The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[Alardem]

Too badass for a FG protagonist, don't you think?

Not really! Ellen Ripley started off as someone like Philip - an ordinary, scared woman who ran away and hid from the monster and only fought back when cornered. Besides, Frictional's protagonists and Ripley have both used their surroundings to indirectly take down their enemies - Ripley used airlocks, Philip's killing of the rock worm and Swanson, and Mandus' use of a lantern to electrify a Pig.

And the Aliens happened and she began carrying an assault rifle with a flamethrower that were bigger than her, lol.

Do remember that James Cameron AKA the Terminator Guy directed the sequel. Ridley Scott, on the other hand, had a prequel where the protagonist was an ordinary scientist.

Spoiler below!

Who happens to abort an alien inside her without anaesthesia or any medication other than a few stitches, gets beaten up, and chased. She's pretty superhuman.