In the early days of spring, we honor the beautiful half of humanity – our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters. But we must not forget about our fighting friends – the heroines of video games with whom we saved the galaxy, fought off demons and dragged the sweatiest rinks. On March 8, the editors of Cybersport.ru confessed their love to the most feminine, smart, brave, reckless and sometimes insidious warriors of virtual fields.
Bayonetta – Bayonetta Series
I began to admire Bayonetta from the announcement of the first part of the franchise. Then this girl simply drove the young guy crazy with her impudent disposition, an unforgettable voice and legs two meters long. Already in the first game, it was clear that everything in it works for the main character: music always sounds in time with her actions, the director never misses her from the frame, and during fights the heroine can be exposed almost completely to deliver particularly powerful blows.
Now, after so many years, Bayonetta remains for me the perfect female character. She has a memorable image, it is impossible to confuse with anyone – is it possible somewhere else to see a character whose costume is able to crawl on the ass and turn into a giant owl?
I hope that at least in 2023 PlatinumGames will fully present Bayonetta 3 and announce its release date. Kamiya, how much can you pull?
Text: Oleg AceRikki Kamalov
Sona – League of Legends
Sona from League of Legends
Sona is far from the most popular champion in League of Legends, but my love for her has been going on since 2010, when she first appeared in the game. Then the concept of the character, which has only one directional skill – and still copes well with the role of support – was unusual. As a result, curiosity turned into a strong relationship with the hero, who communicates with the player directly through telepathy and music.
Here you could think in stereotypes – Sona looks like the perfect “wifi” for any teenager. She does not talk too much, swears only with cute blows to the strings, literally soars above the ground, and it looks like she was copied from the anime heroine. But my Sona with the Arcade-skin destroys opponents with eight-bit motives – we got the perfect geek duet, you can’t say otherwise.
In the end, it was this champion who helped me get to Platinum in a couple of weeks, when I just decided to try out the rating League of Legends at the end of the third season. There, at the bottom of the Elo Hell, players fled when Sona received Lich Bane (of course, not the first item – I was a good support). She also allowed Riot Games to solicit about 20 missing RPs – in exchange for a Sona drawing created in Paint.
Text: Daniel Smacked Praise
Slash – Quake III
The wording “favorite heroine” I can only apply to the insane skater Slash from Quake III. After childhood, my friends and I often went to a computer club after school, which was located near the school. The computers there were weak and dusty, so without Redundant nerves, you could only play Red Alert, SC: BW and Quake III. At that time, we had a rather active party around the shooter – literally every friend I knew was chopped into the game, and the main feature of our “club community” was, so to speak, the crown characters.
All my friends chose brutal men – Doom, Anarki, Visor, etc., and I decided that I would play for Slash. For some reason I was sure that if she was so skinny, then getting into her would be more difficult. I don’t know how right I was in my assumptions, but in duels I easily killed all classmates. Of course, they justified their defeats by the fact that I play for an imbecile character and could not do anything without “my beloved Slash”. Naive … I then fell apart for a long time for Orbb: D
Text: Dmitry Craft Murco
Doll – Bloodborne
Among other advantages, FromSoftware has an amazing ability to create beauty with very small means. Memes with Soler from the original Dark Souls have been walking around gaming forums for nine years and offer to glorify the Sun, and for the character they recorded only five minutes of dialogs: in other games even nameless NPCs have many times more replicas.
But no matter how much I love Sanbro and Jolly cooperation, Miyazaki’s highest achievement in character building is the Bloodborne Doll, and I doubt that someone else could take her place in my soul one day. Yes, from the point of view of mechanics, the role of this character in the game is a machine for sharing experience. However, in a narrative sense, the Doll is the only ally of the Hunter in the crazy world of nightmares, who is recklessly devoted to your hero, although he suspects that her feelings are artificial.
Her presence in the game solves an extremely complex game design task. The doll makes you feel comfortable and cozy in that location, which is a trap for the protagonist, and does this not by deception, but by kindness and warmth. She cares about you in a world that has long gone mad and grown fangs, and it is impossible not to reciprocate.
I went through Bloodborne several times, tried different weapons and builds and now – I want to believe – I can run through it with virtually no deaths. But each time, starting the game again, I always make an extra hook only to find a small gift for the Doll and hear from her: “I have never felt this before … What happened to me? Tell me, Hunter, is it a joy? ” The sound of this phrase alone smashes everything I heard from other game heroines.
Text: Vladislav Machinae Animal
GLaDOS – Portal Series
I don’t have a favorite female character, but there are those who are remembered. Calling Elizabeth from BioShock or Alix from Half-Life will probably be a bad man, so I’ll choose GLaDOS.
Portal is a game unique in all respects that cannot but like. Everything is cool in it – from the setting and the plot (and the connection with the Half-Life ENT, of course) to the characters. This is especially true for super AI with a female mind – GLaDOS, which conducts experiments on people.
GLaDOS has a difficult fate: she is a former assistant to the head of Aperture Cave Johnson, whose consciousness was transferred to a computer, and, most likely, by force. In the course of the game, one cannot help but feel this character. Thanks for the cake.
Text: Alexey lope Borisov
SUSI – Mass Effect 3
Remembering all the past games and female characters that awakened the most intimate feelings in me, I got to the Mass Effect series. Initially, I thought of the wonderful asari Liara T’Soni, which more than once aroused my sympathy and rapid pulse during the adventures of Captain Shepard, but later another candidate came to mind, sunk into the soul.
My video game love is Artificial Intelligence Susie from Mass Effect. She captivates with originality, curiosity, a little clumsiness and jokes that can confuse other interlocutors. Working for Normandy and participating in the adventures of Shepard’s team, Susie was able to find humanity and even learn to love, which is why I had feelings for her – at least empathy and deep sympathy. However, the beautiful body of the heroine, which she received in the course of the plot, also played a role.
The decisive moment that finally melted my heart was one of the final cut scenes in which the SUSI and the Joker hugged while looking at the sky. On the one hand, I was happy for her, on the other – I regretted that Shepard was not in this place. It is hoped that someday BioWare will release a new, worthy part of Mass Effect, in which I can once again meet with Susie.
Text: Vladislav Fesh Danilyuk
Jaina Proudmoore – Warcraft Series
Jaina Proudmoore has come a long way since Warcraft III. We met her when she was a young attractive sorceress with a soft voice. Since then, she lost many youthful ideals and faced with internal demons, but she became one of the most powerful people in Azeroth. In Battle for Azeroth showed the whole load of losses and mistakes that hangs today on the Jain. She has lost her beloved, father, friend and her kingdom and still blames herself for each of these tragedies. Anger and hatred for the Horde overwhelmed her heart, but at the same time, Jaina still resists the darkness within herself, trying to preserve the humanity and part of that young and open girl to the world. Unlike Sylvanas, the former ruler of Theramore does this for now.
The most vivid way to convey the essence of emotional throwing and the internal transformation of Jaina was able to singer Natalia “Helavisa” O’Shea in the video “Faces of War. It’s simply impossible not to feel the image of Jaina Proudmoore and fall in love with the formidable sorceress after this video.
Text: Vyacheslav Pilotbaker Ipatov
Kendle – GTA: San Andreas
The main character of GTA: San Andreas Cj has two close relatives – brother Sweet and sister Kendl. The first is completely devoted to his gang of Grove Street and lives according to the laws of the southern regions of Los Santos. The war between the factions already cost him his younger brother and mother, but he still wants to restore his gang to its former influence. At the same time, Kendl fell in love with a member of the Latin American gang, Cesar, angering her remaining relatives.
When CJ was forced to leave for San Fierro, it was Kendle who made him and Cisar use his chance. It was she who believed that they could still start a new life, she also led all the legal affairs of loved ones, while they further engaged in gang warfare.
Let CJ eventually return to Grove Street and continue to fight for the areas with Sweet, by that time he had already arranged his life for himself, new friends and family. And in many ways, the determination and independence of Kendl made the protagonist see another world where he himself is the creator and owner of his future. And the enemies in it can wait.
Text: Cyril gr1nder Rusakov
Ada Wong – Resident Evil Series
Red dress is a powerful weapon. Dress a character in him – and he will surely be remembered by the audience. This was repeatedly used by well-known directors who presented us with the images of girls in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, “Matrix”, “Lady in Red” and many other films.
The creators of Resident Evil went even further and not only dressed Ada Wong in a red dress, but also presented her with the role of a mysterious spy, who greatly influenced and, apparently, will more than once affect the events in the series.
My first memory with her is nevertheless connected not with Resident Evil 2, but with the fourth part, where the player was able to get Wong control for the first time (although additional tasks with her were not as good as the main campaign for Leon). She was presented in the role of a fatal woman who would do anything to achieve the desired result.
The best confirmation that the character is loved by the players is its popularity with cosplayers, who constantly compete in attempts to recreate that very dress. You can see one of the good examples. link.
Text: Denis Ddsha Dunaev
Liara T’Soni – Mass Effect series
My first and only video game love is Dr. Liara T’Soni from the Mass Effect series. It is difficult to say why it was the young asari who sunk so deeply into my soul. Maybe it’s all a matter of model appearance, and my feelings for her are extremely superficial. Although, to be honest, I do not remember that she at least once dressed for the plot defiantly or intentionally sexy. In my opinion, the uniform of a research officer looks much more profitable on her than tight leggings on Miranda.
Perhaps the cause of my attachment was passion. Liara’s passion for knowledge, passion for revenge, passion for life. She does nothing half-heartedly. He wants to study protein – it means that he’ll break into a cake for the sake of even the smallest bit of information. He intends to destroy someone – and does not calm down until the remains of the enemy fit in a coffee cup.
Perhaps Liara fascinated me with her spontaneity. Most of the Normandy crew almost exuded pathos. They were hiding behind masks and secrets. Azari is as straight as an arrow – Liara says that she thinks, and acts as she feels. Such heroines are found in other works, but often remain flat and comic characters in them. Azari cannot be called such.
All this together and a thousand other little things made me take Liara for each mission, even when a soldier or engineer was desperately needed instead. My endless gratitude to the scriptwriters – the character turned out to be so lively and dear that for almost a dozen crossings I never once had a relationship with other crew members.
Nevertheless, one should be completely honest. Liara is not my ideal girlfriend (mainly because someone like her probably does not exist). She embodies the features that I would like to see in myself once – courage, determination, intelligence and much more. When I look at Liara T’Soni, I see the best version of myself, and I really like it.
Text: Bair Vydar Modonov
