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A small idea - Gender selection

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Game Hunter:
If this belongs anywhere, it should go in the .ini file. Not too hard to change a flag to select a female mortem finish.

I don't mind this kind of addition at all, but I don't think it should be that noticeable anywhere in the game startup, per se. There is almost no mention of masculinity to begin with (perhaps it's in the text intro, but that's an equally-quick fix) and I tend to think of myself as an "it" when playing the game anyway. Hard to empathize with an @, no?

rchandra:

--- Quote from: Game Hunter on August 17, 2010, 20:31 ---If this belongs anywhere, it should go in the .ini file. Not too hard to change a flag to select a female mortem finish.

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but supposed you don't want all your Marines to be Marinesses?  I agree that en extra prompt is a nuisance, but perhaps you can put a flag in the name?  Like [f] Ripley would become "Ripley" but female.

Tavana:
Let's be blunt here: Making the DoomGuy female brings little to nothing to the game. On the other hand, there was a suggestion in the Challenge Thread about a challenge where you played a female character. That brings something more. A difference in speed, better at some weapons, bad with others, damage and HP variations. In short - a different playstyle.

In other words, if something like this is ever added, I strongly suggest that it be more than just a difference in just gender.

thelaptop:

--- Quote from: Tavana on August 18, 2010, 01:25 ---Let's be blunt here: Making the DoomGuy female brings little to nothing to the game. On the other hand, there was a suggestion in the Challenge Thread about a challenge where you played a female character. That brings something more. A difference in speed, better at some weapons, bad with others, damage and HP variations. In short - a different playstyle.

In other words, if something like this is ever added, I strongly suggest that it be more than just a difference in just gender.

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For one, since I am thelaptop, I'd like to play as CyberDoomGuy, with mad aiming skills and no encumberance from all the things I wear.  Unfortunately, that also means that I cannot "upgrade" from the traits also.

;-)

Captain Trek:

--- Quote ---Perhaps your female marine has a badassness of 15.0 on a scale of 10.0 and so she's masculine?
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Why would female marines neccessarily need to be ultra-mannish? Characters like Samus Aran and Lara Croft, even if they are becoming rather trite, oft-repeated examples do still, I think, prove that female characters can be badasses without being "mannish" in any sort of extreme... Actually, my favourite example is probably Samantha Carter, but that's just me...


--- Quote ---but supposed you don't want all your Marines to be Marinesses?  I agree that en extra prompt is a nuisance, but perhaps you can put a flag in the name?  Like [f] Ripley would become "Ripley" but female.
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Now that is a good idea... :)


--- Quote ---Let's be blunt here: Making the DoomGuy female brings little to nothing to the game. On the other hand, there was a suggestion in the Challenge Thread about a challenge where you played a female character. That brings something more. A difference in speed, better at some weapons, bad with others, damage and HP variations. In short - a different playstyle.

In other words, if something like this is ever added, I strongly suggest that it be more than just a difference in just gender.
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Hmm... I wouldn't neccessarily be in favour of this, but it could work...

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