More female protagonists

[Jinx]

So far in the series there's only been a handful of games where you control/the main character is female (obviously some of the older games you can choose who you control, but most games you can only play as a specific character).

Personally, I'd love to see more games with female main characters. That's also speaking from a female's perspective. How do you boys feel about more female main characters? Girls, does it bother you that most of the FF series is male-centric?

[krissy]

all for it

lightning's games were some of my faves

ff6 was good cause you played as a lot of ladies

ff12 was nice cause you could switch who you wanted

it bothers me that it's male-centric too. it's annoying to see chocobo girls in bikinis running around but no chocobo boys in speedos handing out fireworks too, you know? although i appreciate the ratio of male to female cleavage in the recent games, lots of npc's in ff13's universe seemed to like to show off their chests!

[blackmage_nuke]

Whatever the lead is doesnt bother me but what I like is when the gender ratio is skewed against the lead gender.

Example:
FF5: 1 male to 3 Females
FF6: 3.5 females to 10.5 males

[Colonel Angus]

it bothers me that it's male-centric too. it's annoying to see chocobo girls in bikinis running around but no chocobo boys in speedos handing out fireworks too, you know? although i appreciate the ratio of male to female cleavage in the recent games, lots of npc's in ff13's universe seemed to like to show off their chests!

That's horrible. The male body is an abomination. The Muslims have it backwards. The Men should wear burkas, the Women belly dancer outfits.

[Shorty]

I don't really care about male or female either way. I just want them to have a strong story and character development.

It doesn't bother me that the games have primarily centered around male main characters. There are strong female characters featured in every game, which is enough for me. The females often make good counterparts to the male main characters and I think they have done well so far.

[Colonel Angus]

I don't really care about male or female either way. I just want them to have a strong story and character development.

It doesn't bother me that the games have primarily centered around male main characters. There are strong female characters featured in every game, which is enough for me. The females often make good counterparts to the male main characters and I think they have done well so far.

I feel the same way. The fact that all the characters in X-2 were female didn't make a difference to me whether or not I wanted or liked the game. It was more about "How fun is it".

[Wolf Kanno]

Echoing Shorty's answer, for me it is more about how well written the story and character are. I found Lightning to be a flat character who would have been boring regardless of gender but I can appreciate someone like Shion from Xenosaga who is utterly unlikable but well written.

If it works for the plot and they themselves are written well, gender really doesn't matter. With that said, I wouldn't mind if FF finally broke out of the "Rule of 3" issue.

[Mercen-X]

Whatever the lead is doesnt bother me but what I like is when the gender ratio is skewed against the lead gender.

Example:
FF5: 1 male to 3 Females
FF6: 3.5 females to 10.5 males

So then you would prefer a game where a male leader runs a crew of females..?

How about a game where the entire playable cast is female? While X-2 took on that challenge, it's not technically a main installment.

[Pike]

Girls, does it bother you that most of the FF series is male-centric?

Actually it does not, and in fact I kind of like it, because I prefer playing male characters in games.

Overall though the gender of game characters does not bother me one way or another. So I could take or leave more females - it doesn't affect the gameplay!

[blackmage_nuke]

Whatever the lead is doesnt bother me but what I like is when the gender ratio is skewed against the lead gender.

Example:
FF5: 1 male to 3 Females
FF6: 3.5 females to 10.5 males

So then you would prefer a game where a male leader runs a crew of females..?

Or a game where a female lead runs a crew of males

[Mirage]

I would prefer more females as main characters in my final fantasy games. I like the variety and different perspectives that makes for. I also greatly enjoy games where I have a selection between a male and a female at the beginning of the game, then get delivered more or less the same overarching story, but from two different perspectives. This of course requires that the two are both well written, not just tacking on the feature for lulz

[Loony BoB]

I actually think it's been done okay recently. I am concerned that there seem to be no playable females in FFXV, but I'm sure 2-3 will suddenly become playable. I'm pretty sure SE knows that playable female roles are important in the history of FF games.

I don't mind if a lead if female or male so long as they are tolerable.

[Pumpkin]

I like there to be a decent number of female characters, but they don't have to be the main or playable ones. I'm a bit discouraged by how only 2 females are seen for XV so far and I hope they add to that number, especially since I don't even know if either of them are playable.

[maybee]

If they are like Terra, Serah or Celes then yes please.


If she's like Lightning Farron then haha


























no

[Jinx]

I really like what they did with FFX where Yuna and Tidus were equally the main character.

I made a thread recently about being able to switch which character you control, and I think that would probably quell a lot of my dissatisfaction with how few female protagonists/controllable female characters there are.