Enslaved; Kind of bad when it comes to female characters

I was looking through past reviews to find a games I should throw on my backlog pile now that I got through Portal 2 and a large enough chunk of MK, and after reading Brad's review I decided to grab a copy of Enslaved from someone. 
Now I don't know how far I am in the game  SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

I'll say it before someone else does: use spoiler tags next time. Didn't bother me personally but I know of a few that would get pissed off over it.

I don't think being female means you represent the female race.

Doesn't really bother me one bit.  Here's the thing: from what I can tell, she is not depicted as some sort of scheming gold digger of a woman.  Her methods may be rather underhanded, but stuff like that always speaks more to me about the character than the character's gender.

" I don't think being female means you represent the female race. "

Why is it that every time a character is represented a certain way, people flip out and assume that the developers and writers are attempting to place the entire race/gener/whatever in the same light? 

I beat up some street punks in Yakuza 3 the other day.

Goddamn men with their violent ways.

So what, can games not portray any negative aspects of a female character without being misogynist?

I think your perception or Trip is telling you more about yourself than the actual game. Here I'll address some of your issues:
1. Why does Trip enslave Monkey? Well she is weak. That isn't a message saying that all women are weak or all women kill men if they don't do what they say it's just as simple as she's weak. Her strength is that she is tech savvy. She comes fom a community, both male and female, that are tech savvy, that's why they got steam rolled by the 'slavers' when she went back home.
2. Why does Pigsy act macho and why does Trip need another male? Pigsy is the lovable loser and really flawed character. He's been isolated for so long he is desperate for human contact so he aims to win over Trip, one of the few people he is familiar with. Nothing to do with Trip needing another male, Pigsy was simply her only connection outside of her community.
3. Why doesn't Trip let Monkey go? Well I don't want to spoil the game but it becomes clear that Monkey doesn't want Trip to let him go...

Maybe if Trip had been a royal bitch, but she was desperate and charming so I think most people would feel too empathetic towards her to perceive it that way.

I highly suggest you beat the game.

Pretty sure the cutscene you skipped has Trip let Pigsy down after he accidentally admits to his attraction to her when he thinks he is talking to Monkey in private but Trip can hear the conversation through the helmet. It was actually quite an amusing scene. At least to see Trip's uncomfortable and awkward look toward Pigsy as she is hearing what he is saying. Also, Pigsy acts like a pig (a pervy dude), it makes sense that Trip would not really want that kind of relationship with him. Oh, and he also continues to help her after that.

As for Trip going back on her word after her father dieing by the actions of the slavers and going back on her promise: that is called the human condition, we don't always do the most noble of things, especially when the actions are powered by the death of a loved one. I saw nothing wrong with it, and to top it off Monkey is in agreement to attack the slavers and at this point he and Trip have built a mutual trusting relationship with each other.

I hope that made sense...

Is it just me or do those spoiler tags not work?

" I don't think being female means you represent the female race. "

" I think your perception or Trip is telling you more about yourself than the actual game. Here I'll address some of your issues: 1. Why does Trip enslave Monkey? Well she is weak. That isn't a message saying that all women are weak or all women kill men if they don't do what they say it's just as simple as she's weak. Her strength is that she is tech savvy. She comes fom a community, both male and female, that are tech savvy, that's why they got steam rolled by the 'slavers' when she went back home. 2. Why does Pigsy act macho and why does Trip need another male? Pigsy is the lovable loser and really flawed character. He's been isolated for so long he is desperate for human contact so he aims to win over Trip, one of the few people he is familiar with. Nothing to do with Trip needing another male, Pigsy was simply her only connection outside of her community. 3. Why doesn't Trip let Monkey go? Well I don't want to spoil the game but it becomes clear that Monkey doesn't want Trip to let him go... "

I found Enslaved to be a pretty bad game overall.

" @Besetment said:

" I don't think being female means you represent the female race. "

Females aren't a race.  They are a gender. "

Silly.

Enslaved is shitty, but not because they dared make a flawed female character.

@Hailinel said:

" @Besetment said:

" I don't think being female means you represent the female race. "

Females aren't a race.  They are a gender. "