Erm, didn't RE6 have 3 playable female characters?
Helena, Sherry and Ada?
I played through RE6 co-op and I was Helena and Sherry in those respective campaigns so I didn't even realize this was a problem with this game. Does the game make you use the dudes only in single player?
One of the silver linings, at least with RE7, is that even though it does have a male lead, you do still play as Mia for a pretty major chunk of the game, and RE7 has a LOT of very important female characters (RE8 looks to be similar in this regard).
Moira, as much as Sheva, deserves to return. She's the best RE character introduced in the series since probably RE2. Revelations 2 deserves a LOT more recognition and spotlight, and a lot more credit. It's hella low budget but is an absolute slam dunk.
And is better than all the RE games that have come out after it.
Helena is a horrible character. Ada isn't much better after RE2.
Sherry was a nice surprise and I wish she would spearhead some sort of "new generation" along with Rebecca.
Every single RE game has had at least one male and one female playable character, even if one of them is only briefly playable sometimes. I'm pretty sure this is intentional.Bit of a weird thing to say when
Re1 shared mc spot between Jill and Chris
Re2 shared mc spot between Claire and Leon and Ada as extra
Re3 had Jill as the mc with Carlos as extra
Re4 had Leon as mc with Ada as extra in her sidestory
Re5 had Chris and Sheva
Re6 had Leon/Helena, Jake/Sherry, Ada's solo story and only Chris/Piers as a all male duo
Revelations had Jill
Revelations 2 had Claire and later Barry each with someone tagging along
Re0 has Rebecca and Billy
Code Veronica has Claire
Re games without female characters weren't really a thing only Re4 really stands out with Ada only being a side character.. that is until now where for whatever reason its Ethan out of all characters to get to be the mc in 2 Re game back to back when it only happened before with Chris because Re6 had multiple teams in the story. Its so crazy to me that freaking Ethan out of all characters gets 2 solo games
Still, you can definitely argue the emphasis waned after the PS1 games. Jill is very arguably the protagonist of RE1, and Claire just as much RE2, but from RE4 onward the women do seem to have smaller roles (depending on how you play RE6).
And there's still the Logan's Run problem so many Japanese game franchises have with their female characters.