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— Videogame Heroines ABC Round 2 —

Jean is the superspy from “Keep Your Heart Close”.

Designed as a modern take on James Bond in a dystopian possible near-future, Jean was a skilled engineer working for the “Ministry of Surveillance” and exploring possible cases of corruption, corporate espionage and other state threats (or so they were called).

Featuring gameplay based around reconnaissance, planning and execution, the game took hints from PC tactical shooters and applied them to a third person stealth game focused on a single avatar.
The missions were open ended and contained several objectives to complete, often using varied uses of Jean’s technical skills and her trusty multi-tool. Hacking, redirecting elevators, rewiring alarms, fire sprinklers lights and computer access were some of the minigames presented as puzzles which the player could complete in several attempts, as (s)he watched around for the patrols.

Unfortunately, the game came out on Saturn in 2000, in the twilight years of the console as a last desperate effort, just as another, well known spy game came out on N64, ironically a truer spiritual successor to James Bond’s latest prowesses. The game faded to obscurity despite its homages to different spy series and films (not least of all the original “Impossible Mission” series and its famous elevator scenes).

http://pehesse.deviantart.com/art/J-for-Jean-360520431

**Please note : this character and game are actually fictional :-)**

— Videogame Heroines ABC Round 2 —

Ivanyia is the lead character from “Raincall”. A doctor by trade, she battles the evil taking place in the countryside of Dunyia : a malevolent series of climatologic events that spread various diseases.
The game plays as an open world, as you search for victims of the different possible afflictions. Once you locate somebody you think you can save, it’s up to you to take him back to shelter, or begin to help on the spot (though it’s a lot riskier), and then proceed with treatment using your limited supplies.
If you diagnosed the symptoms correctly, you can then move on to operate on the patient in a form of surgical simulator… all the while checking that the weather doesn’t turn foul on you.

A very stressful and desperate experience, the game is a form of survival where there are no enemies, only dwindling resources, and a growing sense of hopelessness - is it even possible for you to save those who can help you determine what’s happening?

http://pehesse.deviantart.com/art/I-for-Ivanyia-360343799

**Please note : this character and game are actually fictional :-)**

— Videogame Heroines ABC Round 2 —

“Honey Rose” is the defined alias of the player character in the game with the same name.

Albeit a normal high school student during the day, Honey takes on her true colors at nightfall in lucha libre competitions. The game is an exercice in balance - will the player focus on his daily life, his nightly rising star persona, or try to find a balance between the growing demands of the two? Will he let some of the people he meets on either side know of his situation on the other?

Part dating-sim, part gestion, part one-on-one fighting, the game struck a peculiar balance but still went largely unnoticed due to poor marketing and the competition of other, focused fighting games (and, admittedly, a janky fighting system relying on the player’s stats).
Those who went for the immersive experience of having to manage a double-life didn’t come back disappointed though, as the continuous requests for a “Second Honey” show!

http://pehesse.deviantart.com/art/H-for-Honey-Rose-360166091

**Please note : this character and game are actually fictional :-)**

— Videogame Heroines ABC Round 2 —

Ghost is the point (wo)man from Squad Nine, the main group of the story of “Chain of Command”, the “story-based military shooter”, controversially acclaimed for its lack of multiplayer.

Quiet and strong-willed, she imposes her rhythm during her missions through short, to-the-point comments on the situation to her squadmates. Though an FPS, the game establishes a strong sense of character : the player lives the events through her eyes, but she’s by no means an empty
avatar to project on. And it’s her capacity to remain cool-headed that determines how events play out in the script. The game may be a linear, thoroughly scripted ride, it manages to propose a feeling of identification through characterization that allows a degree of role-play, and eventually
gives a sensation of control on the events that occur in the late game.

http://pehesse.deviantart.com/art/G-for-Ghost-359959487

**Please note : this character and game are actually fictional :-)**

— Videogame Heroines ABC Round 2 —