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yes, i know, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and horizon zero dawn exist, and id rather i dont know them, so what else you got? EDIT: Please stop with celeste, i get it, celeste is a thing, yall dont need to keep repeating that one

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[–] kurogane@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Recently played Control. Had a blast!

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[–] binboupan@lemmy.kagura.eu 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Jessie is great.

Quantum Break would have been twice as good, if you'd played as Beth (same actor).

[–] ShinyBiscuit@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago

The Mass Effect and Dragon Age games. I love me some Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard.

[–] exohuman@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of the Metroid games. Those are a blast.

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[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 25 points 1 year ago

Portal and Portal 2

[–] klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Portal, Portal 2. Bonus points for also having a female antagonist and passing the bechdel test

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[–] MilliaStrange@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

Try Life is Strange: an emotional coming of age game about a photography student with the ability to rewind time. One of my favorites.

[–] minishoemaze@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

-Control

-A Hat in Time

-Celeste

-Shantae (Pirates Curse and Risky's Revenge are my favs)

-Touhou Luna Nights

-Returnal

-Portal 1/2 if that counts

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[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How has nobody mentioned the Metroid games yet?

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[–] Pink@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Control.

One of the best games I've ever played, and I don't play many games. I've even replayed it twice. Criminally underrated female protagonist with a super cool story :))

edit: sorry didnt see its been suggested a trillion times :c

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[–] tehcooles@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago

I know it's already been said, but Control is one of my favorite games ever and it has a well-written female protagonist. It's a must-play.

Also Returnal.

[–] Peeko@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Life is Strange games! More story then anything, and the dialog is a bit cringy these days but there's really no other games like it and I highly recommend them.

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[–] mint@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • metroid
  • returnal
  • beyond good and evil
  • the FFXIII trilogy (yes they're good and I'll fight anyone that says otherwise)
  • Bayonetta
  • A lot of the Resident Evils
  • Celeste, bonus points for being very gay as well
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Tales of Berseria (if you like anime stuff. the protag's outfit is trash but she's probably the best Tales MC IMO)
  • Telltale's Walking Dead
  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The female protag is canon as far as I'm concerned
  • Night in the Woods
  • Control
  • Nier Automata
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Signalis
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[–] redandgray@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Subnautica (obviously?) - Female protagonist trying to survive long enough to figure out what happened to her sister on a frozen planet.

Gris - A very lovely and emotional story about grief.

[–] strudel6242@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

Just to be explicit, Subnautica: Below Zero is the entry featuring the female protagonist, Robin, not the first game.

[–] lomosaltado@vlemmy.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I definitely have to add another vote for Celeste. The mental health theme was incredibly well done and it's one of the most memorable games I've ever played.

Dishonored 2. Haven't played through much of it because my laptop is a bit weak, but loved the first one.

I'm very much looking forward to Hades 2, and hope it won't be too much longer before we see some more news on it! I would like to try Transistor sometime too, as I've heard good things about it.

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[–] gk99@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are several pages in this thread so these might've been mentioned already, but

Mirror's Edge, the original.

Tomb Raider (2013) and up

If you enjoy the Ubisoft formula, Far Cry 6

Saints Row 2 and up

Mass Effect franchise before Andromeda

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[–] jackgreenearth@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago
[–] Sleepnut@lemmy.fmhy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • A Plague Tale (franchise)
  • Tomb Raider (franchise)
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Bayonetta
  • Control
  • Fatal Frame (franchise)
  • Nier (franchise)
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[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I just finished Control and it's really good! Jesse is a strong female lead and there's no male option like some games.

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[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assassins Creed: Odyssey. Cassandra is my muscle mommy.

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[–] floragato@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

There's a lot of great recs in here! A few that I don't see posted yet:

  • Gone Home is a highly atmospheric exploration game where you play as Katie, a girl investigating her family's house after she arrives home and finds it empty. FYI in case you're with me in the "easily frightened" camp: this one can be just a little tense/scary in that "alone in the house at night" kind of way, but it's decidedly not a horror game.
  • A Short Hike is a(n unsurprisingly) short and sweet little game where you play as Claire, a bird who goes on a little hike/adventure through, essentially, an island nature preserve. One of my go-to "relax and feel good feelings" replays.
  • Bayonetta was already mentioned, but I'd specifically like to call out Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon. It's a quite different game from other Bayonetta installments, with creepy-cute fairy tale vibes and somewhat unique controls.
[–] I_Am_Jacks_____@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Mass Effect! FemShep is amazing!

[–] rustyspoon@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Returnal, a rogue like 3rd person shooter (sort of bullet hell) with a scifi alien setting and a mindfuck story. It's one of my favorite games I've played in years, both for the story and gameplay. I can't recommend it enough.

If you're familiar with the story of the first Last of Us game, Last of Us 2 is great and is centered around Ellie.

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago
[–] Ordoviz@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RetroPi -> Tomb Raider

Get off my lawn

Also NOLF but you can’t run it on anything anymore.

I am old.

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[–] Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Many good choices here. I didn't see Half Life Alyx here yet. It is an amazing game which alone is almost worth the cost of VR.

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[–] ZombieComputer@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Crosscode count? I bought it on sale after hearing how good it is and so far sunk 40 hours in easily. Characters interact very well with one another and the combat system is high paced but accessable. Lots of great puzzles and the over arcing story is engaging.

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[–] HumbleFlamingo@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Deestan@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Prymu@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we are doing the "protagonist is technically female even though it changes nothing for the plot" we have to add portal

[–] Deestan@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah we should! Most games listed here could have switched the character gender without making changes to the plot as such.

But it does make a difference, so I think they should be included. Even in the extreme example like Satisfactory, where you barely see what your quiet protagonist looks like, it's make a lot of people happy that the character just is female without it being pointed out or sexed up. It's also made a few people from the Expected Crowd confused and annoyed, which is healthy.

[–] kernspalt@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Metroid is another (and maybe the first) prime example of this

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[–] StrawberryCake@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Definitely Celeste

[–] Zagaroth@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

technically any MMO (or other RPG) that lets you build a female character, but I would say FFXIV as there are a lot of interesting female secondary protags.

Hmm, by that standard, Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous both qualify, though opinions on the NPC companions vary.

Nier: Automata

Immortals: Fenyx Rising

A couple of the Star Ocean games let you choose between a Male or Female protag.

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[–] inspired@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In approximate order of how strongly I recommend but all are recommended

Sayonara Wild Hearts
Epistory
Tales of Berseria
Tangle Tower (Pair of male and female protagonists through the whole game and they are very balanced for screentime)
Wargroove
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Crypt of the Necrodancer
The Stillness of the Wind
Sable
Tsioque
The Flame in the Flood
The World Next Door
Never Alone
One Step from Eden

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Celeste is a classic. It's a platformer. Really amazing game.

Chorus is a space dogfighting game. It has a great core gameloop but imo it is missing out on side content and story.

[–] PlasticExistence@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. It's a bit shorter than U4, but still worth playing. I liked Chloe and Nadine together.

[–] MrEUser@lemmy.ninja 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Mirrors Edge/Catalyst? Sorry I missed it’s already mentioned.

Phantasy Star On-Line New Genesis (male and female characters).

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[–] freakrho@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

beyond good and evil is great

[–] scarcer@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Scrolled through the comments, how has no one not mentioned A Plague Tail? Amazing story from a woman's perspective

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[–] iNeedScissors67@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm are some of my favorites.

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[–] WeDoTheWeirdStuff@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assassin's Creed Odyssey female lead is canon, although you have the choice to play the male as well.

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[–] victron@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Longest Journey, 1999.

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[–] Urik@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

The Last of Us: Part II !

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