The Rise of the Female Hero at E3 2015

I want to see equal representation for UGLY people! Why are protagonists always so god damned gorgeous? I like playing ugly mofos.

Nobody cares!

Stupid clickbait bandwagon-jumping nonsense article. There were more games with female protagonists at last year's E3. Also, who cares? When did Gamespot become so sexist?

For a long time I've enjoyed games like Tomb Raider, Parasite Eve, Resident Evil, No One Lives Forever, etc without ever thinking these game stood out because they had female protagonist. These games stood out because they were great games with interesting game play. Games should never be judged based on the gender of the protagonist.

What'll be the next issue to cover after the supreme court mandates 50% of all American games must feature a female lead?

Well done. Lots of female leads but if the games are terrible I'm not buying. Damn I was gutted by the recent Duke Nukem.

This is what is wrong with video game culture as of now, the focus is more on everything besides the game itself. It is quite telling when during an interview, Hiromasa Shikata had to go out of his way to explain why you are not able to play as a female. There is something really wrong when journalism and the video game culture when that has to be addressed.

I honestly feel sorry for those that complain to the end of time on issues such as these. I truly do; it is a rather sad life when you have to critique and analyze every single aspect of a video game without a chance of enjoyment. It is like imagine going to E3 and your mind is solely focused on Female protagonist games and all the disappointments out there. That is a rather sad way to view video games. Although it does annoy me as to what is happening now, I will pity them and their inability to look at a video game for the sake of the game (the way they are meant to be viewed and played).

The rise of feminist mangina articles on gamespot.

Pretty sure this myth has been dispelled, but there were like 9 more female led games shown at last year's e3 than this one.

I remember a time when we cared more about the game itself than about the gender of the character and the political effects of the lifestyle of said character.

when did gaming become so political?

I would really like to know if this actually has any effect of male videogame consumers; that is, if they are averse to playing a videogame with a female protagonist, or if the reverse is true, that they would be more inclined to play a game if the lead character is a woman. Data like this would be more helpful for game developers to make intelligent design decisions.

Huh...after seeing that Unity trailer, I'm actually way more interested in Evie rather than Jacob. Hopefully the opportunity to play as her more is in the game...

there have been plenty of female protagonists throughout gaming history. do the people at gamespot even play videogames?

Modern feminism is basically about reverse-discriminating against innocent men & boys of this world. They don't have much clue about how difficult it is becoming for ordinary, poor, working-class or middle-class men & boys to survive independently in today's world. They think that ALL men are in the top 5% of the rich, billionaire & super-rich categories, and that the world needs female-dominance & female-superiority in almost ALL the fields, professions, industries, and so on. These are their very damaging assumptions. They believe that women are under-represented in several fields like STEM, sports, movies, business, politics, video games, etc, but at the same time, BLINDLY ignore the female-dominance in SEVERAL fields & professions (both average-paying & high-paying), such as: fashion, modelling, beauty, cosmetics, pageants, pornography, vocal media, voice provisions, advertisements, commercials, social media, anime, manga, dancing, gymnastics, tennis, badminton, netball, softball, yoga, performing arts, classical arts, classical music & dances, folk dances, traditional stuff, TV shows, soap operas, theater, arts, designing, clothing, textiles, photography, videography, glamour, glitz, gossips, travel, lifestyles, newspapers, magazines, promotions, hosting, receiving, cheer-leading, visual display fields, seduction fields, and so on.

Moreover, through their reverse-discriminatory legal & government policies, instead of creating equality for all, they are basically PREVENTING or BANNING modern males from pursuing their natural interests in several fields. For example, for males who want to become engineers, scientists, computer scientists, researchers, video game designers, digital artists, etc), the scopes are reducing, reducing & FURTHER reducing, day after day. Whereas, there are almost NO such quotas, reservations, etc, for men & boys, in several highly-paying female-dominated industries & fields, where women are over-paid, over-represented, and over-respected also.

If women & girls HEAVILY DOMINATE major multi-billion-dollar industry fields like fashion, modelling, beauty, cosmetics, clothing, pornography, visual media, performing arts, etc, then men & boys should ALSO be exclusively allowed access to major income generating fields, such as STEM, sports, movies, video games, and so on. If feminists are about attacking ONLY male-dominated fields, but retaining high-paying female-dominated fields, then they are the MOST unethical, immoral, sadist, corrupt, vile, inhuman and anti-male group of people in the ENTIRE world.

I really hope at the end of RofT there appears a white splash screen stating, 'A Tomb Raider has Risen'.

ll jks, I'll roll my eyes even more forcefully than I did last time.

Not my cup of tea, but I really am glad female leads are more prevalent in games now. If at least it'll stop all the whining from over-zealous Feminists that think the industry is just some evil force against women. The variety will also keep the industry from going stale.

I still think the most ideal solution would be to have games feature both a male and female lead, and have the player choose. Though I do understand that isn't always possible, especially when you're trying to tell a specific story.

Horizon: Zero Dawn looks incredible.

Why do they act as if its a big deal? People pretend as if female characters are something new. We had quite a lot of games from the past with female protagonists. Check out No One Lives Forever, Metroid,Beyond Good & Evil, Perfect Dark, FF Series,Tomb Raider and Resident Evil. And there's plenty more.