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But pigeons, octopuses, goats, special operatives seemingly built out of Duplo: they're all (sort of) living, breathing things – not so far removed, really, from your standard gaming protagonist, Swole Bro-Dude with a Big Gun.
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Steve McGarvey of GameSpy wrote that Drake was: "hardly oozing with machismo compared to the likes of most gaming protagonists".
He is amongst the most charmless gaming protagonists your eyes will ever fall upon and your thumbs will ever control.
Plenty of video gaming protagonists are motivated by personal gains – Grand Theft Auto V might line up three very different playable characters, but each one of them is in it for themselves, chasing their own vision of the American Dream by any means possible (yes, Michael has a family, but his love for it is hard fought).
Archie, the war-gaming protagonist, congenitally single and at the mercy of his self-excoriating Internal Monologue, begins to make astonishing headway with a beautiful goth, who encourages him to explore his Psychic Self instead (resulting in a brilliant contrast between headbound voices as the dry unkindness of Archie's IM gives way to the well-meaning but wifty-wafty PS).
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In 2012, Nathan Misa of MMGN graded her the fifth top "hottest and modest" female protagonists in gaming, writing that in the original game Jill was "portrayed realistically and appropriately".
That same year, the "smart and resourceful" Jill was also similarly ranked as the tenth best female protagonist in gaming by the staff of GamesTM, who stated: "When you think of a lead protagonist for the series, your mind might jump to Chris Redfield or Leon S. Kennedy, but she's the most consistent character throughout the series.
Yet if demystifying one of gaming's strongest female protagonists is a mistake, handing the reins to a team well versed in fast-paced action certainly isn't.
We wanted Eitr to stand out, and we feel that we simply don't have enough female protagonists in gaming".
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