How far do you take the idea that you can't play someone who is not yourself?
Handsome, fit, young guy(up to 35) is enough.
The vast majority of games, then. Although obviously no Sonic, Mario, etc.
Take the latest example, Arklash Legacy, all characters were female, mage, tank warrior and healer, and the male characters were a midget and an undead revenant.
That completely fucked up the enjoyment of the game from the very start.
Why? I'm honestly curious. Were they lousy characters? Was the story bad?
This extreme feminist streak in certain studios(like Warframe) is very worrying, and more noise should be made about such nasty tendencies.
There is an appalling amount of sexism in the industry (Jim Sterling regularly calls them out on it, and rightly) but I haven't seen a whole lot of feminism of any kind, let alone extremist feminism.
The industry is widely considered to be not just male dominated but male focused. If there are studios that are genuinely misandrist, I haven't read about them.
