Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | 13:08 GMT

WET boss – Female protagonists “shouldn’t be seen as a particular risk”

The use of female game characters shouldn’t even be an issue any more, WET creative director, Patrick Fortier, has told VG247, and protagonists’ gender shouldn’t matter provided it’s appropriate to the game in question.

“I think we have to reach a point where having a female character is simply a non-issue,” said Fortier, speaking in an interview published today.

“It shouldn’t be seen as a particular risk, the decision should simply be based on the relevance of the character in regards to the experience the game is striving for.

“Ultimately, simply having good, fun games starring women protagonists is what will improve their ‘portrayal’. Good games are good games – regardless of the character’s gender.”

WET itself featured a female lead in Rubi.

“Rubi’s a problem fixer who happens to be a woman,” Fortier added.

“We didn’t want her gender to define her, but we did feel having a female character was a nice way of visually promoting the main premise of the game – agility, athleticism and fluidity of movement.”

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4 comments

pleasant_cabbage
19/11/09, 1:16 pm

“Agility, athleticism, fluidity of movement” so this is about that crappy, artsy, event in the Olympics where women prance about with ribbons and such things? Oh it’s about murdering, yah, always associate that with the wimmins.

Uncontested
19/11/09, 1:22 pm

yawn.. let it go.. you guys made a half assed game that hardly anyone bought.. Bethesda needs to get back to its roots and put up a new elder scrolls game.

MushroomStamp
19/11/09, 10:08 pm

The reviewers were overly harsh on this game.. I thought it was an awesome game.. I had a lot of fun playing it.

Gekidami
19/11/09, 10:13 pm

Probably because you didnt spend any money on it.