greatest female in video game history

We see Liara as much more than a simple love interest for Commander Shepard shes also a way for players to connect with the games alien races on a deeper level. We never thought wed be able to feel so many feels for a blue squidhead lady, but then Liara came along and stole our hearts. And our guns, and then she shot us for calling her a squidhead.

Before Lightning, there was a much better female Final Fantasy protagonist Terra Branford, the star of FFVIs rather large cast. Her amnesiariddled storyline seems typical at first, but we were floored when her true identity eventually came to light. Shes one of the most compelling and complex heroines in gaming.

Jade is active, smart and compassionate to boot. Before defeating the DomZ and becoming the savior of everyone, shes working at an orphanage taking care of the children whose parents were victims of the war that shes about to become very involved in. She even loves nature is there a more perfect heroine out there?

Besides being probably the most iconic fighting game character ever, ChunLi is also a true heroine shes an undercover Interpol officer seeking revenge on the criminals responsible for her fathers death. She was even the first female character in a fighting game, earning her the prestigious title of First Lady of Fighters.

Aveline is such an envelopepusher a black, female, Frenchspeaking protagonist in this world of stereotypical white males, she represents a major step forward for diversity in games. While Liberation wasnt our favorite, its certainly through no fault of hers. She was even freeing slaves before it was cool.

Perfect Dark was the perfect followup to Rares Goldeneye 007, and Jo makes the ideal counterpart to James Bond. Shes capable, , and whipsmart, always ready with a witty retort, whether shes talking to the president or to aliens from outer space. Its really too bad what they did to her in Perfect Dark Zero, but well always remember the downtoearth superspy from the original.

Many players choose to go with a male Commander Shepard, whether because they themselves are male or because thats whos been portrayed on the games covers. But Femshep, as the female Shepard has become known, has picked up steam over the course of the series to become, arguably, a better choice. Playing as a female changes the lens through which you view the Mass Effect universe, and besides, Jennifer Hale is a much better actor than whoever plays Maleshep.

Faith bucks a lot of stereotypes as a female game character shes athletic and normally proportioned, for one thing. She began her life underground as a thief, but quickly joined the side of good as a Runner, a position that allows her to undermine the dystopian society in Mirrors Edge. Now were just waiting for the sequel.

Princess Zelda has taken on many roles throughout the series, and sure, Link often has to rescue her. But she rarely falls directly into the role of the damsel ever since Ocarina of Time, shes either been fighting dark forces in disguise, rescuing Link as a swarthy ladypirate, or just straight up three steps ahead of him, as in Skyward Sword. Even when she does need rescuing, she usually lends a hand with her archery skills and winds up saving Link in return. When are we going to get a game where we play as her?

Sure, this is predictable. But what else can we do? Shes got every trait of a true heroine, and shes one of the least sexualized female characters in games. She was paving the way for female protagonists when character sprites were still made of a few dozen pixels. And she bucked gender stereotypes of course the spacefaring bounty hunter is a guy long before Peach and Zelda ever shook off their damselindistress personas. Samus was the original badass heroine of video games, and for that we salute her.