yes, i know, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and horizon zero dawn exist, and id rather i dont know them, so what else you got?
Recently played Control. Had a blast!
Control is one of my favourite games. Had me hooked from start to end. Great suggestion 💯
This game is insanely good. The different ways you can engage in and approach combat makes this really fun just to fuck around in and kill hiss guys.
I may be biased by a personal history of bad encounters in the workplace, but the way one can deck those hoards of pesky hiss mob with whatever falls under hand is CATHARTIC.
This was one of those games I thought was alright when it came out. When all the DLC came out I played through it again and really enjoyed it. But recently I did one last playthrough, and at this point, I think it might be my favorite game?
Control is great.
Jessie is great.
Quantum Break would have been twice as good, if you’d played as Beth (same actor).
The Mass Effect and Dragon Age games. I love me some Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard.
Portal and Portal 2
Portal, Portal 2. Bonus points for also having a female antagonist and passing the bechdel test
Does it pass the bechdel test? Chell doesn’t speak.
She tries to say “Apple” it’s not her fault that severe brain damage causes her to respond nonverbally
All of the Metroid games. Those are a blast.
Thank you. I was scrolling too much to see this. My immediate thought was Metroid. Samus has been running and gunning since the NES console.
-Control
-A Hat in Time
-Celeste
-Shantae (Pirates Curse and Risky’s Revenge are my favs)
-Touhou Luna Nights
-Returnal
-Portal 1/2 if that counts
Just wanted to add that Celeste is one of the best games to get into speedrunning.
Unlike most games the dev actively worked with the speedrunning community and made the game as accessible as possible.
You’re timed by the ingame clock and it pauses in between chapters so you can take a breather without affecting your time.
Here’s what it looks like (My PB) I learned by doing 1 run a day and slowly improving (as well as watching other runners)
A Hat in Time!!! It’s like an old school n64 platformer, but so solid and well polished. Both my 11year old son and myself have 100s of hours in it
How has nobody mentioned the Metroid games yet?
Because the only time they gave Samus a significant amount of dialog, they turned her into a mewling idiot.
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
it’s worth suggesting it a trillion times though.
“edit: sorry didnt see its been suggested a trillion times :c”
Yeah, she’s THAT good ;)
Life is Strange games! More story then anything, and the dialog is a bit cringy these days but there’s really no other games like it and I highly recommend them.
Specifically the first game (unarguably the best one), its prequel, and True Colours. Life Is Strange 2 has two brothers, instead. They’re all very, very good games that all have made me cry (some multiple times).
They’re also pretty gay if that interests you.
I’ll add Tell Me Why to that recommendation. It was developed by the same studio as LiS, and it has a similar vibe and gameplay. It’s also free on Steam for the rest of Pride month!
And it’s unavailable in my country >:(
Yeah, these were the very first games I thought of. The first Life Is Strange is one of my two favorite games from the last decade.
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You’ll love them if you liked old-school adventure games. I grew up on DOS point-and-click games and it was like a refreshing modern twist on those. Great music and angsty, moody atmosphere, too.
Yes I loved Life is Strange and Before the Storm. I haven’t played the rest, but those two games stories were really good. It was cringe back then too, but that’s what made it awesome sauce.
Try Life is Strange: an emotional coming of age game about a photography student with the ability to rewind time. One of my favorites.
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
Mirror’s edge catalyst is criminally underrated you can’t change my mind
I did enjoy fc5 Sadly 6 just didnt click for me
I know it’s already been said, but Control is one of my favorite games ever and it has a well-written female protagonist. It’s a must-play.
Also Returnal.
- metroid
- returnal
- beyond good and evil
- the FFXIII trilogy (yes they’re good and I’ll fight anyone that says otherwise)
- Bayonetta
- A lot of the Resident Evils
- Celeste, bonus points for being very gay as well
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Tales of Berseria (if you like anime stuff. the protag’s outfit is trash but she’s probably the best Tales MC IMO)
- Telltale’s Walking Dead
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The female protag is canon as far as I’m concerned
- Night in the Woods
- Control
- Nier Automata
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Signalis
Great list. I would also say most RPGs, if they’re any good, will give you the choice – Mass Effect, Skyrim, Pillars of Eternity, the Divinity games, etc.
Lots of adventure games as well – The Longest Journey/Dreamfall games, Life is Strange, Whispers of a Machine, etc.
Honestly, the number of games where you’re trapped playing a lantern-jawed, grunty doofus is way, way less overwhelming than it used to be, which I really appreciate.
Shoutout to signalis, can’t believe I had to scroll so far to find it mentioned. It’s probably the single game that had the most impact in me in the last year.
Amazing soundtrack, story, themeing, and has a lot of respect for its inspirations whilst greatly building upon them. Chopin’s prelude in d is forever etched in my mind and this is now my favorite quote:
Great holes secretly are digged where earth’s pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl.
Kena is so good
i actually haven’t finished it! i need to get back to that. it was surprisingly difficult
It’s funny, I really liked the outfit for Berseria. Something about a not well-groomed-in-the-middle-of-fights look stood out from the crowd.
Subnautica (obviously?) - Female protagonist trying to survive long enough to figure out what happened to her sister on a frozen planet.
Gris - A very lovely and emotional story about grief.
Just to be explicit, Subnautica: Below Zero is the entry featuring the female protagonist, Robin, not the first game.
