Older games with female protagonists?

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• Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Metroid!

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• CheeseToastie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Super Hang-On had a female protagonist but you only found out if you beat the hardest arcade mode

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• leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  undertale

  ddlc

  katawa shoujo

  little misfortune

  hellblade: senua’s sacrifice

  parasite eve

  depending on “old” but horizon zero dawn

  like a dragon 5 (Haruka is a protag)

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ddlc isn’t old

    Undertales protag doesn’t have a gender

    Katawa shoujos protag is a dude

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    • leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ooops, I was basing it on “old-to-have-sales” and not “retro-old” with patient gamers and all. totally didn’t read your mind there.

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• glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Saboteur 2 en.wikipedia.org/…/Saboteur_II:_Avenging_Angel

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• Andonyx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Syberia Series

  The Longest Journey

  Gone Home

  Virginia

  What remains of Edith Finch

  Beyond Good and Evil

  Gabriel Knight 3 has shared protagonists that you switch between; one is a woman.

  Likewise some of the Broken Sword series

  Talos Principle is either non-gendered or whatever you want the protagonist to be.

  The first Blair Witch game from 2000

  Everyone’s gone to the Rapture

  Also, holla at whoever said “No One Lives Forever”; that game rules.

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• qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cult: Heretic Kingdoms

  Fantastic RPG game, with a badass female protagonist.

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• Rottcodd@lemmy.ninja ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Eien no Filena on the SNES/SFC (it was Japan-only but it’s been fan-translated).

  Not only is the protagonist a woman - that fact is repeatedly plot-relevant.

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• TheYear2525@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Guardian Legend on NES.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    that one looks neat

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• The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Final Fantasy 6. There are technically several protagonists, but the one with the better claim to “main protagonist” is a woman.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    idk what it is about Heaven’s Vault artstyle but something irks me about it, i wish i could say what ti is

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    • The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I know what you mean, I felt the same way when I first saw it, and even when I started playing. But the concept intrigued me, so I kept going, and after a while I got used to the art style. If the concept of the game appeals to you, I’d still recommend you give it a try.

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• Joltey@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A bit late to the thread, but I just wanted to say Beyond Two Souls recently had its 10 year anniversary if that counts as old.

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• archenemy@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Actually not from older generations, but Tacoma and Deliver Us The Moon are a few years old and both are short, sweet space-related narrative games with a female protagonist.

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• damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I feel like no one has mentioned Urban Chaos till now. I friggin loved that game! The hacks too!

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    looks nice AND hacks?, im in

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• vivavideri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Most of my suggestions were already mentioned, but PN03 & darkened skye come to mind.

  Pedantry aside, if you count the option of selecting a female character, trickstyle, borderlands, super mario bros 2, vigilante 8 second offense, tony hawk 3 (4, underground and probably any in this series but I haven’t played them lol)

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    pn03 looks like bayonetta and vanquish got it going, looks itneresting

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• Clone_IX@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Venetica

  A roleplaying game with a female hero and an interesting story:

  store.steampowered.com/…/Venetica__Gold_Edition/

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    another classic i totally forgot existed, thanks for reminding me

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• ddtfrog@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Siberia 100%.

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• bi_tux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • Monster World IV
  • Twinkle Tail
  • If Tomb Raider is old enough for you
  • Contra
  • Touho
  • another game I played (forgot the name, will edit later)
  • most games where you could choose between 2 or more playable characters

  Now that I think of it, the only not oversexualised female protagonists in retro games (I can think of rn) are from japanese titles. The USSR didn’t import video games and Europe and the US were just too conservative ig.

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• Hatecoach@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No One Lives Forever

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