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Is there a non-fanservicey RPG where your main party are all female characters?
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No, OP doesn't specify JRPG's but does that change anything? I'm sure there are more games out there where the core party members are all male but the vast majority of games that I can think of that offer a party system are either mixed gender, custom character, or preset characters where the player chooses who to add.
The mentor character across the Arland trilogy has a disturbing infatuation with young girls, tricks her students into wearing skimpy clothing, jokes about sexually molesting them in their sleep, and spikes one with a magic potion that de-ages her, because she (and, it seems, the devs) didn't want her to grow into an adult over the course of the three games.
Xenoblade Chronicles X if you avoid certain outfits.
Fortune Summoners with the exception of a not-at-all-bad hot springs bit (which was altered to include towels in the NA version).
CrossCode and Ikenfell has male party members but the main characters for both are women.
Edit: Actually Ikenfell has female and non-binary characters.
Fortune Summoners with the exception of a not-at-all-bad hot springs bit (which was altered to include towels in the NA version).
CrossCode and Ikenfell has male party members but the main characters for both are women.
Edit: Actually Ikenfell has female and non-binary characters.
7th Dragon is an RPG where you make up your own party. There are eight classes and it have an option to make your characters either a man or a girl, so you can absolutely make an all girls party there.
I know... I had a nice chuckle when I read that.
I enjoyed the game...but the fanservice is pretty overt; e.g. the outfit worn when leveling up...even made my wife's eyebrows raise.
The game doesn't play like Shining Force, but yes, we were looking into ways to try to make the game stand out and we thought that the more cinematic look of Shining Force would work well with the Magical Girl Anime vibe so we used that as an inspiration.
Cthulu Saves the World had an all-female party option, I never played it because I was burnt out on the engine.
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Yeah, this is what I had in mind. But hey, at least there's some interesting-looking suggestions here even if not all of them fit the criteria.
their good rpg was translated by working designs though
and they uhh, were kinda like ahead of their time in being as bad as people are today
This is the game i want to make... i even have the idea ready.
I might just prototype this over the next weekends tbh.
I might just prototype this over the next weekends tbh.
That's what I figured, based on the party placement and HUD, but I still dig it. I'm not into "magical girls" stuff actually but I may make an exception for this...
...I honestly can't think of any
Does indie stuff count? I recently played this (in-development) RPGM game called Lunatic Red. Don't know if the full game will commit to an all-women party, but the demo has only women or trans-women as party members
I was gonna suggest this (fanmade Touhou RPGs).
Unfortunately, most don't fit the criteria. Most are actually good about the "no fanservice" part, they just fail at "female party members only" criteria (and this is purely because the fangames with better production values tend to fit as many Touhou characters as possible, including the only two, named male characters in all of Touhou).
...but I do think one game doesn't fail the criteria: Genius of Sappheiros. I can't speak for the no fanservice part (haven't played it myself), but it seems to have a limited cast only consisting of female characters.
Also, the other fan RPG's should be given honorable mention. Labyrinth of Touhou 2 may have 1 playable male character, but it also still has 47 playable female characters with zero fanservice. Touhou Soccer and Fantasy Maiden Wars have a similar approach and they should be commended, even if they don't properly fit OP's criteria
Does indie stuff count? I recently played this (in-development) RPGM game called Lunatic Red. Don't know if the full game will commit to an all-women party, but the demo has only women or trans-women as party members
I was gonna suggest this (fanmade Touhou RPGs).
Unfortunately, most don't fit the criteria. Most are actually good about the "no fanservice" part, they just fail at "female party members only" criteria (and this is purely because the fangames with better production values tend to fit as many Touhou characters as possible, including the only two, named male characters in all of Touhou).
...but I do think one game doesn't fail the criteria: Genius of Sappheiros. I can't speak for the no fanservice part (haven't played it myself), but it seems to have a limited cast only consisting of female characters.
Also, the other fan RPG's should be given honorable mention. Labyrinth of Touhou 2 may have 1 playable male character, but it also still has 47 playable female characters with zero fanservice. Touhou Soccer and Fantasy Maiden Wars have a similar approach and they should be commended, even if they don't properly fit OP's criteria
Is this in specific reference to Genso Wanderer? Because, well, it's a good game buuut I'm not sure I'd recommend it with OP's criteria. Female characters? Yes. No fanservice? Ehhh, the game definitely has its share of anime bullshit. I definitely don't think any game with swimsuit DLC (like GW) is in the spirit of the thread
The original version of Atelier Rorona was pretty raunchy. I think they toned it down in the DX version
It's still in development, but...
All female party, all lesbians, and half of them are trans.
Which reminds me; there is a certain game that technically meets this thread's criteria, but I will send a strongly-worded DM to and possibly block anyone who recommends it in a heartbeat.
All female party, all lesbians, and half of them are trans.
Which reminds me; there is a certain game that technically meets this thread's criteria, but I will send a strongly-worded DM to and possibly block anyone who recommends it in a heartbeat.
I was thinking of Labyrinth of Touhou, but I think you can add Rinnosuke to the party later. The starting 5 are all female characters though.
Yeah Rhapsody was the first thing that came to mind when this topic popped up.
Some of the responses here slay me though. Any Gust game is automatically disqualified on principle and Blue Reflection in particular is just a downright embarrassing response. It's probably the most blatantly voyeuristic game that company has ever made and that's saying something considering some of the games in their catalog.
EDIT - There's also Recettear to an extent. Some of the playable heroes you can hire for dungeons are male but outside of that it's pretty much Recette and Tear running the show throughout. Not sure whether it's "RPG" enough for you though.
The Dusk trilogy comes after Arland and scales back the fan service significantly. It was a massive improvement in that department. Everything after that does get worse again, though Lulua wasn't that bad from what I remember.
My actual answer to the OP's question, though: I think the Little Witch Academia game would work? Unless there's a male party member I'm not aware of. I did also hear the game isn't good, and it is based on a franchise so might not count for that reason.
I'd say they're talking about Sailor Moon: Another Story, which was never released outside of Japan, but has been translated into English by fans.
thanks! I didn't know this game. I only knew about the 2 beat em all, the versus fighting, the puzzle game and the sort of bomber man spinof
monogender parties are rare In wrpg´s too. It's not a common thing in party based RPG's.
It might not be out yet but Christine has said that the game was directly inspired by FFXV and wanted to make a girl/queer road trip RPG!
Oh this so good. That battle screen is throwing me phantasy star/breath of fire/suikoden vibes. Love it.
Hand of Fate 2 might be bit of a stretch since it's an unique mishmash of genres and you don't unlock them to begin with, but it provides pretty good options for companion women. DLC also adds an elderly bounty huntress lady.
Design of female player character is neat as well, a warrior woman with amazonian build without any fanservice to speak of.
Design of female player character is neat as well, a warrior woman with amazonian build without any fanservice to speak of.
of all the Atelier games, Ayesha is the one that comes closest to fullfilling this thread's requeriments.
main cast is mainly female characters (there's like 5+ playable female characters and just 2 guys total and they appear late game), their default outfits are pretty normal and they got no fanservicey alts and there's almost no fanservice for most of the game (you have to get pretty far into side events to find a hot spring scene and it's just 2 characters in it. there's some suggestive convos sometimes but everyone involved in those is a grown adult)
main cast is mainly female characters (there's like 5+ playable female characters and just 2 guys total and they appear late game), their default outfits are pretty normal and they got no fanservicey alts and there's almost no fanservice for most of the game (you have to get pretty far into side events to find a hot spring scene and it's just 2 characters in it. there's some suggestive convos sometimes but everyone involved in those is a grown adult)
OP, I was thinking about this all weekend, and I think I've got a good winner here!
Hero Hours Contract
This game is a strategy RPG about a team of three magical girls who decide to unionize. The game is split between completing levels and negotiating for higher wages and more vacation time. I'd highly recommend it.
There's another indie game that directly fits your specs but because it was designed by a TERF, I can't in good conscious recommend it.
Hero Hours Contract
This game is a strategy RPG about a team of three magical girls who decide to unionize. The game is split between completing levels and negotiating for higher wages and more vacation time. I'd highly recommend it.
There's another indie game that directly fits your specs but because it was designed by a TERF, I can't in good conscious recommend it.