Female protagonists get to be old if they're ageless robot vampire lolis who look youthful! That rather proves the point, doesn't it.
Otherwise, "adult" caps at about 30. Morgan Yu (Prey) is 30, which is a little insane, very much the lowest realistic age for their role in the plot.
But I feel like we're just just starting to see female protagonists who are mothers. Not on par with the dadification of gaming, obviously, priorities for women in games are more about looking than living, but ... it's something, it's happening. Selene Vassos (Returnal) is in a time loop so I can't check age easily, but she has a few actual wrinkles?? Shock, awe. Saga Anderson (Alan Wake 2) is 35!
A lot of the Resident Evil women are starting to get up there just by product of how long the series has been running, so when they show up in ensemble titles Claire, Jill, and Ada are 30-39 (!) capping out with Ada Wong in RE6. (Where she looks like ... https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Ada_Wong?file=Ada_Wong_RE6.jpg so don't worry she's still sexy.)
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Otherwise, "adult" caps at about 30. Morgan Yu (Prey) is 30, which is a little insane, very much the lowest realistic age for their role in the plot.
But I feel like we're just just starting to see female protagonists who are mothers. Not on par with the dadification of gaming, obviously, priorities for women in games are more about looking than living, but ... it's something, it's happening. Selene Vassos (Returnal) is in a time loop so I can't check age easily, but she has a few actual wrinkles?? Shock, awe. Saga Anderson (Alan Wake 2) is 35!
A lot of the Resident Evil women are starting to get up there just by product of how long the series has been running, so when they show up in ensemble titles Claire, Jill, and Ada are 30-39 (!) capping out with Ada Wong in RE6. (Where she looks like ... https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Ada_Wong?file=Ada_Wong_RE6.jpg so don't worry she's still sexy.)