they aren’t just easy on the eyes they
can hold their own in a fight and have
starred in some of the most influential
video games ever made welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the top five leading ladies of
gaming number five Jill Valentine
she’s an elite member of the special
tactics and Rescue Service team called
stars and was charged with rescuing
survivors before getting trapped in a
zombie infested mansion in the survival
horror masterpiece Resident Evil
despite being originally designed as a
sexy yet weaker alternative to the male
character option Jill struck a chord
with gamers early on from her ability to
store two more items better access to
ammunition an ability to pick locks this
leading lady proved herself to be one
tough chick in a terrifying crisis u5
ruled cultured freak she later returned
as the civilian lead in resident evil 3
nemesis and in the case files
compilation the Umbrella Chronicles
number 4 chun-li created by Capcom the
Chinese Interpol agent turned fighter
was the first lady ever to duke it out
in a tournament fighter appearing
alongside the muscled clad dudes in
Street Fighter 2 she quickly excited
arcade faring gamers with her tale of
revenge
competing to exact street justice on her
father’s killer she worked her way up to
the game’s final boss and bison using
her signature lightning kick chun-li has
subsequently appeared in every iteration
of the franchise and led the way for
women’s equality in the digital fighting
space since her debut in 1991 number
three
joanna dark she’s the star of the
critically acclaimed first-person
shooter perfect dark debuting in rares
futuristic tale of a secret agent
employed by the Carrington Institute
she’s fought in a secret war between two
warring alien races and established
herself as the first major femme fatale
of the first-person shooter genre I’m
part of an elite commando team I do the
jobs you never hear about as deadly as
James Bond and just plain perfect
all-around Johanna has been able to
survive impossible odds with her cunning
and use of futuristic dual function
firearms number two Lara Croft arguably
the most scantily clad and weld endowed
femme fatale on this list Lara Croft has
been pleasing adventure seekers since
1996 and single-handedly skyrocketed the
demand for female leads in video games
you’d be amazed how persuasive I can be
over the years she has blazed a path of
exploration around the globe and this
athletic archaeologist from the Tomb
Raider series has become one of the most
well-known and beloved leading ladies of
all time in the process of changing
hands with several different developers
over the years she has slowly undergone
several dramatic alterations since her
debut these include her new sweeter
personality and the reduction of her
outrageous double D chest number one
Samus Aran she’s been a leading lady
since 1986 yet ironically the only
people that knew that she was a chick
were the players who managed to beat the
game revealing herself as a highly
capable blonde this intergalactic bounty
hunter has the distinction of never
appearing in a less than a plus
installment taking on a usually
male-dominated role this heroine tops
the countdown for remaining an icon of
game design perfection and for her major
contribution to gender equality in
gaming
today female characters continue to
become more and more numerous in game
design yet many continue to function as
nothing but eye candy that’s why it’s
nice to see that there a group of elite
ladies that have broke through the
digital ceiling and offered us
impressive gaming adventures all while
standing toe-to-toe with the men
can hold their own in a fight and have
starred in some of the most influential
video games ever made welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the top five leading ladies of
gaming number five Jill Valentine
she’s an elite member of the special
tactics and Rescue Service team called
stars and was charged with rescuing
survivors before getting trapped in a
zombie infested mansion in the survival
horror masterpiece Resident Evil
despite being originally designed as a
sexy yet weaker alternative to the male
character option Jill struck a chord
with gamers early on from her ability to
store two more items better access to
ammunition an ability to pick locks this
leading lady proved herself to be one
tough chick in a terrifying crisis u5
ruled cultured freak she later returned
as the civilian lead in resident evil 3
nemesis and in the case files
compilation the Umbrella Chronicles
number 4 chun-li created by Capcom the
Chinese Interpol agent turned fighter
was the first lady ever to duke it out
in a tournament fighter appearing
alongside the muscled clad dudes in
Street Fighter 2 she quickly excited
arcade faring gamers with her tale of
revenge
competing to exact street justice on her
father’s killer she worked her way up to
the game’s final boss and bison using
her signature lightning kick chun-li has
subsequently appeared in every iteration
of the franchise and led the way for
women’s equality in the digital fighting
space since her debut in 1991 number
three
joanna dark she’s the star of the
critically acclaimed first-person
shooter perfect dark debuting in rares
futuristic tale of a secret agent
employed by the Carrington Institute
she’s fought in a secret war between two
warring alien races and established
herself as the first major femme fatale
of the first-person shooter genre I’m
part of an elite commando team I do the
jobs you never hear about as deadly as
James Bond and just plain perfect
all-around Johanna has been able to
survive impossible odds with her cunning
and use of futuristic dual function
firearms number two Lara Croft arguably
the most scantily clad and weld endowed
femme fatale on this list Lara Croft has
been pleasing adventure seekers since
1996 and single-handedly skyrocketed the
demand for female leads in video games
you’d be amazed how persuasive I can be
over the years she has blazed a path of
exploration around the globe and this
athletic archaeologist from the Tomb
Raider series has become one of the most
well-known and beloved leading ladies of
all time in the process of changing
hands with several different developers
over the years she has slowly undergone
several dramatic alterations since her
debut these include her new sweeter
personality and the reduction of her
outrageous double D chest number one
Samus Aran she’s been a leading lady
since 1986 yet ironically the only
people that knew that she was a chick
were the players who managed to beat the
game revealing herself as a highly
capable blonde this intergalactic bounty
hunter has the distinction of never
appearing in a less than a plus
installment taking on a usually
male-dominated role this heroine tops
the countdown for remaining an icon of
game design perfection and for her major
contribution to gender equality in
gaming
today female characters continue to
become more and more numerous in game
design yet many continue to function as
nothing but eye candy that’s why it’s
nice to see that there a group of elite
ladies that have broke through the
digital ceiling and offered us
impressive gaming adventures all while
standing toe-to-toe with the men
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