Who's your favorite female protagonist?
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I agree with you completely.inu-kun said:
I love Gwendolyn for all of the above, as well as being the character that gets the most arcs to her personality (acceptance, acknowledgement, morality, etc.). She's just a well thought-out character in a great game.
I don't know if it counts, but I've always preferred the female Courier in Fallout:NV to the male one. There's just more opportunity's to tell the legion to go fuck themselves. Also dat old wold blues dialog.
This is a tough question, I've played maybe 10 games that star female protagonists (not counting games with character creators.)
Probably Emily from freeware indie adventure game Emily Enough [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/602/]. As a psychotic serial murdering little girl, she's definitely the most interesting female protagonist I've played.
Probably Emily from freeware indie adventure game Emily Enough [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/602/]. As a psychotic serial murdering little girl, she's definitely the most interesting female protagonist I've played.
I missed this post and honestly, there is a massive thread over on psnprofiles on fave Senran Kagura characters and you know who doesnt get mentioned?LostGryphon said:The entire cast of Senran Kagura, but specifically Hikage (3rd from Left), Homura (5th from Left), Mirai (2nd from Left), Ikaruga (4rd from Right), and Katsuragi (3rd from Right).
[small]Not just for the Life and Hometown either. I genuinely enjoy the characters. Each is a certified badass. Each has agency for days. Each is pretty likeable.[/small]
Clementine - The Walking Dead
Fiona - Tales from the Borderlands
Samus - Metroid (The original badass.)
Zero - Drakengard
MK, Skullgirls, and other Fighting Game Females (Mileena's just glorious.)
Lots of JRPG characters.
Annnnd damn near every one of my created female characters from WoW to Hellgate to Fallout, etc. etc.
I'm likely forgetting several, but this is off the top of my head.
Shiki!!!!
Goddammit, shes a friggen pirate!!
Her scythe is also a lot of fun. She is pure win against mobs. Bosses not always, but still fun as hell.
It's her.Happyninja42 said:
Sorry if it contained a spoiler, but you do meet her quite early.
Cadians do have that quite specific life that leads them to thrive in situations like this, but a fragmented regiment thrown into her lap when her experience prior extended to command of a platoon is impressive.Gearran said:
Post conflict I can imagine her heading up the command ziggurat lickety split.
Captain with a good chance of making General.
Aside from her command acumen, she wasn't reluctant to head out and gun down a few orks when the situation called for it too.
No it's fine, I did meet her. I just didn't recognize the name, or the company description. As I said, I'm not a follower of the Warhammer stuff. I bought Space Marines during the summer steam sale, and haven't finished it. Actually I think I'm relatively close to the end, I just have to play that game in fits and starts. xD But yeah, she was pretty cool, for the small amount of interaction I've had with her so far. Not sure if she returns near the end of the game or not, but she was an enjoyable character. I only wish that the Space Marine buddy of the protagonist hadn't done the stereotypical "You...are the one in charge?" with a disbelieving tone. It felt very much like your typical thing in military movies where the woman takes off her helmet, showing she's female, and the guys are like "A GIIIRL!?!?" Though I did appreciate how the main character didn't even blink an eye about it. He just accepted she was in charge, asked for an update, and then proceeded to give her orders after listening to her advise on the situation, which she then followed without question. It felt very good to have them just interact with each other as equals, even though there was a chain of command involved. The protagonist is clearly in charge, but he didn't treat her any differently than any other soldier under his command, and trusted her to do her job effectively, considering she'd already done a damn good job so far.Mikeybb said:
Rather a lack of Hyperdimension Neptunia love in here so I'm going to go with IF:
The most level headed of the initial trio in the first game, smart and funny. Also really quite effective in combat despite not being a CPU.
The most level headed of the initial trio in the first game, smart and funny. Also really quite effective in combat despite not being a CPU.
Silmeria from Valkyrie Profile 2
Edna from Edna and Harvey The Breakout
Mona Sax from Max Payne 2
Edna from Edna and Harvey The Breakout
Mona Sax from Max Payne 2
I'll have to go with Lucina, from Fire Emblem. I guess it's debatable whether or not she's the main character, but I think you could make a pretty convincing argument for it. Plus I'm a sucker for any story with a fate plotline.
She's just so cool! There are better female characters, but not many protagonists.
She's just so cool! There are better female characters, but not many protagonists.
Agreed regarding the buddy marine and the player character.Happyninja42 said:
Captain Titus and his interactions with the Lieutenant were well handled I thought, with the main character taking his Emperor ordained position though not usurping her command.
Even bowing to her advanced knowledge of terrain and troop movements.
The buddy and his reaction did come across as the stereotype, which was unfortunate.
A clumsy wording if they wanted to highlight a flawed aspect of the buddy marine's personality.
He could have reacted poorly based on so many other reasons, even if she didn't deserve such a reaction.
Despite how we know the facts, the inexperienced brother marine may have held her accountable for the losses without considering the scale of the challenge she faced.
Also there's the whole post human element to consider too.
Some Marines develop a kind of arrogance towards unaltered humans, in that they forget the limitations that they once had before they were selected and the process of creating a marine begins.
It can show itself in expecting more than a human could physically and mentally give, display itself in a contempt for the weaknesses physical, mental and moral of humanity.
In some cases they lose the capacity to relate to them in any way, seeing them almost as another species albeit a weak one to be sheparded and guarded.
Fortunately, there are still some marines like Titus who hold a high regard for humans, given how hard they fight and the feats they managed to achieve without the advantages of marine genetic alteration.
I'm sorry.
I just realized I'm spewing lore all over the thread when we're meant to be talking about female protagonists.
Suffice to say, despite the trope you mention being played on, she was a well presented character and one that stuck with me after the game ended as an example of 'doing it right'.
I have to add here, I tackled the topic of the thread regarding 'protagonist' not in the gameplay sense, but in a story telling sense.
My mistake.
She was a hero without question and she faced challenges that would have overwhelmed most others.
While not the playable character in the game, I'd have been happy to have played sections or even a full game which focused on her experiences during the attack on the forge world.
Iji Kataiser
One of few remaining humans after an alien invasion(Nearly 95% death rate). She doesn't take the knowledge of the near genocide of Earth very well but she has trouble actually killing any of them. You can play through the entire game without killing a single foe and she will become more confident in her belief that there doesn't need to be more bloodshed. If you kill one of the aliens intentionally or accidentally she'll even apologize for doing it for the first few times. Or you can have her take revenge on the invaders. Eventually she'll be reveling in destroying every last Tasen she comes across if you take it far enough yelling out "Die!" as she kills any in her way.
Someone in her position would probably have a fragile mental state, and it does show. She hallucinates finding bows that her younger sister used to wear. She flat out breaks down after learning how badly earth's been hit. There's a certain point in the game where depending on how you handle a situation she can completely snap and start talking to people that aren't there.(The last boss notices this and takes pity on you if you reach him in that state)
One of few remaining humans after an alien invasion(Nearly 95% death rate). She doesn't take the knowledge of the near genocide of Earth very well but she has trouble actually killing any of them. You can play through the entire game without killing a single foe and she will become more confident in her belief that there doesn't need to be more bloodshed. If you kill one of the aliens intentionally or accidentally she'll even apologize for doing it for the first few times. Or you can have her take revenge on the invaders. Eventually she'll be reveling in destroying every last Tasen she comes across if you take it far enough yelling out "Die!" as she kills any in her way.
Someone in her position would probably have a fragile mental state, and it does show. She hallucinates finding bows that her younger sister used to wear. She flat out breaks down after learning how badly earth's been hit. There's a certain point in the game where depending on how you handle a situation she can completely snap and start talking to people that aren't there.(The last boss notices this and takes pity on you if you reach him in that state)
Nah it's cool, you're staying on topic with your ramble, which is better than many on this site can say. xDMikeybb said:
To give the Marine the benefit of the doubt, it might be that he was simply surprised that a 2nd Lieut was in charge of everything, considering how lowly a rank that is. That it wasn't a "but you're a girl" angle, so much as a "how the hell is someone so far down the chain of command in charge?!" kind of reaction. I can't remember if the Marines had been told of the name/rank of the person in charge up to that point or not.
