Would you play a game with an openly homosexual protagonist?

So what you are saying is, do I want to play as a human being? Don't know about that like.

Well I played moon walker on the megadeive does that count?

As long as the character's story is structured well and makes sense sure. I have nothing against those that are gay, but I would avoid a stupid game with a Gay protagonist or a game that makes him unrealistically flamboyant. Just for reference, however, I wouldn't play a game with a straight guy/girl that wasn't well crafted or they were over-the-top male or feminine.

Games sharply focusing on a character's sexuality is not strictly adherent to gay characters. Look at the Duke Nukem franchise. That argument shouldn't even come up in a debate such as this.

Great stories with gay characters deal with their homosexuality just like if they were straight; as "yeah, he's gay. so what". Look at The Wire with Omar Little:

Frodo and Sam are gay. Lotr is awesome. Case closed

Anyone who says that they would outright refuse to play a game because a character is gay is goddamned idiot.

You're telling me that Garcia Hotspur wasn't? He had me fooled.

Yes I would, if the game was good.

I would. It would be interesting.

If it was done in a dignified manner, as opposed to, say, this:

I would play a game as anybody if it's a good game.

Sure? I dunno, I would like to see more gays in games. Doesn't have to be the main character, personally I prefer my maincharacters to either A) not have a sexuality or B) be able to pick it myself. That way I don't end up with romantic interests like fucking Ashley. Damn you Bioware, why did you make the racist bitch the suggested romance?

Also, it has to not be offensive. That should go without saying, but I don't want to see a gay treated like a women in an Eastern developed game, any more than I want to see a women treated the way they are treated in eastern games.

@LordXavierBritish said:

Or a sequel to Bayonetta starring a flamboyantly gay man, that would be fucking incredible.

... That would be pretty awesome, potentially.

@Vinny_Says: That thing that is ending in about 19 days...?

If it makes sense. 
 
In regular games, the characters don't make a big deal of being straight heterosexuals: they flirt where it makes sense, but they don't go about dry humping everything. A non flamboyant gay character should be easy enough to portray, but a flamboyant gay characters requires a lot more attention and control over what he actually does. Too much and it's stupid and/or offensive, too little and it's just a token gay character.

@jorbear said:

As long as the game is good, then why not?

Sure why not, gay characters dont have to be defined by the single trait, people arent that simple

Also Captain Jack Harkness from Torchwood is one of the baddest Mo'Fo's out there and he is openly gay

The characters sexual preference should have no bearing. If the story is good, and the game play is good, I' play it.

So an anti Duke Nukem..

@Laketown:

Well,

@Tarsier said:

ive played a game where i was surrounded by openly homosexual characters (dragon age 2) not a single male character in that game wasnt gay.

everyone was bi in that game and well, that was poor IMO.

EDIT: OK, not really poor but extreamly odd. some 'definition' in characters would be great.

Of course I would, so long as it was done with respect to homosexuals and not making some insane stereotyped type of portrayal.

Anybody who has a problem with gay characters can get bent!

If he's funny.

Sure, why not? Well, I suppose the character could be so flamboyantly gay that it could become annoying. 

Or a sequel to Bayonetta starring a flamboyantly gay man, that would be fucking incredible.

@Dany:

Yeah, but bi-sexuality has been the norm in real life history for some countries. Also Varric, Sebastian and Aveline were straight.

who plays a game and thinks "hmmmm i wonder who this character likes to have sex with?"

Sure I don't judge

Any character with an overbearing sexuality can be annoying regardless of orientation. Duke Nukem comes to mind particularly. 
 
But yes I'm always pleased to see gay characters in games especially the subtle ones like Captain De Santa from Red Dead Redemption.

@Dallas_Raines said:

@Dany:

Yeah, but bi-sexuality has been the norm in real life history for some countries. Also Varric, Sebastian and Aveline were straight.

But no one was just 'gay' no?

Sure, why not?

YES, I wanna play some other characters apart from Shaved-headed Straight White Guy.

Human video game protagonists are less varied than even TV shows.

If his sexuality is not a plot point in the game and only mentioned in passing, if that, then I don't care. If it actually is a major facet of the character or a plot point in the game, then it depends on how it is done.

It doesn't really have anything to do with the game, so if the game is good then I will play it regardless.

If it contextually makes sense, instead of "o guys btw Dumbledore's gay", hell yeah I'd play the game if it was fun.

I will play literally anything I think is good. Asking me if I would play a game starring a gay man or woman is like asking me if I would play a game that starred a British man who more-likely-than-not would love to have a good cup of tea. If it works, do it. If the game's only trick is "He is gay! Get it?" I will not care too much. I don't want it to be something annoying like "It is Bulletstorm, but instead of ridiculous cursing it is just a lot of dick jokes from a pair of gay dudes."

Make a good game with a homosexual star, and a bad game with a heterosexual star. Do it. My choice is easy that way.

@Brendan said:

It doesn't really have anything to do with the game

Let's make the question a little more challenging then. What if the game was something like Catherine but followed a homosexual guy and his relationship(s)?

As long as the game is good, then why not?

 
Sounds dumb and contrive if the protagonist is openly gay or flamboyant. So, while I don't care about an artificial beings sexuality, a game that advertises that as an aspect of itself would probably be pretty shitty.

nope, i would have no interest in the character.

I would play a video game starting Omar Little, yes.

If the game doesn't suck.

@CaptainCody: So, if one of the main selling points on the back of the box was "PLAY A GAY CHARACTER!" It would probably suck. And you're probably right if there's nothing else worthwhile on the back. What if, however, you were given the option to have a homosexual character, or a sudden reveal at the end of a game?

Game writers aren't talented enough to pull it off with any level of tact. So no.

If it was good.

If it's a good game, sure.

@pyromaster222 said:

Well I wrote a whole post about how I could understand the use of an openly gay character who isn't flamboyant, as a large majority of gay men are...

Really? Large majority? I assume you took a poll?

All you know of gay men is what you see on TV and in movies most likely. How do you know some random dude who doesn't "act gay" isn't openly gay? Guess what, you don't.

Stop making assumptions.

Yep

Are there guns? Explosions? Then sure why not? 

I can't believe this is a question that has to be asked.