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[Virex]

Has anyone else noticed that there are four Source engine games that have a female companion who is incapable of doing anything but dying and showering you with praise for every lame thing you do?

Only four? That seems to be somewhat under the average for the gaming industries...

[Cthulhu]

There might be more.  HL2, HL2E1, HL2E2, and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

[Goron]

There might be more.  HL2, HL2E1, HL2E2, and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

ah, the expansions, yes... silly me.

Dark Messiah was source?
(off topic: is it any good?)

[Sowelu]

HL2 isn't all that bad.  Compare her to the mooks in HL1.  Boy that girl can clear a room of headcrabs.

I'm not sure what else you're expecting from a sidekick of either gender.

(I'm not leaving without my buddy SUPERFLY!)

[Cthulhu]

Dark Messiah was source, and it wasn't bad.  Didn't work for like a year, until I found out that they put one of the files in the wrong folder when uploading it to Steam.  How do you do that and never notice?

[Nilocy]

Are we talking generic soldier types? or player characters? Cause any mmo/rpg you find female avatars and that, admitted most of them are horrifically sexualised. So i guess that doesn't count.

Theres also the Brotherhood of steel from fallout 3, tehy have females in power armour and you generally cant tell the difference between them and the men.

[Sowelu]

Fallouts 1 and 2 tended to have just as many women in random encounters, IE merchants, soldiers etc.

[Smitehappy]

Meh, I always just chalked it up to the habit most militaries have of keeping old traditions going as long as they can, even if they don't make much sense anymore.

[Nilocy]

I believe the one place where women arn't allowed to serve is on submarines. Due to health complications, such as the chances of (if your pregant) damage to the unborn child in the women due to atmospheric pressures or something.

[Sowelu]

Of course, this whole thing of "always treat women as though they might be pregnant" is INCREDIBLY insulting.

Except for the 1 time in 10,000 that it turns out to be true, and there's a tremendous uproar.

[Smitehappy]

I believe the one place where women arn't allowed to serve is on submarines. Due to health complications, such as the chances of (if your pregant) damage to the unborn child in the women due to atmospheric pressures or something.

Why is it people act like woman in the military have never heard ofcontraceptives? Not only do they stop you from getting pregnant but they make womanly issues much less frequent if not non-existant.

[Mr Tk]

I that Bungie's game Oni, they had trouble with the publisher over the main character and the box art. Bungie would send away a concept to the publisher and it would come back with half her clothes removed.

Bungie found it weird because they were fighting for more clothes!

[Aqizzar]

That was bizarre.  I remember the promo art would change with every update.  It was just one picture with Konoko in her "badass cop" pose, the other the exact same picture but with her uniform ripped to shreds.

I bet those evil publishers were responsible for her taking on the Last Level Extravaganza in hiphugger jeans.

[Ampersand]

I believe the one place where women arn't allowed to serve is on submarines. Due to health complications, such as the chances of (if your pregant) damage to the unborn child in the women due to atmospheric pressures or something.

Why is it people act like woman in the military have never heard ofcontraceptives? Not only do they stop you from getting pregnant but they make womanly issues much less frequent if not non-existant.

But if they have contraceptives, they may have evil sex.

[gamefreak1]

I believe the one place where women arn't allowed to serve is on submarines. Due to health complications, such as the chances of (if your pregant) damage to the unborn child in the women due to atmospheric pressures or something.

Actually I think they would be in more danger being trapped in a tin can at the bottom of the ocean for months at a time with a bunch of horny guys lol.