What games of older generations would you put up? i dont mind the genre really, id would just love to hear yalls suggestions.
Portal!
Calling this game “older” is hurting my soul, though.
if it makes you feel any better, you dealt psychic damage to me as well
Parasite Eve (never played it myself but I know it’s considered a classic)
King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
One of my most favorite King’s Quest games. And one of the first games I remember playing with a proper female lead.I think the third Leisure Suit Larry has a female lead in some parts too.
are the kings quest games selfcontained? do i need any of the previous ones to fully understand what is happening?
There are callbacks to earlier entries in the series but they can stand alone.
cool, thanks
Iji is a free game released in 2008. Sidescrolling shooter with a story, fun boss fights, and a great soundtrack. It’s really a shame it isn’t as well known in these circles, it’s quite good.
Portal
Perfect Dark
Tomb Raider
Metroid
Mirror’s Edge
Fatal Frame
Rule of Rose
Clocktower (the series, but I recommend 3)
Resident Evil
American McGee’s Alice
Fear Effect
Dino CrisisDepending on your definition of “older” you also have:
Alien: Isolation
Fran Bow
What Remains of Edith Finch
Life is StrangeWhat Remains Of Edith Finch is downright amazing.
Barbie: Horse Girl Adventures
I prefer the 94 classic barbie and her magical house
oh man, i forgot that game existed, never played it tho…yet
Primal on PS2
Ms. Pacman :)
Final Fantasy 6. There are technically several protagonists, but the one with the better claim to “main protagonist” is a woman.
Also, Heaven’s Vault isn’t an old game, but it’s not very well known or talked about, so I’ll throw it in anyway.
At risk of posting twice but, I had to add this one as well:
Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
A point-and-click adventure game. It was funny, colorful, and Zanthia is still awesome :) Made by Westwood of all people. It makes some references to the first, but you could play it on its own.cool, but what about the first one? do i need it?
Hmmm… The plot of the first one has nothing to do with the second. But you do get a lot of world building and some characters are properly introduced in the first.
I guess you should play the first as well if you want the best experience. It’s also a good game, though the puzzles are a little more… frustrating. But it’s nothing a good walkthrough can’t solve :)Nah. Same setting and all, but story is mostly unrelated.
Obvious one, but the original Tomb Raider.
A lot of point-and-click adventure games do feature female protaganists. One that comes to mind that’s not bee mentioned so far is Kathy Rain.
The older Resident Evil games (1, 2, Code Veronica, RE:Zero) have playable female protagonists. Actually most of the RE games have at least one segment where you play as a female character.
The swapping of two protagonists is actually something I wish they would bring back to the modern games in the franchise.
Yeah replaying all the RE now and it’s crazy how this very early choice of two playable characters in the original series allowed the remasters to feel much more modern in their writing. Jill feels like the modern badass main woman a lot of game which they could write properly.
