20 Greatest Female Video Game Characters Of All Time

2. Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2)

Although she's often brought up in the conversation of "look, video games can't be sexist because we have characters like this!" that reductive kind of thinking hasn't lessened the memory of how much of an interesting and refreshing character Alyx Vance was when she first premiered. More than anything else, Alyx managed to humanise the Half-Life series. Because, for as much as everyone loves old crowbar-wielding Gordon Freeman, he wasn't the best at articulating his emotions, speaking or doing anything at all. Alyx and her family on the other hand gave players a reason to care about the second game's story, adding emotional depth to a release that was otherwise focused on causing as much rag-doll carnage as you possibly could.