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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. A couple quickly come to mind: Last of Us Crypt of the Necrodancer (not much writing) Lichdom Mass Effect Gone Home
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. Haven't played it yet but walking dead S2?
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Oct 9, 2014 20:58
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. Presumably you're talking about games with unchangeable protagonists and not RPG's like Mass Effect or whatever, right? Edit: If so, Child of Light, Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Transistor are the ones that come immediately to mind. Double Edit: Broken Age (shares top billing with a young man, at least), The Walking Dead Season 2 (and Season 1 to a certain extent, really, even though you never actually control her). A number of adventure games I could probably name if I was looking at their name. Remember Me. Kibayasu fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Oct 9, 2014 |
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Oct 9, 2014 20:58
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. The Longest Journey and sequel (soon to be sequels), Syberia, Kyrandia 2 (on GOG) - great adventure games Transistor and Child of Light of the recent ones.
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Oct 9, 2014 20:58
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Some older ones: Beyond Good and Evil, No One Lives Forever 1 and 2.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:02
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. The Longest Journey/Dreamfall/Dreamfall Chapters (probably) Beyond Good and Evil Hatoful Boyfriend Long Live the Queen, sorta Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Portal The Walking Dead season 2 A lot of RPGs where you can pick your gender too, if those count. e: Recettear e2: Blackwell series
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Oct 9, 2014 21:04
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. Divinity: OS, Racettear, Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!*, Portal 1&2, Trine 1&2, maybe Yume Nikki? *: Maybe a bit sexist.
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. Beyond Good & Evil and Velocity 2X are good as hell.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:05
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I had completely forgotten about Portal 1 + 2. GlaDOS was amazing. No can do on metroid - I need games with more talky and her most plot/scripted game was awful. I'm doing some spec pieces for game stories featuring female leads so looking for ones with active characterization in rather than just 'avatar is female'. Basically doing research on currently exists across the medium right now. Bioshock Infinite was awful for me. I finished it unaware of all the praise it had gotten and when I came across opinions of it I really thought I'd gone mental with how little I found positive about the experience; plot, characters, gameplay. Remember Me I have on ps3 thanks to PS+. I've got Uncharted on the list too because although she's a secondary character I thought Elena was good. Thanks for suggestions peeps. I have been looking for a couple of hours and it's becoming a bit depressing. Awesome! posted:the player character is female too fwiw I know but she's also a silent (mostly) invisible protagonist so not much good. Whereas GlaDOS is evil and funny as hell without falling into the 'women-baddy must be sexy and seduce player' that most others do. Unless you err... really have a thing for evil-AI robots designed by Apple. Edit: Thank you goons you have saved me from trawling through piles of lovely games with balloon-titty anime avatars masquerading as female lead games. Edit 2: Kibayasu posted:Steam Tags might actually come in handy here. Not exactly guaranteed to not have some questionable bits, will most likely include games with just a choice of avatar, and could be missing some but here's all the games on Steam that have been tagged with "Female Protagonist" http://store.steampowered.com/search/?tags=7208&page=1 I couldn't get tags to work in steam and I did not occur to me at all to try the browser version. Thanks! Lethemonster fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Oct 9, 2014 |
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fatherboxx posted:The Longest Journey and sequel (soon to be sequels), Syberia, Kyrandia 2 (on GOG) - great adventure games Along same lines as those: we were just talking Contrast on sale, which also fits the ask. There also is Lilly Looking Through, Cognition, Legend of Korra (soon), Recettear, Journal.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:06
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Lethemonster posted:I had completely forgotten about Portal 1 + 2. GlaDOS was amazing. the player character is female too fwiw
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Lethemonster posted:I had completely forgotten about Portal 1 + 2. GlaDOS was amazing. No can do on metroid - I need games with more talky and her most plot/scripted game was awful. I'm doing some spec pieces for game stories featuring female leads so looking for ones with active characterization in rather than just 'avatar is female'. Basically doing research on currently exists across the medium right now. Steam Tags might actually come in handy here. Not exactly guaranteed to not have some questionable bits, will most likely include games with just a choice of avatar, and could be missing some but here's all the games on Steam that have been tagged with "Female Protagonist" http://store.steampowered.com/search/?tags=7208&page=1
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Oct 9, 2014 21:08
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Forgot Syberia. I haven't played that Assassin's Creed game with a female lead but it might be worth checking out. KOTOR 2's main character is canonically female I believe. Aquaria L4D 1 and 2, though there's only one woman main character and 3 men main characters in each game.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:09
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Lance Streetman posted:The real reason is apparently because when old programs install, they first search for "Windows 9" and then "Windows 95" or "Windows 98." lovely Java programmers that use osName.startswith() and not version.startswith() deserve to get burned.
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Lethemonster posted:I know but she's also a silent (mostly) invisible protagonist so not much good. Whereas GlaDOS is evil and funny as hell without falling into the 'women-baddy must be sexy and seduce player' that most others do. Unless you err... really have a thing for evil-AI robots designed by Apple. System Shock 2 is a good example of this imo, Shodan is a lot like Glados is some ways, but replace funny with spooky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8wjInQTZKk
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Oct 9, 2014 21:13
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Propaganda Hour posted:lovely Java programmers that use osName.startswith() and not version.startswith() deserve to get burned. To be fair, it should have been a safe assumption that the code get replaced within 20 years.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:15
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Does Okami count?
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peter gabriel posted:System Shock 2 is a good example of this imo, Shodan is a lot like Glados is some ways, but replace funny with spooky Also this.
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Eruonen posted:I haven't played that Assassin's Creed game with a female lead but it might be worth checking out.
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. Syberia
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Sticking with just female main protagonists here's a few that haven't been brought up: JULIA: Among The Stars Gray Matter The Hate Games Also keep an eye on Never Alone.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:19
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Lance Streetman posted:The real reason is apparently because when old programs install, they first search for "Windows 9" and then "Windows 95" or "Windows 98." Hahaha that's very plausible and funny.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:20
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There's also the Blackwell adventure game series. Maybe also Eternal Darkness (although there's a bnunch of characters you play in that) and the Fatal Frame games (haven't played enough to judge on the sexism part). Ooh, also Urban Chaos.
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Hannibal Smith posted:Aveline's character was the best part of Liberation, and it'll be a shame if the only appearance she makes ever in the series is in a watered down side-game. It would be pretty neat if she showed up in Unity. The timeline would fit, but I'm not holding out hope. Seriously, Aveline is a badass lady, she's an assassin with a bullwhip and a dart shooting parasol, and she's in one of the lower tier games in the franchise. I got excited about her campaign in Black Flag, but it's like three maps entirely on rails with no freedom. The poor girl can't catch a break.
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Lethemonster posted:Thanks for suggestions peeps. I have been looking for a couple of hours and it's becoming a bit depressing. LOL
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it.  (e: what the gently caress how did I miss that) Pierzak fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Oct 9, 2014 |
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Oct 9, 2014 21:30
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Lance Streetman posted:The real reason is apparently because when old programs install, they first search for "Windows 9" and then "Windows 95" or "Windows 98." If that was true wouldn't they be able to fix it by calling it Windows Nine?
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I think the state of games with female leads in them is pretty good - sure you have to look past AAA games, but there's whole genres you can only find by doing that nowadays.
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Justin_Brett posted:I think the state of games with female leads in them is pretty good - sure you have to look past AAA games, but there's whole genres you can only find by doing that nowadays.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:39
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:If that was true wouldn't they be able to fix it by calling it Windows Nine? That looks bad though.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:39
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Just be glad they didn't call it Windows One.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:If that was true wouldn't they be able to fix it by calling it Windows Nine? 
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Oct 9, 2014 21:42
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:If that was true wouldn't they be able to fix it by calling it Windows Nine? I imagine marketing shot that idea down. When you're marketing a product that you want lots of people to use, you want something easy to type in, read, and recognize. So the fewer characters there are, and the more easily identifiable they are, the better. It's 2 letters vs. 4 numbers, and while it might not seem like a big difference, it matters a whole lot towards long-term visibility. The initial confusion is probably a small price to pay for a better-looking name overall.
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. A few I haven't seen mentioned. Transistor (kind of odd, but it's a female protagonist) Beast Boxing Turbo (not THE most talky, but still...) Aquaria Septerra Core And if you're willing to go outside of Steam? Iji immediately springs to mind for me.
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Also in the female protagonist category: - Recettear - Winter Voices - Shelter (mama badger) - To The Moon (shared with a male character) - Blade Kitten
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Oct 9, 2014 21:49
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Dota 2
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:If that was true wouldn't they be able to fix it by calling it Windows Nine? Just be grateful it's not going to be Windows One.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:55
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Can't believe that joke got made twice. Oh wait I can
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Oct 9, 2014 21:56
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Lethemonster posted:I'm trying to find ~10 or so games that have female main characters that don't aren't sexist. Best I've got so far are Tomb Raider (2013) and Mirror's Edge but I'm trying to find some with more writing in than Mirror's Edge. Maybe the new Alien: Isolation by the sounds of it. Gray Matter as mentioned, the Blackwell Series Resonance (one of the four protagonists is female, and she's the 2nd most important to the story) Cloudbuilt Walking Dead Season 2 Eldritch (to be fair, there's no story to it) Giana Sisters (same as Eldritch) Remember Me mostly avoids it, surprisingly Sanctum 1 + 2 Defenders Quest Super House of Dead Ninjas Trine
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Acquire Currency! posted:Can't believe that joke got made twice. That's from their media briefing
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