I can enjoy female protagonist games, although I definitely prefer that the main character be male. I'm one of those people who tends to imagine myself as the main character when possible and I just can't do that if the main character is female.
My only other issue with female protagonist games is that they almost never give you any reason to think of the main character as anything but a total cumslut. If she has a husband or boyfriend he's almost always either a complete loser or a total asshole so of course you're going to cheat on him.
Where are the games that portray the husband or BF as either a good guy or at the very least an average guy instead of pond scum? Where are the games that reward the player for playing the wife as the "girl next door" type of woman instead of a street walker?
From what I've seen if you play a female protagonist game as a "good girl" you basically skip all of the content. So there's no reason to play them as anything but a cumslut.
It's the problem we see with the new Female Protagonist based erotic VN/Games in the first place... They are either the victims of circumstance, or treated as the one becoming corrupted by everything around her, or is treated like a ditz who can only ever be taken advantage of, and the list goes on... It is rare, to find a Female Protagonist treated like a normal female actually is, or treated in the same way most male protagonists are treated in these things... I've tried most I run into, and I have come across some decent ones, but they are diamonds in the ruff, in a sea of poorly crafted female protagonist VN/Games...
There are also a lot of copy cat games, where as you said, the female protagonist is either married to or begins in a relationship with either a schmuck, a womanizer, and/or a very poorly crafted and weak male/female character in general... I think it's probably due to a lack of imagination, and/or developers wanting to design their own "take" on an already used story mechanic/trope... Either to jump on someone else's money train or they just lack the ability to make something more unique...
Good Girl Gone Bad was unique in that you had the options to go either route... Become a trashy sex object, have a semi-normal life, or be a mix match... Heck you could even dive into the trashy stuff, then reverse tracks and become less trashy... But that game was also highly complex and very unique, as most VN/Games with a female protagonist go one way only, and that is directly to varying levels of trash/corruption...
Blooming Love was one of the better VN/Games with a female protagonist, as it felt more natural... And she was not a victim or a target of corruption, etc... Even though it was kind of an incest story...
There are a few other good ones, but I just can't think of their names right now...
For me, beyond the realistic portrayals of a female as the protagonist, I'ld also like to see the Female Protagonists taking on a role more in tune with how most male protagonists are treated... The one in charge of their own destinies, not being the target of corruption and/or bad circumstances, but the one in charge making the decisions to go after others or play the actual lead in the story... Not the prey every time, but perhaps the predator, without necessarily becoming a slut in the process... I hope what I'm saying is making sense...
I dont do that either but instead I want to protect her. I dont want some random dudes and monsters to exploit her. Maybe its just my loneliness talking. If I could put myself into a game with female protagonist I would flirt with myself and no one else and be fine with it.
When I played Tomb Raider reboot for the first time I put a jacket on Lara to protect her form the elements, like, who does that? On the other hand when I play Skyrim as a dude I let my female companion run around in a bikini during a blizzard.
I usually find that if the story is being told well, and I'm feeling that immersion of myself into the story in some way, then yes I also feel a bit protective of the various characters that I feel are actual or possible relationship characters for the protagonist... I don't want them to come to harm, or become victims of others, etc... In the same way I might feel if I was in a real relationship with someone, or was in some sort of mutual attraction with...
As to the whole female character in normal games, 9 times out of 10 I tend to play a female character in MMORPG's usually because the models are better made and the costume options are usually better... I don't always play female characters, it just depends on the game. character class, costume options, and so on... It was just something I got used to doing, when I first got into MMORPG's in general... I had joined a Super Group in City of Heroes that was an all female toon SG, and played with them for years... It kind of just went from there... But in other games, like Minecraft, first person shooters, survival MMO's, and so on I tend to stick with my own gender a majority of the time... Just depends on my mood at the time if I had to guess...
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Can't really relate sadly, I've never worked in public service or medical so "focus on work" always was an option.
