Feminist/feminist-friendly Games?

[tifa]

Hey, everybody! Yay for first post! Anyway, I hope I'm allowed to ask this. If not, let me know and I'll take it down!

I'm thinking of investing in a Playstation 3 and, in-the-not-so-near future, a gaming laptop. I was wondering if there were any feminist/feminist-friendly games you could recommend? I heard Mirror's Edge is pretty good, I know

Comments

[otomerica]

If you like podcasts, Roleplayers' Realm is a good feminist-friendly one.

[seiberwing]

I'd recommend Alice: Madness Returns with two major caveats.

1. Massive trigger warning. The plot is great but there is some seriously dark shit.
2. I've heard the PC port was slightly fiddly.

[seiberwing]

It's not just that it features a strong, unsexualized female protagonist, though god knows those are as rare as hen's teeth outside customizable-protagonist games like Mass Effect. Alice is living in a period where women, especially those deemed mentally ill, were oppressed and silenced. The writers don't flinch from depicting prostitution, workhouses, abuse within mental institutions, and...other unsavory matters. Alice fights against that. In her mind she's powerful and aggressive, despite the barriers that her own psyche and [spoilers] throw at her. Her limit break's even named after a diagnosis used to discredit and disempower women. In the real world she bucks the social order and goes straight for what she wants rather than simply trying to be sane and live a normal life

[dawnduskdancer]

It's also worth mentioning that Skyrim at least (I haven't played Dragon Age) has plenty of badass women NPCs, and, although they all conform to "conventionally attractive" body types, they don't seem to be particularly sexualised and tend to wear armour that is actually useful as armour rather than token "sexy" armour that would be useless in battle.

[arr_ess_on_lj]

Despite having a male protagonist, I think the women of Uncharted are handled incredibly well and I would recommend the series to just about anyone in a heartbeat.