• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
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    16 hours ago

    Not interested in…

    Metroid.

    Perfect Dark.

    Mirror’s Edge.

    Parasite Eve.

    Portal.

    Half of Resident Evil.

    All of these pivotal, classic games have great female protagonists, and came out before Obama got elected… probably before this person was even born?

    Maybe somebody could try the ‘return to tradition’ approach with this fool.

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      9 hours ago

      Even The Witcher itself. You might not play as a woman, but seriously, the women are definitely the shining stars of the series.

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        8 hours ago

        If you wanted to include earlier games with great, compelling woman characters who you don’t singly/primarily play as, the list would be even longer.

        Tons of em from party based RPGs alone.

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      16 hours ago

      As a kid, who doesn’t get a little warped by Samus Aran being female? Maybe it was just my experience growing up in the christocultist world, but I was in denial about Samus at ~7-8 years old with my only familiarity being passive and Smash Bros.

      Now I see anyone that has a similar outlook as being ~7-8 years old in their cognitive development and KAFS