• P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      There are a few reasons I can think off:

      1. Trick people;
      2. Get items;
      3. egg Experimenting the thought of not being your current gender.

      But just like the anon described, it’s one of the first two.

      • nikaaa@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        also some minor mental illnesses

        I don’t like to call it “mental illnesses” because it makes it look like it’s a property of the person; however, it is a property of society:

      • shneancy@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        honestly when i was a kid i always picked male characters (despite being afab) because “the clothes looked better”, fast forward a couple of years, i transitioned to male and i realised i used video games as my main escape from worsening gender dysphoria

          • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
            0·
            3 months ago

            Girls just have better clothes in general. I like clothes shopping with my daughter all the outfits and dresses are so cute and fun, theres so much variety! Clothes shopping for my son is such a bore :/

            For reference I am dad, and theyre both in elementary school.

            • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              3 months ago

              Men’s clothing has better pockets tho. We need to normalize big pockets on all clothing. Also normalize pink men’s clothing to make it less boring

        • AbsentBird@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          I knew a guy who used that exact same reasoning to play female characters. It’s funny how the way you want to look in a videogame can sort of tap into subconscious desires sometimes.

          “Obviously I couldn’t dress like that IRL because of gender rules, but since I can choose my gender in this game…”

          It’s sort of like The Button thought experiment.