What games of older generations would you put up? i dont mind the genre really, id would just love to hear yalls suggestions.
Metroid is likely the most famous
Older games with female protagonists?
Submitted 7 months ago by Mandy@sh.itjust.works to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months 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
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It’s not in Dread either. Drives me crazy.
b0ttas@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is Mirror’s Edge “older” already?
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
unfortunately, yes, its been 15 years
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I’m still alive I cannot apologise
Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Wow, wow, wow
Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Obvious one, but the original Tomb Raider.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
its been a while, i should go back to those
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Don’t forget to lock the butler in the fridge
Vimes@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
Beyond Good & Evil
sdcSpade@kbin.social 7 months 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.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
i remember when i was a lil gal, i had trouble with the first block pushing puzzle lmao
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
It’s a cult classic for a reason
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 months ago
But Nietzsche was a boy!!
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Hatecoach@kbin.social 7 months ago
Beat me to it by a minute... First one that came to mind, well second, with the first being the obvious Tomb Raider
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
NOLF huh, thats a new one for me, thanks
knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
NOLF was great, it just had a bad timing with the release
ADHDefy@kbin.social 7 months 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. :)
Case@unilem.org 7 months 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.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Atelier Ryza
Don’t forget the rest of Atelier series!
ADHDefy@kbin.social 7 months 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.
MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 7 months 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.
soloner@lemmy.world 7 months 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!
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Don’t forget Parasite Eve!
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
How dare you have such great taste on the internet? I can’t even fight you over this list.
FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Portal
Perfect Dark
Tomb Raider
Metroid
Mirror’s Edge
FuryMaker@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No One Lives Forever.
Remmock@kbin.social 7 months ago
Fatal Frame
Rule of Rose
Clocktower (the series, but I recommend 3)
Resident Evil
American McGee’s Alice
Fear Effect
Dino CrisisDepending on your definition of “older” you also have:
Alien: Isolation
Fran Bow
What Remains of Edith Finch
Life is StrangeMandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
wow, what a list, thanks
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
What Remains Of Edith Finch is downright amazing.
Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Life is strange 🥹🥹🥹
knobbysideup@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Alien isolation stressed me out.
Nemo@midwest.social 7 months ago
Ms. Pac-Man, obvs
Magical Diary: Horse Hall was fun
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
i kinda like how that one looks, thanks
theKalash@feddit.ch 7 months ago
Tomb Raider
RavenFellBlade@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Metroid.
How did I scroll through this list and not see Samus Aran mentioned?
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Damn I just replied the same thing without bothering to scroll. Hahaha
tjsauce@lemmy.world 7 months 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
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 months 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.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
once again my list keeps getting longer lol, thanks
Lauchs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Bayonetta.
FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Blood rayne, for “older sexy action woman game”
DjMeas@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Final Fantasy VI is a great one!
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Jill of the Jungle, if you like Commander Keen era PC platformers.
heatiskillingme@kbin.social 7 months 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!
janus2@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Parasite Eve (never played it myself but I know it’s considered a classic)
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I fucking loved Parasite Eve.
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 months ago
AMAZING games
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The woman in that game is an adult in a child’s body. Skip this one.
Remmock@kbin.social 7 months 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.
NeryK@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Here a couple I played back in the day:
- Oni (Bungie, 2001)
- Remember Me (Dontnod, 2013)
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
that girl form oni looks like she cna kick my ass, i like her already
zaphod@feddit.de 7 months ago
It always seems like very few people played Remember Me.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
i played like one hour, or two before, it neither looked nor played nice to me when i tried it.
celeste@kbin.social 7 months 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.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Find April Ryan!
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
never really got around to playing it, ill make sure to do so now
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
Jill of the Jungle is the oldest one I know of that isn’t Metroid.
keefshape@lemmy.world 7 months ago
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Barbie: Horse Girl Adventures
thelsim@sh.itjust.works 7 months 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.BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 7 months ago
The ovious one: Tomb Raid
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
sdcSpade@kbin.social 7 months 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.
hyhachi@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Jill of the Jungle - PC Shantae - Gameboy Color Alone in the Dark - PC The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - PSX
Heavybell@lemmy.world 7 months 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.
dandroid@dandroid.app 7 months ago
Portal!
Calling this game “older” is hurting my soul, though.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
if it makes you feel any better, you dealt psychic damage to me as well
seaQueue@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My steam account is 15y old, the Orange Box was my first purchase.
CycloneWolf@midwest.social 7 months 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.
prole@sh.itjust.works 7 months 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.