are there any non-sexualized/stereotypical female characters in games?

[YouBecame]

Terra and Celes from Final Fantasy VI are a couple of very strong female characters. I feel like these are not sexualised or tokenised, but actually add a huge amount to the game

 

[lazinesslord]

Samus and yes even the one from Metroid: Other M. I don't think it made her weaker as a character, it just made her a 3-dimensional character. After all we all have fears, wants, and people we look up to and respect.

Others I can think of the main character of Final Fantasy 6, (her name escapes me at the moment) Zelda (she is strong and non-sexualized especially in Wind Waker) and female bosses from No More Heroes. (first one that is)

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Spoiler: These

Princess "Marle" Nadia

Lucca

 

[velcrokidneyz]

alan wake's wife, fooken scary

 

[Sentox6]

Female Shepard.

Spoiler: These

Princess "Marle" Nadia

Lucca

And yeah, these too.

 

[Rainforce]

Samus. Proving that men and women kick just as much ass as each other.

Jade, Samus...

THANK GOODNESS youre ignoring other M.
I like your depiction of reality.

anyway, I'll probably go with "Alyx Vance" as well.

 

[Lolth17]

Jill Valentine (from RE1/REmake not 3 or 5, I see you rolling your eyes), Claire Redfield, Sheva Alomar, Ada Wong. Almost all of the Resident Evil girls are strong characters, not overtly sexualized.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Samus. Proving that men and women kick just as much ass as each other.

Jade, Samus...

THANK GOODNESS youre ignoring other M.
I like your depiction of reality.

anyway, I'll probably go with "Alyx Vance" as well.

What the hell is Other M?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

As before:

Chell/GLADos, Joanna Dark, The Agent: Kate Archer, Faith Connors, Alyx Vance, Princess Peach, Tifa Lockhart, Cassandra/Sophitia Alexandra, Chun Li/Cammy White/Rose Bison, Rubi Malone, Nariko, Claire Redfield/Jill Valentine, Anna/Nina Williams, Miranda Keyes, Jade/Shiva/Mileena/Kitana, Chai Xianghua, Cortana, Zoey/Rochelle, Damsel/Tourette/Velvet Velour/Pisha/Ming-Xiao, The Path's Sisters, Ashleigh Williams, Sailor Moon, Wonder Woman, Buffy Summers/Willow, Leia Organa, ALICE, Gatchaman Jun, Princess Zelda, Sarah Connor, Dana Scully, Vicki/Scully/Fox/Buns/Ira/Scope, Poison Ivy, Blade Kitten, Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble, Alexis, Felicia/B.B.Hood/Hsien-Ko/Devilot, Carmen Sandiego, Hildegard von Krone, Charlotte Christine Colde/Cham Cham, Rogue/Psylocke...

You can maybe cross a few out as sexualised or stereotypical, but then...aren't some women themselves stereotypical? You'd hardly chop out Duke Nukem because he's a stereotype, would you?

 

[The Bum]

No.1 Dude, search bar
No.2 Alnyx Vance

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

Kat from Halo Reach, while not very well developed, was not stereotypical, and not even vaguely sexualised. She was a tough, no-nonsense veteran like the spartans, and sometimes kind of a *****, but to the point where she was like the hispanic chick in Aliens.

 

[Exort]

the main character in portal

She have no charactor at all.

 

[The Bum]

Alyx Vance is the prime example of a non-sexualized/stereotypical female character. She has a purpose and a key aspect to the story.

And to top it all off, shes still sexy.

Zombine!

Well, she can't exataly be fat because then how would she beat the shit out of CPs? Sit on them? I suppose you could make her face ugly but what would be the point? It's much easyer to make us MANLY MEN care about her if she's pretty.

 

[Exort]

What the hell is Other M?

The full name of the game is:

Metroid: the other M

 

[cannot_aim]

Alyx Vance and Tali Zorah are my votes.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Vaan from FF12... oh shit... thats a dude?

 

[Pyrrian]

Or even Zoey, from the sequel that no one ever mentions. How do I always forget about April? TLJ was the first game I ever bought on Steam.

Oh indeed, definitely. I was actually lucky enough to get the Dreamfall Limited Edition, containing both games, the entire Dreamfall soundtrack, and an exclusive Art Book, for about £20 (this was bundled with some other awesome PC game, it was a special offer at GAME). So I played both right after each other.

Anyway, for the record, although I feel Zoe Castillo definitely fits this idea as well, she doesn't fit it as much as April. Now that may partially be because April was a main character in both games (and thus had more time for character development), but personally I just wasn't as engaged with Zoe as a character as I was with April. Still a great character, Ragnar Tornquist seems to have a gift for coming up with great characters, but she just wasn't as awesome as April.

Then again, I have made clear on other threads about 'dating fictional characters' that if April Ryan was a real person I would be after her in a heartbeat...

April is a fantastic female game character. She definitely felt a lot more... right, I guess, than other female leads in games. I think she benefits from a lot of care in design and crafting of the story and world she's in. Even the minor female characters leave an impression in your mind because they aren't your normal game characters, like Fiona and Mickey, the couple owning the Border House.

I think Zoe was actually well thought-out, too, but suffered from what seemed like a more rushed game. Even April's role in Dreamfall was a little flatter, I thought. But what connected me with Zoe was that feeling of being stuck and not knowing what to do next, especially given her status as a university student on hiatus. It's a feeling that really caught me in university, when I was trying to think about what I wanted to do.

Sadly, we can't all have it work out quite like she did. Or maybe not so sadly, since we don't really know how her story turns out yet.

 

[Tethalaki]

To the people saying Alyx Vance, just because she isn't overly sexualised doesn't mean that she isn't a walking example of a stereotype.

Read up on: Girl Next Door [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlNextDoor].

 

[Blindswordmaster]

i havent seen any... most female characters i see are highly stereotypical (ex: See all JRPGs) or highly sexualized (ex: See all JRPGs and Lara Croft)

or they're just there to be there (ex: Dana Mercer in Prototype)

i designed some myself and tried to make them as NON-SEXUALIZED and NON-STEREOTYPICAL as possible, but it's really difficult when you suck at drawing...

i guess the best example of a "normal" female character would have to be female Commander Shepherd (she's a good character all around). but i dunno if she counts since "default Shepherd" is male.

I'm sorry, but you're going to have to explain the concepts of non-sexualized and non-stereotypical to me. And what precisely is a "normal" female character?