Upcoming Games Featuring Female Protagonists

Gender diversity in gaming is something that players have felt lacking for many years. Although the scales have balanced a little more in recent times, the number of women-led video games that represent female characters with the same respect as their male counterparts still leaves something to be desired.

[lociefer]

I'm not going to play this game as the protagonist dosen't have the same thing i have under my pants and it offends me - said no one ever

*Checks overwatch forum/ eurogamer/ polygon ....... i was wrong

[-Foxtrot]

***Gender diversity in gaming is something that gaming journalists and non gamer groups like feminist frequency who want to stir the pot have felt lacking for many years***

Fixed that for you...

[Inzo]

Thankfully though Feminist Frequency is a dying channel and Sarkeesian is becoming more and more irrelevant with every passing day.

[winter_hill]

Good riddance to the vile rotter.

[Kashima]

More hotties female protagonists like 2B

[Petrovich]

"Gender Diversity" is nothing but another form of labeling which will eventually lead to the ruin of some Video Game titles, Franchise, and Communities just like how it destroyed the movie industry. Nobody cares if the protagonist is male or female in a game as long as its good and worth investing your time in. Nobody cares what your gender is when playing online. Infusing Ideological nonsense into video games is a form of attack by some confused and angry individuals who think that they can just jump into any industry and force their ideas into the community. Gamers are not Stupid, Genders don't exist in gaming, please don't ruin the stories and characters we come to love just because of your so-called political correctness, gaming may soon become the only place to exercise total freedom without judgment, but as early as now, we already are seeing signs of this groups slowly infiltrating our community.

Look what happened to Star Wars...

For more signs of this Ideological Nonsense, Check out South Park Episode Episode 265 and 266.

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[frostlatch]

Total freedom without judgement? I cant say agree with that. That total freedom is what gives online gamers what they think is the reasoning to harass and be ugly. And no gender online? Sure there are more than plenty of men who decide to use a sexy female character in an MMO but there are still folks that only want to represent themselves in the game. It isnt as black and white as you're making it either. Last of Us 2 for example is shaping up to be an amazing game. Horizon Zero Dawn...an amazing game. Tomb Raider so far...great games...so it isnt the same as Hollywood.

People complain if even the main character of a game is anything other than a white square jawed male and I personally would like to see that changed. Other aspects of gaming development need to change too but I know Id rather see more diversity in who we portray as "heroes" rather than get token blacks or token women as you see in some titles.

[johndoe11211]

"People complain if even the main character of a game is anything other than a white square jawed male", BS. Absolute and utter BS. Please show me evidence of people who complained about those same three games you just used as examples Last of Us 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, tomb Raider. you are the typical feminist. you make up BS fantasy situations in your mind and then project that onto others as if it were real and then create idiotic solutions for a problem that never existed in the first place. If you make a claim then bring evidence to back that crap up, otherwise you're just pulling those opinions out of your blowhole.

[frostlatch]

lol maybe I am feminist but probably not typical. Im a south asian 5'11 male that cares for how heroes and diversity is portrayed in the media. I can talk about my friends, my family, other diverse people who Ive spoken to that say the same thing. Hollywood is the biggest offender in terms of stupid representation. I actually agree with you in that Star Wars has gone down hill. I DONT think its because Rey is the main character or because Finn is black but rather they have just done a terrible job of writing a good story and sure they may be trying too hard to pander rather than keep the original soul of the series but I dont think the character direction has been bad. People will always complain that the main character is female vs male. Just look at the hoopla over females in Battlefield V. Its honestly embarrassing. And all the hate there was over black people in Battlefield 1 lol. Even more embarrassing. Right now people are crying their eyes out over the lack of breast physics in Dead or Alive 6. I mean, call me what you want but everything Im talking about is there. *shrug*

[isarai]

Why is the lady in the thumbnail gripping that gun so damn weird? she's gonna get nasty slide bite holding it like that.

[frostlatch]

lol didnt notice that...

[Kostche]

gamers do not mind female Protagonists, what re reject is shoving it down our throats in titles we already know and love, you want bring in more make NEW GAMES for them, stop fking up old franchises

[CorndogBurglar]

What old franchises have been ruined because they put a female protagonist in it?

[Scar-]

Its not about the game being ruined MEN WANT REPRESENTATION ALSO. If the new Tomb Raider was a man I know a lot of women that would go ape sh**, but men are expected to just be okay with it though. I don't mind playing as women Heavenly Sword and Beyond good and Evil 1 are some of my favorite games because those games were BUILT around the protagonist as apose to just litterally swapping in a woman to fill a qouta. There has never been a shortage of Lead Female protagonist either there just were far more men as there should of been THIS IS A PRODEMNITY MALE HOBBY, nothing is wrong with cartering to your core audince its called being logical.

[CorndogBurglar]

@ Scar

I fully understand the comment I was replying to. And since you are making the same claim, I'll ask you, but I'll reword it to remove the word ruined:

What older franchises have had their Male protagonist removed to be replaced with a female?

[Inzo]

I have no problem with female protagonists some of my favorite characters are women but Its articles like these that make me feel that I dont buy any game with a female character in it because I dont want anyone to shove their ideology down my throat just for the sake of it.

[captainrivaini]

why are people mad about this article ??? it's just giving people who may want to play a female protagonist some options. why are you so pressed about that?? chill m8s.

[Gh05t]

I don't speak for everyone but I'll try to explain what pisses me off about this article.

Nothing is ever good enough. They don't want a game that treats women as respected as a game that treats men, because if they did then they have games that do that. What they want is LOTS of games that cater to their wishes. It's not about getting a good game it's about looking what others have getting jealous and demanding that you get the same. I find that to be the worst reason to do anything for anyone. They wanted games to have female leads... They got some MORE, nope we need more games... why? Why does the NUMBER of games have anything to do with this argument.

Also the article directly calls out people being upset that the publishers are pandering... Well when the publishers ADMIT they are pandering why shouldn't people be allowed to voice concern or opinion.

It also throws away the idea that their wasn't already games with strong female protagonists in the past but again we have to have an equal number of games, because why?

The whole argument of gender diversity is a selective argument. I don't see any feminist looking at the areas where men are less represented and trying to get equality. When's the last time you walked down a romance isle in a book store and found a book geared toward a male reader? What is the number of men graduating with a degree in women's studies? Why are there no scholarships for more men to partake in that field? Why is everything that gets any real attention focused on an inequality in only one direction? Why even now when I bring this up will some people blow it off because of a history of misrepresentation yet not address that it is an actual issue of inequality just not one they care about and wonder why the sentiment might feel the same for others with different views.

Also this came from an IT related site and so that adds a whole other real world personal experience pain in my ass type of sting being a professional in that field and never hearing the end of this type of argument while you look at your career and have worked for almost exclusively female directors.

[frostlatch]

Yea it makes no sense really. You should see the Dead or Alive 6 threads lol. So much crying over the fact that the dresses are less revealing and the boobs dont move...

[Razzer]

"Gender diversity in gaming is something that players have felt lacking for many years."

Why does the author pretend to speak for "players"?

[MunchMiller00]

So long as they're hot and wear revealing outfits, I'm good with it. Ya, I went there. So what?

[SarsOxley]

Stupid article meant to spark stupid comment wars...Cyberpunk 2077, AC, BF5...not games that are female led and shouldn't have been used in the first place and proves this is just one of the cancer articles you may find on this site. Those are games that give you the option to play as either or and if a story written or player driven...or lack of one isn't directly effected by the gender of the protagonist then hell yes let me pick!
I will be playing as a female in all three of these (Cyberpunk multiple playthroughs as both!).

[Ashunderfire86]

Give it a minute they will fail this article the moment someone says Social Justice Warrior to everything, in a pointless back to back argument.