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Mass Effect 3: Had exclusive homosexeual options for male and female Shepards. (Steve Cortez and Samantha Traynor)

Tomb Raider 2013 Reboot: Lara wasn't sexy anymore since she didn't have 'big boobs or shorts'

Halo 5 Guardians: Played as Master Chief for only a lil of the campaign and the rest you played as a *gasp* BLACK MAN NAMED LOCKE.

Horizon: Yeah they've always had Aloy as a protagonist but... she ugly... get that gurl a face mask and some cleanser. It's not like she lives in a post-apocalyptic late iron age world. It's not like she eats, sleeps, and goes to the bathroom outdoors most of the time. She can squeeze in a 60+minute makeup routine every morning.

Assassin's Creed: While I remember the occasion bitching and whining with Odyssey and Valhalla for having playable female protagonists. Most the vitriol was against Shadows for having a female and a male protagonist but the male was *gasp* BLACK. Ignoring that Yasuke was an actual historical figure...

The Last of Us 2: Obviously hating Ellie and Abby for being the playable characters and killing the MAN Joel. Despite the fact that he had gotten old and also kinda earned it. (Not reopening the debate). This also lead to death threats against Abby's actress Laura Bailey and her child.

The Mario Movie: Peach had pants on, even though she's worn pants in games before.

The Witcher 4: Ciri as the player character. OH Also she used Geralt's 'killing monsters' line as a sign of tribute to her father figure.

Starfield: Had pronouns in character creation

Dragon Age The Veilguard: Can make a trans character.

Masters of the Universe: The main character 'He-Man' has pronouns

And that was achieved by erasing pivotal plot points, established cultures and characters from the narrative in this past games in a manner that legitimately did not make any sense.

But wait! They kindly let us design our past protagonist, even had an option for who they romanced but it doesn’t matter at all unless it’s that one guy. And they’re either a sad wifey or a sad comrade. Also no they don’t get closure, no they have no agency, and yes they were written last minute by a totally different team in an redemption ending for that guy and everything was his fault…but he was also a slave bound to his master but she did nothing wrong, they tried to tell him to chill but he didn’t listen…because everything is his fault…except that guy’s redemption ending is him being freed from his master’s service which makes him stop being …smug?

Bright side is your former protagonist gets to give up their entire life and go to jail with their beloved, because that’s the fate they deserve also they’re a mortal and can’t actually survive there…

Oh and that guy? Yeah, we (the writers) threw him in a cupboard and he’s basically powerless with zero followers because he upsets the creative director and protagonist self insert for a myriad of very mature and rational reasons, and he also thinks villains in medieval fantasy fiction are manosphere podcasters…