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Subject: Gender Selection for Halo 2?
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My brother and I have been discussing a way they could do this very simply (but not for this very reason). I say they make the first player Master Chief and the second player for Co-op would get to choose between the remaining Spartans. Linda just happens to be a woman and a Spartan that survived. I will not name the other Spartan's that survived because I don;t want to spoil it for the fans who haven't read First Strike yet.

  • 06.20.2004 6:46 PM PDT
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Why is this still going on?
The armor makes anyone of any color,size,or gender look the same as everyone else.So you cant tell one person from another.So its useless!

  • 06.20.2004 9:40 PM PDT
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yo spartan grunt you have a long post to read on page one at the very bottom
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Why is this still going on?
The armor makes anyone of any color,size,or gender look the same as everyone else.So you cant tell one person from another.So its useless!

  • 06.23.2004 9:40 AM PDT
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I think it matters to a certain degree if the story allows for it. Things like D&D sure. But Halo on the other hand has it's whole story built around MC more or less and he's a guy. Like someone said you'd have to change a lot of stuff for it to work for a female. I don't know but a female master chief (the rank) running around blowing stuff up and being called ma'am seems just a little bit dykish to me. Maybe, MAYBE, in muli-player as Linda or whomever like someone mentioned.

For other games that allow for it, I say yeah, give the player the choice. I mean it seriously can't be that hard to have games be set up in such at way that when you start a new game you're asked "Male or Female?" And then you're characters gender is based on your answer. There are enough cross gender references that the script wouldn't need much changing at all. Maybe a few twists here and there, other than that it could be done I bet.

-EDIT- As far as Halo though, maybe in co-op they could have something... I don't know where one can be MC and the other Cortana. Now what exactly you'd DO as Cortana I have no idea... I think the above idea about one being John and the other Linda is better than my idea.

[Edited on 6/23/2004 1:42:15 PM]

  • 06.23.2004 1:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spartan Grunt
Actually the armor would make the apperance of the person wearing it look the same as everyone else.So its hard from telling the females from the males,or vice versa.
I'm pretty sure that most of us playing Halo really don't care either way what the sex of the main character is. Males played Perfect Dark, whose main character was female and it doesn't seem to have diminished the game.
Before the books described the faceless Master Chief, you couldn't be sure he was male anyway; without the books to specify otherwise, we would have no way of knowing that the 'Chief isn't a woman using a vocal morpher. The same thing applies to multiplayer.

As for elites, how do we know that the warriors are male? They are a different species. They don't even bleed red blood, how do we know they even have two sexes? Hermaphroditic Earthworms have blood that's more like ours!

  • 06.23.2004 6:13 PM PDT
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if they can't have some girl mc they should at least have some girl marenes. eithere way it won't bother me but female halo fans might like it.

PS. samis is a version of a mc like girl figure

  • 07.10.2004 11:58 AM PDT
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The Master Cheif is a man named John. It would not make any sense if the Master Cheif was a girl for certain people.

  • 07.10.2004 12:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spartan Grunt
Why is this still going on?
The armor makes anyone of any color,size,or gender look the same as everyone else.So you cant tell one person from another.So its useless!


Well if they made a female Spartan the armor wouldn't be the same as MC's. I asume that all women have breasts and have lesser muscles than men so the armor for a female spartan would be lighter (and with other shapes). A female Spartan would be a great idea! It would be lighter faster and more quiet maybe prettyer... ; )
Besides it would be cool to have a female spartan...

  • 07.10.2004 1:43 PM PDT
Subject: Gender Selection for Halo 2?
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Poll: Would a female gamer be more willing to try a game with a gender se...  [closed]
I(She) would consider trying a game based on this!:  10%
(3 Votes)
Absolutely! I(She) would actually enjoy it more!:  14%
(4 Votes)
I(She) might. I never thought of asking.:  17%
(5 Votes)
I(She) could do without... gender is unimportant.:  28%
(8 Votes)
I(She) doesn't even care about video games.:  31%
(9 Votes)
Total Votes: 29

I know this is proboly coming a little late in the game (no pun intended), but would it be cool if... And I say that on behalf of my wife. I myself am you atypical gamer: 30 years old, in a career and when asked if I have any kids, I reply with "My wife says we have one... me.". I have been playing games nearly all my life and whe I met my wife, I have known no other joy than gaming with her.

She falls into that that rare breed of gamer we call that "Hardcore" gamer. Now, of course she likes thinkgs like Tetris (kapow) and Mario (whistling drop, thud), but she also enjoys taking me to school in Unreal Tournament and of course, Halo. Recently, we just got into the remake of Diablo: Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes. (Albeit, a much better Diablo, props to them). but while we were selecting characters for it, she tended towards the female characters, the Rogue and the Wizard. What she really wanted was to be the fighter, but the fighter was, well, male. And for some reason, I was taken back about ayear when I intorduced her to Halo. The first question from her, after color selection was, "Can I change my skin to a female?!" she asked with excited glee. Then it dawned on me.

Woman are quickly becoming more and more entrenched in the gaming community and their potential for revenue is staggering, as they make up most of the shopping populace. And, let's face it, guys, we have to ask them to make any real purchases, especially when it comes to video games. I began asking her questions on whats makes her play a particular game, or choose to. She responded with these two answers:

1) Gameplay
2) Looks

2 very generic answers that any gamer would say. I investigated further. I focused on the looks department. Eventually, she came right out and said, "Yes, if I could select a female skin, I would be more willing to try a game.". What an astounding revelation! And all because she had the option of selecting a female skin. It would be neat, especially for XBox live, knowing you just got pwned by a c4ik. I also believe it would make games, like Halo, a little more accessible to casual gamers who see it as a male dominated game.

And trust me when I say that it makes buying much easier when we can both enjoy them.

  • 06.18.2004 11:16 AM PDT

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