I'm not angry, but asking whether a focus group has a problem with the main characters gender is inherently a loaded question.
Again; this isn't a story where when asked questions like "How do you feel about the main character?" / "Can you give a word that best describes your feelings about the main character?" / "Would you be excited to play a game starring this character?" or any of the other usual questions asked, where focus groups came back saying "I dunno, its a woman and I hate them..." and they had to react accordingly.
This is a story where the dev team wanted a female character and internally executives argued with them saying that people wouldn't go for that. So they had to have focus groups specifically asking that question just to make those executives stfu and - lo and behold! - its not a problem at all.
I think the good thing about this crop of games and female leads is that among them many are big budget AAA games that will get strong promotional pushes that will help them to succeed. In that way, they start creating more data points to draw from and encourage future female character led games.
How is that saying questions were asked that skewed to get the answer they wanted?From the OP, and repeated by me on this very page:
People who refuse to play this game because it's a female protagonist are going to miss out on an amazing game.
Best thing GG can do is make the game the best it can be so people can't miss out on it.
And if the game is truly written around her? Fallout and similar RPG characters are blank slates, she doesn't appear to be one so it'd make as much sense as cramming a female option for Talion in Shadow of Mordor in the name of gender equality. And while potentially more interesting BECAUSE of how much they'd need to change, neither can it be treated as some arbitrary call.Maybe they should go for gender equality and offer an alternative male option? Fallout 4 has one of each.
I don't care if I'm playing as a man, woman, goat whatever.
Good game is good.
Besides we've had many female protagonists in actiony games:
> Bayonetta
> Samus
> Dragons lair (amazoness and sorceress)
> mirrors edge
> Narikko from heavenly sword
> Portal person (I forget her name lol)
sure there are more
Maybe they should go for gender equality and offer an alternative male option? Fallout 4 has one of each.