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10 Super-Heroine Games We Need

10 Super-Heroine Games We Need

Free Comic Book Day has passed, there are comic conventions all over the US right now, and Avengers: Age of Ultron released not long ago. Comic book characters are ruling the airwaves on TV and on Netflix right now. But I am confused about something. There are a ton of strong, sexy and just plain awesome female characters out there in the comics-verse, but nobody is giving them their due. Why is that? Sexism? Fear? Who really knows? But I’ll tell you this. There are a great many leading ladies in comics that deserve not only their own shows and films, but quite probably their own games as well. This is a thing that needs fixing in my opinion. Here are ten reasons why.

Grimm Fairy Tales

Grimm Fairy Tales

Zenescope Comics has this multi-faceted brand of comics based on The Grimm fairy tales of old. Now make no mistake, these are extremely updated and very sexy. Nearly all of the series’ under the banner head feature well illustrated and incredibly sexy female protagonists that are nothing short of badass. No damsels in distress here. You take one look into the pages of any one of the series that Zenezcope publishes and you will see exactly what we mean and why these lovely and deadly ladies should have their own game. Hell, get American McGee in on this one and you’ve got the makings of some seriously messed up fairy tale fun.

Lady Mechanika

Lady Mechanika

Aspen Press is yet another imprint which has taken to promoting powerful female characters in their comics. My favorite is Lady Mechanika. John Romita Jr. and his team have created an amazing story, world and character and built it all around the steampunk genre. While they take some liberties within, the comic as a whole stays very true-to-form within the bounds of steampunk. Not only is the Lady a knockout, she’s a total badass. And maybe, just maybe, if she got her own game somebody would actually make a steampunk game that would be truly awesome and is told from the feminine perspective.

Vampirella

Vampirella

This she-vamp from Harris Comics has been around so long that she may actually, truly be a vampire. Way before Bloodrayne was created, Vampirella was carving a bloody swath through the comic book world. She shows no mercy, takes no prisoners, and would be the perfect protagonist of a hack-and-slash type game or possibly even an RPG, given her other talents. I mean, she’s even been in space. So really, there’s no ground she can’t cover.

She-Hulk

She-Hulk

I have always felt like She-Hulk lives too deeply in the shadow of her male counterpart. But let’s face it, if you had to look at one of the two, you would most likely choose her over the incredible bulk that is always forcing her into obscurity. She’s more nimble, equally as powerful, she can speak properly and is highly intelligent. That makes her much more of a threat than the old Hulk could ever be. She would be a great candidate for a platforming game. Give her a set of tasks and a few compatriots to come along with her, then let her smash her way through whatever it is she is tasked to do.

The Huntress

The Huntress

OK, I know that Batman has only just gotten a series of games worth playing, but how has Sucker Punch not seized the opportunity and brought more characters from the DC universe into the Arkham Series? Sure, there have been tons of cameos, but there’s a ton of suited-up crazies running around Gotham and fighting crime. For example, the daughter of Catwoman and Batman. She would make a perfect candidate for an offshoot title. And why not the Huntress? She has all the martial arts prowess of her father with all the graceful movement and physical features of her mother. C’mon, guys, let’s give some other badass Gothamites a shot at glory. It also gives us tons of opportunities to bring in the Birds of Prey, Oracle, Black Canary… how could this be a bad thing?

Black Widow

Black Widow

Riding high off of the recent Avengers film, it would be the perfect time for Natasha Romanoff to get her moment in the sun. What better way than to make her fulfill some of the S.H.I.E.L.D. missions you didn’t see in the films? It could be the game that games like Velvet Assassin wished they were. We know that one was based on a real person, but sadly it wasn’t very good. So let’s take the idea of a sexy secret agent and give her a title of her very own. One in which you would not only employ the martial art skills she has, but you would have to use your brain to infiltrate and dismantle your enemy as well. It would be like playing a really great James Bond game.

Elektra

Elektra

I am including Elektra because she needs salvation after that horrible Jennifer Garner movie. Elektra is the one woman who could ever give Matt Murdoch (AKA Daredevil) a run for his money. She was the only one that was ever able to sneak up on him. She was one of the few to beat him at his own game. And she was one of the few women that Daredevil ever got close to. So to get to the point, there needs to be a great hack-and-slash game with Elektra as the featured protagonist. With the insane popularity of the Daredevil show on Netflix, now would be the perfect time to show that franchise some love by putting out a well-made and well-scripted offshoot game featuring one of the deadliest women in Marvel history.

Rogue

Rogue

This X-Man would be the perfect candidate for a video game. Think about it. She can usurp any power of any mutant anywhere and use it against them. All she has to do is touch them. That could add an ever-increasing difficulty and dynamic to the game as she tries to power-hop her way through a series of plot points and challenges. Then take into account that those powers could be collected to a “power wheel” kind of menu thing that could be accessed at any time but each could have limited use so that it wouldn’t allow for one power through the whole game. They could even make it like Skylanders where you have to obtain certain mutant elements to even be able to unlock all the areas of the game. It could be super cool. And if you brought in some of the other women in the X-Men universe, it could be incredible.

Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet

Here’s one more vampire for the list. This cyberpunk vampires could give Rayne a run for her money. She’s tech-savvy and rides a motorcycle like nobody’s business. The possibilities speak for themselves, from vehicle chases to hack and slash action and massive amounts of gunplay as she battles to fight a giant and malevolent corporate government in a dystopian cyberpunk world. Then add in the element of disguise and subterfuge that she is also famous for. It could amalgamate all the things we love about Splinter Cell , Bayonetta , Deus Ex , and wrap it up all in a neat little – and totally badass – package.

Domino

Domino

Even though she got some screen time in the Deadpool game, I would love to see her featured in her own game of subterfuge and total chaos. Keep it on par with what happened in Deadpool , only make it a little less monotonous toward the end. It could be every bit as fun and intense as Deadpool was, but at the same time show that girls don’t always have to be nearly naked to be badasses. You could play to her strengths and add cameos from a bunch of other characters from the Marvel universe that we haven’t really seen yet, ike the ones from X-Force and X-Factor. Put those things all together and it could be one seriously cool game and it could help to bring some more Marvel characters to the video gaming forefront.

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