Now that I've started a new game and settled on a job class in 7th Dragon Code VFD (God Hand), can I just say that I love the character creation aspect of the game so far? It isn't perfect, but you can choose a character portrait and also choose your characters ' voice in addition to their job class! And apparently, you can change your appearance anytime, which is great since you seem to unlock more portraits and job classes throughout the game.
As a non-binary person, I like using video games to express and explore gender because I can't be my full self in real life. And so, I chose this character portrait b/c their outfit looks queer AF and something I'd like to wear. And I gave them a gender neutral name and a low voice that sounds like Haruka from Sailor Moon or Akira from Kira Kira Precure, who are "girls" that look like "boys".
Even though my character portrait looks female, nobody in the game has addressed me with gendered pronouns so far. I even saw some NPCs using "they" or "them".
Did I mention this is the first JRPG I've played where I wasn't asked to "choose my gender"? Instead, the game asks, "Create a character that represents you." I loved seeing this.
I bought this game because it was a 3rd person dungeon crawler with cool job classes and pretty graphics, but this big ass serving of queerness tastes great too.