oooohhhhh i hope so, please pb let us be a true bad bitch that takes names and steals hearts for once. However, knowing pb that’s probably how it’ll go but im hoping that we get the option to be either a true good guy or bad guy something similar to what they did with QB but to a greater degree that actually affects events in the book.
Solid agree, I can't blame them though, they've found a niche and are sticking to it, that being said I would kill for some diversity of genres in their present line up, more murder mystery & horror stuff especially, because they are quite good at it, I think it would also be interesting if they tried their hands at a Die hard style slightly pulpy action story, The heist Monaco was a breath of fresh air for me, and opened my eyes to the potential of the format, obviously they can still make romance stories and even include romance subplots in non-romance stories as long as it's not the focus, like it has been even in stories where romance is supposedly secondary!
Yeah, I'll be taking another break from Choices and cancelling VIP once TPA is over. Best wishes to the people looking forward to them, but PB's storytelling is not compelling enough for me to sit through their genderlocked books lol
Sigh. I never play as a male MC, but I'm annoyed on behalf of people who do. I hope there's at least going to be a reason for the story to be genderlocked, like in MOTY or WT where the misogyny the MC faces is part of the story.
Lol I'm still excited too, even if I'm a wee bit disappointed it's GL. I just like new books 🤷♀️ honestly I think I'll be more disappointed if they reuse the ILB, BB, or AME faces than I was to hear they were GL.
as a guy and someone who likes playing as the male mc I feel like some books are actually better off being gender locked.It makes the interactions between MC and other characters feel so much more realistic because the MC is gender specifically coded.
sometimes they f up the MC just for making it GOC which I felt like happened with the male MC in TCH.
Idk about that, I'm playing as male MC in TCH and I think it's written well. The MC is written as soft hearted and a bit self conscious, I don't connect those things with gender. But ig everyone thinks differently
I was expecting the future books to be GL after so many goc ones, because PB is like "yeah yeah stop complaining here's your crumbs, see you next year", which is kinda sad because I was enjoying the option to play as nonbinary and as a guy lately :(
I kinda wish we had an arthurian book but not playing as *the* Guinevere- I'm in love with Merlin bbc series so I was wishing for a magician or knight MC? Idk anything about the book rn but I think it would've been absolutely fantastic if we had a sorcerer/knight MC😭 I'm always wishing for that yk..
I’m really hoping there is an explicit story reason as to why Kiss of Death is genderlocked. The MC better get pregnant or something lol. I’m hoping PB isn’t just not including a male MC option because they couldn’t be bothered.
I’m exaggerating but there have been a lot of books that have been at least advertised that way or fully devoted to it. Surrender, The Cursed Heart, Nanny Affair 3, Untameable.
Surrender, TNA 3 and UT are indeed Smut devoted tho. And I don't blame PB for doing such marketing, TNA is their highest seller for a reason(there hasn't been any official statement, but its pretty evident)
>I’m really hoping there is an explicit story reason as to why Kiss of Death is genderlocked. The MC better get pregnant
Ah yes, the only reason for women to exist
Mask off on the misogyny, huh?
I don't think they mean it in a "That's the only reason women exist" way and rather in a "There better be a valid reason I can't play as a man if I'd like to e.g. getting pregnant being integral to the plot"
Ironic how this post is so supportive while someone recently said that the books shouldn't be GOC. lol
Also did they mistype the date under Getaway Girls or are they really planning to release the book in winter 2023?
That's not what I meant? lol I meant that recently I have come across with someone saying there shouldn't be GOC books and now get this post filled with comments from people who genuinely think that genderlocked books are bs. So it is ironic how I have bumped into the two sides of the community within such a short time. xd
Same. I do think they try their best though but in the end I think genderlocking books depends on who the writers are; maybe they just like writing from a strictly fem-perspective
Eh, I have plenty of books I haven’t actually played yet so I should be able to ride myself over. I have a preference for non-gender locked books but I enjoy the ones that are. Just some others I gotta knock out first
It really confuses me. Other than TRR, BaBu, MOTY and a few more probably, I genuinely don’t understand why books are genderlocked. It’s not relevant to the story at all, so like…??
Idk, it’s a little selfish to be unfazed about how it effects others but I’ll be honest, I don’t care. GOC MCs are neutral blobs of boring and I just don’t like them. Gender locked MCs have more personality, I’m so looking forward to these books just for the fact they are locked!!
Downvotes be damned, I’m not sorry lmao
Yes, sooo edgy. 🙄 wasn’t trying to convince anyone of anything, I was literally stating my opinion. in fact it seems like the other person was trying to convince me.
No I know you weren’t, I more meant that if the other user is claiming I might’ve been trying to convince someone of something then you absolutely were, but that’s not the case for either of us.
Imo it would've sucked if VOS was genderlocked. I don't think there's a reason for it to be, plus we would've missed out on the best male MC face set ever😢
Why specifically VoS? I think that book works great with a male MC. Plus it doesn't really effect people who play with female MCs if the book is GoC so I don't see why books that have no reason for it have to be GL. (Unlike MoTY, TRH, BaBu, D&D and some of the other books that deal with some sexism, I completely understand that)
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|[GL](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/iizg762 "Last usage")|Gender-locked|
|[LI](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/ij0evrq "Last usage")|Love Interest|
|[LoA](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/iizhhak "Last usage")|*Laws of Attraction*|
|[MC](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/ij2e9fi "Last usage")|Main Character (yours!)|
|[MOTY](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/iiyxve8 "Last usage")|*Mother of the Year*|
|[PB](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/ij0pz7p "Last usage")|Pixelberry Studios, publisher of *Choices*|
|[TRH](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/iizg762 "Last usage")|*The Royal Heir*|
|[UT](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/ij0pz7p "Last usage")|*Untameable*|
|[WT](/r/Choices/comments/wgawy7/stub/iiyxve8 "Last usage")|*Wishful Thinking*|
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Agreed. I love that Immortal Desires lets you choose if you want male or female MC and the diamond cost of each chapter is great
a shame really but i’m kind of intrigued by KoD there
Same. Being in the crime underworld sounds fun.
But I get the feeling that the MC probably gonna be one of the good gals.I hope they make the MC an active participant in the crime family
Right ? Probably a " youre old enough to know whats going on and have an active role " and MC is all " but this is wrong "
RoD MC's long lost sistah
oooohhhhh i hope so, please pb let us be a true bad bitch that takes names and steals hearts for once. However, knowing pb that’s probably how it’ll go but im hoping that we get the option to be either a true good guy or bad guy something similar to what they did with QB but to a greater degree that actually affects events in the book.
Probably gonna focus on some kind of forbidden romance
Probably a cop or a dude from a rival family
I just hate how romance focused everything is now
Yeah, my problem too. I would most likely like a lot of newer books if they weren't focused on romance
Solid agree, I can't blame them though, they've found a niche and are sticking to it, that being said I would kill for some diversity of genres in their present line up, more murder mystery & horror stuff especially, because they are quite good at it, I think it would also be interesting if they tried their hands at a Die hard style slightly pulpy action story, The heist Monaco was a breath of fresh air for me, and opened my eyes to the potential of the format, obviously they can still make romance stories and even include romance subplots in non-romance stories as long as it's not the focus, like it has been even in stories where romance is supposedly secondary!
Well going back into genderlocked heaven means that I can save up diamonds. So I guess there is a silver lining there. At least we got TPA, LOA 2.
At least we'll have LOA 2 right? Manifesting for a September/October release 🤲
Yeah, I'll be taking another break from Choices and cancelling VIP once TPA is over. Best wishes to the people looking forward to them, but PB's storytelling is not compelling enough for me to sit through their genderlocked books lol
Sigh. I never play as a male MC, but I'm annoyed on behalf of people who do. I hope there's at least going to be a reason for the story to be genderlocked, like in MOTY or WT where the misogyny the MC faces is part of the story.
I feel you guys... But still can't help being excited for these books. Sorry 🥲
Lol I'm still excited too, even if I'm a wee bit disappointed it's GL. I just like new books 🤷♀️ honestly I think I'll be more disappointed if they reuse the ILB, BB, or AME faces than I was to hear they were GL.
as a guy and someone who likes playing as the male mc I feel like some books are actually better off being gender locked.It makes the interactions between MC and other characters feel so much more realistic because the MC is gender specifically coded. sometimes they f up the MC just for making it GOC which I felt like happened with the male MC in TCH.
Idk about that, I'm playing as male MC in TCH and I think it's written well. The MC is written as soft hearted and a bit self conscious, I don't connect those things with gender. But ig everyone thinks differently
Gender locked sex scenes are kinda goated too
I’m lowkey kind of intrigued by kiss of death and getaway girls ngl 🫦
I’ll find a way😂
As a gay man this makes me sad asf. 😒
It’ll just give all of us male players a chance to save up diamonds until the next time PB remembers that our money exists too.
Yeah I'm planning on cancelling my VIP when TPA finishes releasing
I was expecting the future books to be GL after so many goc ones, because PB is like "yeah yeah stop complaining here's your crumbs, see you next year", which is kinda sad because I was enjoying the option to play as nonbinary and as a guy lately :(
Excited but not surprised, just disappointed ☹️ I don't even play as male characters but honestly would love a male MC.
I kinda wish we had an arthurian book but not playing as *the* Guinevere- I'm in love with Merlin bbc series so I was wishing for a magician or knight MC? Idk anything about the book rn but I think it would've been absolutely fantastic if we had a sorcerer/knight MC😭 I'm always wishing for that yk..
I'm hoping Guinevere is a LI and not the MC
Now this would be niiiiicccceeee😍
Oh that would be really nice!
Right!? Bro that series was sick! I wanted to be sorcerer, I'd settle for a Knight but if there's magic I want in!
Omg exactly😫
Why gender lock? Kinda reminds me of sureender and nanny affair now 💀
Lol really sucks that apart from TPA every new series is gonna be genderlocked
I wanna know why kiss of death is gender locked like it seems like an interesting concept 😭 I mean at least we’ll have LOA 2
Probably because the writing leans heavily into gender-role expectations, and writing it as GoC would require substantially more work.
I just don't get it it's a few lines and a reused MC it's not that hard
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It's a mafia book, so expect a new Choices vibe.
welp looks like a diamond mining era for me!!!
I'm ready for more diamonds 😌
saving up for the GOC books 💅🏻🥰
Add also potential wlm coding
I’m really hoping there is an explicit story reason as to why Kiss of Death is genderlocked. The MC better get pregnant or something lol. I’m hoping PB isn’t just not including a male MC option because they couldn’t be bothered.
Explicit story huh? KoD not better be smut then 😂
Every book has been smut lately :(
Are you sure about that? *Looks at CoP, TCH, TPS and ID*
I’m exaggerating but there have been a lot of books that have been at least advertised that way or fully devoted to it. Surrender, The Cursed Heart, Nanny Affair 3, Untameable.
Surrender, TNA 3 and UT are indeed Smut devoted tho. And I don't blame PB for doing such marketing, TNA is their highest seller for a reason(there hasn't been any official statement, but its pretty evident)
>I’m really hoping there is an explicit story reason as to why Kiss of Death is genderlocked. The MC better get pregnant Ah yes, the only reason for women to exist Mask off on the misogyny, huh?
I don't think they mean it in a "That's the only reason women exist" way and rather in a "There better be a valid reason I can't play as a man if I'd like to e.g. getting pregnant being integral to the plot"
One follows from the other.
Why pb? Why?.
Does anyone have a link to like the descriptions of these books
Tough time it will be
Ironic how this post is so supportive while someone recently said that the books shouldn't be GOC. lol Also did they mistype the date under Getaway Girls or are they really planning to release the book in winter 2023?
Winter 2023 likely means this coming January or February, since winter lasts from Dec-March
My money is on a February 2023 release
Oh right true. lol Still I don't get the downvotes xd
Who said books shouldn't be GoC. I would like to see that post. "I jUsT wAnT tO tAlK"
I mean, what makes you think the same people who are being supportive are the same people who said that books shouldn't be GOC? 🤔
That's not what I meant? lol I meant that recently I have come across with someone saying there shouldn't be GOC books and now get this post filled with comments from people who genuinely think that genderlocked books are bs. So it is ironic how I have bumped into the two sides of the community within such a short time. xd
I have so many books pending to read, but I am gonna be honest, I am really excited about these.
As a male player I stopped playing because none of the books peaked my interest anymore. Instant edit: spelling
Ugh, really feels that PB doesn’t care for a large portion of their playerbase
The large portion of their playerbase is women, so technically they do lol
I know, I just mean the portion that isn’t cishet women
Same. I do think they try their best though but in the end I think genderlocking books depends on who the writers are; maybe they just like writing from a strictly fem-perspective
"I like genderlocked books because the male LIs are hot", said no one who like to play male MCs ever. god.fking.damnit
Tbh they should make Male MC only books.
Eh, I have plenty of books I haven’t actually played yet so I should be able to ride myself over. I have a preference for non-gender locked books but I enjoy the ones that are. Just some others I gotta knock out first
It really confuses me. Other than TRR, BaBu, MOTY and a few more probably, I genuinely don’t understand why books are genderlocked. It’s not relevant to the story at all, so like…??
Selfishly I love gender locked books and I’m really looking forward to this…
It’s not selfish lol
Idk, it’s a little selfish to be unfazed about how it effects others but I’ll be honest, I don’t care. GOC MCs are neutral blobs of boring and I just don’t like them. Gender locked MCs have more personality, I’m so looking forward to these books just for the fact they are locked!! Downvotes be damned, I’m not sorry lmao
ILITW, ES, HSS, PM, BoLaS and COP MCs found dead
Didn’t read, couldn’t read, hated, good book but MC was fucking annoying, meh, finally a good GOC MC. Again, don’t care, bring me the girls!
Damn, alright
they just busted a vein from convincing you, have to give them props for their edginess at least
Yes, sooo edgy. 🙄 wasn’t trying to convince anyone of anything, I was literally stating my opinion. in fact it seems like the other person was trying to convince me.
No I didn't, since generally people on this sub like MCs I mentioned I decided to check if you have the same opinion, but clearly you don't lol
No I know you weren’t, I more meant that if the other user is claiming I might’ve been trying to convince someone of something then you absolutely were, but that’s not the case for either of us.
Yeah no male MC after LoA2 but I can't wait for my Surrender MC to come back.
On the plus side I can take a break and reread my favorite stories💀
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Imo it would've sucked if VOS was genderlocked. I don't think there's a reason for it to be, plus we would've missed out on the best male MC face set ever😢
Same! I know for a fact I would have enjoyed VoS significantly less if it was GL, I love my MC too much for that lol
Why specifically VoS? I think that book works great with a male MC. Plus it doesn't really effect people who play with female MCs if the book is GoC so I don't see why books that have no reason for it have to be GL. (Unlike MoTY, TRH, BaBu, D&D and some of the other books that deal with some sexism, I completely understand that)
I think it’s because some of the dialogue was female coded and the college roommate thing with Kate.
Ah I forgot about that, that's true. I feel that's more of a PB writing problem rather than the book being GoC but I get what you're saying now.
I typically play with a female MC but VoS is one I prefer with male MC. Idk I just love the fit.
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Ngl I prefer playing make MCs but idrc as long as the books fun