The evolution of female roles in video games.

[Anthony]

this has got me thinking. What countless Tomb Raider clones were there?
I can only think of Excalibur 2055 AD. I always read aobut these things running rampant, but why can't I think of any?
I also played as a female in PSO....but I never got hit on. WWAHHHH!!!

You must have played an ugly female.

[Thief Silver]

Wonderful thread Neo, hell better than most and those are already great.

it happens in pretty much every online game i've ever played. i've been into rainbow six recently, and it's pretty depressing whenever a girl stumbles into a game. everyone gets so clever all of a sudden.

Same thing in a lot of online FPSes... except like Tribes. clever indeed.

The Rhapsody series is probably the most emotionally rivetting set of girl games I've played. When Cherie's city is attacked, her childhood boyfriend Cello urges her to escape by travelling into the future. Cherie arrives in the future alone, and although she misses Cello, she marries the son of an old man who gave her shelter. Later on, she gives her life to save her daughter Cornet but becomes reincarnated as Cornet's favorite puppet. Unknowingly with her mother's help, Cornet eventually saves and marries the prince. Cornet's daugter Kururu ("little princess") reunites and marries Cherie's old boyfriend Cello, who arrived in the future a bit too late you could say. I might have some of the facts screwed up, but that's mostly accurate.

Rhapsody (#1) covered the middle part of the story and was published in the US. Angel's Present (#3) covered the first part and a short epilogue, and Little Princess (#2) covered the last part, but neither were localized due to lack of interest in Rhapsody.

Sounds like a very interesting series indeed, from your description it sounds like it would be just as good in book form as well.

Thanks for some of the Silent Hill 3 spoilers btw :/