Highlights
- Ubisoft has been at the forefront of adding more female characters and leads into the gaming industry, with many fantastic female heroes in their history.
- Female heroes like Evie Frye, Clara Lille, and Aurora have made significant contributions to Ubisoft's games and have become stand-out characters in their respective franchises.
- Ubisoft continues to create diverse and inspiring female heroes, such as Aya, Dani Rojas, Fenyx, and Jade, who challenge traditional gaming stereotypes and offer unique and compelling narratives.
Ubisoft is one of the biggest and most beloved game companies in the world. Having created a huge library of games, it is no wonder that they have been one of the companies at the forefront of adding more female characters and leads into the video gaming industry.
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Between the many protagonists and heroes of the Assassin’s Creed franchise in particular, and other one-off heroes from other Ubisoft properties, there have been many fantastic female heroes in the company’s history. The bright future of Ubisoft helps promise that many more are likely on the way as well, with no end in sight for the hugely successful franchises of Ubisoft.
7 Evie Frye (Assassin’s Creed Syndicate)
A Female Assassin With Great Skills Who Stops Templars From Gaining The Shroud
was a game that had a lot to do, since the previous entry, Unity, had left a bad taste in players' mouths on release due to technical issues. Syndicate took the ever-moving franchise to London and gave the series a female protagonist in the form of Evie Frye.
This expert assassin, alongside her brother Jacob, fought across the city during the industrial age to try and stop the Templars from gaining the Shroud, a Precursor Relic. Evie was a fantastic leap forward for the franchise, which helped signify real change, and she was excellent in her role as the more serious older twin to Jacob’s carefree assassin character.
6 Clara Lille (Watch Dogs)
Expert Hacker With Complicated Morality Who Helped Aidan But Couldn't Be Trusted
Watch Dogs
- Released
- May 26, 2014
- Developer(s)
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Genre(s)
- Open-World , Action , Adventure
Ubisoft created something totally new with Watch Dogs, a world that felt unusual for the gaming sphere and which was packed full of content. However, they managed to pull it off due to characters like Clara Lille, also known under the alias BadBoy 17. She is first encountered early in the game, helping Aidan, but is later revealed to have been hired to track him and Damien down.
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Despite her tracking them down and putting them on the hit list for Chicago South Club, she attempted repentance, showcasing complex and fascinating morality as she tried to set things right. Her heart-breaking last voicemail that Aiden listens to after she is killed for trying to help them is stuck in the minds of many players, helping her become a stand-out in the game.
5 Aurora (Child Of Light)
A Delightful Hero On A Quest To Save A Kingdom
One of the most creative forays Ubisoft has ever made, Child of Light, was half a platformer, and half an RPG. The protagonist of this delightful adventure is Aurora, who enters the kingdom of Lumeria after dying from a mysterious cause and must capture the sun, moon, and stars from an evil Queen to return home.
Child of Light was a beautiful creation by Ubisoft, and Aurora was an exemplary female hero, who managed to take so much in her stride, even after learning that her real home was being threatened, and her father was falling ill, she continued boldly in her quest, simply gaining strength from the fear and pressure this put on her. There has been no word about a sequel to this phenomenal game, but many fans continue to hope that Ubisoft will create similarly styled adventures in the future.
4 Aya (Assassin’s Creed Origins)
The First Ever Female Assassin, And Helps Start The Hidden Ones
Assassin’s Creed Origins is one of the most fascinating games in the long-running franchise, giving players the chance to explore Egypt, a place long avoided by the series, and explore the origins of the centuries-long conflict between Assassins and Templars. It also introduced some incredible characters, like Aya of Alexandria.
Whereas Bayek goes on a typically male hunting spree in response to their son’s death, Aya backs away from him and educates herself in the Library of Alexandria. She plotted from the shadows, far more the assassin than Bayek in many ways, and became an agent of Cleopatra, eventually avenging her son and beginning the Hidden Ones, an incredible set of achievements for a character that is a personal favorite of the series for many fans.
3 Dani Rojas (Far Cry 6)
Ruthless Guerrilla Fighter Who Brings Down A Dictator
Though Dani Rojas is one of the recent Ubisoft characters with a gender determined by the player, she is canonically thought of as a female. A native of the fictional island of Yara, Dani fights in guerrilla warfare against Anton Castillo, the charismatic President of the island.
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Whereas Assassin’s Creed protagonists are often kept a little more light-hearted in nature, Far Cry isn’t afraid to be brutal as a franchise. Thus, fans were slightly stunned by the vicious nature of Rojas, but it was a welcome shift from the sort of female characters that players were used to seeing in major games.
2 Fenyx (Immortals Fenyx Rising)
A New Greek Legend Who Stops A Plot To Destroy The Gods
Immortals Fenyx Rising
- Platform(s)
- PS5 , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Stadia , Xbox One , PC , Switch
- Released
- December 3, 2020
- Developer(s)
- Ubisoft Quebec
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG
A fascinating stand-alone action game that Ubisoft developed using the team behind Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Immortals: Fenyx Rising tackled the mythological aspects of Ancient Greece in a brand-new way. Telling the story of an escaped titan, Typhon, and the mortal that attempts to defeat him, this game helped a female hero truly shine.
Fenyx starts as a washed-up Greek shield-bearer but quickly accepts her task of defeating Typhon to save humankind, who has been turned to stone all around her. Through many betrayals, including manipulation by Prometheus, her brother Ligyron siding with Typhon, and even the Gods themselves not turning out to be what they appeared, Fenyx stays on the course of just attempting to do the right thing, and it helps make her come off as one of the most determined heroes in Ubisoft history, and her game has inspired many others to take on a lighter tone.
1 Jade (Beyond Good & Evil)
Legendary Trailblazing Protagonist, And Fights Against An Alien Invasion
The early days of Ubisoft didn’t contain as many memorable hits as their later years, once franchises like Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed really took off, the earlier years were more focused on stand-alone games. Still, some of their games from the early part of the 21st Century were defining, and a character like Jade from Beyond Good & Evil is remembered today for being a huge part of helping female protagonists gain traction within the industry.
A photojournalist in the 25th Century with a peculiar and impressive set of skills, Jade joins the IRIS Network to fight against the DomZ, discovering some fascinating powers held within her along the way. This game, originally not a massive hit, has gained huge cult status and been named by many as one of the greatest games of all time, with a follow-up still in high demand, and seemingly nowhere in sight.
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