A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

The first years of the new millennium brought us the seventh generation of video game consoles, and with that came a whole new family of attractive men and women. With new evolutions, this decade introduced the start of increasingly realistic-looking characters.

In this decade, we finally started to see male protagonists who aren’t weird action-hero caricatures, but look more natural. But the trend for female characters started to lean towards ridiculous proportions that gave even the original Lara Croft a shameful run for her money.

We’ve already taken a look at the ’80s and the ’90s, but in this third part of our series we’ll explore the era between 2000 and 2009.

Joanna Dark in Perfect Dark (2000)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Julie in Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. ² (2000)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Cate Archer in No One Lives Forever (2000)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Dante in Devil May Cry (2001)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Konoko in Oni (2001)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Cortana in Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Yuna and Tidus in Final Fantasy X (2001)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Mercedes Cortez in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Farah and the Prince in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (2003)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball characters (2003)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Max and Mona in Max Payne 1 & 2 (2001 & 2003)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s
A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Samus Aran in Metroid Zero Mission (2004)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2 (2004)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Fran in Final Fantasy XII (2006)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Zoe Castillo in Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Nariko in Heavenly Sword (2007)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Commander Shepard in Mass Effect (2007)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Princess Peach in Super Mario Galaxy (2007)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer in Uncharted 1 & 2 (2007 & 2009)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld (2008)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Travis Touchdown in No More Heroes (2008)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Akihiro in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (2008)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Sheva Alomar in Resident Evil 5 (2009)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Ezio Auditore in Assassin’s Creed II (2009)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Kisuke and Momohime in Muramasa: The Demon Blade (2009)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

Cammy and Vega in Street Fighter IV (2009)

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

With two generations of consoles, handhelds and PC games out there, there might be other good looking characters missing from our list. Post them in the comments!

Sources: Prince of Persia Wiki, Naughty Dog, Perfect Dark Wiki, Heavy Metal Magazine Fan Page, Bungie, FF Wiki, Dreamfall, Ninja Theory, Megami Tensei Wiki, Capcom


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