Why can't I play a *female* char in the Witcher? EPIC LULZ

[Cthulhugoat]

why cant i play a black guy either this is rasism

 

[Jack_Deth]

Witcher I somewhat understand as you play as a specific character whereas Two Worlds you play as a nobody who has to be male, which is stupid.

 

[SuicideBunny]

other than adda, all the npc ties to the books could have been replaced to allow any witcher, and adda's ties to geralt are pretty weak. so far i haven't seen anything really specific to geralt, but lots of instances where geralt behaves in a very non-geralty way, with a rather artificial explanation.

while there are no female witchers in the books, as far as i recall sapkowski never really mentions that it's not possible to create a female one (though i might be wrong on that, been quite a while), and there was a female witcher in the movie and the series. they took other liberties with the setting, so why not this one?

geralt was mostly a lazy choice from a design perspective, and one to score extra brownie points with poland and russia, as far as i can tell.
game could work just as well with a customizable character, including gender.

 

[MetalCraze]

LAWL. It's either a guy(gay?) who wants to play a female character or yet another stereotypical feminist female roleplayer. but still LAWL.

don't let those feminists near gta

 

[yarpen]

geralt was mostly a lazy choice from a design perspective, and one to score extra brownie points with poland and russia, as far as i can tell.
game could work just as well with a customizable character, including gender.

It's true to some extent, although I'd replace 'lazy' with 'most natural' . Female witchers would be rather controversial, tho, they were in the movie and werent well received (to put it mildly, movie was shitty for other reasons, tho). There are no female witchers, just like there are no male amazons.

 

[Texas Red]

Why are women the most powerful sorcerers? Stop forcing your femenist superiorty theories on me!

 

[Deleted member 7219]

This is why I fuckin' hate Tomb Raider! Fuckin' creators don't allow me to play a male character! Fuck 'em! Fuckin' cowards are threatened by a male playing!

So good I quoted it.

 

[Alex]

I would prefer a game with a pre-defined character that has some ability customization over a game where you can define your character's appearance/genre/age/whatever but plays the same no matter what.

I don't think the avatar should be that much of an issue. Sure, with some work, maybe a female character would be possible in the Witcher or Two Worlds, but I think that work put toward this is mostly wasted unless the game plays significantly differently.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

People these days have the wrong idea of an RPG. They think RPGs are games that let you create and dress up your character like a Barbie Doll. What happens to your character after that, and choices & consequences don't matter shit to these people.

 

[SuicideBunny]

c&c aside, if i have to stare at an ass/shoulder/back for 60+ hours, i'd much rather have it be part of a female.

 

[Longshanks]

Another case of Oblivionitis?

I know I've never played Beyond Good and Evil because the main character is female, also because of the links to that Nazi Nietzsche. :wink:

 

[MetalCraze]

People these days have the wrong idea of an RPG. They think RPGs are games that let you create and dress up your character like a Barbie Doll. What happens to your character after that, and choices & consequences don't matter shit to these people.

"does Vampire Bloodlines have many types of armor? Dressing up my character is what I like in RPGs the most!" © some moron at russian torrent site.

actually there always were such people, Matt. When Diablo came out it even became worse. Such people called munchkins. Therefore they must suffer.

 

[Ausir]

I don't think the avatar should be that much of an issue. Sure, with some work, maybe a female character would be possible in the Witcher or Two Worlds, but I think that work put toward this is mostly wasted unless the game plays significantly differently.

Well, except that according to the books, there were no female witchers. Ever (well, with the exception of princess Ciri, who underwent partial witcher training in the books, but not any of the mutations).

 

[Alex]

I don't think the avatar should be that much of an issue. Sure, with some work, maybe a female character would be possible in the Witcher or Two Worlds, but I think that work put toward this is mostly wasted unless the game plays significantly differently.

Well, except that according to the books, there were no female witchers. Ever (well, with the exception of princess Ciri, who underwent partial witcher training in the books, but not any of the mutations).

Sorry, I haven't read the books (or even played the game yet for that matter). However, what I was trying to say is that if they wanted to provide a female witcher, they probably could. they would need to explain her and it also might conflict with setting/theme/mood/whatever. However I don't think you should provide a female model if all it changes is graphics. Graphic differences should be supported by gameplay differences.

 

[Ausir]

However, what I was trying to say is that if they wanted to provide a female witcher, they probably could.

They would have to face the rage of Sapkowski's fans, just like makers of a LotR game would if they provided a female Aragorn or Frodo. By the way, the Witcher movie and TV series had a female witcher, but they were pretty awful adaptations (btw, there is a version of the series with English subs on torrent sites, and a DVD version of the movie with subs available on Amazon, but I strongly discourage downloading or buying it. It's not worth your bandwidth, let alone money).

 

[Morbus]

Why are women the most powerful sorcerers? Stop forcing your femenist superiorty theories on me!

coz deir hawt

boobies!!! :nosebleed:

 

[Ausir]

Why are women the most powerful sorcerers? Stop forcing your femenist superiorty theories on me!

There are many powerful male sorcerers in The Witcher books, including Vilgefortz, one of the main villains.

 

[dragonfk]

Why are women the most powerful sorcerers? Stop forcing your femenist superiorty theories on me!

There are many powerful male sorcerers in The Witcher books, including Vilgefortz, one of the main villains.

From what I recall after the battle of Sodden it was plainly said that Vilgefortz is the most powerfull wizard among the humans.

 

[Ausir]

He's dead by the time of the game, though. And Ciri eventually becomes even more powerful than he is.

 

[JarlFrank]

However, what I was trying to say is that if they wanted to provide a female witcher, they probably could.

They would have to face the rage of Sapkowski's fans, just like makers of a LotR game would if they provided a female Aragorn or Frodo. By the way, the Witcher movie and TV series had a female witcher, but they were pretty awful adaptations (btw, there is a version of the series with English subs on torrent sites, and a DVD version of the movie with subs available on Amazon, but I strongly discourage downloading or buying it. It's not worth your bandwidth, let alone money).

I guess this is the movie you mean. It doesn't look that horrible though.

 

[MetalCraze]

He's dead by the time of the game, though. And Ciri eventually becomes even more powerful than he is.

oh shit. fucking spoiler.
thank you.

 

[dragonfk]

AUSIR: SPOILER ALERT! CODE RED, CODE RED

 

[Ausir]

Ooops, sorry. Well, the whole game is one big spoiler for the books, though. I wouldn't be surprised if Vilgefortz or Ciri are mentioned in the game somewhere. Anyway, changed it to tiny font now.

As for the movie, the trailer actually looks OK, but the movie itself is pretty bad.

 

[Mayday]

I guess this is the movie you mean. It doesn't look that horrible though.

Dude, trust us. I was a big fan of the books but didn't even make through a half of an episode before turning the TV off.

 

[abstract]

I guess this is the movie you mean. It doesn't look that horrible though.

Uwe Boll and Ed Wood couldn't make a worse movie if they tried.