Strong females in videogames

[James]

I've got a fascination with strong females in videogames. Be it an admiration for Joan of Arc characters or too attracted to Sigourney Weaver in the Alien movies, I just find the idea of a strong woman the best underappreciated stereotype of character - especially when they aren't sexualised.

Hilde from Soul Calibur



Jade from Beyond Good and Evil



Alyx from Half Life



The Boss from Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater



Sheva from Resident Evil 5



Kerrigan from StarCraft



Fedorova from Deus Ex: Human Revolution




Honorable mention - The oversexualised transgender heroine...
Kainé from NIER

[Siva]

Hilde is awesome, I would play a third person action game starring her

Lances need to be bigger features in todays games

[James]

Lances, spears, etc are fucking awesome in general, yes.

[Siva]

I would buy the collectors edition of said game if I could aim for the enemies heart and lance it out then force feed it back to them with the end of my lance

[Mastakilla]

NO LARA CROFT?

[James]

NO LARA CROFT?

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

yeah dude let's all post bimbos

[or 1=1]

[James]

I was reluctant to post GLaDOS (a bit sexualised!) and Shodan because of them lacking a 'strong' trait. Great 'females' in videogames though?, sure.

[Professor Layton]

I was reluctant to post GLaDOS (a bit sexualised!) and Shodan because of them lacking a 'strong' trait. Great 'females' in videogames though?, sure.

Moving panels around of a whole testing facility seems pretty strong to me!

[James]

It hasn't got that feel about of strength. I always thought it was a prisoner to its own domain. Something it shares with Chell.

To support this, I'd like to point out that GLaDOS resembles a woman hanging upside down in bondage.