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How is this different than a gender swap in a non-vr game? I'll have to join vr chat as a girl tonight and see how things go. That said I normally play star c

How is this different than a gender swap in a non-vr game? I'll have to join vr chat as a girl tonight and see how things go. That said I normally play star citizen w/ a female avatar, and other than thinking "the person I'm talking to might think I'm a girl" my mindset doesn't change much...

Shivetya 7y ago
I think the disappointing part is there is so little choice in the avatar you can play in these games. I would like something with how bioware approached SWTOR, the dialog changes, voice actor swap included, to match the gender of the character and from there it is just as easy to adapt skin colors and features. Even better, her name is about as neutral as you can ask for!
haolez 7y ago
Maybe looking down and seeing big breasts (assuming that's the case with Alyx) triggers something uncomfortable in a male's brain. Maybe we can feel like what it is to be trans and feel that your body "isn't right" for you.
- loeg 7y ago
  > (assuming that's the case with Alyx) Uhh. Nope: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/9/9f/D1_eli_010011.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090528010536&path-prefix=en https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/9/9f/D1... https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65727186/0000000311.0.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65727186/... The character isn't 90s Lara Croft.
  - haolez 7y ago
    Thanks. The art looks awesome, btw
    - hombre_fatal 7y ago
      They're from Half-Life 2 btw.
- kiddico 7y ago
  I've sort of experienced that in star citizen... sort of. You can look down and see them, but they're not egregiously large. Though one of the funniest bugs (feature?) will only happen if you play with a female avatar: if you lay down in a bed, and then open up your mobiglass (in-game arm-tablet-thing) the UI lands about halfway through your breasts. It's like your character places their arm on their stomach, and the UI is projected forwards towards their face. If I remember to I can take a screen cap of when it happened to me the other day on stream.

Shivetya 7y ago

I think the disappointing part is there is so little choice in the avatar you can play in these games. I would like something with how bioware approached SWTOR, the dialog changes, voice actor swap included, to match the gender of the character and from there it is just as easy to adapt skin colors and features. Even better, her name is about as neutral as you can ask for!

haolez 7y ago

Maybe looking down and seeing big breasts (assuming that's the case with Alyx) triggers something uncomfortable in a male's brain. Maybe we can feel like what it is to be trans and feel that your body "isn't right" for you.

loeg 7y ago
> (assuming that's the case with Alyx) Uhh. Nope: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/9/9f/D1_eli_010011.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090528010536&path-prefix=en https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/9/9f/D1... https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65727186/0000000311.0.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65727186/... The character isn't 90s Lara Croft.
- haolez 7y ago
  Thanks. The art looks awesome, btw
  - hombre_fatal 7y ago
    They're from Half-Life 2 btw.
kiddico 7y ago
I've sort of experienced that in star citizen... sort of. You can look down and see them, but they're not egregiously large. Though one of the funniest bugs (feature?) will only happen if you play with a female avatar: if you lay down in a bed, and then open up your mobiglass (in-game arm-tablet-thing) the UI lands about halfway through your breasts. It's like your character places their arm on their stomach, and the UI is projected forwards towards their face. If I remember to I can take a screen cap of when it happened to me the other day on stream.