Gaming
From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!
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If we are doing the "protagonist is technically female even though it changes nothing for the plot" we have to add portal
Yeah we should! Most games listed here could have switched the character gender without making changes to the plot as such.
But it does make a difference, so I think they should be included. Even in the extreme example like Satisfactory, where you barely see what your quiet protagonist looks like, it's make a lot of people happy that the character just is female without it being pointed out or sexed up. It's also made a few people from the Expected Crowd confused and annoyed, which is healthy.
Metroid is another (and maybe the first) prime example of this
Jade from Beyond Good and Evil.
That game was so good. It's a bit sad that they never released a sequel. Otherwise, it probably would have been underwhelming.
The tomb raider Trilogie
Pokemon, anything equal or newer than crystal.
Whoa whoa whats wrong with Senua?
id rather not get lynched, thank you very much
Lol I'm genuinely curious. Its at the top of my "to play" pile since I've heard so much good about it.
So if there's any fair warning to temper my expectations..
there's a demo for a game on steam called Laika: Aged Through Blood which has a badass motorcycle mom
If we are doing demos too, there is also the Boomer Shooter 'Selaco' on Steam. It's just the first level in the demo and there isn't much story so far. But it looks very promising I think and we play as Dawn, a female Captain and murder a bunch of terorist that want to blow us up. They want to announce their release date next quarter.
Another Boomer Shooter with a female lead is 'Ion Fury'. This one has already released some years ago. We play Shelly 'Bombshell' Harrison and are part of the Global Defense Force. After a long shift we want to settle down with a nice drink as an explosion causes us to spill it and cyborg cultists led by an evil Dr. want to take over, so we go murder them.
Staying with shooters there is also 'Nightmare Reaper' where we play a female mental patient and the levels are her dreams which are created proceduraly and I guess we cleanse them of her nightmares.
Back to demos but a completely different genre: 'Sea of Stars'. An old school rpg, kinda reminds me of Chrono Trigger gameplay wise. It's made by the folks who made 'The Messenger', different genre again and no female protagonist in this one. But in there was a story tidbit about two kids with the power of the moon and the sun who saved the world a long time ago. We play those kids and the kid with the power of the moon is a girl. Again, just a demo on Steam so far but it looks very fun and releases on the 29th of August.
What constitutes a good game is obviously very subjective and as probably became very clear I like me some Boomer Shooter where the story doesn't necessarily needs to be the focus, but that won't be to everyones taste.