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# Fear of a Female Protagonist
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/fear-of-a-female-protagonist/
- Published: 2015-06-18T22:47:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-06-18T22:47:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Game, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

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> There was a third reason that Yoshida was nervous to see how people would react to the game: Horizon's protagonist is a young woman.  
>  
> "She's a female lead character," he said. "That has always been the vision by the team, but we had a discussion. Is it risky to do a female character?"  
> \- via [Polygon](http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/18/8802349/sony-was-worried-about-a-female-protagonist-in-killzone-devs-new-ip?ref=birchtree.me)

I know that female leads are not the norm in video games, and I’m glad that [Guerrilla Games](http://www.guerrilla-games.com/?ref=birchtree.me) and Sony stuck to their guns and kept the lead character a woman. The game looks badass and so does that main character; bring it on!  

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