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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 74 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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.

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

cough cough Tomb Raider cough cough

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You play as Ciri in Witcher 3

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

"their face when they realize that samus is a girl"

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week 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