Faceless protagonist
Creatures theme
The protagonist's face is never seen, either because he/she is always turned away or wearing something that covers the face completely (such as a full helmet or a mask). Or he/she literally has no face at all.
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24platforms
WIN 2007-07
DOS 1996-02-29
DOS 1995-12
WIN 2007-11-06
MAC 1995
DOS 1995-04
DOS 1995-10-30
SWTC 2018-06-28
WWW 2010
FLA 2010-05
WIN 1998-04
WIN 2012-02
Should not be used in case of amoeboids or animate objects serving as protagonist, or anything else that normally doesn't have a face (lacking a face addition is not the same as missing a face it should have).
Unlike unseen protagonist, this may be seen otherwise, but has their face obscured always in some manner, such as wearing a mask/helmet, censoring, turned away from the camera always, etc.
Unlike unseen protagonist, this may be seen otherwise, but has their face obscured always in some manner, such as wearing a mask/helmet, censoring, turned away from the camera always, etc.
The first Faceless protagonist video game was released in 1984.
11 bit studios, Codemasters and Kalypso Media Digital published most of these games.