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Darkman124 posted...

i think it says a lot of things, not all of them negative. consider that for male heroes in action games, frequently their squeeze shares the spotlight with them, or is dead to provide depth to the character

for the few female heroes, they're much more likely the solo star; there's not as much an attempt to introduce a male deuteragonist who shares the spotlight.

but also many of the female main characters are too young to have a romantic interest, which illustrates our difficulty envisioning female characters as independently powerful, and a need to perceive them as somewhat more infantile

i think the big thing to note is their statistical rarity in general, and question whether that's cause or effect of women's tendency not to play story-driven games but rather games that don't have any characters at all

I think the reason for this is a lot more pragmatic. A lot of people are concerned that a narrative which involves a controllable female character romancing a male character makes male players uncomfortable.

Like, take a look at Heavy Rain for instance. You regularly swap out control between Madison and Ethan, but when prompted for the romance part, you're always doing so while controlling Ethan. There is no way to arrive at that scene in control of Madison.

This is also why a lot of stories about girl rescuing kidnapped something or other rarely invovles rescuing a boyfriend/husband. It's always a sibling / parent / etc.
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