DevilishlyHandsome49 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 So this trailer came out for Fallout 4. I loved it, but when I looked at the comment section, someone brought up an interesting point:Why do all the trailers of this game show the protaganist as male and not female?Now before some of you (cause I know there are some) start screaming about sjw's or whatever the fuck, the point made in the comment section was a good one.Why is it that almost (not all) every game that gives you the option to customize your character, always show the protaganist as a clean shaven white guy? Why not have trailers where the protaganist looks different in each one, to emphasize how much you're able to customize them?I remember in the E3 demo of Fallout 4, they showed the male's customization extensively but only spent a second on the female's. It just felt off when that happened.The only games I remember showing the many ways you can customize your character was Skyrim, a bunch of MMO gameplay trailer, and Mass Effect 3, even if the female and male were just the generic versions of themselves.Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirRob Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) The target demographic for most games is males. Edited October 16, 2015 by SirRob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratical Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Yeah, that, and if Ubisoft is to be believed women are harder to "get right" in terms of rendering. They wanna put their best (size 11 male) foot forward.http://observationdeck.kinja.com/ubisoft-says-adding-women-is-too-difficult-1589134494They may not be ready in time for the trailer, or they just don't have enough confidence they look good enough at their current state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedal Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The most generic character you can possibly have is the white caucasian male. That's why. I imagine they've paid a few thousands to some psychologists to find out that a generic character like that is more likely to sell, for some deep, Freudian reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilishlyHandsome49 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 Aww, well thats a shame. I'd just really like to see something different with trailers like these one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catilda Lily Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Probably because more men play those kinds of video games than women? It's never really bothered me. Like the ones they had for Skyrim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Coffeecup Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 It almost feels like you're trying to push in some SJW agenda here. Stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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