Poll: If 'samus is a girl' happened today...

[RowdyRodimus]

It wouldn't mean a thing today. In the 80's we thought all action heroes (be it movies or games) had to be men, that's just the way it was seen so the reveal was a big moment. Today if you have an action game or movie with a man and don't have a woman in it who is just as badass or more so, then you are called a misogynist.

 

[cainx10a]

Been replaying Phantasy star (yeah, on a retro RPG kick) and been loving the fact the main character is a woman, and a strong one at that. Which makes me think, that considering one of the most memorable classic gaming characters is Samus Aran, a woman who's identity as a woman was a surprise reveal at the end of the original Metroid. most people who talk about this talk o f it as a positive, and the fact she was a strong, capable character is a large part of her appeal...

and cut to current day, where a developer was forcibly told to make their female lead male, Gears Of War fans raged and spat at the idea of female cogs in GOWIII, and some people seem to find the idea of playing as a woman being abhorrent.

Which makes me wonder, how that memorable twist go down today if you (or the average gamer) got the end of the newest game, only to find their shiny armoured player character was, in fact, a woman.

I don't think a lot of men would enjoy gutting or curbstomping a female COG. That could one of the reason they were annoyed about it, but I have never been on the GoW3 forums (except for UT3-Mods section) so I have no real idea what kind of reasons they had.

 

[Mr. Omega]

If Samus wasn't a woman, but the Metroid series went on for all this time, and they managed to keep Samus' gender questionable for 20 years... first off, that would be very fucking impressive.

But on to my main point: look at the arguement in TF2's Pyro, a game which has been out for FAR less time. The internet would come up with all sorts of weird stuff as to Samus' gender.