Apparently, Noctis is gay (according to Nomura)

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because I am an evil homophobe after all, regardless of the fact that I said that guns only in Versus XIII, or the entire game pink

Don't switch arguments mid-debate to suit your agenda or trying to make yourself seem less prejudiced. You didn't come here saying "Man, I hope this game isn't all guns, or too much pink". We got "Dude, if Noctis is really gay then I'm definitely not gonna play this game. That's -200% interest for me". You're merely adding that "guns/pink" bit on at the last minute, hoping we'll go "oh okay, yeah I understand".

Besides, it was an april's fools anyway.

Of course it was. I don't think this has been the main point of the topic for several pages now.

I don't get what you guys are worrying about, most recent lead characters in the FF series are gay. Look at Tidus, prime example.

If Tidus is what we get stuck with for the "here, there's your gay character now be quiet" pacifier then I quit here and now.

EDIT: Seriously, would having a gay lead make it less appealing for me? Of course it would. I would find it hard to relate to a homosexual character, and relating to your character is rather key in an RPG. I'm not against gay characters in games, however being the lead means that I'm less likely to feel compelled towards playing it for the same reason a female lead makes me less compelled towards playing FFX-2. I would be interested in how many homosexuals would be more interested in a game if it allowed them to play a gay lead - does that mean they are heterophobes? No, it just means that they're more interested in a game that they can relate to, and that's nothing bad at all.

Huge difference between not being able to relate as well to the lead for being gay, as opposed to rejecting the game entirely based off of it. Hell, as we've said, we play video games with straight male leads all the time, and straight female leads as well. Same thing goes with straight romance - it's all up in our faces, everywhere. Movies, books, TV shows, going out, whatever. Does it bothers us? No. Not even in the slightest. Basically, we're saying "deal with it - we do", ie. we're not really understanding how this is actually something worth complaining about. It's pretty insulting if you ask me. I'm not asking you to change your opinion, because you won't. But I'm certainly as hell not going to say "Yeah man I know how you feel. I totally support how you feel there".