I've played a lot of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth this week. I was surprised that I remembered what most of the items do and which trinkets are bad. But my muscle memory has faded completely at this point and I die a lot.
I also dabbled a little bit with Stronghold: Crusader. Always a classic
I haven't played them all yet, but a coworker of mine was going into detail about how Kiryu is a great example of a non-toxic male protagonist.
Your coworker is correct