Buff women in video games [Mark Story Spoilers not related to Character Design]

[Adulfzen]

So I personally didn't play the Last of Us 2 but it seems like there has been a lot of bullshit regarding assholes hating on a new female character introduced in the game because she dared being a woman withl defined muscles :


*** If you click on the artstation link it apparently leads to spoilers so be careful if you haven't played the game yet ***

So I thought, instead of focusing on this negativity we should celebrate women of all body types but in particular those with some welcome muscle definition so I'll start myself with a few examples :

Zarya from Overwatch

Urbosa from Breath of the Wild

Amara from Borderlands 3

There should always be more buff women in videogames but for now let's celebrate those who already exist !

 

[astro]

I just want to say, Abby is my favourite character this gen.

My partner is muscular and sometimes feels like she isn't feminine enough. She's beginning to embrace it a little more, I think she'll find this thread empowering.

 

[Gold Arsene]

The Gerudo in general are shown to be very muscular in BotW.

Most Street Fighter women also have well defined muscle.

 

[Razmos]

I love muscular women in video games, Urbosa for example is just a great character in terms of design and personality, I would want her protecting me any day.

I'm a massive fan of Abby too, i love what they did with the character

 

[Doctor Phishshoe]

Urbosa is the one true champion of BotW

 

[Zombine]

God forbid we have body representation that makes some men insecure. All of these characters are top shelf and some of my favorites.

 

[mopinks]

Vanillaware games take the cake here

 

[signal]

I assume you mean realistic and not like 'Amazon from Dragon's Crown' right

 

[sibarraz]

Angela Belti from Power Instinct is the true queen

 

[Duane]

Yeah, pretty much everyone in Street Fighter. And Chunners is damn near the most iconic, recognized female character in video games. Definitely top three or something.

 

[Dries]

Diversity in body types in gaming is much needed. Very happy to see the course TLOU2 has set in. For me, it gives characters more personality. Good stuff.

 

[TheYanger]

My personal fave

Valkyrie from Siege, the best operator in the damn unit.

 

[cantbebothered]

Queen Abby. Hands down

 

[Comrade Grogu]

Urbosa is the one true champion of BotW

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She's the only interesting one.

 

[JusDoIt]

Laura Bailey only gets cast as buff women in Naughty Dog games.

 

[Adulfzen]

I assume you mean realistic and not like 'Amazon from Dragon's Crown' right

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I don't really wanna define what is good or bad representation of muscular women because a lot of male characters in videogames display ridiculous features as well but if you mean hyper sexualized then maybe yeah

 

[Greywaren]

I love muscular women. They're very, very underrepresented everywhere, not just in videogames, and it's such a shame.

You had some good examples, OP. I'd like to add Chun-Li too, especially her appearance in SFV.

The toned arms are great, but those legs could crush a watermelon without breaking a sweat.

 

[Mediking]

Nothing wrong with strong and muscular women. It's attractive to me so it's cool to see that in video games

 

[softtack]

Tekken's Christie. Her render looks different than her in-game model though.

 

[JusDoIt]

You had some good examples, OP. I'd like to add Chun-Li too, especially her appearance in SFV.

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This is lowkey SFV the thread because every woman in that game is buff as hell.

 

[Spamlynguist]

Marian from River City Girls

 

[TheYanger]

I'd also nominate Sarah Palmer from Halo 4/5. She's maybe not yoked - she's mostly in her armor after all, but she's a fucking tank like all Spartans, something like 7 feet tall and over 200 pounds.

 

[Farrac]

Buff women are the coolest, but they're so rare. Here's Rinkah, from Fire Emblem Fates.

The other day my girlfriend realized she's fascinated with women abs, so I want to show her all of them. Let's keep'em coming.

Vanillaware games take the cake here

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I assume you mean realistic and not like 'Amazon from Dragon's Crown' right

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Vanillaware being like "ah, yes, this is peak human perfection".

 

[CountAntonio]

Butcher from Dark Souls.

 

[JusDoIt]

(Defund the police tho)

 

[texhnolyze]

No love for Lara Croft?

Compared to her old games, she's more buffed in the recent ones, especially Shadow. Which makes sense as she's been climbing for many games.

 

[Bombless]

Kassandra says "Hi".

 

[Adulfzen]

I admit I thought about Street Fighter V as well but I also wish we had at least one character on the level of a Zangief in that game which still shows there are some hard barriers between what women can look like compared to their male counterpart.

But I'm happy to see all those examples already !

 

[shadowman16]

Vanessa in Virtua Fighter 4/Evo. And then she lost most of that muscle for 5... bah, I hated her "redesign" in 5.

 

[Melpomene]

I mean, there's Sakura Ogami from the first Danganronpa, who thanks to the uniform and DR's tone you think is just going to be a slightly-offensive visual gag or something, but somehow manages to subvert those expectations and be one of the best characters in the game.

 

[show me your skeleton]

kassandra from ac odyssey 🥰
i want abby to pick me up and throw me in to the sun 🥰
she's great

 

[Deleted member 543]

Abby is probably my favourite new character design this gen. I want a TLoU/RE crossover where she and Chris team up to duke it out with zombies and boulders.

 

[L Thammy]

 

[Razmos]

Abby is probably my favourite new character design this gen. I want a TLoU/RE crossover where she and Chris team up to duke it out with zombies and boulders.

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I want a QTE where they are just trading blows for a good 5 minutes

 

[Prine]

I love this trend personally. My wife is obsessed with fitness Instagram profiles as she's trying to achieve the same results, works for me :).

 

[astro]

(Defund the police tho)

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Ha, not been this conflicted about a character in a while.

ACAB, but that is a GREAT design.

 

[Deleted member 37928]

I always loved roleplaying as buff women in MMO's. Sadly they're usually among the least played characters.


Roegadyn in Final Fantasy XIV:

Orc in Lineage II:

 

[Hours Left]

Vanillaware being like "ah, yes, this is peak human perfection".

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Vanillaware ain't giving us buff shirtless men, unfortunately. They're always covered up!

 

[mopinks]

oh yeah, Darli Dagger is pretty buff

them's ship building abs

 

[DeepBlueDay]

Gridlock from Rainbow Six Siege. Australian Operator with a great personality/ "aura" imo.

 

[Kazooie]

I see Rinkah was already posted. Also that she apparently got even buffer for her mobile game.

 

[Kaguya]

Wonder how people from the TLoU2 shoulder gate feel about women shoulders in Tekken games, lol.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Horizon's Vanasha :

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

Silvia from Ys VIII :

 

[Croc Man]

Wtf? What a strange complaint. It's not like she's whatsherface from Danganronpa ( great character btw).

Admittedly I haven't played the game but in general I wonder how post apocalyptic characters get so buff with so little protein.

On the flip side how does any character carry some of the weapon loads we see.

 

[Alastor3]

Kassandra says "Hi".

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I played about 10h in this game but man, i should play more

Horizon's Vanasha :

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I was about to post her, love her so much. I hate almost every generic npc in this game but she was a breath of fresh air

 

[Farrac]

I see Rinkah was already posted. Also that she apparently got even buffer for her mobile game.

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[y2kyle89]

Illaoi from League of Legends

 

[aevanhoe]

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Such a great artist (I've been a fan for a while) and such a visually cool character.

 

[Sheev]

Most of my picks have been posted so I'll go with Beastmaster Raha from Battle Chasers Nightwar.