I’m a cis man so I’m curious what point in the story you resonated with. I’m was able to recognize the allegories in something like The Matrix, but didn’t pick up on that in any particular mission, unless I’m just forgetting a major one or it was a side quest I didn’t come across.
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TotallynotJessica - 1mon
There are some in elements that lend itself to transfem introspection. Johnny is misogynistic, both towards female V and other women in the narrative. In flashback sequences he often has openly misogynistic responses, so the knowledge that he's slowly taking over your mind is kinda disturbing.
However, it's not really that the narrative is trans, it's that you're playing as a woman who is voice acted. It wasn't even Cyberpunk that did it for me, but Fallout 4 of all games. Having an actress say the voice lines was different than having a silent protagonist who is rarely treated differently because of her gender.
That said, I still prefer my protagonists to not be voiced.
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its_kim_love - 1mon
Being a woman who's brain is slowly being turned into different man's brain against her will. It's not 1 to 1 a trans allegory, but there's some headfuck gender shit going on.
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Of the Air (cele/celes) - 1mon
We don't know if it was a single game, or even a single type of media.
Edit: Though we did a lot of our testing of things such as polyamory, gender etc in Second Life. So that probably contributed a whole lot, even though it's not technically a game, but a virtual world.
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Gladaed @feddit.org - 1mon
I did not finish cyberpunk. But what could possibly crack you in there? I played until that desert main story mission.
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domdanial @reddthat.com - 1mon
Lol literally any customizable RPG where you can see your own character model.
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Which game cracked you?
I’m a cis man so I’m curious what point in the story you resonated with. I’m was able to recognize the allegories in something like The Matrix, but didn’t pick up on that in any particular mission, unless I’m just forgetting a major one or it was a side quest I didn’t come across.
There are some in elements that lend itself to transfem introspection. Johnny is misogynistic, both towards female V and other women in the narrative. In flashback sequences he often has openly misogynistic responses, so the knowledge that he's slowly taking over your mind is kinda disturbing.
However, it's not really that the narrative is trans, it's that you're playing as a woman who is voice acted. It wasn't even Cyberpunk that did it for me, but Fallout 4 of all games. Having an actress say the voice lines was different than having a silent protagonist who is rarely treated differently because of her gender.
That said, I still prefer my protagonists to not be voiced.
Being a woman who's brain is slowly being turned into different man's brain against her will. It's not 1 to 1 a trans allegory, but there's some headfuck gender shit going on.
We don't know if it was a single game, or even a single type of media.
However, it may have started with The Longest Journey.
Edit: Though we did a lot of our testing of things such as polyamory, gender etc in Second Life. So that probably contributed a whole lot, even though it's not technically a game, but a virtual world.
I did not finish cyberpunk. But what could possibly crack you in there? I played until that desert main story mission.
Lol literally any customizable RPG where you can see your own character model.
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