Everyone suffers alike in the Moscow Metro. And it’s not as though the standard of living is particularly superior for the menfolk. Not enlightened, but certainly not surprising of the society the game depicted, and it fits the general attitude that living in a haunted metro is probably pretty shitty. After all, it’s pretty easy to imagine that a post-disaster society would both revert to the Rule of the Physically Strong and/or treat females as a valuable commodity to be protected at all costs in the interests of preserving the species, thus relegating most women to support functions like mothering and food handling.
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For one thing, indulging in her services was a big no-no (the game penalized you by robbing you of all your hard-earned military-grade bullets, the currency of the Metro series Nikki, as it turns out, wasn’t your average post-apocalyptic sex worker), and for another, the lack of women soldiers made plenty of sense according to the fiction of the world.
True, they can intersect - but it’s a vast oversimplification to label any work of fiction that depicts women being taken advantage of as sexist.įor instance, Metro 2033 didn’t strike me (personally) as sexist even though its only named female character was a prostitute.
Second, there’s a major difference between setting and sexism. If you’re the sort of person who doesn’t like to hear about all this “sexism” and “misogyny” and “rape culture” stuff, the door’s right there. Also, I’d like to quickly clarify two things.įirst, I haven’t written much about sexism in games because the topic brings out the worst in some people, and I’ve been content to keep on writing about the things I like, and having my non-asshole readers keep on contributing non-asshole comments to the discussion. That’s a rarity in any genre of videogame, let alone in the first-person shooter genre, which one could argue makes its bucks by being the exact opposite of “thoughtful.” In fact, I’d go so far as to label Metro 2033 as one of the most moral games I’ve ever played - which is precisely why the sexism in Last Light bothers me so deeply.īefore we get into it, if you aren’t familiar with the Metro series, you might consider getting up to speed by reading the synopsis I wrote last year, which explains most of the game’s themes when it comes to morality. For the most part, they encourage thoughtful, even considerate, behavior. The thing is though, I really like both games in the Metro series. Even my few negative reviews only exist because I really enjoy panning bad games. Since this is a site about the things I like, I don’t often talk much about the things I don’t like. If you thought you’d never see the word “sexist” here on Space-Biff!, you’re not the only one. Which means, if you couldn’t guess, today I’m writing about the sexist undertones in Metro: Last Light. She’s the first female character in the Metro series to have a name - other than Nikki the prostitute from the first game.
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