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Pelicano Encaçapa-Garrafas Jul 9, 2021 @ 7:18pm

Is this a good feminist game?

Does it talk about feminism at all? I'm asking it because the protagonist is a girl in the middle ages, and I'd like to know if it's an important theme in the game.

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The_Finish has A Plague Tale: Innocence

Jul 19, 2021 @ 8:14am

It doesn't talk about feminism at all. It's just a nice story about a young woman conquering her fears and the obstacles placed before her in order to help her young brother.

The big theme of this game is family.

Killer Kitten has A Plague Tale: Innocence

Jul 19, 2021 @ 6:53pm

Not really. It does feminism a great deal of good by just being a good story.

Puppet Pal Clem Jul 20, 2021 @ 10:41pm

oooooo no i'm so worried about feminism in my video game while the planet is literally falling apart! Woe is me!

Jul 25, 2021 @ 2:52pm

People for ages have been asking for genuine female characters in games that aren't there just for sexualisation or objectification, and now there are some, people want to know if there is a valid feminist narrative? Its just a game about a girl fighting seas of rats to save her little brother.

Frigidman

Jul 26, 2021 @ 7:08am

While I have nothing against whatever (I go by Live and Let Live mentality) ... I'm glad this game isn't trying to shove some agenda in our faces like current TV is doing with every new show that comes out.

I play games for "escapism" thank you.

Its refreshing to play a game (or watch something) that is simply true to itself and its story and trying to be 'entertainment'. Not some political or social soapbox of "my way or the highway" BS.

OsMaHR

Jul 29, 2021 @ 7:20pm

she is not ugly enough for what you want I guess (joking)

=Kane=

Jul 30, 2021 @ 3:35am

It's a game about a girl, who is frightened, and rightly so by the dilemma she is placed in. She is the hero of the story but there is no emphasis on her being a stunning and brave hero simply because she is a woman. It's a game like any other with a female lead. Not a feminist lead.

wyte boi Jul 31, 2021 @ 11:51pm

Yes, you as female kill males

haloharry

Aug 1, 2021 @ 12:08pm

if this game was about feminist....
what did you want them to talk about?
how more men die in work?
how men get more jail time?
how women get believed more in abusive relationships?

Havearrow

Aug 1, 2021 @ 8:09pm

It's pretty balanced, I'd say. On one hand, you've told that only men can actively use naturally inherited gifts. On the other, every dead character with a name is male.

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Whitey

Aug 4, 2021 @ 1:54am

Originally posted by Havearrow:
It's pretty balanced, I'd say. On one hand, you've told that only men can actively use naturally inherited gifts. On the other, every dead character with a name is male.

That's not true. Beatrice is a woman. But that's as far as I know since I haven't finished the game.

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