Lizardsquid, maker of noises

Mirror's Edge Catalyst and gender 

I recently played through the original Mirror's Edge and now I'm playing through Catalyst.

Two things have struck me: firstly, Catalyst feels so much better moment to moment.

But secondly: this game has a really weird relationship to gender.

With the side characters that you find in the runner safe houses and such, there are plenty of women.

But the characters who play an important role in the story? They're basically all men.

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Petra, softness element cutie

Mirror's Edge Catalyst and gender 

@lizardsquid So it's got a "The house is the woman's domain" thing going on?

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Lizardsquid, maker of noises
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Mirror's Edge Catalyst and gender 

@BatElite not at all - the women in the safe houses are doing combat training or practicing their parkour skills.

But none of them matter in terms of the plot, and that's the problem.

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Artemis Neko :trans_heart:

Mirror's Edge Catalyst and gender 

@lizardsquid @BatElite Plastic and Cait are both pretty cool, though, so here's that at least

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Lizardsquid, maker of noises

Mirror's Edge Catalyst and gender 

@Arteneko @BatElite yeah, it definitely gets better later on, but the beginning of the game makes a super bad impression by introducing 6 different dudes and no women at all

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