear I'll stop going offtopic please don't bonk me poohead

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

oh shit crazytrini got banned and nuked

edit: ngl even if they were getting banned I kinda wanted to read the messages back still because I wasn't done reading through all of their arguments. or parsing some fully.

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

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What you said in your initial paragraph can be attributed to men making male characters. Again, the question is literally why not apply that same logic and make a variety of male characters that have different personality traits? Why is this logic only applied to characters of the opposite sex?

@Crazytrini85

It's simple.

The logic is not just applied to opposite sex. It just happens to be that that's what we're discussing, so that's also what my example is. To quote myself:

but it's not like people who exclusively play female characters always play the same female character.

"people who exclusively play female characters" being the example. This also applies to people only playing male, or both male and female characters.

Writing from "your perspective" to my mind would just always be writing the same, one, singular character- which some people do do, even on this very site.

Uh, basically, don't put words in my mouth yeah? Also don't argue a point I wasn't making? Thanks.

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

Like I said, exceptions exist, but it's kind of uncanny when you ONLY write from a perspective that has nothing to do with you. Which is why assumptions of people being trans women start flying. If you had 12 character slots and 11 of them were girls, then you are no longer "just trying" out to write from an alternative perspective; that basically is your perspective. The question OP raised isn't a can or cannot; the question is why.

@Crazytrini85

I don't like this idea a writer can only ever write what "their perspective" is. Yeah, I get it, you can never truly disassociate yourself from your writing or you wouldn't be the one writing it, but it's not like people who exclusively play female characters always play the same female character. Most writers at least ATTEMPT to write a variety of personality types, personality types that might not even line up with how THEY act. I'm not a very good writer, but I at least try to challenge myself by playing characters that are completely unlike how I am. Sure, my biases as a person are naturally going to be imparted on them, but I'm at least making the attempt of being different.

That is to say, I don't like it when you call someone a sussy baka for exclusively playing as the perceived opposite gender and calling that "their perspective". It's... rude? Yeah, rude. At least to me it would be, and is.

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

If I ever get back into this game we should meet up and touch tails.

@BrokenPromise

taking you up on that offer

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

Yeah I'm gonna be straight with you, nobody here on this forum finds it weird for people to play cross-gender characters. I know far less people on here that stick to just one gender than I do people that, y'know, don't.

Your friend giving you a weird look is probably because they're not a dedicated RPer like most anyone on this forum's going to be. Your friend doesn't get the hobby, nor its appeal. It's not the first time a discussion thread like this has popped up, but the conclusion is always the same: most people say "I'm writing a character, not myself" and the ones that stick to only one gender go "I just don't feel comfortable writing an identity that's not close to mine" (or similar reasons on either end; don't take those examples as absolutes.)

I primarily play girl characters and I don't feel a need to justify to anyone why that is. I just do, and I find people that find that weird of me (note: not people who only prefer to play one thing themselves, only people that find it actively weird) to be the weird ones in turn. Writing allows you to express yourself in a way you can't physically. Is completely normal. Everyone here already intrinsically understands this, or they wouldn't be looking to RP in the first place.

I am the single cutest miqo'te this side of Eorzea and nobody's gonna stop me from being that.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread Number Two

You don't need any prior digimon exposure to enjoy Survive. Hell, I'm not even a Digimon fan- I just thought Cyber Sleuth was a really good game. If the idea of half visual novel, half tactical rpg ala devil survivor sounds appealing to you, then Survive is a game you'll like.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread Number Two

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Don't get my hopes up. ;-;

How would you rate the other games in comparison? (If you've played them/from what you've played of Survive.)

>searching for youtuber's opinions as we speak

Because I've been wanting to get it since the first trailer. (Since it promised a darker story/concept than the prior games.) But I was curious if that element was still present. Or if it was exaggerated for marketing purposes.

@SleepingSilence

Keep in mind I'm still going through it, am only up to chapter 5, but:

Yeah, I'd say the darker story is very much present. There's plenty of suffering to go around, and it almost gets a bit TOO melodramatic in points. I think it strikes a somewhat okay balance between when it needs to lighten up and when it needs to get serious, though.

Keep in mind it's still Digimon, so you're not gonna see people implied to be gored or anything, but it's real good. The only other digimon games I can say I've played seriously are the Cyber Sleuth ones, and this seems just as high quality as those (albeit with more text this time around and less gameplay.)

Speaking of gameplay: It feels like it's a bit limited in places. Movement feels very constrained, stuff dies really fast and you don't get a whole lot of moves to use on your individual digimon. Its also been an absolute pain to use a varied team because of maps only allowing 6 digimon at most, and since the protagonist mons are what you'll have access to the most, there's no real reason to ever deploy anything besides them. You'd want to keep two other digimon levelled at most for those times the protagonist goes at it solo, because maps like that usually only have two slots beside Agumon for deployment in the first place.

Like, the game's not perfect, but despite the flaws I'm encountering I'm still having a blast and am fully hooked into the story. All I wish is that Shuuji was less of a little bitch and I'd be good.