#456351 - 07/03/12 10:07 AM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: Raze]
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 Whelp
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I don't care if the protagonist in games is male or female. As long as the rest of the game is good then it does not matter to me.
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#456364 - 07/03/12 05:08 PM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: virumor]
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 Mercenary
Registered: 07/03/12
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Wait so women are allowed to be protagonists now whats next them being allowed to vote
in all seriousness though as long as you can customize your dragon its cool with me to have no character customization as i don't believe you even get to see the actual character in this game or am i wrong?
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#456376 - 07/04/12 07:56 AM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: virumor]
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Elder Druid
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Odin Sphere, Xenosaga trilogy, Valkyrie Profile trilogy, Final Fantasy X, X-2 and XIII have female leads too. Outside of jRPGs, there is Summoner 2 that hasn't been mentioned yet. You point out to an interesting thing : Outside of JRPGs, there are only very, very few female protagonists ... Quoted from Wikipedia : Gender discrimination and censorship
The titular hero in the Japanese game Ninja Princess was turned into a male character in the English version of the game, re-titled as Sega Ninja.[12] A number of female enemies in the Japanese beat'em up games were also either gender-changed or removed in the export versions.[13]
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#456725 - 07/18/12 12:25 PM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: demidevil]
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Druid
Registered: 11/16/10
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its cool with me to have no character customization as i don't believe you even get to see the actual character in this game or am i wrong? Looks like it. On the Raven you're stuck in first person mode, on the battlefield you have your dragon form. Everybody refers to you as either 'Commander' or just 'you' and your marriages are clearly political. With only a very small bit of clever writing, the Commander's gender need never be mentioned at all, leaving it up to the player to decide what they are and what they look like (though I suspect most players are going to assume the Commander is 'Male' anyway because that's the 'default' gender). The only wrinkle here is cutscenes, since I do expect to see the Dragon Knight's human form in those - but if they're heavily armoured or shot from behind, it's still possible to get away with it. In the end, Larian might even be able to go with a 'Samus is a Girl' moment. 
Edited by WotanAnubis (07/18/12 12:26 PM)
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#457106 - 08/12/12 07:14 AM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: WotanAnubis]
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Registered: 07/08/12
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its cool with me to have no character customization as i don't believe you even get to see the actual character in this game or am i wrong? Looks like it. On the Raven you're stuck in first person mode, on the battlefield you have your dragon form. Everybody refers to you as either 'Commander' or just 'you' and your marriages are clearly political. With only a very small bit of clever writing, the Commander's gender need never be mentioned at all, leaving it up to the player to decide what they are and what they look like (though I suspect most players are going to assume the Commander is 'Male' anyway because that's the 'default' gender). The only wrinkle here is cutscenes, since I do expect to see the Dragon Knight's human form in those - but if they're heavily armoured or shot from behind, it's still possible to get away with it. In the end, Larian might even be able to go with a 'Samus is a Girl' moment. Wouldn't it be a bit strange if you were to marry a princess whilst being female? Implying that same sex marriage isn't allowed in the Divinity universe :P
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#457107 - 08/12/12 08:05 AM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: Rod Lightning]
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Orc
Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 444
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Wouldn't it be a bit strange if you were to marry a princess whilst being female?
Implying that same sex marriage isn't allowed in the Divinity universe :P We already know there are only princesses, not princes. So we should be able to only play as a girl. Dragon Commander would be the first game where you can ONLY have same sex marriage (and it would need some funny lore as to how and why humanity didn't die out XD ).
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#457109 - 08/12/12 12:49 PM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: melianos]
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Druid
Registered: 11/16/10
Posts: 162
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Wouldn't it be a bit strange if you were to marry a princess whilst being female?
Implying that same sex marriage isn't allowed in the Divinity universe :P We already know there are only princesses, not princes. So we should be able to only play as a girl. Dragon Commander would be the first game where you can ONLY have same sex marriage (and it would need some funny lore as to how and why humanity didn't die out XD ). Considering you're a Dragon Knight who can marry dwarves, lizards, imps, elves and skeletons, I think I can confidently say that procreation isn't the point of these marriages. Heck, love isn't even the point of these marriages. Power is the point. Influence is the point. So in this case, gender doesn't really matter. Also, the whole of humanity isn't doomed when two people of the same gender marry. You might as well say that the whole of humanity is doomed when two infertile people marry.
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#457153 - 08/16/12 06:04 PM
Re: Character creation: Larian developers, tell us!
[Re: WotanAnubis]
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Knight
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