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
Jade from Beyond Good and Evil.
That game was so good. It’s a bit sad that they never released a sequel. Otherwise, it probably would have been underwhelming.
Would you have risked the chance to have a potentially terrible sequel or end it with a bang it was?
How has nobody mentioned the Metroid games yet?
Not seeing Transistor but if you want a female protagonist that will make you cry your eyes out at the end, I recommend her.
Games As Literature 101 has a documentary that goes into a deep dive about Red as a character.
Also some people used Red’s song from Transistor as a wedding song 😃
RetroPi -> Tomb Raider
Get off my lawn
Also NOLF but you can’t run it on anything anymore.
I am old.
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
Recently played Control. Had a blast!
Skullgirls!
The Longest Journey, 1999.
The Mass Effect and Dragon Age games. I love me some Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard.
Portal?
I just finished Control and it’s really good! Jesse is a strong female lead and there’s no male option like some games.
Seconding Control. One of my favorites.
I would third control. I picked it up from the Humble female protagonist bundle and it was fantastic, loved everything about it.
Once you unlock all the powers the combat and exploration really open up, and the game still has a significant bit of story left giving you time to have some fun with them.Also loved the environmental lore, all the notes and the vids with Dr. Darling are great. Highly recommend the game.
Amazing game, definitely one of my all-time favorites and the most fun I’ve had with a combat system. The atmosphere of the game is fantastic as well, pulling so much tension out of every new supernatural office space you discover. I’m absolutely thrilled they confirmed a Control 2 recently, I can’t wait to get back into that world with all its lore to discover. I feel like I need to play Alan Wake now too since they’re connected.
Alan Wake is pretty interesting from a female perspective, because it’s a male hero but it’s good a pretty good female supporting character in the Sheriff and the plot with Alice is really interesting in light of the idea of fridging. Also, the sequel will have a second playable protagonist that’s a woman.
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
mirrors edge
Scrolled through the comments, how has no one not mentioned A Plague Tail? Amazing story from a woman’s perspective
A plague tale series is awesome! Great characters, cool and weird story, and wonderful mechanics that are constantly challenging without being annoying. Highly recommend
Yeah was thinking same thing until reached your comment
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.
Never got around to that one for one reason or another, ill see about that one
