There was no shortage of amazing female characters in 2022, and games like Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok feature unmistakable ones.
10. Aloy – Horizon Forbidden West
During the events of Horizon Zero Dawn, Aloy figured out she was actually a hereditary clone of a 21st-century scientist by the name of Elisabet Sobeck, which explained a great deal of her history. Horizon Zero Dawn consecrated Aloy as a fantastic protagonist also thanks to her questioning what her existence means in the event that she is technically just a device designed to save the planet.
The first passage in the franchise explained what Venture Zero Dawn was and why defeating the now maverick Hades was necessary to avoid total annihilation, yet it left out a couple of key details that were investigated in Horizon Forbidden West.
9. Amicia – A Plague Tale: Requiem
Amicia was already a great deuteragonist in A Plague Tale: Honesty alongside her brother Hugo, yet the sequel hit a home run with the way the story is told and the way that the characters’ fates weave. In the sequel, she gets new tools, and Amicia’s crossbow rapidly becomes an amazing weapon to use that fulfills a power fantasy left vacant in the first title.
Nonetheless, Amicia is called to make considerably more troublesome and desperate choices than she did in the past, and she is faced much more with the weight of a steadily decreasing quality of mental health. A Plague Tale: Requiem sees Amicia falter several times, up to the furthest limit of the game, although that is something players can change.
8. Eunie – Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 features a lot of interesting characters, yet one that fans were immediately drawn to is Eunie, perhaps the earliest playable character and one who starts the game with the Surgeon Heavy weapons specialist class, making her immediately truly valuable to the party. Eunie is known for her sharp tongue and for being obscene, which often makes up for comedic alleviation in cutscenes or regular dialog in the game.
Eunie’s personality can make her both a caring companion and a rather impatient ally, characteristics that will more often than not characterize her interactions and make her stand out past her interesting remarks or discourteous comments.
7. Freya – God of War Ragnarok
Although Freya initially appears as an antagonist in God of war Ragnarok because of her thirst for retribution against Kratos for killing Baldur, eventually she becomes perhaps of the most interesting supporting character in the series and substantially more than that.
Freya, who is a goddess herself and a previous spouse to Odin, has actually been cursed by the latter and is bound to Midgard. In God of War Ragnarok, Freya realizes that killing Kratos wouldn’t accomplish much for her apart from perpetuating a needless pattern of death and vengeance.
6. Laura – The Quarry
Laura is the first character that players meet while booting The Quarry, and she is also the first one they play as. Laura is one of the counselors at Hackett’s Quarry summer camp, and she is Max’s sweetheart, alongside whom she is presented in the preamble of the game. Notwithstanding, she is soon separated from Max, who is chomped by a werewolf.
Although after the preamble Laura is just seen again several chapters later, she is a pivotal character in The Quarry because her expertise with firearms and her wits are what can allow players to allow everybody to live in a single playthrough.
5. Melina – Elden Ring
Melina is one of those characters that Elden Ring players won’t probably ever neglect, as she immediately becomes their aide in The Lands Between, and then allows them to step up their Tarnished or fast-travel to other locations.
Players can converse with Melina at various Sites of Grace all through the game, and the mysterious character states that she doesn’t recall her purpose, however, it will turn out to be clear to her once she gets to the Erdtree. Coincidentally, this is where Sovereign Marika resides, a controversial character whose other half is Radagon, and the one that is supposedly Melina’s mother.
4. Marissa Marcel – Immortality
Immortality is the new game from Sam Barlow, the creator of Her Story, which became very successful when it first launched. In Immortality, players are tasked with sorting out the existence of vanished actress Marissa Marcel by taking a gander at the footage from her unreleased movies, eventually discovering what happened to her.
Although the game leaves it up to the players’ interpretation, it seems that the original Marissa Marcel possibly kicked the bucket in France during The Second Great War when she was consumed by a creature called The One, who then became her.
3. Nico Minoru – Marvel’s Midnight Suns
While Marvel’s Midnight Suns players who haven’t stayed aware of each and every MCU venture or comic may not perceive Nico Minoru, she is actually a pivotal character in Marvel’s Runaways. The Midnight Suns’ version of Nico Minoru is very not the same as that of Runaways, in any case, and this reflects particularly well in how proficient she is with her signature weapon – The Staff of One.
This makes her stand out compared to the Runaways counterpart, and it seems she is more mature and all the more composed in any event, while tackling her dark side.
2. Ranni – Elden Ring
Another fan-favorite character in Elden Ring is Ranni the Witch, whom players initially meet under the name of Renna, Ranni’s original coach. Before the events of Elden Ring, she steals the Rune of Death and kills Godwyn, the Brilliant, and her own original body.
With the Tarnished serving as her champion, she seeks to kill the Two Fingers and challenge the Greater Will; finishing her questline also rewards players with the Dark Moon Greatsword. From her interactions to her quests, scenes, and rewards, many players consider Ranni a standout in the game.
1. Sienna – Chained Echoes
Although it came out as of late, Chained Echoes has already established itself as one of the most amazing JRPGs of 2022. With Chained Echoes being a blend of various ’90s tropes surrounding JRPGs and RPGs in general, it immediately became a fan-favorite among this year’s many computer game releases. In typical JRPG fashion, Chained Echoes’ cast of characters is very varied and offers exceptionally interesting options both in terms of interactions with NPCs and fabricate options to customize them completely.
Sienna immediately became a staple in many teams because of her strong damage after some time attacks, yet in addition because of her being a fantastic adaptation of classic rogues.