Video games need more women – and asking for that won't end the world

[curl-6]

SvennoJ said:

curl-6 said:

SvennoJ said:
Action games are like action movies. Why was Dredd not female, no female captain of the Star Trek reboot, no women controlling the mechs in Pacific rim, why no Women of Steel, Iron women, G.I. Jane, The Wolverinette.

There are not one but two female Mech pilots in Pacific Rim, including one of main characters who drives the main "hero" Mech.

And Star Trek had a series, Voyager, with a female captain.

True, I forgot that already and I've only seen Pacific Rim a couple of weeks ago :/ The story was mostly about Raleigh though, Mako felt like a secondary character, he even sends her up to safety to complete the mission on his own.

Voyager was good indeed, Janeway was a well rounded character. However they felt the need to introduce seven of nine to get the target audience interested again :/

Mako does  save them in an earlier fight though, swording the flying kaiju, Otachi, when Raleigh doesn't know what to do.

And yeah, Janeway was cool. I actually liked Seven, and not just for the eye candy. She had perhaps the most development thoughout the series of all the characters, going from an arrogant robot to a vulnerable human being.