What gender do you like to play in the next TES?

My first 2 characters were men, a khajiit and a argonian, then my next couple of characters were women, bretons. Then I DLed Improved Child Races and every character I made after that was a young girl.

Always male.

Both, I think of my characters like characters in a story. Wouldn't make sense if all of the main characters in each story were the same gender, would it?

I voted for the second option. I've had one female character in Oblivion that I played for a while, but it just felt kind of wrong.

An overwhelmingly vast majority of my characters are male.

I always make a male character first, but then i start to make more female characters.

I have tried a female character or two in the past, but I couldn't relate to the characters. So I play male only, and I think I will continue to do that. If there are gender exclusive questlines or options then maybe I'll give it a try, but otherwise no.

I most often play female characters when I have the chance. They're more fun to stare at for hours on end. However I do play the occasional male.

I probably played male characters more often in Oblivion purely because it was ridiculously difficult to make good looking female player characters in under ten hours using Oblivion's character creator.

I generally prefer to play as male characters - they feel as more of an extension of myself. As I play, I can say to myself that I am Nerevar, or I saved the city of Kvatch. This mindset of thinking greatly adds to any degree of roleplaying I do. Whenever I play as a female character, my control feels more whimsical and I cannot relate to the character as easily.

EDIT: The exception is Daggerfall. The male paper dolls in that game are hideous to look at, so I prefer female characters. Plus, with such an extensive array of clothing catered to females, you couldn't possibly resist. It makes me feel like a finnicky child to buy my beloved Bosmer thief a new wardrobe every season, but Daggerfall's world really feels that open to me.

Mostly males. I do make one female character per game, just for some variation, but since there's no real gameplay differences I usually get bored of them fairly quickly.

I mostly play females... but I can't say that I prefer them instead of males. I play both... just more females than males.

I really wish there were more gender specific gear/quests/abilities/etc, it would make chosing male or female as a character more worthwhile. As it stands there is no real reason to choose one over the other, so when I start a new character I choose the gender randomly (by flipping a coin).

Male. I don't want to touch feminine hygiene products. Unless it's a quest, and I get compensated.

Always a guy.

I like to play them both. But i have a confession. Not long ago, before i really gave it a serious try, i kinda looked down on men who prefered to play as female characters. I completely understood why women would do it, but men???? that did seem a little... strange. But now i completely understand the facination. It's not often you get the chance to be in the shoes of the opposite six. It can be very entertaining and rewarding to see the world through the eyes of a woman and it opens up for new exciting roleplaying possibilities. While i still mostly play as males, i suspect about 30% of my characters is female and it wouldn't surprise me if it's fifty-fifty in a year or two. This also depends on the games however, the experience needs to differ.

Yeah, I was sort-of the same way, I didn't really get why people did it. But it isn't as much as a fascination as it is an "empathization", for me anyway. You sort-of realize that you can play as a male or a female regardless, and still make a good character and make up anything you want. I actually started trying the idea when I was writing a little short-story with a female as the main character. When I first played as a girl in Oblivion I felt really weird and awkward, it just seemed odd and foreign. But eventually I got used to the idea.

I don't do any of the stuff like downloading mods that make the armor more revealing or anything, because I still like my characters to have some self-respect and dignity. And you can easily place a female character in the role of almost any male character. I do it for the sake of variety and the ability to take a few different avenues as female characters, but I still play male ones about 50% of the time. Mostly because female characters just sometimes fit some roles better than others, and same with male ones. For instance, I have 1 character who's royalty, she lives in a castle and her father is the Count of an island. While she sometimes listens to her father's advise about acting more lady-like she usually kicks those values to the side and goes out training with the guards and warriors of the island behind the castle on the training grounds and wields a Silver Claymore. It wouldn't be as interesting if it was a male character because his father wouldn't be telling him to not be doing what he's doing.

In the same aspect, I have a few male characters that are pressured by their families and/or friends to join a faction based on combat and "man-up", but they'd much rather do other things, like studying alchemy or writing articles for the Black Horse Courier.

It all has to do with how far you're willing to go with roleplaying.

I make my character look like me.....so male

Most time I always play the male version since I am a male. Once in a blue moon, I will play female, but then I do not pretend I am her and I play as watching a movie. I will play a female to play something different when the TES games get to repetitive. It does make the game a bit different when playing it visually sometimes whick makes the game feel different.

Always male

My first play through with any Elder Scrolls game is always a male Nord. Second playthrough is always a female Dumner. I honestly don't know why...

I voted for the 2nd option. In OB I have I think 4 characters, 3 are men and only 1 is a woman, so I almost always play a male character but I always have one female character as well.

Yes. Gender doesn't really matter about anything, it's all personal preference. I'd read books where all the main characters were female if they weren't text chick-flicks, just as I'd watch a movie if it was all guys.

However, since I'm a male, I'd find it awkward to play a female character. I've tried, once, on a different game... deleted it and never looked back. Too weird. For me, anyways, I'm not saying you have to play as your gender, it's just my preference.

Always male, since I've had a bug. :cryvaultboy:

But I recently fixed it, so I'll be getting more females soon probably. I really don't think it matters. It really depends on the personality of the character.

Choice 2, I guess.

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Bethesda's messing with you.

:stare: - Beth.

I'm also one to think of my characters like they're in a story, so my male-to-female ratio is about even. Personally, though, I play them as characters before I play them as "men" or "women;" it isn't a big deal of what they are as who they are.