Depends on what you're looking for. Their RPGs are definitely double A, but I enjoyed them all.

I was already not going to buy it because there's no male character to play. Thought you would have figured that out. Why tell someone to not buy something they weren't buying?

Kind of funny that I'm being down-rated just because I asked about playing a male character.

Cool! Thanks, GOG!

Then how did games like Final Fantasy 6 and the Tomb Raider games get so popular? (Say what you will about FF6 not having a clear protagonist, but the 2 most obvious choices happen to be women.)

(Also, you do note that, in the food service industry, chef jobs are dominated by men?)

And what protagonists, Terra and Celes! They are very well built characters and the game has a wonderful story. Plus, a super villain like Kefka. FFIII (VI) was my first RPG and my favourite characters were Terra, Celes, Sabin, Cyan and Shadow. And for me FFVI is the best game of the whole saga after IX, VII and VIII. The truth is that I have a deep affection for this title.

- Games on GOG: 6547
- Games on GOG with a female protagonist: 526 (many of these seem to actually be games where you design you character, including gender choice)

People complaining about this game providing only a female-looking protagonist should go play the more than 6000 games catering to their testosterone addiction instead, and let this thread to those who are genuinely intrigued by this game.

Bound By Flame is fun, albeit simple.
The final boss is one of the most annoying difficulty spikes I've ever had to experience.

Ill probably pick this up around day 1, provided the reviews aren't abysmall.

Now, how about putting "Evil West" on GOG, Focus?

Also, as a bit of LGBTQIA representation, Terra is clearly asexual (or, perhaps, "aromantic" might be the better term to use); there's even a line about that early in the game. The game even respects that throughout, not ever trying to pair her romantically with another character. Even her ending respects her asexuality.

With that said, I do prefer FF5, as it has better gameplay, and isn't as cutscene heavy as FF6 pre-second FF6 airship. I do like FF6 from the time you get the second airship right up until game balance breaks down (which happens when you get Ultima), but before then the game is a chore with all the cutscenes you have to sit through, not to mention the game being quite linear (pre-second airship). FF5 has much better gameplay.

(Yes, this is getting a little off-topic.)

What happens to this count when you exclude games that don't have a gendered protagonist (like Hollow Knight or Undertale), or that don't have a protagonist at all (like SimCity or Civilization games)?
Because, in games that don't give you that choice, there is a severe over-representation of male protagonists and an under-representation of female protagonists.

(For this to not have been the case, roughly half of all games with protagonists that don't let you choose would need to have female protagonists.)

Their games have a unique particular flavour. Depends on your taste.

The setting, storyline, characters are/have always been top notch!
The combat though... there are people who have abandoned their games because the tutorial was too hard! On the easiest difficulty!

Funnily enough, when given the choice (in RPGs mostly) I pick to play as the female protagonist. Somehow thrashing my foes as a strong woman appeals to me. Better than yet just another burly, brawny, random beefcake dude.

That said, when I know romance plays an integral part in a game I typically pick the male option just because it feels weird to me doing that as a guy myself. *shrug*

So they want equal time and not equality? Ok.

Interesting.

Watching the short promo video brings to mind the games Horizon New Dawn and the Dishonored games; both of which I really enjoyed.

But the action looks a bit much for my old bones. I wonder how sneaky and stealthy one can play. Both of the series' above can be played stealthily (Dishonored very much so and HzND to an good extent).

When it releases I will want to check into that aspect.

I got curious about this game the first time I saw it.
We know little still about it but I'm interested so far
It's listed as RPG also so ...I wil get it surely

My only complain is the missing system requirements . Will this use the same game engine like GreedFall ?