Which game has the best Female lead character?

[antipunt]

Jade from Beyond Good & Evil
April Ryan from The Longest Journey

^nominate these two

 

[I3uster]

Cate Archer

 

[CoziestPigeon]

Not metroid. Unless there are copious amounts of boobage, it doesn't count as a female.

 

[Sparkly-elf]

I liked Elika from Prince of Persia.

She was pretty determined on her goal, and her vague flirtatiousness with the "Prince" was funny and unpredictable at times.

 

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[Irridium]

Mass Effect.
Because you can opt to not be a big-titted, barely-dressed, empty-headed 20-something.

beyond good and evil

This.

what he said.

But I also say Alex from Half Life 2

She may not be the main character, but she was believable

 

[ssgt splatter]

For me, any game that has a hot female character

 

[Thespamanator]

Mass Effect.

Also, I haven't yet, so I have to make it a point to play Beyond Good and Evil. Heard it was good.

Not really the main character, but Kreia from Star Wars: KoTOR II was a really cool female character. First of all, she was old and her entire body (besides half of her face) was covered in a cloak, so even if you are attracted to old women, you're not going to see much action from her. Second, her backstory (albeit limited by the technical issues associated with the game) was very complex. It was so that, when I first played the game, ignoring my companion's whining and crying for attention, I blasted through it so quickly that I really felt like I went gallivanting around the galaxy for no reason. As soon as you pay attention to what Kreia has to say (what I did the second time around), many parts of the game start to click in your head. Third, the reasons behind her actions were perfectly valid (if you paid attention to what those reasons are), a trait that, sadly, many heroes/villains lack besides the whole cliched "is good because he opposes the bad guy" or "is bad because he want power" crap. And she was consistent. Many times, the "wise old guy" character in a game will yak and yak about philosophical gibberish just to give the impression of age and wisdom, even if it doesn't correspond to previous philosophical dialogue. Kreia's words of wisdom hardly ever oppose each other; it always follows a singular, underlying theme (which I would divulge further were it not for the handful of gamers reading this who didn't play the game... those sad, sad gamers).

....now I wanna play KoTOR II....Holy cow, I wrote all that?

Holy cow, I read all that? XP

 

[DELTA x WOLF]

Perfect Dark Zero for the moment

 

[hagaya]

beyond good and evil

It took more than two posts to mention this game. I am ashamed. FFXIII? Its not even out and all you've seen are action sequences and you'd say that? Thats a little weird.

I think if more than three people actually played this game than this would be the only answer to the question this topic asks. I'm not angry, this is just opinion, but I strongly encourage anyone who hasn't played this game should (You can find it for free in Canadian string cheese; I'm not kidding, you seriously can).

 

[Skalman]

Mass Effect.
Because you can opt to not be a big-titted, barely-dressed, empty-headed 20-something.

beyond good and evil

This.

what he said.

But I also say Alyx from Half Life 2

She may not be the main character, but she was believable

Yea, Alyx is pretty self explanatory but she isn't the protagonist, which is why she hasn't been posted a million times already on this thread.

Mass Effect.

Also, I haven't yet, so I have to make it a point to play Beyond Good and Evil. Heard it was good.

Not really the main character, but Kreia from Star Wars: KoTOR II was a really cool female character. First of all, she was old and her entire body (besides half of her face) was covered in a cloak, so even if you are attracted to old women, you're not going to see much action from her. Second, her backstory (albeit limited by the technical issues associated with the game) was very complex. It was so that, when I first played the game, ignoring my companion's whining and crying for attention, I blasted through it so quickly that I really felt like I went gallivanting around the galaxy for no reason. As soon as you pay attention to what Kreia has to say (what I did the second time around), many parts of the game start to click in your head. Third, the reasons behind her actions were perfectly valid (if you paid attention to what those reasons are), a trait that, sadly, many heroes/villains lack besides the whole cliched "is good because he opposes the bad guy" or "is bad because he want power" crap. And she was consistent. Many times, the "wise old guy" character in a game will yak and yak about philosophical gibberish just to give the impression of age and wisdom, even if it doesn't correspond to previous philosophical dialogue. Kreia's words of wisdom hardly ever oppose each other; it always follows a singular, underlying theme (which I would divulge further were it not for the handful of gamers reading this who didn't play the game... those sad, sad gamers).

....now I wanna play KoTOR II....Holy cow, I wrote all that?

Yeah, although KotOR was much better than KotOR II was by no means bad, as many would claim.
A lot of people says KotOR II was too rushed and didn't have a good enough story or characters, I beg to differ. While it may not live up to the expectations of the masterpiece that is the original KotOR, it's still a great game.

[/short rant] over

 

[TJM8]

For me Beyond Good and Evil sticks out, but theres been alot of improvement in strong female characters lately. Zoey is pretty sweet haha

 

[rekabdarb]

female lead character? thats an oxymoron =O

NO!

um Kerrigan from Starcraft and the robot chicken for the erm... terrain structure thingys

 

[13lackfriday]

I honestly can't think of very many, except for some great supporting characters (i.e., love interests, shockingly enough).

I'll have to go with Lara Croft. (I know, kill me)
But at least her personality lately has somewhat caught up to her appearance in terms of...development.

Mass Effect.

Also, I haven't yet, so I have to make it a point to play Beyond Good and Evil. Heard it was good.

Spoiler

Not really the main character, but Kreia from Star Wars: KoTOR II was a really cool female character. First of all, she was old and her entire body (besides half of her face) was covered in a cloak, so even if you are attracted to old women, you're not going to see much action from her. Second, her backstory (albeit limited by the technical issues associated with the game) was very complex. It was so that, when I first played the game, ignoring my companion's whining and crying for attention, I blasted through it so quickly that I really felt like I went gallivanting around the galaxy for no reason. As soon as you pay attention to what Kreia has to say (what I did the second time around), many parts of the game start to click in your head. Third, the reasons behind her actions were perfectly valid (if you paid attention to what those reasons are), a trait that, sadly, many heroes/villains lack besides the whole cliched "is good because he opposes the bad guy" or "is bad because he want power" crap. And she was consistent. Many times, the "wise old guy" character in a game will yak and yak about philosophical gibberish just to give the impression of age and wisdom, even if it doesn't correspond to previous philosophical dialogue. Kreia's words of wisdom hardly ever oppose each other; it always follows a singular, underlying theme (which I would divulge further were it not for the handful of gamers reading this who didn't play the game... those sad, sad gamers).

....now I wanna play KoTOR II....Holy cow, I wrote all that?

I have to agree...she's a really strong and authoritative character, with probably some of the best dialogue ever written for video games (including RPG's).

That said, she's also a major turn-off in KOTOR 2.
In the first one, you were immediately paired with a whiny but tolerable manchild who at least hadn't been cliched yet and went around with him for a while until you picked up a hot, capable, and- most importantly- British Jedi chick who immediately opened up romantic options in the plot.

 

[PsykoDragon]

Amaterasu of Okami fame. Yay for wolves - especially wolves that are personifications of the sun.

win. seconded.

Though it was hard to feel any character from Ammie, through Issun's chats with her you'd realize that she DOES have a personality, the personality of a stuck-up but righteous goddess that eventually warms up to Issun & others.

EDIT: How about Daphne from Giants: Citizen Kabuto? I only played her for a short while b4 I lost interest in the game, but thought I should remind some people to remember her & discuss.

 

[Vortigar]

Cate Archer

Here here.

Come on people, where's the No One Lives Forever love in this thread?

 

[bakabird]

Samus is definately number one. Followed by the ladies in FFX-2

 

[cainx10a]

Cate Archer

Here here.

Come on people, where's the No One Lives Forever love in this thread?

Agreed. Alyx from HL - 2 was so goddamn boring, and I kinda wished she would shut up

 

[I3uster]

Cate Archer

Here here.

Come on people, where's the No One Lives Forever love in this thread?

Agreed. Alyx from HL - 2 was so goddamn boring, and I kinda wished she would shut up

I will write a review sooner or later

 

[CatAttack]

I know shes not the lead... sorta but i really like Yorda from Ico she really makes you feel for her when shes being dragged off by the nasty shadow thingies