Activision Doesn't Like Female Leads, Do You?

This just sounds ridiculous. Cancelling/Reforming a game because it had a female lead is just stupid.

Have they heard of half the Resident Evil games? Metroid? Final Fantasy VI? Final Fantasy XIII? Any of those ring a bell?

Fuck you, man! Parasite Eve 2 happened and it was beautiful!!

Mirror's Edge
Portal.

It matters to pubescent males whom are a healthy share of Activsion's audience.

" Final Fantasy VI?  "

" @Video_Game_King said:

" Final Fantasy VI?  "

Crap, I completely forgot about Terra, she might be Square's best...no wait, it's Aya.  Terra is up there though. "

" @Video_Game_King said:

" Final Fantasy VI?  "

Crap, I completely forgot about Terra, she might be Square's best...no wait, it's Aya.  Terra is up there though. "

I love the Fatal Frame girls.Dat ass.....ughhh dat ghost.

Also to actually contribute to the thread with favourite femme fatale: Hana Tsu Vashel. 
 

They are playing to an audience they believe is more interested in male leads. So what?

1. The video doesn't seem to be showing up.
2. 7 hours? I'm guessing it's less RPG and more survival horror, given that I finished RE3 in 6.
   

 
I love games with female leads. I become so much more interested in a story when it centres on a woman, it's why I love RPG's so much or even stuff like The Sims. I think mainly because making a game with a female lead is such a departure from the norm. It's almost as if a male lead is the default choice when developers turn on their game making...thingy. To make a female lead they have to uncheck the male choice and tick the female one. I know there are many people that won't go near game with female leads, though. Maybe they are in the majority. 
 
When i look at marketing for most games that have a choice of gender they always choose a male character. I gues it's the safe, generic choice. They don't  run the risk of alienating anyone. 
 
Ah well, another reason to hate Activision.

Note: like 90% of the time, when a game DOES have a female lead, she's sexier than holy hell. 
 
Or maybe that's just how it appears to me because I'm a nerd with low standards for what counts as attractive.

Technology restraints has also been cited as a reason to use men (shaved heads), but not for long... as long as this hair tech isn't a resource hog.
 

" @KaosAngel said:

" @Video_Game_King said:

" Final Fantasy VI?  "

Crap, I completely forgot about Terra, she might be Square's best...no wait, it's Aya.  Terra is up there though. "

Celes >>> Terra (though both are great, but Celes is my all-time fave main character)  Also, I agree with your sentiments about Aya and even that Parasite 2 was far inferior... they definitely did start going down the RE road which just wasn't the right move for Parasite Eve, imo. "

I LOVED Parasite Eve, and didnt even mind Parasite eve 2 to be honest - but yeah, not gonna lie i saw the image of Hana back on page one and she was a pretty awesome character (and can do a neat trick with a towel) 
 
Damn now i'm all excited for 3rd birthday

"It matters to pubescent males whom are a healthy share of Activsion's audience. "

Female Sheppard > Male Sheppard

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet ,but I like Shanoa from Castlevania: Order of Ecclasia and the recent Harmony of Despair. She dosen't say much and armed with powerful magic and superior combat skills she's a lady that's all business. Not to mention a killer back tatoo.

If it makes sense, playing a persona game as a female would probably be all right, but the games Like Gears and COD are probably best with male leads.

I don't like females in general nevermind female leads.

" @Symphony said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" @Video_Game_King said:

" Final Fantasy VI?  "

Crap, I completely forgot about Terra, she might be Square's best...no wait, it's Aya.  Terra is up there though. "

Celes >>> Terra (though both are great, but Celes is my all-time fave main character)  Also, I agree with your sentiments about Aya and even that Parasite 2 was far inferior... they definitely did start going down the RE road which just wasn't the right move for Parasite Eve, imo. "

Not sure why some consider Celes to be the main character of VI.  Even the parts where you couldn't play as Terra, she was still the main focus of the story. I'm still mad about how much they completely ruined her character in Dissidia though, that's a perfect example of how NOT to do a female character, lead or not.  Since when was Terra a helpess girl who needed an 8 year old boy to look after her?  UGH. "

They are just trying to be realistic. Women are not natural leaders compared to non-emo men. They are too emotional, indecisive, and skip logical thinking to favor "intuition". They can never be as strong or as fast as a man either.... just like the WNBA and every sport ever made. Women are much better suited for support roles in service to men. The man is the sword and the woman can be a sheath.

I like female leads in video games, because most video games are about power fantasies for players, and that means you get to watch a good looking female character lay waste to fools.  And I can admit an unnatrual fixation on hard women who can kick ass... the rougher the better.
 
Even when they make the female character the helpless distressed damsel, I can accept it as long as it makes sense.  Most people hated how Hope Estheim acted like a little mopey brat kid... the fact that he is a 14 year old kid lets me accept that.  If he were an adult, it would be out of character to act childish.  When the supposedly tough chick character is rendered helpless by being grabbed on the upper arm, then I start to get frustrated.

" @KaosAngel said:

" @Video_Game_King said:

" Final Fantasy VI?  "

Crap, I completely forgot about Terra, she might be Square's best...no wait, it's Aya.  Terra is up there though. "

Although I have yet to play Parasite Eve (hey, I still have a ton of PS1 RPGs to go), I imagine Terra still wins. How can you compete with this? Or the whole "transforming into a magical monster" thing? "

" @Symphony said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" @Video_Game_King said:

" Final Fantasy VI?  "

Crap, I completely forgot about Terra, she might be Square's best...no wait, it's Aya.  Terra is up there though. "

Celes >>> Terra (though both are great, but Celes is my all-time fave main character)  Also, I agree with your sentiments about Aya and even that Parasite 2 was far inferior... they definitely did start going down the RE road which just wasn't the right move for Parasite Eve, imo. "

Not sure why some consider Celes to be the main character of VI.  Even the parts where you couldn't play as Terra, she was still the main focus of the story. I'm still mad about how much they completely ruined her character in Dissidia though, that's a perfect example of how NOT to do a female character, lead or not.  Since when was Terra a helpess girl who needed an 8 year old boy to look after her?  UGH. "

I love decent female protagonists. 
I haven't played the longest journey in ages, but she was cool..Jade from Beyond Good and Evil was great, and Lara Croft sold shit loads of in her time, girls from Fear Effect.... I'm desperately waiting for the 3rd Birthday and the old Parasite Eve games to be released on psn. Kerrigan anyone?
So once again, Fuck activision and it's attempt to manipulate the markets

I do

This is ridiculous, female leads can be just as good as male leads and having primarily played male leads throughout the years I'm interested in seeing more games with female leads.

I have faith in female leads.

Yeah there oughta be more of them, but if they don't sell, I can see where Activision is coming from.  They're a business first, that publisher in particular.
 
Oh and cool you liked Parasite Eve so much, OP.  Shame I never tried it.
 
 

@Video_Game_King

" @KaosAngel:   There was a novel? Also, if it's an RPG, why only 7 hours? Hell, even Chrono Trigger (barely) broke the 10 hour mark. 

Again, I need to play some other PS1 RPGs first. I still haven't even touched Xenogears.

Cant go wrong with some tomb raider

That explains why Kerrigan got turned into a damn princess. 

" That explains why Kerrigan got turned into a damn princess.  "