Yeah looked very janky and smothered with editing effects to obscure what game footage they had.
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Female characters at E3 this year versus last year
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Yeah looked very janky and smothered with editing effects to obscure what game footage they had.
Basketball
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Recidivus Crimen
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I think its wonderful. Shows the industry is slowly changing and becoming more female friendly.
Face it Tiger..
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Technically Mass Effect has male or female main characters 
Vigilant Walrus
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Games that lets you play as female:
For Honor
SW Battlefront
The Division (does anyone know about Ghost Recon and R6 Siege?)
For Honor
SW Battlefront
The Division (does anyone know about Ghost Recon and R6 Siege?)
Siege yes, several of the operator classes are women.
Not sure about Ghost Recon.
skullmuffins
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We know the dictionary definition. Using "females" as a noun to refer to human women usually comes off as overly clinical or makes you sound like a Ferengi. Neither is particularly good.
Makoto is all I need, tbh.
Black_Stride
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Hahaha chuckled abit too much from this post.Cloud from FF7 remake.
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Angela Basset in Rainbow Six Siege - Not protag but clearly important.
Ash in Rainbow Six Siege - Major operator
Howard - Fallout 4
Senua - Hellblade - Not shown on stage but im pretty sure Ninja Theory said they have a vertical slice of the game for E3 2015
LOL I thought the exact same thing.
Clinton514
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How diverse :-|
voodoopanda
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There was also that game where you play as a blind girl they showed during the MS conference, it looked interesting. Beyond Eyes.
truestatic
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A friend actually thought Emily wasn't Emily at first because she decided she looked Asian, and I couldn't exactly disagree with her. If I didn't know Emily Caldwin's lineage, I'd be under the assumption that she had an Asian parent too. Is she still 'just another white girl' if her race is sort of ambiguous enough to be confused like that? Did no one else get the same impression?
Maybe I have just surrounded myself with like minded people, but as a biology major who probably spends most of his time with other biology majors, male and female are the words that are used. Likewise with my friends who are nurses, and my friends who are in the military. There's nothing offensive about either word.
I was thinking of making this thread, good to see I'm not alone.
This year has felt like everyone was definitely a lot more mindful of the other half of the audience.
* Lots of new IP with female characters....maybe the most I've seen at one E3.
* Positive nods like Women's Soccer in FIFA, female character in Fallout 4 (not new, but they underscored it),
* Even Assassin's Creed put the extra work in to give players a selectable female character; Lara Croft was a lot less creepshow; Gears of War back with a new lady; Dishonored 2 starring a woman...
Really positive overall, and nobody's videogames got taken away.
This year has felt like everyone was definitely a lot more mindful of the other half of the audience.
* Lots of new IP with female characters....maybe the most I've seen at one E3.
* Positive nods like Women's Soccer in FIFA, female character in Fallout 4 (not new, but they underscored it),
* Even Assassin's Creed put the extra work in to give players a selectable female character; Lara Croft was a lot less creepshow; Gears of War back with a new lady; Dishonored 2 starring a woman...
Really positive overall, and nobody's videogames got taken away.
KimonoNoNo
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Good to see.
For Honor also had female knights.
A bit of racial diversity wouldn't be too bad as well.
For Honor also had female knights.
A bit of racial diversity wouldn't be too bad as well.
SolicitorPirate
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Being Asian myself, and thereby holding the position of Supreme Arbiter of How Asian a Fictional Character Looks, she looks pretty white to me.
But seriously though, she looks white to me.
Such a terrible and foreseeable character designer, never get why people pay him.
If there's a new Animal Crossing from Nintendo, I really hope they finally put skin color options in the game.
truestatic
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Though I admit to being infinitely less adept at making these judgements, being very white, my friend who made the observation is asian, so I thought their opinion might count for something.
Crossing Eden
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"Don't mess with Evie"
Wasn't expecting to see her trailer so soon. Loved seeing flashbacks of young Faith as well and that we're getting actual 3D cutscenes this time.
Wasn't expecting to see her trailer so soon. Loved seeing flashbacks of young Faith as well and that we're getting actual 3D cutscenes this time.
crimsonheadGCN
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I liked what Leigh Alexander said about women's representation at the Xbox Conference this year:
http://boingboing.net/2015/06/15/the-only-things-you-really-nee.html
http://boingboing.net/2015/06/15/the-only-things-you-really-nee.html
orthodoxy1095
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I'll throw another observation in here since you asked. When I saw her, she didn't look totally white to me...but she didn't look very Asian either. She looks ever so slightly biracial to me. Speaking from my expertise as as a biracial Asian-White mix myself
Baroquemantic
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Aloy from Horizon may be my favorite female character design ever.
truestatic
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I'll throw another observation in here since you asked. When I saw her, she didn't look totally white to me...but she didn't look very Asian either. She looks ever so slightly biracial to me. Speaking from my expertise as as a biracial Asian-White mix myself
Biracial! That's the word I was looking for. Thank you. Yes, that's what we'd both thought.
I was very impressed with the amount of women characters/protagonists and presenters during yesterday's conferences. What makes it all the more notable, as Nirolak mentioned above, was that many of the women characters came from AAA games and franchises, and aren't designed to be eye candy. As I said, great to see more women presenters as well. It feels like many publishers/developers have started taking the hint.
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Surprisingly, Naughty Dog is being very poor at female characters right now. Both the PS Experience and E3 Uncharted 4 videos have been full of dudes exclusively. Or well... there's the random civilians in the crowd.
Not even female enemies, after the whole "we couldn't have female enemies in The Last of Us because PS3 didn't have enough memory" thing.
Not even female enemies, after the whole "we couldn't have female enemies in The Last of Us because PS3 didn't have enough memory" thing.
"Don't mess with Evie"
Wasn't expecting to see her trailer so soon. Loved seeing flashbacks of young Faith as well and that we're getting actual 3D cutscenes this time.
Completely badass in that trailer. Almost makes me want to play the game.
THIS is how you do it.
If you want more female characters in games, this is how it should be done.
Complaining about lack of the desired character in a game that already exists only incites anger from hardcore fans that can't envision their favorites any other way. By introducing new characters for NEW games people are waaaayyyyy more likely to be excited. That's exactly what happened!
If you want more female characters in games, this is how it should be done.
Complaining about lack of the desired character in a game that already exists only incites anger from hardcore fans that can't envision their favorites any other way. By introducing new characters for NEW games people are waaaayyyyy more likely to be excited. That's exactly what happened!
Milly Osworth
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Brb making a thread that I feel underrepresented in games as a male.
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Callibretto
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when the character lined up like that, I think I like Aloi's design the best, followed by Faith or Emily.
Atraveller
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Also being Asian myself, she looked form mixed to Asian depending on viewing angles.
orthodoxy1095
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Yay someone else who thinks she looks biracial/mixed! Maybe I'm not just projecting my desire for a biracial character!
But they put women in the old games, too.
Considering how sequel/remake crazy this industry is, I don't think you can fairly expect that female characters ONLY be introduced in new IP
She has always been as Caucasian English as English poshness could be. No?
Pretty sure Elena was shown. & she'll be the most down to earth character of any game this year or next. I bet.
Being Asian myself, Emily looks Asian to me. She could pass off as a distant cousin of Faith from Mirror's Edge. I would actually prefer Emily to look more white, I don't recall seeing a single Asian person in Dishonored.
Atraveller
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That would be great, but both Jessamine and Corvo looked pretty white.
