Everyone, male or female, has different tastes in games and the types of characters they prefer to play or interact with. This is certainly not a complete list of the "best" characters from the "best" games, they just happen to hold a special place in my heart.
I loved Mortal Kombat II as a kid, but was not allowed to own it since it was deemed "too violent" by my mom. So I played it a lot at friends' houses and arcades. Kitana is a somewhat overly-sexualized female fighter, which I don't usually care for, but really I just like the way she says "KITANA" it makes me laugh.
A strong female fighter who is sexualized, but not overly so. Plus I love the Leia buns in her hair.
Beautiful, elegant, and strong without balloon boobs in my face. (Not that I'm saying I don't like boobs. Everyone likes boobs.)
While the opinions of Mirror's Edge tend to be mixed, and playing the game gave me serious vertigo/ fits of vomiting, Faith is pretty bad-ass. She's strong and sexy, but not super-human or overly sexualized. She's my kinda gal. Plus, who doesn't want to be able to successfully do parkour off of skyscrapers?
I think I'm in love with GLaDOS. She's smart, snarky, and borderline evil.
I was always disappointed that there wasn't at least one level in Conker's Bad Fur Day where you could play as Berri.
She was sexy, but she didn't really know it. She a tomboy who did magic and used a whip: enough said.
While I never loved Metroid, I have to tip my hat to this iconic female protagonist, she paved the way.
She just makes me chuckle.
Arguably the first female protagonist in a video game.
