Are there any video game with a female as the MAIN villain ?

[AngryMongoose]

Going through my steam games; main bad guys with specific and unambiguous genders come to around 9/4 male/female.

i always read the main antagonist of Portal being the owners... since GLaDos is just doing what protocol says to

Such as flooding the enrichment centre with a deadly neurotoxin?

 

[ace_of_something]

The earliest game I can think of with a female as the primary antagonist was Battletoads. I think quite a few old NES games had female villains, but i'm drawing a blank.

 

[Lawllerskater]

*Looks at thread replies*

Why...yes. Yes there are.

 

[Denamic]

i must say, and since no one has even spoken about it yet... (i enjoyed the game)
Too Human
in norse mythos, the lord of hell is female. hence; the final boss.

Not hell; Helheim, where Hel rules.
It's just one of the 9 worlds in norse mythology.
One may argue that's where the word 'Hell' comes from, but it is not technically the 'Hell' we generally imagine today.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

"Final Fantasy VIII"
"The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages"

How does Metroid count? Mother Brain is a computer, thus genderless; and the viruses in Fusion do not have genders as we know them.

Actually the Mother Brain isn't a computer. It's a literally a gigantic brain in a tank. But it still wouldn't have a gender despite being called "mother."

 

[Fiend13]

StarCraft: Brood War
Final Fantasy VIII
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Prey
Portal
Portal 2
Deus Ex Human Revolution (Kinda)
Dragon Age - Awakening
Dragon Age 2
Dungeon Siege 3
Knights of the Old Republic 2
Jedi Knight Academy
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider: Legends
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2
Metroid Prime 3
Breath of Fire 1
Breath of Fire 3
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
FEAR
FEAR 2
FEAR 3
BioShock 2
Shadow Hearts 3: From The New World
Fatal Frame 1
Fatal Frame 2
Fatal Frame 3
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
No More Heroes
BlazBlue
Bayonetta
Persona 4

+Starcraft 2 (although one could argue about where Kerrigan ends und the Zerg starts)

 

[Asti]

Two Worlds 2 had a "secret" female villain. Honestly, female villains are in films way more frequent than female protagonists.

 

[Orinon]

Catherine. from Catherine, at least I think so, she was an evil demon who was literally sent to ruin his relationship.

 

[KingofallCosmos]

Catherine

That doesn't make sense. If there is an antagonist it would be

Spoiler

Mutton

 

[Dustin Payne]

kotor 2

 

[Worcester Sauce]

Melificent in Kingdom Hearts, Riku's more of a pawn in her plan.

 

[Belated]

Anybody mention Zack & Wiki yet? Rose the pirate's pretty much the villain there. How about Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World? At least as far as I've gotten, a sadistic loli-looking army commander is the villain in that one.

 

[SideSmash]

Battletoads.

 

[Blank Verse]

Lufia 2's Erim might count.

The one on Super Nintendo, not the horrible remake.

 

[Aidan Mason]

GlaDOS from Portal of course :3

 

[Starke]

Fear 2 has a female as its main villain I believe.

Eh...ambiguous. If you mean Alma, she's actually a bit too sympathetic, given her back story. If you mean Genevieve Aristede (sp?), she was set up like one in the first game, but in the second, she only really became the villain in the last 5 minutes.

There's nothing that says a villain can't be sympathetic. Also, since Aristede is responsible for the events of both games, by cracking Project: Origin open again, this certainly boosts her role as a villain.

Anyway, I haven't seen Max Payne get a nod yet.

 

[Vykrel]

Portal, FEAR, Gears of War, Uncharted 3. those are all i can think of right now.

 

[Starke]

Well, the one I can think of right now is...

Spoiler: Deus Ex: Human Revolution spoilers, Read at your own risk

Zhao Yun Ru

She basically was working with a Illuminati group, but was doing most of the heavy lifting in game it seemed; launching the attack against Sarif (both attacks), taking control of the Augment industry... you even fight her in the end.

Spoiler: More DXHR...

Read between the lines, and it's pretty clear she's actually part of the Illuminati leadership. All of her blather about doing things for "them" is part of her misdirection campaign.

She's even conversing with Darrow and Bob Page in the opening cinematic.

For bonus points, she's also the final boss fight in the game.

 

[Jakub324]

Gears of War, the Queen.