Random Fact: She killed her first zombie when she was six months old using a rattle toy. Wearing a cheerleader uniform while running around with a chainsaw, Juliet is far from ordinary. Her character design was a big part of what drew people to what was considered a rather unspectacular game.
And really, there's nothing wrong with that. Random Fact: Her favorite color is cherry blossom pink. Kasumi is the kind of girl who walks around in a bikini when it's raining outside.
Photos of her easily bring traffic to any article using her as a header image. Consider her a journalism cheat code. Series: Tomb Raider. Random Fact: Feminist groups hate her more than anything in the world. Commonly regarded as the original hottie, Lara is an icon in the video game industry. She's been the face of the franchise since , and has starred in a full feature film that made over 94 million USD. She's a strong female lead that, although commonly regarded as a sex symbol, played a huge part in the early progression of the action adventure genre.
Lightning is a lot like Lara Croft despite having a different appearance. She's confident in herself and her beliefs stars in a major AAA gaming franchise and loves kicking teeth in. She's become a popular object of cosplay in recent years and most guys have no problem with that. Series: Overwatch. Random Fact: She is a Swiss field medic. Mercy is the latest beauty to join the revered list of hot video game characters.
Featured in Overwatch as a popular healer, her skillset allows her to glide around the battlefield while toggling between keeping teammates alive and peppering enemies with bullets.
Series: Mass Effect. Random Fact: Early concepts defined her as a blonde. Miranda was the most popular love interest among Mass Effect players who enjoyed engaging in virtual romance. Her confident demeanor and skin-tight suit are big reasons for that.
Random Fact: She is named after the Celtic crow goddess. Series: StarCraft. Nova is a sharpshooter with telepathic abilities. Alongside Kerrigan she's remained one of the featured female leads in StarCraft. But we still have to give credit to Samus for being among the first female protagonists to be just as cool and deadly as the men. Just ignore Other M. Bayonetta is way more than just a clone of Dante from Devil May Cry.
Yes, both were created by the same director after a studio switch, and both star in fast-paced, high-octane character action games, but Bayo has a personality all her own. From a design standpoint, there was a lot to be concerned about. Anyone who looked at her, without the context of playing the games, could easily assume she was just another overly sexualized female fantasy for men to drool over.
In reality, Bayo knows what she looks like and subverts the expectation of being just another sexual object. Bayonetta is strong, and not just physically. Her personality shines through in every word she says and movement she makes. Any time a character, or monster, tries to treat her like a defenseless or weak damsel, she efficiently cuts them down in a brutal assault of words, bullets, and blades.
She has no interest in a romantic relationship with the male cast, instead becoming and remaining platonic friends with them, which is almost unheard of in video games. While she is emotionally and physically vulnerable at times, it is in an incredibly human way that is in no way influenced by her gender. Ellie is tough. She knows how to survive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombielike clickers and other people just as desperate as she is to survive.
The decisions she makes and the actions she takes have caused many discussions on whether or not people agree with her, which we consider a sign of a successfully written character.
No matter which side of the discussion you fall on, it is hard to deny that Ellie is one of — if not the — best examples of any character in a game, female or not. Chun-Li took a similar path that Samus did, only without a full spacesuit hiding her identity.
This determined courier from the first-person action-adventure game is, according to Complex, one of the "most badass video game characters of all-time. In , the original players of Metroid didn't know until the end of their journey that the armored bounty hunter at the center of the sci-fi action was, in fact, one of gaming's pioneering female power characters.
Chell may not speak in her shooter game, but she's still heard loud and clear. Her "plain orange jump suit" and "no hint of personality," Games Radar said, "celebrate[s] the empowerment of the feminine rather than subjugating it to objectification by the male gaze.
Shepard is a Mass Effect stalwart, one of the top 30 video game characters of all time per a GameInformer fan poll, and a transcendent figure who can be played as male or female.
In doing so, according to UGO. She's an archaeologist. She's an adventurer. Joal Ryan Oct. Wonder women As characters, women remain " underrepresented " in video games, a study confirmed, but they're not to be underestimated. Who's No. Let's count them down, from the great to the really great.
Yuna, Final Fantasy Complex calls this Final Fantasy X character a "capable summoner" who was deserving of her sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, and worthy of a spot on the pop-culture magazine's rundown of the 50 greatest video-game heroines.
Princess Peach, Super Mario Bros. Ellie, The Last of Us In the original The Last of Us, this teenager created a stir for being a survivor, albeit a second-banana to the older male lead. Ivy Valentine, SoulCalibur When your calling cards are your swords and your sword skills, it's no wonder you're hailed as one of the most powerful female characters from the SoulCalibur fighting series.
Evie Frye, Assassin's Creed In Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the Victorian-era Evie is a likable, stealthy killer who shares the stage with her twin brother, Jacob, but, as Paste Magazine puts it, "never once feels like a secondary protagonist. Billie Lurk, Dishonored First seen in Dishonored 2 , and moved into a starring role in the expansion pack, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, the Dreadful Wale's captain is arguably, per GameSpot, "the most cunning and deceptive assassin in the Dishonored series.
Battlefield's pioneers Battlefield V won't be out until October, but the gaming world is already abuzz with news that women and persons of color will be featured in the World War II-set game as multiplayer-mode playable characters -- a first. There are some female characters that are strong, confident and capable, all while lacking any overt hypersexualization. These women are not reduced to a status of love interest, damsel in distress, or sexualized protagonist.
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