Older games with female protagonists?

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• dandroid@dandroid.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Portal!

  Calling this game “older” is hurting my soul, though.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    if it makes you feel any better, you dealt psychic damage to me as well

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  • seaQueue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My steam account is 15y old, the Orange Box was my first purchase.

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    • CycloneWolf@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Orange Box was a lot of people’s first Steam purchase. It’s hard to overstate just how much gaming value was included.

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    • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I had to sign up for this new fangled “Steam” back when I had to use 5 CDs to install Half-Life 2. Lost that account years ago though, unfortunately.

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• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Metroid is likely the most famous

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i recently streamed metroid fusion but had to stop cause the infinite spin jump simply didnt work, very sad cause its a good one

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    • WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s not in Dread either. Drives me crazy.

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• b0ttas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Is Mirror’s Edge “older” already?

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    unfortunately, yes, its been 15 years

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    • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m still alive I cannot apologise

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    • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Wow, wow, wow

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    • Jorgelino@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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• i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Obvious one, but the original Tomb Raider.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    its been a while, i should go back to those

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    • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Don’t forget to lock the butler in the fridge

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• Vimes@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Beyond Good & Evil

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  • sdcSpade@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Literally started playing this for the first time today. Only 3 hours in, but I can already tell why it has a very adamant fan base to this day.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i remember when i was a lil gal, i had trouble with the first block pushing puzzle lmao

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    • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s a cult classic for a reason

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  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But Nietzsche was a boy!!

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• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No One Lives Forever

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  • Hatecoach@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Beat me to it by a minute... First one that came to mind, well second, with the first being the obvious Tomb Raider

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    NOLF huh, thats a new one for me, thanks

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    • knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      NOLF was great, it just had a bad timing with the release

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• ADHDefy@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How old are we talking? Final Fantasy VI, Super Metroid, Resident Evil 2, and the OG Tomb Raider series are all pretty old but great.

  Portal, Portal 2, Mirror's Edge, Alien Isolation, Child of Light, Celeste, Tales of Berseria, Final Fantasy XIII, Slime Rancher, the newer Tomb Raifer games, and A Plague Tale are a few games from previous gens that hold up really well.

  A more recent game that flew under a lot of people's radars is Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and it was a lot of fun. Also, Atelier Ryza and Alba: A Wildlife Adventure are very worth mentioning, too. :)

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  • Case@unilem.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have to call out Mirror’s Edge, it is a great experience if you have the right mindset.

    Trying to play it with an FPS philosophy is not the way.

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  • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Atelier Ryza

    Don’t forget the rest of Atelier series!

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    • ADHDefy@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That's true! There's a lot of good games in that series, I've heard. I have yet to play most of them myself.

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  • MrMcGasion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits really is an excellent game, I’ve done a couple of playthroughs at different difficulty levels, and there is so much more depth to the gameplay than I realized on my first playthrough. It’s fun, challenging, has a decent story, beautiful environments, and some really cool bosses. The fact that it’s an indie studio’s first game still blows my mind.

    Just wanted to add my own recommendation of Kena to anyone who might be interested, even though it’s a more recent game.

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    • soloner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s been on my wishlist for a while cuz I thought it looked pretty good but wasn’t quite sure if I should try it.

      Now I know to buy it next time there’s a good steam sale. You’ve sold me!

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  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t forget Parasite Eve!

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  • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How dare you have such great taste on the internet? I can’t even fight you over this list.

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• FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Portal

  Perfect Dark

  Tomb Raider

  Metroid

  Mirror’s Edge

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• FuryMaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No One Lives Forever.

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• Remmock@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fatal Frame
  Rule of Rose
  Clocktower (the series, but I recommend 3)
  Resident Evil
  American McGee’s Alice
  Fear Effect
  Dino Crisis

  Depending on your definition of “older” you also have:
  Alien: Isolation
  Fran Bow
  What Remains of Edith Finch
  Life is Strange

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    wow, what a list, thanks

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  • SolOrion@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What Remains Of Edith Finch is downright amazing.

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  • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Life is strange 🥹🥹🥹

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  • knobbysideup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Alien isolation stressed me out.

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• Nemo@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ms. Pac-Man, obvs

  Magical Diary: Horse Hall was fun

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i kinda like how that one looks, thanks

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• theKalash@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tomb Raider

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• RavenFellBlade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Metroid.

  How did I scroll through this list and not see Samus Aran mentioned?

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  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Damn I just replied the same thing without bothering to scroll. Hahaha

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• tjsauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tomb Raider (1996). The levels are well designed and work with the tank controls in a way that lets you master Lara Croft’s acrobatic descent through haunting environments that feel far more threatening than most games I see today

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• InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I remember creating a female Twi’lek Jedi in some of the old LucasArts Jedi games.

  • LucasArts Jedi something something
  • KOTOR
  • Baldur’s Gate
  • Fallout Although these were more like “create-your-own protagonists” rather than “known hero protagonists” that people recognize.

  Aside from the classics already mentioned in the thread, Lara, Chell, Samus, Valentine, Redfield, etc. here’s a few that come to mind:

  • Peach in Super Mario 2, the game that feels more like a mushroom trip, than a trip to mushroom kingdom
  • Aya from Parasite Eve
  • Chun Li from Street Fighter, also Cammy
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Tekken
  • Soulcalibur
  • Dead or Alive
  • Sarah Kerrigan in Starcraft(s), although it’s an RTS, so protagonist is a bit loose.
  • Rayne from BloodRayne, the first video game character to appear in PlayBoy, eh
  • Ellie from The Last Of Us, damn it’s been 10 years already? Is that an old game already? Am I old? Nevermind, don’t answer.
  • Clem from The Walking Dead
  • Joanna from Perfect Dark

  I’m sure I’m forgetting a few others.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    once again my list keeps getting longer lol, thanks

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• Lauchs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Bayonetta.

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  • FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Blood rayne, for “older sexy action woman game”

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• DjMeas@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Final Fantasy VI is a great one!

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• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Jill of the Jungle, if you like Commander Keen era PC platformers.

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  • heatiskillingme@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hah I was thinking about that one, I played the three of them (I think that's all of them?) way back in the early 90s. What a novel concept, a jungle lady saving a prince!

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• janus2@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Parasite Eve (never played it myself but I know it’s considered a classic)

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I fucking loved Parasite Eve.

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  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    AMAZING games

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  • half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The woman in that game is an adult in a child’s body. Skip this one.

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    • Remmock@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “Aya Brea is the main protagonist of the Parasite Eve series. She is 25 in Parasite Eve, 27 in Parasite Eve II and 38 in The 3rd Birthday.”

      Please elaborate.

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• NeryK@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Here a couple I played back in the day:

  • Oni (Bungie, 2001)
  • Remember Me (Dontnod, 2013)

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    that girl form oni looks like she cna kick my ass, i like her already

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  • zaphod@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It always seems like very few people played Remember Me.

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    • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      i played like one hour, or two before, it neither looked nor played nice to me when i tried it.

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• celeste@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Longest Journey was my favorite as a kid. Point and click adventure about a young art student in the future who keeps teleporting to a fantasy world.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Find April Ryan!

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    never really got around to playing it, ill make sure to do so now

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Jill of the Jungle is the oldest one I know of that isn’t Metroid.

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• keefshape@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oni (2001)

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• clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Barbie: Horse Girl Adventures

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• thelsim@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
  One of my favorite King’s Quest games. And one of the first games I remember playing with a proper female lead.

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The ovious one: Tomb Raid

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• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Iji is a 100% free game made in 2008. Sidescrolling shooter with a story, fun boss fights, and a great soundtrack. It’s really a shame it isn’t as well known in these circles, it’s quite good.

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• sdcSpade@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trying to think of some obscure, unknown games: Eien no Filena, a JRPG on the Super Nintendo. The protagonist is a woman pretending to be a man as a lower class citizen forced to be a gladiator. Awkwardness ensues when she is "assigned" a wife and the men around her start being very confused about their sexuality.

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• hyhachi@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Jill of the Jungle - PC Shantae - Gameboy Color Alone in the Dark - PC The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - PSX

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• Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Jill of the Jungle” is an ancient DOS game, and honestly a bit sexploitative. But it does feature a female protag. And is old.

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