The universe being modern era in technology but with all of the traditional (D&D) fantasy races around is certainly intriguing. The last such effort was of course “Modern Majesty” and I was a bit sad that one died as the concept had tremendous promise.
Well sure, pre-determined of course never feels like “our mc” and I would like to point out that depending on the game-world’s naming conventions and gender roles the name Gordon does not need to mean it’s gender locked to male, just name locked. Even if it is gender locked there’s still the possibility of being a trans man, much like @iris’ game “Beast in the Castle” allows the player to be a trans woman. Nor does it have to mean player customization in terms of appearance etc, necessarily needs to go out of the window, as all we’ve got right now is a masculine sounding name.
That said if this game has romance and we’re going to be locked to straight male and said romances are non-optional to the story I’d appreciate a heads up warning, just so I know this game won’t be for me.