Welcome all to another edition of The 8 Ball! Today I’m here to talk about women in games, specifically women heroes. This list is made with the general rule that the woman in question has to be in at least two games as the playable character. There is an exception below, but you’ll see why.
The women here have to be the playable character in either their own game, or at least, a co-main lead. So while Chun-Li is great, I don’t think she’s ever been in her own, solo game before. Let’s begin: #8: Alice The titular Alice from the American McGee series isn’t some heroine bent on saving the world from mass destruction.
She’s a girl that has mental issues and her mind is the Wonderland realm, which she is trying to repair by overthrowing the Queen of Hearts. The sequel has Alice facing off the Dollmaker in Wonderland, while reality gets more and more depressing. I appreciate this game due to the fantastical nature of it all, but it really is just a big metaphor for Alice trying to repair her own fractured psyche.
#7: Jesse Faden This is my own partial cheat, since she’s really only playable in Control. She does make an appearance in Alan Wake 2 though and I’m going to bet she’ll be the main character in Control 2 as well. I really just dug Jesse’s overall character.
She gets dropped into a fairly bizarre world but takes it in stride and just goes on her quest to try and find her brother and to stop the Hiss from wrecking even more of the Oldest House. I also .
