Blog:Grust's Top 5 Women in Video Games

Third wave feminism, or feminazis, have become one of the more common types of SJWs and a cancer on gaming. Sadly some in the industry take them seriously and have made pro-SJW games to appease them. Hell some in the industry have praised Zoe Quinn for being so brave after driving someone to suicide and getting a job at another indie studio despite having made only one game that can't even qualify as a game. And less said about a certain feminist whose name will not be said (I won't even make a link) the better. This has made several gamers paranoid when a woman is the main character in a game, with some of it being justified like Battlefield V, or not with Wolfenstein: Youngblood (though the game sucks regardless). To prove that women can be in great games and be great characters and curb a little paranoia (though to be honest, while I hate this paranoia, I don't hate people that suffer it), here are my top 5 women in video games.

5. Iroha from Harvest Moon: A New Beginning: I mostly play a female farmer because personally, I think the bachelors are better developed than the bachelorettes. I mean for women, you have a girl obsessed with news, a gold digging magician (rot in hell you rotten piece of trash), and some others that I consider quite forgettable. One exception to the women is Iroha, a hard working blacksmith who moved to the town cuz of the mines (unlocked later) and befriending her gives you blueprints for better equipment. Still it's just not enough because I see her as the only good female character when I have better options with the guys (except Rod who acts too much like a 12 year old).

4. Alexdra Roivas from Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem: Trying to solve her grandfather's murder, she becomes the last hope for humanity when a plot 2,000 years in the making is about to be finished. Thankfully she's not in the fight alone. For the past 2,000 years, other heroes and heroines have aided in the quest to stop the evil scheme from happening. She along with the spirits of these heroes is able to save all humanity from this evil plot.

3. Miku Hinasaki and Mio Amakura from Fatal Frame and Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly respectively: I'm doing a 2fer for this one because their goals are the same. Saved a love one from evil spirits. These two aren't warriors, they aren't trained in combat and if they die, their very souls will be damned, but none of this stops them from progressing through an area entrapped with evil spirits to save someone they love. And in the end their work pays off. While canonically their loved ones die, their actions do at least allow the souls of the dead to pass on.

2. Claire Redfield from Resident Evil: Hands down my all time favorite playable female character of all time. She is heavily trained in the art of combat thanks to her big brother, Chris, her training and skills helped her become one of only a handful of survivors of the Raccoon City incident. One reason I prefer her over Jill is because since Claire is younger, she has much more potential than Jill which shows when she even infiltrates Rockfort Island. My favorite cutscene in the RE2 remake is when she gives the antidote to Annette and face off against William Birkin herself.

Quite a few honorable mentions this time:


 * Carmen Sandiego: I'm not a fan of the games actually. The one game I do own Secret of the Stolen Drums is very mediocre.  What I am a fan of though is the 90s cartoon I grew up with, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandego.  She is such a badass in that show and while she is a thief, she's not stealing out of malice or greed but the thrill of the chase and holds her pursuers in such high respect she even goes out of her way to save them from time to time.  If you yourself want to see this cartoon, I'll link the playlist here.


 * Lara Croft: Being a 90s kid, I grew up with Lara Croft being an icon for the industry. But.... I wasn't a fan.  I've played demos of her games on my demo discs, and I never really cared for her controls.  The reason I bought her game on Sega Saturn is because it was cheap and I wanted to see if as an adult I could finally enjoy the game.  I was wrong, I still did not care for the controls though it felt slightly better as an adult I don't know why.  Still she is an icon for the industry so she deserves a mention.


 * Princess Peach from Super Mario: When she's not being a damsel in distress she is kind of a badass.  She floats in Super Mario Bros. 2, she has the best heals in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and wields one of the hidden weapons, and she was the heroine of Super Princess Peach.  I'm starting to think she gets captured as an excuse to be on vacation from her duties as ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom.


 * Yui Komori from Diabolik Lovers: By now you've heard me talk about the anime Diabolik Lovers and how it's considered one of the worst anime of all time, even though I myself like it (though it didn't stop me from adding it to the Terrible TV Shows Wiki). However we're not talking about the anime, we're talking about the games.  Yui is a kindhearted girl forced to live with six sadistic (yet tragic) vampire brothers.  Being allowed to choose which one bites her, she forms a sort of bond with the vampire and it's implied that her kindness is the first time any of the vampires ever experience kindness at all.  This in turn can cause one of the vampires to fall in love with her.  And it pays off, without spoiling anything, marrying her makes the vampire she chooses to become all powerful.  This is an honorable mention since none of the games ever made it outside of Japan so some gamers will need to use emulators or translations from some sites.


 * Bayonetta: She's a badass and proof a woman in a game can be strong and sexy.


 * Samus Aran from Metroid: Not the biggest fan of this series but still, she's badass.


 * Choose your gender option: Allows your avatar to be either a boy or a girl.  Even I pick girl from time to time in some games.

Okay onto number 1.

And My number 1 woman in video games is... okay you know what it is since it's my favorite franchise.

1. Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda franchise: While she's often a damsel in distress, ask yourself why is she?

SJW: Cuz this is a misogynistic game and Zelda always needs help from a big strong man.

Me: Or is it because she's the reincarnation of the Goddess Hylia and wielder of the Triforce of Wisdom. It's not because she's weak, it because she's a threat to any villain out to conquer Hyrule. Starting with Ocarina of Time, Zelda herself has been active during the final battle as well, holding down Ganon while Link slices his face with the Master Sword, aiding Link with the Arrows of Light, and helping him stab a sword in a demon god's weak spot. In fact, in Twilight Princess she was only a damsel because her own people would have suffered and died. She plays a big role in this series and without her, I wouldn't have my all time favorite franchise and that puts her at number 1 in my choice for a woman in video games.

Chances are there are other good women to choose from in games that I missed and frankly I bet you can name others. Let me know in the comments.

