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Chaos Space Marine seems potentially a bit too specific. - For all GW's faults, evil, spikey retrogothic science fiction powered Knight Armour, is something that's rather specific, especially if you add in the requirement for 'for a female' (an issue already long discussed in this thread).

Offhand, the only thing that remotely comes close to me. - And by remotely I mean, very remotely indeed.

Are, Hasslefree's 'Power Armored Libby' models. And the Dreadball Void Sirens. (Spoilers for massive pictures)


Although, Mantic do have the female Enforcer Pathfinder model. - Which is basically Mantic's equivalent of Space Marine Scout Armour.




There's got to be something in the Infinity range too that would suit as well.

Of course, none of these would be spikey enough for something 'Chaos Space Mariney' - Maybe something like the female Daedric Armour in Skyrim?

It doesn't have to be sci-fi, or even spiky.

I am mainly very curious to see how many female characters wear big, bulky armour; indeed, if any do. CSM were just an example so you see which 'armour class' I am referring to.

I dislike those pink-white models, but the Enforcer Pathfinder is great.

Of course, no boobplate, no boobwindow, sideboob and what have you, and no high heels.

There were a couple of female Generals in the Fire Emblem series that would qualify I think.

Here's Amelia from The Sacred Stones, doing a critical hit attack with a sword:



And Wendy from Sword of Seals, with a Lance:

...I like that one. A shame she's pretty small, and my eyesight is not very good.

I definitely think Hasslefree might be the good route to have a look at then. - Though I might be 'teaching you to suck eggs' on that.

Well it was a sprite for the GameBoy Advance, so it was bound to be fairly small :/

I think I can see them decently well anyway. Thank you, really good! Showed them to a few friends as well.

Fire Emblem has a lot of gems like that, I think. Not that much in the way of cheesecake at least.

 Ashiraya wrote:
It doesn't have to be sci-fi, or even spiky.

I am mainly very curious to see how many female characters wear big, bulky armour; indeed, if any do. CSM were just an example so you see which 'armour class' I am referring to.

I dislike those pink-white models, but the Enforcer Pathfinder is great.

Of course, no boobplate, no boobwindow, sideboob and what have you, and no high heels.

So big, bulky, nonsexual armour?

I think:
Metroid (depending on if you'd consider it 'bulky')
Souls series (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2) have some quite bulky armour sets
Monster Hunter series as well
Fallout 3 & New Vegas with their power armour
X-Com? I vaguely recall their armour sets where reasonably chunky

Probably more I can't remember, but I doubt there'd be many more.

 Asherian Command wrote:
Hahaha. Get back on-topic.

What would be a great way to introduce a female villain? What makes a good female villain? What would be a great way to introduce it

I like the way Claire got introduced in the comic faust, having sex with a guy afterward she pushes her thumbs into his eyes and then uses a razor to cut his throat
in front of a 2 way mirror where her husband is watching
Maybe NSFW

Sorry forgot pics

Demon's Souls - Brushwood and Gloom armour

Dark Souls - Havel and Golem armour

Dark Souls 2 - Steel and Gyrm armour

Monster Hunter Tri - Barroth and Alloy armour

Fallout 3 & New Vegas - power armour

X-Com Enemy Unknown

 VorpalBunny74 wrote:
Sorry forgot pics

Your Xcom picture is broken.

 Bromsy wrote:

 VorpalBunny74 wrote:
Sorry forgot pics

Your Xcom picture is broken.

Fixed (I hope)

Thank you

 Ashiraya wrote:
It doesn't have to be sci-fi, or even spiky.

What about that example I mentioned above:

Seems pretty bulky to me.


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 Melissia wrote:
There were a couple of female Generals in the Fire Emblem series that would qualify I think.

Here's Amelia from The Sacred Stones, doing a critical hit attack with a sword:



And Wendy from Sword of Seals, with a Lance:

Those two armors look very similar. Like, palette-swap and weapon change similar. I guess those two games are from the same series?

You are correct, both of these are Fire Emblem games as she points out (speaking of which, it's an amazing game series in general)

Yep. Fire Emblem is an excellent game series in general. It has its flaws ,but generally its good parts overcome them with aplomb.

@Hybrid: Looks okayish, but something just looks... off.

I'm curious, what do you guys think about the new re-done Lara Croft. I watched a playthrough of it, and she seemed, strong, but more realistic.




The lead writer of that game was also Rhianna Pratchett, daughter of Terry Pratchett, so yeah .

Less realistic, really. Too much story and gameplay situation . She only felt bad for killing in cutscenes, but she was okay with brutally massacreing things in gameplay.

 Ashiraya wrote:
@Hybrid: Looks okayish, but something just looks... off.

Well, it meet your criterion, does it not? Especially given the style of the game it is coming from, where very few of the bloodlines wear any real armor, it does qualify as bulky armor.

To be fair about Lara Croft, she is not the only character to suffer from a disconnect between the narrative and gameplay. But it was disappointing.

Does anyone remember Flo from Jagged Alliance 2? She started as basically a secretary and complained about the killing. But If you used her enough, she begun to love the thrill of killing.

Iji was, and remains, by FAR the best in terms of gameplay and story integration.

Iji?

Here: http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php

It's a great sidescroller game, with the story changing depending on your actions. You don't actually have to kill anyone, though that doesnt' mean there are no deaths.

Thanks. I will try it if it works with Wine, I guess. I see what you mean by gameplay and story integration now.

Also, the author in Iji thought of everything.

EVERYTHING.

Ijii Is a neat game, but it has been forever since I played it. The characterization is a lot different then you see in most games.

Melissia wrote:She only felt bad for killing in cutscenes, but she was okay with brutally massacreing things in gameplay.

Not in my game. I definitely recall Lara calling out that they should just talk it over and how she didn't want to kill anyone, even whilst (due to player input) she was pulling the trigger to defend herself.

As her personality changes through the narrative and she becomes more badass, however, these comments change into taunts and challenges. "How do you like that?!"

I thought this was rather cool, and an interesting departure from standard games where the character doesn't actually go through any development in terms of personality changes.

Just sayin': Athena in Borderlands 2 is a badass female PC.

You know what forget Athena. I love Lilith. (Not in that way.) She had a lot more characterization in BL2 and is now my favorite character. Actually throw a dead cat in a borderland game and your going to find a neat character.