Why Guys like playing as girls?

[Mad Pierrot]

If it's Persona 3 Portable playing as the female lead gives some good replay value since all her interactions are different from the male lead.

[ninryu]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Except most of the time they aren't--most male characters in games are designed to placate a male power fantasy, not a female sexual fantasy. They're not sexually objectified males, they're hyper-powerful, hyper-competent walls of muscle.

I applaud games where the males look normal and attractive--FFXI and FFXIV are good examples of this, where the Hume/Hyur males look simply like very fit and trim, attractive men.

Maybe it's true for western MMOs, but I play mostly Japanese or Korean MMOs which have good male character designs.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Except most of the time they aren't--most male characters in games are designed to placate a male power fantasy, not a female sexual fantasy. They're not sexually objectified males, they're hyper-powerful, hyper-competent walls of muscle.

I applaud games where the males look normal and attractive--FFXI and FFXIV are good examples of this, where the Hume/Hyur males look simply like very fit and trim, attractive men.

Wut bout us Male Miqote

[Nessaja]

I do play male characters if they aren't portrayed like the oh-so-stereotypical-bamf. I prefer something like Dante, Hayabusa or <insert Asian inspired main-character> and we have a deal.

As for MMO's, I have it hard to imagine men in robes (or tights if you prefer) unless we're talking Gundalf (see the pun I made?). In general I prefer playing agile characters and women seem to fall in that category pretty often even if portrayed as a overly sexualized big breasted heroine that saves the...