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bIuerain posted...

Tomb Raider, TLOU2, Metroid, Horizon, etc etc etc

This is just empirically false lol. Female protagonists aren't even a new thing in games. Mrs Pac-Man was the big sequel to Pac-MAN FFS.

Counterpoints:

• Lara Croft's original draw was partially tied to her overt sexual appeal
• TLOU2 was a sequel that could ride on TLOU1.
• You never knew Samus' gender until the end of Metroid 1 & while well known now, she primarily wears power armor most of the time.
• Nothing to say about Horizon.
• Mrs. Pac-Man was not only a sequel, but one that wasn't even fully designed by Namco.

It's not impossible to sell with a female character, but hard truth is that more often than not, most people find it easier to relate with a character that is the same race, gender, etc. as themselves, otherwise the issue from lack of female leads would mostly not exist.

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