Female Video Games Character Analysis

The Change in Female Video Game Characters
When one enters a video game store and looks around at the different covers for the games. Most games one picks up will have a male character on the front and a less prominent woman character in the back(see fig. 1). In fact, most principal video game characters are male. The supporting roles are usually played by female characters if there are any female characters.Image Even some of the first characters like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man although they were not human, they were male. Games like Link and Mario Brothers also had principal male characters and a weaker female character that needed to be saved. Even more recent games include Splinter Cell and the remade Prince of Persia. This large disparity of strong female characters has alienated women gamers. However now female characters are becoming stronger and more equal to their male counterparts. …show more content…
Zelda although in the first adventure needs to be rescued she is also a pioneer for female gamers. She is a fair and just leader that rules her country with compassion. She constantly put herself in danger for the good of her people. Anya Stroud from Gears of Wars was another strong female character whom attracted women gamers. From the start, Anya was intelligent and deeply devoted to the missions and their success. She was vital to missions as head intelligence officer and helped the Delta Squad survive. As one article said she “never settled for anything less than a victory". In Gear 3 she got to see real combat that really made this strong character even stronger and made her equal to her male comrades. She has also been called "one of the COG elite". These individual female characters were vital to their game world. There is however a franchise were the lead character is a female and she is the only character the player plays as, Nancy