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Read more: https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/18/8802349/sony-was-worried-about-a-female-protagonist-in-killzone-devs-new-ip
TIL Sony was so worried about the player character of Horizon Zero Dawn being a woman that it brought in a marketing team to conduct focus testing. Even after the focus groups reacted positively to the character of Aloy, Sony continued to be worried about it through the game’s full reveal.
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Yeah after all Lara Croft was a disaster /s
Loved the game. Wasn’t that much invested in the story. But I loved Aloy.
Not much of a gamer. Only play a few popular single player game here & there. I think this is the first video game Ive played with a proper female lead.
Like Samus was forgotten after the first metroid
Did anyone have issues with Joanna Dark back in the day? I don’t seem to recall any negative reactions based off her gender.
I mean it’s not like there is a misogynistic element in the gaming world
Just gotta make sure she’s got a nice butt.
Aloy was super cool even if she was a little Mary Sue-ish
Then again it wasn’t really Aloy that was the interesting part about the game, it was the story overall
I never got into Aloy. I like her character, but she reminds me of a Chipmunk.
Yeah makes sense tbh