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[13ruce]

Samus, Imp Midna Regular Midna, Zelda, Squid Sisters, Twintelle, Peach and Roselina, Shanoa, Castlevania, Chun Li and Linkle .

Edit: Witcher 3: Ciri and Horizon Dawn Aloy, also like Lara Croft, The Boss, Eva, Sniper Wolf.

 

[DemWalls]

Speaking of which, I've always liked this lady from The Secret World:


Very aristocratic, so to say. Plus I'm a fan of relatively simple designs. Many of those posted here I find a bit overdesigned.

+ A couple random bonus pics:

Just another one I have on my imgur album, though I don't remember if it's actually from some Chinese/Korean game or just a cool artwork. Anyway, I really like it:

 

[Jennipeg]

I've always been a big fan of Elena's outfit from UC2

 

[Turin]

I wouldn't have put it that way lol, but I don't find Tifa's design particularly memorable, apart from her chest I suppose, but even back then, at 12 years old, I couldn't believe they designed her that way.

I felt a little weird about that phrasing as soon as I posted it tbh......

Some think it's iconic. Maybe it is but I think it made it harder to take her seriously.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

My Persona 5 girl

 

[HiiiLife]

Chun Li.
Jill Valentine in the OG RE.
UC2 Elena.
Kitana.

Too many

 

[Chessr]

Lyse Hext - Final Fantasy XIV

 

[Fuchsdh]

Triss Merigold in The Witcher 2 (compared to how she looked in the first...

...And then they went and downgraded her outfit in W3, despite it making absolutely no sense. Still bummed about that.

It's kind of funny how many "normal clothes" outfits people have highlighted here, which I think points to general problems with character design as well as specific shortcomings with women characters in particular.

 

[Reki]

I'm not sure why but I always loved Mirania's design from The Last Story. Maybe because it's not as exuberant/over the top as JRPGs usually offer:

And she is a pretty funny character too.

 

[Jennipeg]

I felt a little weird about that phrasing as soon as I posted it tbh......

Some think it's iconic. Maybe it is but I think it made it harder to take her seriously.

I actively ignore her design, because thinking about this woman doing martial arts in a mini skirt is.... just no, it would be around her waist, she would be better off with a skirt like 2B. Tifa's design is easily fixed with shorts, they could have been just as short as the skirt. I prefer the Advent Children design in every way, it sure looked good on Rinoa too.

 

[DemWalls]

...And then they went and downgraded her outfit in W3, despite it making absolutely no sense. Still bummed about that.

Are you referring to what's said in the books, or you just don't like how she's dressed given her situation in the game?

 

[george_us]

The Beauty and the Beast Unit are the most aesthetically terrifying villains in the Metal Gear universe. Their intro video put the fear of God in me plus their backstories were all pretty interesting. Too bad about the exploitatative scenes when their armor was removed.

 

[kromeo]

Best:

 

[Fuchsdh]

Are you referring to what's said in the books, or you just don't like how she's dressed given her situation in the game?

Just the situation in the game. Leaving aside the alternate outfit thing, this is a game series where the only people who are ever shown all sexed up are sorceresses, and she's supposed to be incognito in the city that is burning sorceresses. Maybe cover up more than just "I put on a hood, I am invisible!"

I have similar issues with Ves given that she's running around with her front exposed for no good reason and she's a soldier, but that gets into a practicality issue more than the character design on its own.

 

[Georome]

Rainbow Mika

 

[Turin]

I actively ignore her design, because thinking about this woman doing martial arts in a mini skirt is.... just no, it would be around her waist, she would be better off with a skirt like 2B. Tifa's design is easily fixed with shorts, they could have been just as short as the skirt. I prefer the Advent Children design in every way, it sure looked good on Rinoa too.

Yeah. She looks like the badass she's supposed to be in AC.

I'm curious to see what direction Nomura takes it with VIIR.

 

[CopperPuppy]

Evie Frye from Assassin's Creed Syndicate:

 

[Shin-Ra]

Midna, Hena and Zelda (Twilight Princess)

 

[DemWalls]

Just the situation in the game. Leaving aside the alternate outfit thing, this is a game series where the only people who are ever shown all sexed up are sorceresses, and she's supposed to be incognito in the city that is burning sorceresses. Maybe cover up more than just "I put on a hood, I am invisible!"

I have similar issues with Ves given that she's running around with her front exposed for no good reason and she's a soldier, but that gets into a practicality issue more than the character design on its own.

Her appearance in TW 3 kinda bothers me because, as I said, it goes against something Triss explicitly says in the books (she has some really nasty scars on her chest, and vowed to never expose it again). Forgetting about this for a moment, though, I think the outfit itself is pretty good, especially since that's not an outrageously low cleavage (see the alternate outfit) and they didn't give her enormous breasts* barely squeezed into a skintight garment (which is a very typical design choice in many, many games - see Triss herself in TW 1).

I agree that they could have given her a longer cape for when she is incognito (many NPCs have one, so they could have just reused the model), but honestly her whole questline in Novigrad felt a bit off to me. Just how it develops and all.

About Ves, it's funny, really. Both in TW 2 and TW 3 there are characters who openly criticize her choice of clothing, how it's not fit for a warrior, etcetera. It's almost like CDPR designed her to make some sort of statement and wanted to say more about it and Ves herself, but something got cut along the way.

* Modders got this, though :lol:

Spoiler

 

[Shin-Ra]

Emily (Until Dawn) the greatest bitchy vidyagame character of all time!

*also has amazing skin and lipgloss! makeup.

 

[SoldnerKei]

Rorolina Frixell from Atelier Totori, perfection.

Nina from Breath of Fire II, always like that one.

also Cherche from Fire Emblem, truly a Dragon Maid.

 

[Ushay]

I think Aloy from Horizon has one the best I've seen in recent memory.

Her design is respectful to her gender, she shows zeal and passion in her animations and expresses herself really well in the game.

Honestly its really refreshing.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Mona Sax (Max Payne 2):

2B (Nier: Automata):

The Boss (MGS3):

Eileen the Crow:

From Bloodborne

Great shout.

 

[DodgeDusk]

Kloe Rinz - Trails in the Sky

Leanne - Resonance of Fate

2B - NieR: Automata

Sonya - Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Honourable mentions to Duvalie from Trails of Cold Steel 2. Excellent design, outside of the boob armour.

 

[Dragon1893]

Really hard to narrow it down to a few, I'll just show some love to the ones I feel aren't getting enough mentions:

Estelle (Trails in the Sky):

Elena (Uncharted):

Isabeau (SMT IV)

Yukari (Persona 3)

More recently I've really enjoyed all the female party members in Persona 5 and 2B from Nier Automata.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

anyone not in a Dead or Alive or Quiet from MGS or remotely like them

 

[psychowave]

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn are full of great designs, but Titania takes the cake. She's one of my favorite characters in gaming. Capable, cool, stronger than most of the men, attractive without being sexualized, kind and caring while also being relatively pragmatic about life. Win situation all around.

But since this is mainly about her design, she just looks really badass. Plus, her name is really cool too. In English and Japanese (Japanese was Tiamat)

No one else comes close. This is how you design medieval(ish) female characters.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Beatrix and Freya from Final Fantasy IX are among my favorites. I like the look of the the Splatoon girls. Twintelle from ARMS. Most of the girls from Adventures of Hourai High. Bebedora from Arc the Lad. Bayonetta, particularly her 2 outfit. There are a lot more can't think of right now.

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

Rainbow Mika

And I thought Cammy had a deep backstory!

 

[WonderzL]

Splatoon 2's MC! She looks fun and rad.

 

[How About No]

So someone posted that horrid Maria in the other thread and that reminded me how awesome her redesign was in Dracula X Chronicles

Sure her clothing looks like a Georgian page boy's but it looks rad as heck on her

 

[DemWalls]

Oh yeah, the other thread made me think about Maya in the Killer Instinct reboot. Really like that one.

 

[gattsu]

That 2booty all day every day. Pics not needed.

Runner up though:

 

[anaron]

Miang - Xenogears

Morte - Sands of Destruction

Ashe - FF XII

Ovelia - FF Tactics

Agrias - FF Tactics

Samatha and Pulpa - Terra Battle

Edea - FF8

Argilla - Digital Devil Saga

Shion - Xenosaga episode 1

 

[Twilight Princess]

Alloy of course

 

[Ballthyrm]

Ce got a couple of Evie Frye already, but her incarnation in the DLC is better i think.
She is among the few older character we have.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

2B. One of the most badass female leads this gen.

Lady Maria

Hifumi Togo

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Peacock, Skullgirls

Oh, hell yeah. No waifu or moeblob or sexualization of any sort, just a really excellent and creative concept and design for a character period, let alone for a female character.

 

[Kolibri]

Has to be Peach.

There is a reason Mario has been trying to save her for over thirty years.

 

[Txαi]

Ini Miney does a lot of crazy stuff with her pizza hat.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

riesbyfe stridberg is my favorite character in anything ever. i absolutely love her ambiguousness, her design, her weapon, her gameplay (melty blood), her name, her color scheme, etc etc. she was made for me and no one cares about her smh

What game is this from? She looks cool.

 

[10k]

Something not overly sexualized usually.

Samus Aran for me. Sick power suit.

GG nailed Aloy for me. I loved her. Strong and skilled and not just a pretty face. Nora tribal clothing.

Also, Elma for Xenoblade Chronicles X.

 

[kromeo]

I'm sure this thread came up recently, because I remember posting Lyon from Suikoden 5

 

[traffiktiger]

Tharja

 

[cakely]

Lady Maria (props to the respective artists)

A corpse ... should be left well alone.

Definitely one of my favorite female character designs. Also a hell of a boss fight.

 

[Kolibri]

I'd like to thank the other thread for introducing me to this picture of Bayonetta. My new pick (Sorry Peach).

 

[How About No]

I still love how the same examples get posted in two clashing threads lol

 

[Mephala]

What game is this from? She looks cool.

Melty Blood. I always liked her design but could never play her well.

 

[KiNolin]

Not gonna lie, I love me some Ayane in Ninja Gaiden and whenever she cameos in a Tecmo game.

 

[TheGamingBox]

another favorite
robin