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  This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. : wrecker77
  • I second this statement. : rtricoche
  • Same. This is so dumb. : funnynamehere
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  I hope this does sell, I don't mind a female protag when done right. Samus (sans other m), Lara Croft and... : snubble100
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    "I don't mind a female protag when done right." That's very gracious of you. : Alice O'Connor
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      Does what he said bother you in some way? : adamp117
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        Au contraire, he's very open-minded to allow female protagonists in his games. : dumb.
        • Yup, it's pretty big of him. : excite_mike
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        Video games with male protagonists done right: very few. The vast majority of male protagonists are rubbi... : Alice O'Connor
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          I would like to see less "dudebro" characters, and more "gentleman and scholar" characters, when it comes... : the archvile
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            professor layton should star in every game! : jenisthebest
            • Agreed, a truer gentleman there never was. : snubble100
          • Really was a great game and went through much more emotions than a normal game, the only problem I had wi... : vortex6930
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          What do you think of FemShep and BroShep : Downforce
          • Useless. Her Great and Mighty Samara is where true power is located. : AxeMan808
        • Disagreed. : deadhorse
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          So it's impossible for games with female protaganists to be 'rubbish'? It's insulting to imply that the c... : adamp117
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            The current track record of female leads does tend to agree with the idea that games with female leads ca... : Entity
            • So this game must have been amazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Blades : deathofrats
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            It is possible for video games with female protagonists to be 'rubbish.' Given the state of video game ch... : Alice O'Connor
            • I just don't get how you are insulted by someone wanting better representation of how women are depicted ... : deathofrats
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              'Yes, it is insulting to imply that protagonists should only be female if they can be "done right." ' ... : adamp117
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                I don't see Alice mentioning the oversexualization of female characters anywhere. Female characters sh... : Bamtan
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                  Yea "done right" leaves a lot to the imagination and can be interpreted in many ways. I agree with what a... : FuryVII
                  • I assume "done right" in his statement was more of a reflection on the immaturity in the industry in gene... : wfalcon
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                because would you ever say "i don't mind a male protagonist when done right"? no, because male is consid... : jenisthebest
                • I would say that there are already a wide diverse range of male characters in games, from nerdy silent pr... : deathofrats
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                  I would say that. The original statement should've been "I don't mind a protagonist when done right". : sneakyalmond
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                    I still think Alice was overreacting. Yes all protagonists should be done right, but female protagonists... : deathofrats
                    • Yes, but imo, because snubble's post was in reply to an article in which the sex of the character is the ... : sneakyalmond
                    • Is this a tiny penis joke? This feels like a tiny penis joke. : pixelat3d
                  • Yes they should. : jenisthebest
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                I think the sentiment is just that there should be more female characters, even if it means some of them ... : BlackCat9
                • I see it as similar to someone saying "I don't mind having a female boss if she's good at her job." How ... : jenisthebest
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            I get the feeling everyone is unable to read Alice's post. Maybe I'm misinterpreting her. "I don't min... : Bamtan
            • The gender of a character should not be completely irrelevant, but is should not restrict the narrative p... : Firefly1985
        • Alice, serious question, so when a game like Metroid Other M is released where they completely spay her a... : deathofrats
        • Maybe he meant it in the positive sense. As in not just putting a female character in a game and making h... : FuryVII
      • Was her point confusing for you to understand in some way? : HockeyJohnston
    • Right or wrong, female characters are scrutinized and aggressively criticized. Too sexy, plays to stereot... : LilCrypto
    • Jump the gun much? I don't get why you would have a problem with his comment. Are you ok with female pr... : deathofrats
    • Wow, someone's looking for a fight. : uncleanmonkey
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    I think he meant he doesn't mind a female protagonist that developers don't sex up to raise... numbers. : David Craddock
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      I'm pretty sure Lara Croft was sexed up. When your boobs reach almost as far as your hand reaches, they ... : JodoMcFatty
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        Old-school Lara was interesting because she was sexy AND badass. That's the type of character, regardless... : David Craddock
        • Saints Row 3 had a penis size slider during character creation. : rodneystubbs
    • That is pretty much what I was trying to say. I should have elaborated a bit more on my thought and I apo... : snubble100
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    Don't forget Jade from BG&E, I thought Faith from Mirror's Edge was a decent protagonist too. : one random winner
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      Totally blanked on those. I loved both of those games and still hold out hope for sequels that may never ... : snubble100
      • Theoretically sequels for both are stuck in development hell. : one random winner
      • MIRROR'S EDGE 2 PLEASE!! : wrecker77
  • Also bayonetta was an amazing game. : catman1027
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  I fucking hate the game industry sometimes. : Rehevkor
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    It's no better or worse than other entertainment media... which isn't saying anything good. : Fred Garvin
    • NO BETTER OR WORSE : jim bone
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      Indeed. I'm trying to think of the last time I saw a movie with a female main character that wasn't large... : Vincent Grayson
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        It still pisses me off that the director of the Silent Hill movie was pushing for an all-female cast (whi... : Rehevkor
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          that's the right call though. sean bean needs to be shoehorned into everything. : Downforce
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            Hey, I'm all about the Bean too, but that character had no business being in the movie. : Rehevkor
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              Seriously, he didn't even die. Why cast Sean Bean if you're not going to kill him? : Vincent Grayson
              • I know right?! : Rehevkor
      • Resident Evil series? : Captain Loco
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        Zero Dark Thirty. Wait... : the Scrivener
        • lol : AllYourBase
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        And most movies with male protagonists don't have a love interest? Even manly dudebro action movies tend ... : 6UnJ9Wn
        • Yeah, i dont think anyone is arguing that the film or music industry is ideal, things are definitely not ... : disembodied potato
      • Really? : disembodied potato
  • I can't speak specifically for these publishers, but it's usually not an immaturity or sexist debate, it'... : Sephiras
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  fishing for pity purchases : mort
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    Yeah, as idiotic as what the one publisher said is, it does kind of sound like they're inflating that one... : dumb.
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      Agreed. You could play as a female and (gasp) have SEX with boys in Mass Effect; I reject the notion t... : hoboman725
      • they're fine with touching females. it's touching males that they're worried will scare off teenage boys : RikiTiki2
      • Word. And to tell ya the truth, I much prefer Fem Shep to male Shep. ... though I still slept with ... : wrecker77
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        I think the difference was that it was an option and not the only choice in the ME series. Plus all t... : Duffman8369
        • Good point : wrecker77
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        Why do we see so few female lead characters then? Also, although providing the player to choose gende... : disembodied potato
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          might have to do with sales. Yes Tomb Raider and Metroid did gangbusters, but tomb raider was mostly bec... : deathofrats
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            Yeah, Jade from Beyond Good and Evil got screwed because they released it at the wrong time :( : one random winner
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              another good example of a female protag driven game that didn't do well. I wonder if since majority of g... : deathofrats
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                It's issue was no marketing and releasing on three different dates (one for each platform) in holiday sea... : one random winner
                • I should also mention the notable releases that came the two months before. September 4 Battlefield 19... : one random winner
        • there's also the difference between simply a protagonist who happens to be female, and a protagonist that : RikiTiki2
        • The industry needs more Lara Crofts. (The new one who takes an epic ass kicking for 20 hours) : Entity
    • I thought this as well : rosewood
  • I had never heard of this game until this story. At least they're getting more notice? : Shivawn
• That story is as depressing as it is believable. : Sexpansion Pack
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  if i'm gonna play a video game character i may as well look at a chicks ass the whole time right guys !!! : xxiv
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    do the polygons turn you on? : Chipwarrior
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      woosh? : xxiv
      • woosh² : disembodied potato
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  Three of my favorite game protagonists in the past three years of games played have been women (Naija fro... : the archvile
  • Publishers are the organizations of the gaming industry facing the brunt of pressure by capitalism to con... : 6UnJ9Wn
• Boy, the evidence that publishers are run by morons is growing a lot lately. : Firefly1985
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  Are there reviews for this? I'm curious! : brickmatt
  • Reviews for the game? Not yet... comes out in June I think. : Nerdsbeware
• What the fuck : askedrelic
• It doesn't matter who I'm playing really. IS THE GAME GOOD OR NOT?? :D KOTOR 1 female sith maurader g... : Downforce
• "No one lives forever" were amazing games : okellyc
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  Take it to Quickstarter. If it is a great pitch they will have zero problems funding it. Honestly, with t... : dfay
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    What? It's a AAA cross-platform game, it's being published by Capcom, their budget is probably $25 millio... : evildanish
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      I haven't read anything about the budget, but if I were in their shoes I'd rather work with a smaller bud... : dfay
      • I think it's pretty obvious from what they want to do that it can't be done on a shoestring budget. : evildanish
      • But.. they did as far as we can tell? They at first struggled to find a publisher that would take on ... : disembodied potato
• Obviously these decisions were being made by shackers. : deadhorse
• 'You can't make a dude like the player kiss another dude in the game, that's going to feel awkward.' W... : avatar_58
• This isn't really a gender issue, publishers are always trying to suppress elements of their games that t... : 6UnJ9Wn
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  Fuck you publishers. These assholes are such a disease. If this turns out to be a great game, this wil... : jayacheess
  • "big name North American publishers" is a pretty sweeping statement : nwillard
• TexasGameJunkie? : Bamtan
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  Any bets that this guy is overplaying it for publicity for a game I never heard of? : pigvomit
  • Yea, for a game coming out in a few months there has been very little coverage on the game. Also it's not... : Nerdsbeware
• I don't have the words to describe how fucking stupid this is. : thetangent
• Tomb Raider? Mirror's Edge? : alias
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  Oh for fucks sake >_< Hope these guys go for kickstarter/alpha-crowdfunding or the like :/ : Vogerl
  • Game comes out in June, it's pretty much done at this point. : Nerdsbeware
  • To raise 30 million dollars? AAA games = will stay publisher funded.... FOREVER : et72
• The setting 2084 Neo-Paris has me intrigued. Could care less whether the main character is a woman. : Hilux SSRG
• Where do they come up with this shit? Is there any data to support that games with female leads sell wors... : InfoBiter
• Publishers, Pull your heads out of your asses. : VoodooThursday
• can't the developers go outside Saudi Arabia and try North American publishers? : devpaul
• What the fuck?! It is so fucking annoying we have asshats like that in the industry who think they know ... : Gwyndion
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  The game is being published by Capcom so finding a publisher doesn't seem to have been a problem. Saying... : Mr Milquetoast
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    I would assume he was turned down by other publishers because of the female lead character until Capcom p... : jayacheess
    • I'd like to hear what the publishers have to say. Otherwise, it's a fairly one-sided story. Who knows i... : pigvomit
    • It's also not the first such story. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/120558/InDepth_No_Female_Heroes_A : the archvile
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  Game publishers in it for the money! News at 11! : Lucy Labia
  • I see what you did there : wrecker77
• If I remember correctly, I thought I read somewhere that one of the things with this game was that there ... : DragonSire
• Yeah, Mirrors Edge and Portal 1/2 were flops. .. What year are we living in? Welcome to 2013 idiots.. : surfrock22
• 'You can't make a dude like the player kiss another dude in the game, that's going to feel awkward.' I... : darthfusion
• Does it really matter? It's their choice, they're doing the publishing. Don't like it then don't publish ... : Curike