As the title suggested, would you play a video game title that has a "gay" character whether main, supporting or both. I was thinking of this deeply and found that it did offer some nice thinking to do. :shifty:

For me, I wouldn't really care since I only care about the story and gameplay. Done.

No.

I would probably play is the story is good too
but if he is so gay I would stop

I honestly don't see the importance of this question. Games have people who are straight all the time, but it doesn't "focus" on it at all, so why would the game all of a sudden change if the main character was gay? If it was centered around his (or her) homosexuality, then I wouldn't play it. If it wasn't centered around it... I see no problem.

A videogame has to be FUN. For this, you should do this task:

-Gameplay and controls: This is the most important thing, the essence of the videogame. If youir gameplay is REALLY good, you don´t need the next.
-Story: A good story, interesting and with radical changes, or simply funny, makes the game better

And apart of this, graphics, music... They don´t have to be impressive, they have to fit with the game. If you think your idea is good and original, you should work on it. Somebody will like it, I´m sure, because there´s too many likes.
But, as Mazeppa said, in general people won´t be interested if the game is always center in homosexuality of the character.

PD: I´m a programmer,. so if you want help with something, ask.

depends, if its gay like Valkyria Chronicles tv series caracter who is gay, then ill play it (so long as im not him) but if its anything more then no way

OH MY GOD KNOW WAY THOSE QUARES ARE TOTALLY DISGUSTING AND GO AGINST EVERYTHING GOD STANDS FOR HERP A DERP.
Seriously, why are we even asking this question. What century is this, again?
I have another question for the forum: Would you play a game that had....a NEGRO (gasp!!!) as the main character???

Edit: Didn't read the comments above before posting. Jesus Christ, I can't believe your question actually is relevant, somehow. Maybe it has something to do with the average age group of these forums...

Victor Seven: I need some help with collision resolution in a 2D tile-based environment.

I think you mean queers, not quares.

And what kind of a weird question is this? That's like, would you post on this forum if there was a gay person here? Would you live in a city if there was a gay person living there? Would you live on this planet... you get the idea.

This questions just seems irrelevant to... anything :mellow:

It's not that I dislike gays. I'm just angry at the people who turn me on.

The problem is that the question would only arise in a game where the sexual orientation of a character is either explicitly mentioned or strongly implied, but then one has to wonder what kind of game would find that information relevant enough to present to the player. Assuming this isn't for the purposes of comedy relief, I think only games with strong story elements (eg. visual novels) or political agendas would fit the description. Many players may find the latter annoying and unnecessary in a videogame.

Assuming this isn't for the purposes of comedy relief, ... (eg. visual novels) Everybody loves our cheerful gay convenience store checkout guy!

Jokes aside, more and more stories have gay and transexual characters without making a big deal of it. That's the way it should be.

The problem is that the question would only arise in a game where the sexual orientation of a character is either explicitly mentioned or strongly implied, but then one has to wonder what kind of game would find that information relevant enough to present to the player. Assuming this isn't for the purposes of comedy relief, I think only games with strong story elements (eg. visual novels) or political agendas would fit the description. Many players may find the latter annoying and unnecessary in a videogame.

Making an oppressed group more obviously prominent in every day interaction is the most proactive form of creating a society where people don't think twice. And I also have to wonder, if the homosexuality of a character was only mentioned in passing or mentioned frequently, would people complain about a "hidden agenda" either way? And furthermore, what's the problem with having a social agenda in a video game, or other entertainment mediums? Many lasting movies, songs, books, all were trying to push one idea or another, but when it's trying to make homosexuals more inclusive into the idea of normality it's all of a sudden a problem. Sheez

I read an interesting study that showed that children who grew up in a household where talking about different races wasn't commonplace and even discouraged (even if the parent's have the best of intentions) were more inclined to have racists thoughts and actions; children who were explicitly told that people of different races are different but those differences held no significance were less inclined to harbor anything of the racists sort. I mean, let's not pretend that issues do exist and hope they disappear when we next open our eyes. Come on now, that is exactly what all the great progressive thinkers told us not to do.

Now, I'm not trying to say that there should be a Final Fantasy game where the whole thing is centered around gay guys at a dive bar trying to hook-up with each other, but I'm getting the air from some people that homosexuality in video games is significant enough to question, which really disgusts me.

Everybody loves our cheerful gay convenience store checkout guy!

*pokes at the Yume Miru Kusuri reference* :ploke:

I think you mean queers, not quares.
...Obviously. I also meant "no" instead of "know," and "against" instead of "aginst." The spelling mistakes were there to illustrate the intelligence level I imagine homophobic people must have. =P

It's not that I dislike gays. I'm just angry at the people who turn me on.
Hahah, right on. XD

Making an oppressed group more obviously prominent in every day interaction is the most proactive form of creating a society where people don't think twice. And I also have to wonder, if the homosexuality of a character was only mentioned in passing or mentioned frequently, would people complain about a "hidden agenda" either way? And furthermore, what's the problem with having a social agenda in a video game, or other entertainment mediums? Many lasting movies, songs, books, all were trying to push one idea or another, but when it's trying to make homosexuals more inclusive into the idea of normality it's all of a sudden a problem. Sheez
It's just that things with social agendas usually trip over themselves trying to preach at you, which brings down the experience as a whole. I think that's what Gotank meant. Games and things can (and should!) promote the ideas of their creators, as long as it doesn't ruin the overall experience for the player (or viewer, or whatever). I'm sure Gotank was railing against being preachy as a whole, not being preachy about homosexuality. =)

As a great example, one of the anime Antique Bakery's main characters was a gay pastry chef...a lot of the story dealt with his relationships with other men exactly like most other shows would show common heterosexual relationships. Because they handled the character so well, without resorting to being heavy-handed about it or making stupid jokes about it, I thought the show was amazing. Did the creators specifically put the character in there to make viewers think of gay men more as "normal" people? I have no idea, though I'm sure the show did raise most viewer's opinions of gays. And that's what made it great!

Haha, pretty much. Except I don't actually have anything against hidden agendas, and was merely pointing out that some 'purists' do. In my opinion, as long as the message is integrated into the story well and not too heavy handed, it's a positive experience. Something like how JK Rowling executed Dumbledore's sexual orientation is pretty ideal I think.

And Yume Miru Kusuri was indeed the first 'game' to come to mind when I read this topic. :D

^^HERE HERE!

Btw I google image searched Yume Miru Kusuri and I saw many images I had not wanted to see... Oh Japan...

Sorry but Dumbledore being gay made no sense in itself. There was nothing that really pointed it out in the books and afterwards she was just like "Oh yeah, and Dumbledore was gay". Who gives a fuck? Except for stupid fangirls writing Dumbledore on Snape fanfics or something.

http://i54.tinypic.com/5kr9ex.png

^Priceless RD. XD