Apparently, Noctis is gay (according to Nomura)

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I don't think there is anything wrong with choosing to not immerse oneself in something one knows he or she would not enjoy. I like porn, but I don't watch male-on-male porn, because I do not find it appealing visually or emotionally.

Nice, equating porn/adult sexual content to a character that has a possibility [however doubtful] of being gay when on-screen romance would most likely be extremely limited if not non-existent. I can see how this is relevant 100% good analogy.

Interest in the game: -200% (And before you scream homophobe, people can be gay as much as they want, but that doesn't mean I have to like it in the games I play.)

So now it's homophobe to not play a game with a gay main character in it? I have no interest in a game like that, no, because it's not up to my preferences, has nothing to do with my view on things. It's not disgust, it's disinterest. There's a difference. Same as I won't play Resonance of Fate because it's all about guns.

Don't kid yourself, it's homophobia. It doesn't matter if it's an April Fool's joke or not. If you're so offended/terrified by such petty and insignificant things like a character happening to be gay, then you can't claim you're not homophobic.

You basically implied that you would've had interested in playing the game before [given your eagerness of stating that -200% bit], yet you're willing to drop the entire game which might actually be good, over this one single insignificant fact of the main character possibly being gay. There likely wouldn't even be any on-screen romance even if this was true, only implied stuff, though this doesn't really seem to have any relevance to you. You're free to have your opinion of course, but that doesn't prevent me from saying "you need to grow up and get the smurf over it, you squeamish little princess". I play video games ALL THE TIME with straight male leads, and occasionally female leads, and it's never something I've complained about [for the record I'm gay, so you understand the significance in me pointing something like that out]. I see MOVIES all the time with straight romance in it - constantly. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's minor insignificant stuff that isn't really important and has little impact on the game itself. I think this is just petty/morbid fear of something showing its ugly head and being enough to divert you from something that could potentially be a very enjoyable game.

That said, I'm with everyone that this might be a joke. However, if it were true, that'd be kinda cool.

Also, where does the article say that men will be kissing other men in the game? A gay character doesn't mean there's automatically going to be gay kissing.

Every straight protagonists male isn't shown kissing a woman in his game, is he?

That's true. And don't kid yourself, he's terrified of the notion and is willing to avoid the game entirely based on that one single [and unconfirmed] fact. That is homophobia.

Hahahahaha I love all the "I'm not a homophobe but this is gross and I won't play it wah wah wah!"

Oh man. TSoL has pretty much summed up my opinions on the whole matter. DEAL WID IT. To choose not to play a game because the lead is gay is smurfing ridic. That speaks nothing about content, gameplay, storyline (you will argue that it does because oh my god the lead is gay - but, what if they simply substitute the male love interest with a female one? same story).

If I didn't play games with heterosexual leads because I'm gay, I would never, ever play videogames again.

Keep telling yourself you're not a homophobe, but your justifications belie your "I am not a homophobe" spewage.

BRB, I'm going to not play FFXIII because the main character is a female (I'm a guy oh no!) and the main love story is about Snow and Serah (ewwwwwww heterosexuality. I don't want to play that!).

Hey looks like we finally agree on something XD *high fives*