20 Greatest Female Video Game Characters Of All Time

By Josh Brown /

9. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)

For most older gamers, their first foray into survival horror would have been filtered through the lens of S.T.A.R.S officer, Jill Valentine. Co-star of the very first Resident Evil game, players instantly fell in love with the vulnerable but quick-witted "master of unlocking" - and not just because she had a larger inventory and bigger guns than her male counterpart. But that was 1996, and Jill's reputation has only grown since from game to game, to the point where it was a genuine shock to see her turn up in the fifth entry under the control of that sunglasses-wearing-in-the-dark douche Albert Wesker. While some players would have probably preferred to see another Resi character here instead (Claire Redfield, perhaps) Jill no doubt holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers simply because she was the first person they ever associated with the terror of those early games in the franchise.