Your favourite Video Game Character

[Estella]

Who is Your favourite Video Game Character?
Mine Has to be Celes from Final Fantasy 6

[Docta_Dillon]

Master Chief, no contest. I wish he was my dad.

[Trog]

I gotta go with Link on this one. He's changed a little over the years but is still my favorite.

[Wukei]

Master Chief, no contest. I wish he was my dad.

Auron...but I'm not wishing he was my dad ^.~ (No Oedipus complex for me, tyvm)

[Hadrian_Emrys]

Two letters say it all:

HK.

-and yes, I wish he was my daddy.

[Kishkumen]

Max, from Sam and Max Hit the Road

[Trog]

^ Ohh! Good one! Max would be cool to have as an Avi!

[Umbilical_Lotus]

That'd be Rose from The Legend of Dragoon. That right there is the CORRECT way to do a female badass :p.

Followed by Nordom from Planescape: Torment. I want a modron of my very own.

[InaVegt]

Seymour (SP?)

[RoboticSheeple]

Gato, Yes, I will beat you up for 50 silver points.

... er, maybe I'm tired.
I foresee a move to Gaming in this thread's future.

[Holy_Knight]

Two letters say it all:

HK.

-and yes, I wish he was my daddy.
Everyone loves me! :D


And when I saw the thread title, the first person I thought of was Link. He's definitely my first choice. After that, I thought of how cool Auron was, so he's probably number 2.

[reorith]

james earl cash from manhunt. he can kill a dude with a plastic bag.

[Deepblue706]

Tough...

I'm torn between these three: Sydney Losstarot (Vagrant Story), Kefka (FFVI) and Sarevok (Baldur's Gate I & II).

Wow, I like bad guys.

[Were-Sandwich]

Raziel from Legcy of Kaine: Soul Reaver

[Rawhide]

That would have to be Link, from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The other Links were good, but he was by far the best. Never has a game made me emphasise and care for a character as much as Ocarina of Time did, and that my friends is the sign of a good, well written game.

[The Evil Thing]

Jon Irenicus is probably my all-time favourite. Apart from having rule-bendingly powerful magic, he had the most amazing voice. It had just the right blend of megalomania, condescension and sheer malice. Outstanding stuff.

[starwoof]

I cant decide! Link is so cool... but Samus is the hot bounty hunter woman I need to make my life complete...

[The_Losar]

After some deliberation, I'll say Cecil from FFIV. This was no easy decision, but he's still really cool as not only my first ever example of a paladin, but also a good example of what a paladin should be. I haven't found a paladin yet that I liked more.

Other possible candidates ranged from Gerald from Radiata Stories, Glenn from Chrono Trigger, and Sabin from FFVI to Hans from Growlanser, Bowser from Super Mario RPG, and Mr. Saturn or Dr. Andonuts from EarthBound. I like each for their own reasons, so it's tough to pick just one. I made a decision, though, even though I'll probably not stick to it.

[Saithis Bladewing]

Damn, hard choices. Glenn from Chrono Trigger, Cecil and Kain from FFIV, J.C. Denton from Deus Ex, Tassadar from StarCraft...

My favourite character shifts routinely, but at the moment I've got a real thing for Lord Uther Lightbringer of WarCraft fame.

[Sneak]

I like Glenn from Chrono Trigger (Frog FTW!), and I love Auron, but I have to say that Murray is quite simply the best.

"How can you see without eyeballs?"
"How can you walk around without a brain? Some things no one can answer."

EDIT: Oh, and I also like Minsc and Xan, the former for obvious reasons, and the latter for his apathy. "Our quest is in vain!"

EDIT2: As the great saying goes: It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.

[DEMONhunter]

Either Auron from FFX or Xan from Baldurs Gate.

[bosssmiley]

Raziel from Legcy of Kaine: Soul Reaver

+1, at least as he was in the first of the Soul Reaver games.

For dialogue I'd say Motormouth from the PS1 combat driving game "Rock and Roll Racing II" :D

[Spit_Dog]

EDIT: Oh, and I also like Minsc and Xan, the former for obvious reasons, and the latter for his apathy. "Our quest is in vain!"

Don't forget, Boo had some great lines too!

[Sneak]

Yep. Those squeaks were SO witty! I mean, like, check out this line:

*squeak, squeak*

Zing!

[Mattaeu]

"Don't teach my hamster to suck eggs!" :)

and Garrett from the Thief series.

[Estella]

Characters i am tied between
(in no particular order)overall favourites:
Celes
Minsc
HK-47
Auron
Frog
--------

[Scorpina]

Viconia (Baldus Gate, II)
Bodhi (Baldur's Gate II)
HaerDalis (Baldur's Gate II)
Rikku (Final Fantasy X, X-2)
Yuxonemei (Icewind Dale)
Cid Highwind (Final Fantasy 7)
Oswald Fiddlebender (Icewind Dale II)
Lady Aribeth d'Tilmerand (Neverwinter Nights)
Tomi 'Grin' Undergallows (Neverwinter Nights)
Cespernar (Baldur's Gate: Throne of Bhaal)

[Saithis Bladewing]

Oh yes, I forgot HK-47! Can't forget HK-47, meatbags. ;D

[Jibar]

I can make a list, but none will be able to be #1.

Link
Auron
Cloud
Sephiroth
Aeris
Sora
HK-47
Martin (Oblivion. Never met him though. Sean Bean however, so weeee!)
Locke
Shadow
Jak (in either Jak and Daxter, or Jak II onwards. he turned so badass in Jak II onwards)
Ratchet
Clank
Thrall
Grom Hellscream (LOKTAR'OGAR! FOR THE HORDE!)
Illidan
Arthas
Mitsuragi (Soul Calibur II)


And those are all I can think of for now...

[razmafft1]

@^^: Statement: No, you cannot, meatbag.

I like, in no particular order:
Magus from Chrono Trigger
Vincent from FF7
HK-47
Zero from Megaman X
Ramza from PSX Final Fantasy Tactics

[Valda, Adlav and Samiam: the Jacked-Up Trinity]

Oh yes, I forgot HK-47! Can't forget HK-47, meatbags. ;D

I keep hearing about this guy. Who is he and what's he from.

Anyway, my favorite character has got to be Ryudo from Grandia II. So hilariously cynical.

'Well look what the slavish devotion to sanctimonius bloodshed dragged in. Or did I just answer myself?'

Love it!

[Saithis Bladewing]

I keep hearing about this guy. Who is he and what's he from.

Anyway, my favorite character has got to be Ryudo from Grandia II. So hilariously cynical.

'Well look what the slavish devotion to sanctimonius bloodshed dragged in. Or did I just answer myself?'

Love it!

HK-47 is a droid from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He has quite possibly some of the funniest dialogue I have ever encountered in a video game, ever. I even prefer him to Minsc! ;D

[Ego Slayer]

The Prince of Persia. ;D

[Valda, Adlav and Samiam: the Jacked-Up Trinity]

HK-47 is a droid from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He has quite possibly some of the funniest dialogue I have ever encountered in a video game, ever. I even prefer him to Minsc! ;D

Thanks. I Wikipediaed it just now.

I also enjoy Ysuran from Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2-- A Good Necromancer is quite rare.

[Tiferet]

I'm going to have to say that Sephiroth from FFVII is my favorite character. Though Vincent pulls a very close second. Riku from Kingdom Hearts I and II is fairly high on my list too.

[Scorpina]

Is that the same Rikku from FFX and FFX2?

[razmafft1]

Nope. Not even close, as one's a guy.

[Scorpina]

Odd that they'd have such similar names then...

[Mr._Blinky]

1. Sarge from Halo. ;D "For a brick, he flew pretty good!"
2. Minsc from BG. "What, no effect?! I need a bigger sword..."
3. Mastercief from Halo. *Tosses grenade up and down in one hand.*
4. HK-47 from KOTOR. "Love is shooting off the knee-caps of a moving target at six-hundred paces with an Aratech sniper rifle."
5. Bard from A Bard's Tale. "What is this bloody X button you're talking about?!"

[Holy_Knight]

After some deliberation, I'll say Cecil from FFIV. This was no easy decision, but he's still really cool as not only my first ever example of a paladin, but also a good example of what a paladin should be. I haven't found a paladin yet that I liked more.

Other possible candidates ranged from Gerald from Radiata Stories, Glenn from Chrono Trigger, and Sabin from FFVI to Hans from Growlanser, Bowser from Super Mario RPG, and Mr. Saturn or Dr. Andonuts from EarthBound. I like each for their own reasons, so it's tough to pick just one. I made a decision, though, even though I'll probably not stick to it.
How could I forget Cecil and Glenn?! You're right, they're definitely contenders. I agree about Cecil being the best example of a Paladin thing, too (and Glenn could hold that honor too, probably, even though he isn't specifically called a paladin).


The Prince of Persia. ;D
The Sands of Time version, yes.

The Warrior Within Version, hell no.

I haven't played The Two Thrones.

Going to stop skipping a line after each sentence now.

[Estella]

Query: Did I forget some Meatbags
Answer!: Yes I did!
Knights of the old republic 1 and 2
Revan
T3-M4
Exile
Bao-dur
Atton(because of his limited dialouge > Pazzak this pazzak that)
Visas
Canderous(Balistic War Droids *drool*)'

Metroids
Samus

Legend of Zelda
Zelda
All the zoras and gorons

Oblivion
City-swimmer
Glenroy
Gray Fox

[Baerdog7]

Oh God, there's no way I can pick a favorite video game character. Most of the ones I would have picked have already been said (HK-47, Link, Samus, etc.) so I'll pick one that I havn't seen anybody mention so far: Clive Winston from Guitar Hero. You just can't beat the old school '60s British rock god.

-Baerdog7

[The Evil Thing]

Oh, how could I have forgotten HK-47? Yes, brilliant indeed. Minsc is also great: "Go for the eyes, Boo, go for the eyes! Raaagh!"

They're good for comedy value, I suppose, but you hardly remember them for anything else (except that Minsc often screwed up any negotiations you were trying to make).

[Scorpina]

Minsc is rather good at hitting things...

[Ego Slayer]

The Sands of Time version, yes.

The Warrior Within Version, hell no.

I haven't played The Two Thrones.

Going to stop skipping a line after each sentence now.

The Two Thrones is really awesome.. especially the Dark Prince. I haven't played The Sands of Time yet..

[CharedTheCinder]

Lolo from adventures of LOLO!!!!! a little walking ball of maze solving energy! That game was addictive!

[blackfox]

Link is near the top somewhere, as is Minsc/Boo. My all-time favorite would have to be Tails. I like his attitude. :)

[General Leitmann]

My favourite video game character is definately Link from LoZ OoT...

(I'm a dwarf now! w00t!)

[NEO|Phyte]

Seconding Murray, the Demonic Talking Skull

adding Guybrush Threepwood, as well as Lemonhead

[Gerrtt]

It's a toss up between Richter Belmont and the Dwarf from LoTR the Third Age, Hadhod.

[The Evil Thing]

Why does everyone like Link so much? What is so good about him?

EDIT: Seriously, I only know he's from the Zelda series. What's all the fuss about?

[percyprune]

I can't believe that no-one has yet mentioned Solid Snake or Revolver Ocelot.

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

Minsc and Boo all the way :P you just can't go wrong with them...

[Valda, Adlav and Samiam: the Jacked-Up Trinity]

Odd that they'd have such similar names then...

Seriously. Rikku's supposed to be pronounced Reekoo, but since I played Kingdom Hearts firsts I say Rickoo and call Riku Reekoo.

[indianajoe]

My number one pick is Link. You can't find the better definition of a hero. (Well maybe you can. But Link's pretty hard to beat.)

[Orrmundur]

How is this possible? Fourth page and nobody has mentioned Duke Nukem yet. For shame...


Also, thirding Murray.

[Shiny, Bearer of the Pokystick]

Garrett, Otacon from MGS, Psycho Mantis from same, and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill.

[Genome]

Bayou Billy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou_Billy)
Just kidding. ;D

Celes tops my list, followed by Kirby (NOT the kirby from the tv show).

I have many other characters high on the list, but those are my favorites.

[Varen_Tai]

Everyone from Monkey Island, for sure.

Minsc and Boo rock.

And I have to say that most of the PCs from Planescpe:Torment are incredibly well done.

The Nameless One, especially
Morte
Dak'kon
Fall-From-Grace
Annah
Ignus

Those six in particular are extraordinarily well developed.

[Were-Sandwich]

I can't believe I forgot deekin. That little ball of kobold humor.

"Boss, you knows wes in Undermountain right?"
"No deekin I had no idea"
"Really Boss, you didn't know wes in Undermountain?"
"No, I thought we were going to skip naked through the fields of elysium."
"Is that what they do there boss?"
"THat and eat kobold stew as a delicacy."
"Oh. Deekin not think we should go there."

The amount of dry sarcasm built into those conversations was amazing.

[Gerrtt]

You're absolutely right, I can't believe I forgot Deekin...

"OOOOhhhh....that makes Deekin sooooo mad!"

[Mr._Blinky]

I can't believe I forgot deekin. That little ball of kobold humor.

"Boss, you knows wes in Undermountain right?"
"No deekin I had no idea"
"Really Boss, you didn't know wes in Undermountain?"
"No, I thought we were going to skip naked through the fields of elysium."
"Is that what they do there boss?"
"THat and eat kobold stew as a delicacy."
"Oh. Deekin not think we should go there."

The amount of dry sarcasm built into those conversations was amazing.

YES, MASTER LOVES DEEKINS!!1!!1!! ;D

[Kishkumen]

I like the Dwaven Sappers from Warcraft II:

"I love blowin' things up!"
"bombs are greeeeet!"
"Tilt one back wit me lad!"

as well as some of the Terrans from Starcraft:

Tank commander:
"I'm gonna drop the hammer!"
"And dispense indescriminate justice!"

Battlecruiser captain:
"I have to go. Number One."

Goliath pilot:
"Running level 1 diagnostic"
"USDA approved"
"FDIC insured"
"Checklist complete... S.O.B."

Wraith pilot:
"I'm just wondering... Why am I soooo good?"
"You know who's the best pilot in the fleet?"
"Yours truly!"

Marine:
"you want a piece o' me, boy?"
"How do I get out of this chicken--- outfit?"

Vulture driver:
"Maybe you got time to ------ around, but I don't!"

Firebat:
"Want information about propane? And propane accessories?"

And some of the demons from Diablo II:

"Cratchety-doo!"
"Karo Baak!"
"fight-fight!"
"You jerk!"

[Umbilical_Lotus]

And I have to say that most of the PCs from Planescpe:Torment are incredibly well done.

The Nameless One, especially
Morte
Dak'kon
Fall-From-Grace
Annah
Ignus

Those six in particular are extraordinarily well developed.

No Nordom? He was awesome. He and Grace had some great dialogue together. I found him better fleshed-out than Grace, actually. Really cared for the little guy. Dak'kon, though, was wonderful. They communicated his age fantastically; he always felt tired, worn down, just wanting this to end.

Also: Lord Yuna from Breath of Fire 4, because he was a total manipulative, uncaring, horrible little jerk, and he gets away with all his evil plans, is alive at the end, and is actively plotting more horrible stuff. Awesome villain.

[Eloco]

Kief the Thief, hands down ;D

[Varen_Tai]

No Nordom? He was awesome. He and Grace had some great dialogue together. I found him better fleshed-out than Grace, actually. Really cared for the little guy. Dak'kon, though, was wonderful. They communicated his age fantastically; he always felt tired, worn down, just wanting this to end.

You know, I never really kept Nordom around. I think I picked him up right before I dropped him in favor of Vhailor. Maybe next time I play (because you just HAVE to keep coming back to P:T), I'll get him early and keep him around for a while....

I so agree on Dak'kon. And the scene where you find out Morte's little secret from Grace and talk to him about it, and then he tells you his version of hooking up with you while you have a memory of the true events was incredibly well done. Morte never felt so real to me as he did after that moment.

[Ebon_Drake]

*checks avatar*
*thinks for a bit*
*checks avatar again*
yeah, OK, I'm gonna go with Agent 47. Strangling people just to steal their outfits always entertains me and his voice is wicked.

Also:
Richard Grey, the Master of the Super-mutants. He appeared in Fallout for all of five minutes, but absolutely owned it. His evil plan even almost made sense. One of my favourite villains ever.

Kyle Katarn, Jan Ors, Sariss, Jerec, 8T88 and basically everyone from Dark Forces II were awesome. Except for Boc. I still hate Boc.

Chun-Li is cool. Ryu, Ken and Vega aren't bad either.

[Estella]

omy gosh i forgot deekin as well >.<

[Flak_Razorwill]

JC Denton. The cold-blooded killer that just wanted to be loved. (At least that's how I played him. You may have him as a cyborg pro-hacker or the fairy ninja.)

A good female lead would have to be Joanna Dark. She seemed to be a less-godlike version of JC, and with a more flexible work ethic.

They should mate and make the ultimate action hero.

(For sheer one-liner awesomeness, I vote Gordon Freeman's broter, the Postal Dude. He can make any situation comedy gold.

*empty butcher shop*
"Hey, ayatollah! Can I get some service around here?"
*Silence*
*Enters back room, where butchers are dropping living people into a giant grinder*
"Why am I not surprised?"

"The genepool is stagnant, and I am the minister of chlorine!"

[NaziRevolution]

Cloud, from final fantasy 7

[pandapandapie]

Ulala (Space channel 5)
All of the various Links, Zeldas, and Gorons
Every character on the Monkey Island games (although I've only played the first two)
Luigi (from Mario, not some wierd other Luigi)
Kirby
and although I've never gotten very far in any Final Fantasy game before being forced to stop for one reason or another, all of the FF7 girls.

[PhoeKun]

Well, he hasn't been mentioned yet, so throw Zetta from Makai Kingdoms onto the list.

"Disperse, loyal battle monkeys! Do my bidding and bust a cap!"
"Sacred Tome? HAH! More like Sucky... Dumb... Thing."
"Know your place universe! I OWN you!"

You have to love a man with lines like this.

[Arian]

Another vote for Minsc.

Aside from his amusing personality and his strong sword arm, I admire his moral stance. Much the Good-est of any of the officially Good BG/BG2 PCs, IMO.

[Leyonius]

My favorite personality wise has to be Rikku(KH).

Otherwise I'd say It comes in between Cloud,Squall,and Zidane(FF9)

[ElfMaster2000]

I would have to say Lloyd from the Legend of Dragoon

[Lawful_Stupid]

Can't choose one, so list time.

Link
Zelos Wilder (*Wonders if anyone knows who Zelos is*)
Auron
Frog
KH Mickey Mouse
Kirby
Vivi
Vyse
Cupil (Heehee...)

[Stick_Ninja]

Red XIII followed by Auron. FF rules!^^

[Iroll20s]

For pure pwnageness Master Cheif

for actual coolness Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)

for fun and classicness Link (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)

[Archonic Energy]

alot of minsc lovin' here...
i should expect that from a forum which has a "Minsc Appreation thread"

... Boo will take care of the details

[Rolly_Goodbox]

always been kind of partial to the ostriches from "Joust"..showing my age i guess
;D ;D ;D

[Chrono_Crow]

Probably Magus from Chrono Trigger. Or Celes from FFVI. Also, the character in my sig (Yattanya from La Pucelle Tactics) rules. LONGPAW!

Glenn from CT is great, too. Magus wouldn't be half as cool without Glenn. And vice-versa.

[A_Dark_Danish]

Probably Cid from FF7... or that hot Fox Anthro from Shining Force 1... Alef. -Drool.-

[TheSilverKnight]

I said it first and if you don't agree oh well Thunder God Cid from Final Fantasy tatics.

I really don't have a number #1 but if I HAD to give only one Squall by far skrew cloud he is just a clone anyway and on the note of Squall 'Leon' as they call him in KH sucks but I do like that he wears a black and red version of Rinoa's jacket.

Now for the list.
ANY and ALL characters of FFVIII in fact Ill list them.
Seifer
Raijin
Fujin
Rinoa
Zell
Irvine(I would go gay for him)
Langura(repeat of above ()'s)
Squall(same)
Watts & Biggs(but they are FF clasic characters in general)
Edna
Headmaster Cid
Selphie
Ifrit, Shiva, Quazaquatal(spelling?), Laviathin, etc...
Qustest Trepp(Drools)
Need I say more? YES! But later.
All characters from FFVII accept Cloud cause he sucks.
Wakka
Auron
Kumari
Lulu
Rikku(I don't know how the two are splled different so...)
Yuna
NOT Tidus just because.
Cecil
KOTOR I & II
The Exile
Revan
Malak
Bastila
HK-47 Do you need me to kill someone master?
Atton
Karth
Jolee Bindo (Go old black dudes)
Mee can'ts think right now so Ill list more later.

[Chrono_Crow]

First time I've heard of someone liking a summon from FF. Essentially, you like the gods.

Also, can you HONESTLY say that you prefer Cait Sith or Yuffie over Cloud?

[TheSilverKnight]

First time I've heard of someone liking a summon from FF. Essentially, you like the gods.

Also, can you HONESTLY say that you prefer Cait Sith or Yuffie over Cloud?
Yes I very well can I love Yuffie and cait sith is awesome. My party is Vincent, Yufffie and Cait Sith.
Cloud Blows With HIs Status affecting spells.

[Goff]

Pitfall Harry
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/A2600_Pitfall.png/300px-A2600_Pitfall.png
Yeah, you swing over that pit.

But watch out! There's scorpions about!

[Kahlan]

Lulu from Final Fantasy X. Auron comes a close second.

[Forderz]

ZELOS!!!!!

"I'm sorry. But I can't stop hitting on everybody. It's part of my personallity.' 8) 8) 8) 8)

and... Crulex from Super Mario RPG.. god he's tough. And Jinx from SMRPG. And Bowser.

[Scorpina]

Also, can you HONESTLY say that you prefer Cait Sith or Yuffie over Cloud?

I can. Well, Yuffie. Maybe not Cait Sith...

[BelkarsDagger]

Does this not go in Gaming (Other)? Meh, mine is a tie between Samus, and Donkey Kong (apes with ties OWN!)

[Godhand]

I see alot of people picked characters from FF IV, but no Rydia and Edge? Those two had so many moments it was priceless. Granted you had to get the snes hard mode version to see the real lines but hey, it was worth it.

Flonne from Disgaea was a riot too. Actually, all the characters in Disgaea were so stupid they were hilarious. But Flonne takes the cake.

[Kashinn]

Okay lots of good chars been named:
Kirby, HK-47, JC Denton, Ryudo

But I miss these two:

Konoko
Muro
Both are from "Oni".

[Akiosama]

My Top 10 Characters:

10. Athena Asamiya (King of Fighters)
9. Seung Mina (Soulcalibur)
8. KOS-MOS (Xenosaga 1 & 2)
7. Celes Chere (FF VI)
6. Li Kouran (Sakura Taisen 1 & 2)
5. Kanzaki Sumire (Sakura Taisen 1 & 2)
4. Nakoruru (Samurai Spirits)
3. Taki (Soulcalibur)
2. Morrigan Aensland (Vampire Saviour)

and...

1. Tifa Lockheart (FF VII)

Heh.

My 2 yen,

Game on!

Akio

[Chrono_Crow]

9 floozies and a non-floozy

How dare you have the nerve to not only place the heavenly Celes Chere on that list, you placed her lower than many girls who let their bits and jibblies hang loose. BOOBIES DO NOT MAKE A WOMAN! >:(

[/feminist]

[Muz]

I'm going to have to fourth (fifth? Ah, I've lost count) Murray. And then, let's see, there's...

Mira (KOTOR2)

Ad Avis (Quest for Glory series)- Just love to hate that guy. It was a pleasure to kill him twice! ...And can I toss in John Rhys-Davies for the QFG4 narrator work? :)

...There's probably more but now I'm completely blanking on any and all other games I've ever played. (Lousy brain.)

[Akiosama]

To Chrono Crow:

Um... mostly because I've played the other games more recently... and because I happen to like those characters a bit more? Though, I will admit to intentionally making the list all-femaile. My other list is below.

And as for your comment... nope... they don't make a woman. It takes more than just that, physiologically. After all, there are men with those, as well. :P


My Other Top 10 list:

10. Kusanagi Kyo (King of Fighters)
9. Ryu (Street Fighter)
8. Auron (FF X)
7. Locke Cole (FF VI)
6. Kazama Jin (Tekken)
5. Mitsurugi Heishiro (Soulcalibur)
4. Kratos (God of War)
3. Galford D. Weiler (Samurai Spirits)
2. Vincent Valentine (FF VII)

and...

1. Oogami Ichirou (Sakura Taisen 1-4)

My 2 yen,

Game on!

Akio

[Chrono_Crow]

I'm not a fanboy. I was just messing with you. At least Celes made your list. I don't see how anyone who's played through that game can't love Celes.

[Akiosama]

Heh. I'm glad to hear that. I'm sure, as you've noticed, that sarcasm/joking around can be hard to detect sometimes around here. ;D

And yeah, she's by far the most interesting of all the characters in FF VI.

My 2 yen,

Game on!

Akio

[Tadakimacun]

Lessee....

Guybrush Threepwood.


How appropriate, you fight like a cow.
Best comeback ever.

Axel from Kingdom Hearts II. A-X-E-L. Got it memorized?

Captain Qwark. He's so horribly misguided you can't help but like him, even though you wish you could shove your Plasma Rifle up his nose.

Dr. Nefarious is, to me, the funniest villain I've ever found on the PS2.


QWAAAA-*fzzzak*
-Oh Janice! You'll always be the love of my life!

The Narrator from the remake of The Bard's Tale. Loading screen:


Now where were we? Oh, oh yes, The Bard was making an ass of himself.

[Skyserpent]

Sonic the Hedgehog: He's Blue, he's got super speed and he looks nothing like a hedgehog. I don't know but he's just plain fun.

Ryudo, he was just so badass. Definately better than those namby-pamby silent types or idealistic heroes.

Vyse: Idealistic, sure, but you got to make some CHOICES. and he got his own little nickname. ranging from Vyse the Ninny to Vyse the Unimpressive to Vyse the Legendary

Megaman: He's Megaman. Come on!

It has just occured to me that each of these characters uses Blue as a primary costume color.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Hmm...

<~~~I love him, but he hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hates me :-[.

General Celes is, of course, another favorite of mine from the same game.

In further RPGs, we have Ayla and Robo both from Chrono Trigger, The Turks from FFVII, Jolee and HK-47 from KOTOR, and most of the supporting cast from Lunar. And lest I forget:

"Butt-kicking for goodness!"

Viconia was fun to have around as well.

As you can see, I can't really pick one. And that was just from one genre.

Huh. As the evil cleric said, it's not [thread] necromancy if they're already up and walking around.

[BelkarsDagger]

I just love how they did the Dreadnaughts in Dawn of War... both the voices and the combat strategies.

[Sausagician]

All the main characters in PS:T, for obvious reasons.

Auron was very cool, and so was Solid Snake and Revolver Ocelot. I also liked Glenn and Magus very much.

And a now a new addition: Kain. You know, the vampire.

He's arrogant, scarily intelligent and he can suck blood at a distance. That's just awesome.

Oh, and his voice rules.

[xaos_master]

Hands down Sephiroth. To me he was the ultimate badass.

SPOILER (as if everyone hasn't already seen it by now)









The part where he kills Aeris is the first time I ever felt any kind of real emotion while playing a video game. Sephhiroth is the ultimate villian. But I actually felt sorry for him by the end of the game.

[Hadrian_Emrys]

Hands down Sephiroth. To me he was the ultimate badass.

SPOILER (as if everyone hasn't already seen it by now)









The part where he kills Aeris is the first time I ever felt any kind of real emotion while playing a video game. Sephhiroth is the ultimate villian. But I actually felt sorry for him by the end of the game.


Actually, the guy is wishy washy, cliched out the bum, end of the world sorta villian... -with mommy and abandonment issues.

On the plus side, he has wonderful taste in theme music.

[Aribar]

It's been a while since I've played the game (and to tell the truth I've never even defeated it), but I'd have to say Vivi from Final Fantasy IX takes my vote for favorite video game character. He seems alot like my and, unintentionally, my favorite RP character at times.

[Morrandir]

Definately Gogo. Gogo had the best intro:

"Is it a man? Is it a woman? Do we really want to know?"

Plus, anything you do... Gogo does immediately after.

(Gogo's from FFVI, for those who don't know.)

[Saithis Bladewing]

I think I'm going to add Yuthura Ban from KotoR to that list. I remain furious to this day that you never got to add her to your party, she was ace!

[Nerd-o-rama]

How the hell did I forget Revolver Ocelot? Well, I hadn't done non-RPGs yet, but still...he's up there with Kefka as the greatest video game villain out there.

All the Snakes other than Solidus also deserve a mention.

[alec]

Most of mine have been said (HK, Murray and Minsc) but one that I would have been expected to have been mentioned hasen't. Stan, from the Monkey Island series. The quintesential salesperson, and his suit ALWAYS has the same pattern, no matter how much his arms move. The checks on them are still in perfect lines.

[Telok]

Irwin John Finster, Wasteland.

Metal Maniac and Mad Dog Fargo weren't bad allies but Finster was a bloody dangerous individual. Shadow panthers and rodento grosso and humongeous coyotes, oh my!

Dogmeat, Fallout.

I loved that mutt, he got critical hits more often than anyone.

Marcus the Mutant, Fallout 2.

"I'll just, stay here, and tighten the vises on my shoulder."

The Horned Reaper and Dark Mistresses, DK 1 & 2.

A scythe wielding demon and a horde of leather clad S&M ladies at your command. There really is no better way to conqure the world.

Ramona, CoC:DCotE.

"Mummy bites... Daddy says we have to lock her upstairs for her own good." Possibly one of the best NPCs in a game I've seen, the setting is perfect.

[Krytha]

Argh I hate picking favourites, but off the top of my head, I will go with Zelda.

ZEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[team56th]

Chief from Halo
Sgt. Matthew Baker from Brothers in Arms series
Guybrush Threepwood from Monkey Island series
HK-47 from KOTOR series
Deekin from Neverwinter Nights XPs

[Delcan]

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE OBLIVIOUS

Villain: Wiegraf/Velius from Final Fantasy Tactics. Right up to his transformation, when you're dealing with him he's enraged, thirsting for vengeance for his sister, and then he takes help from Lucavi... and the next time you meet him, he's bleached. The first time I fought that boss fight was disturbing, because I saw a character that had so much raw anger in him, turned into a monster somehow by not caring. Watching him turn in the first place was painful too.

Also Villain: Father Karras, from Thief: The Metal Age. I can't believe everyone can say Garrett and not also mention this guy. I will never forget that disfigured, slightly lispy voice blaring over loudspeakers in the last level. "THOU ART GAWRETT, AWRE THOU NOT?... See, how eeeasily eeviwl is fewlled, when the wrighteous wield the mace!"

Also Also Villain: The Wizard of Yendor, from Nethack. There's no good story behind him, but you gotta hand it to a boss that NEVER DIES. Well, he dies, but he ALWAYS comes back for more, and stronger every time. "So, thou thought thou couldst kill me, fool."

[Tom_Violence]

Frank Horrigan from Fallout 2. He's over 10ft tall and can punch Deathclaws' heads off, for goodness sake! Awesome end bad guy.

Raziel from the Legacy of Kain games was pretty damn cool too, just for the look of him if nothing else.

And how about Joey from Beneath a Steel Sky? I loved that little hunk of junk. :)

[Dancing_Zephyr]

5.Serph/Varna SMT DDS Avatar Tuner 1/2
4.Cid FF7
3.Vincent FF7
2.Shadow FF6
1.BOCO FF5

[Jothki]

Axel from Kingdom Hearts II. A-X-E-L. Got it memorized?

I liked him far better in CoM, where he flat out killed two of the other Organization members present and manipulated the deaths of the rest, for no fully explained reason. I really wish he had been given more depth in KH2.

[sun_tzu]

I can't believe no-one's mentionned this guy yet.

Tex Murphy, from the eponymous game series. Private detective in the 2040s who looks like he just stepped right out of the 1940s. This guy absolutely rocked, as did his games. He's the perfect "loser" type...and yet, in his cases, displays ressourcefullness on Macgyver's level.

[Jack_Banzai]

I'm going to have to go with Iori Yagami from the King of Fighters series.

Though Zhao Yun from the Dynasty Warriors games is a very close second.

[Daedrous Avari]

Cloud and Sephiroth. FF7. No contest whatsoever.

In second place: Riku. Kingdom Hearts 1. Haven't played 2 yet, so I don't know if he's in 2.

In a close third, I thought Ansem from both Kingdom Hearts was really a cool villain.

Yes, Master Chief is on my list.

Squall Leonheart from FF8.

Vincent Valentine from FF7.

Kefka from FF6.

Who else, who else...

Ahh yes, of course, Nathyrra from NWN: HOTU.

Solid Snake from the Metal Gear series.

Last that I can think of has to be Link.

I've played to many video games to think of someone else... I'll add as I can think of them.

Rivik out.

[Tom_Violence]

@/\ And for those of us that aren't overly keen on the Final Fantasy games, and those things directly related to them? :P I dare say there may be some contest after all. ;)

[Jerthanis]

I'm going to second someone from like, page 3 that Ryudo is my favorite. I mean, he's voice acted by Leonardo (the turtle) and he's a sarcastic mercenary thrown into the role of hero, and he doesn't accept the role of hero without payment and without a witty remark.

Honorable mentions would have to include Garrett, greatest of all master thieves.

Also, Terra from final fantasy 6. Female main character, too much of a badass to have a love interest, spends a year protecting orphans instead of being unconscious or losing hope or basically sitting on her hands like many other characters seem to do.

[Valcrist]

Sephiroth (FF7), Liquid Snake (MG), Big Boss (MG3), Jak (Jak and Daxter, not so much in Jak2 & 3);
and, just to go old school, Mario (mostly from MarioRPG. That game rocked!) ;D

[Zaggab]

Jon Irenicus from BG II. Best. Villain. Ever. (in a game that I have played)

And Master Chief, and the Arbiter

Arthas is also good

[Jerthanis]

Arthas is also good


"Hey, Arthas, Undead are everywhere! The people are in danger!"

"Oh no, I'd better protect them, because I'm a really great paladin guy!"

"Oh no! they're over here as well!"

"Good idea, time to go crazy and serve the undead blight!"

"W...what?"

Also, favorite characters from fighting games:

Kyo Kusanagi, Sol Badguy (actually a goodguy), Chipp Zanuff, Makoto (from Eternal Fighter Zero) and Makoto (From Street Fighter 3, not that I'm any good with her)

[NEO|Phyte]

"Hey, Arthas, Undead are everywhere! The people are in danger!"

"Oh no, I'd better protect them, because I'm a really great paladin guy!"

"Oh no! they're over here as well!"

"Good idea, time to go crazy and serve the undead blight!"

"W...what?"
...Actually, its more like:

"Hey, Arthas, Undead are everywhere! The people are in danger!"

"Oh no, I'd better protect them, because I'm a really great paladin guy!"

"Oh no! they're over here as well! And they've tainted our grain supply, anyone that eats it turns into a zombie!"

"Well ****, better to kill those that are infected than to let them swell our enemy's ranks"

"Oh hey, this Dreadlord is responsible for this mess, and is running off to the frozen north!"

"Then let us follow him and end this once and for all!"

"Crap, this guy is too strong for our weapons!"

"Hang on, isn't there a really kickass sword out here somewhere? Lets go find it!"

The 'kickass sword' was cursed, and THATS what turned him evil, not just "oh hey, more undead." If you're gonna bash someone, get their story straight. Otherwise you just look foolish.

[Jerthanis]

If you're gonna bash someone, get their story straight. Otherwise you just look foolish.

I dunno... when he slaughtered an entire village to "save" them he was flirting with crazy... when he destroyed his own ships to prevent his own troops from escaping the barren snowfields where only death awaited them he was getting in there with the crazy pretty solidly... then when he ignored all semblance of warning and caution by everyone around him in acting the way he was, and by sacrificing his friend to get power... that was where you knew he was already heading towards crazy, and it didn't seem like the undead had to work particularly hard to finish the job.

Arthas made a great villain though. It was just wierd how you had to play as him for so long.

[The Evil Thing]

I suppose for sharp and clever wit, my vote would go to Manny Calavera, the best travel agent ever to star in a computer game.

"I've just locked an open door. Strange, yet symbolically compelling." I don't know why but that line always makes me sni gger.

Edit: Eh? What happened there? Since when was that a racial slur?

[knightsaline]

My favorite gaming character is Samus Aran. you can keep your lara crofts and your scantiliy clad volleyball players, my favorite character could kick ther asses repeatedly. she was the original gaming girl. now I want to see a metroid RPG. i even found D20 modern stats for her (set during super metroid). she single handedly took down the space pirates, laid some chozo ghosts to rest, ended the luminoth/ing war and still goes back for more!

Another of my favorite gaming characters is Julius belmont. Julius because he is possibly the most powerful Vampire Hunter of the belmont line. Defeat Graham with the succubus, flame demon and giant bat souls equipped and you can actually battle Julius. (hint, equip the black panther soul before fighting him)

[Archonic Energy]

I suppose for sharp and clever wit, my vote would go to Manny Calavera, the best travel agent ever to star in a computer game.

"I've just locked an open door. Strange, yet symbolically compelling." I don't know why but that line always makes me LAUGH.

Fixed... Crazy word filter!

Did i already vote for Minsc?

[celinette1801]

Yoshi!!! so cute! :-*

[Zophiel]

The Vault Dweller

[theswarm]

Taki and Raphael from Soul Caliber, Mercy from the Incredible Hulk, Ultimate Destruction, and Stefan and Jaffar from Fire Emblem

[WhiteKnight777]

Jonaleth Irenicus. No question. All you have to do is look at my AV. :)

For those other Irenicus lovers, I reccomend you download The Longer Road for BG. Without giving away too much, it allows you to get him in your party, and, if you talk to him nicely, redeem him. The writing is just amazing, the author did an excellent job. It also comes complete with banters and a unique quest in Watcher's Keep [/plug]

[AdrianoIank]

The Guardian, Ultima VII: Black Gate

[WhiteKnight777]

"Now, Now, Avatar"

Another good character from that game was The Black Sword. (If you had Forge of Virtue.)

[NEO|Phyte]

The Guardian, Ultima VII: Black Gate

Avatar! Know that Britannia has entered into a new age of enlightenment. Know that the time has finally come for the one true lord of Britannia to take his place at the head of his people. Under my guidance, Britannia will flourish, and all of the people shall rejoice, and pay homage to their new, Guardian. Know that you too shall kneel before me, Avatar. You too will soon acknowledge my authority. For I shall be your companion. Your, provider. And, your master! Uhahahahahahaha!

[Nostrabel]

I have a few, though I can't decide which one is my favorite:
Garrett, from the Thief series
Jan Jansen (BG II)
LILARCOR!!!!! (BG II)
Beckett, from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

Hmmm... Ah, yes, and the main character from Fable (He's sooooooo articulate ::))

[Rubo233]

Lets see...hmmm

Mario-I don't know i just love the guy

Grit-from Advanced wars (any)

Lavitz(sp)Legend of the dragoon - my little brother used to watch me play the game and he was our favorite...my brother was in the room when he died...needless to say he got pretty mad at me forced me to "do over" that part of the game

Ash-from vandle harts...such a good game...

[Democratus]

Skullmonkeys! ;D

[Borvo]

E. Honda, of course!

[X15lm204]

Let's see...
Erk, Nino, Lyn, and Florina of Fire Emblem 8,

HK-47, Jolee Bindo, Visus Marr, and the Exile from KotOR,

Tidus, Auron, Rikku, and Lulu of FFX,

Goombella, Vivian, Rawk Hawk, and the newborn Yoshi (I named him Yahiko) from Paper Mario,

Sergeant Johnson, Rtas 'Vadumee (Half-Jaw), Cortana, and the Gravemind from Halo 2,

The Prince, Farah, the Vizier, and the Dark Prince from PoP I and III (not II),

Link (Oot), Sheik, Tetra, and the Happy Mask Salesman from Legend of Zelda...

I could keep going for hours. I'm so indecisive. :-[

[dungeon_munky]

Lets see......
Jon Irenicus & Edwin(a) ((s)he's funny both ways)
Vincent, Yuffie, and Selphie (yaaay trains!)
Link
the Great Pirate Guybrush Threepwood

and from GOTHIC, Gomez, Milten, Xardas, and the Nameless Hero.

[sapphail]

Alucard, sulky vampire's son from Castlevania;
Whichever Belmont it was that carried a whip;
Rayne of Bloodrayne, because she's got a sharp tongue and looks good in leather;
Minsc! 'I must rest, I've a bad case of armor chafe, ooh!'
Sonic the Hedgehog, for being a spiky blue blur most of the time;
And Alex Kidd, for the silly dance he does during Paper-Scissors-Rock.

[Zangor]

Hmm, this is a toughie. Let's see...

Jim Raynor
Tassadar
Oh, and the two guys in a truck that hit the zergling in the cutscene.
"It looks like you done hit some poor feller's dog, sarge."

Ansem The REAL one and the evil guy are both cool.
Riku

Uh, there's some others, but I can't think of them right now. But these guys are the first ones that came to mind, and I like them all.

[tis_tom]

I love Yuna from FFX and X-2, she has a really admirable quality about her in that no matter how sad she is or how desperate the situation, she'll always put others ahead of herself and always try to smile. :) I love herrrr!

[Archonic Energy]

sni gger.

Edit: Eh? What happened there? Since when was that a racial slur?

erm drop the Sn and you have your filtered word.

[Tom_Violence]

erm drop the Sn and you have your filtered word.

What's wrong with the word 'Igger'? :P

[Archonic Energy]

What's wrong with the word 'Igger'? :P

Smart arse....


i need more sleep.

Back on subject...

Did i say Boo? squeek.

[Daedrous Avari]

Otherwise I'd say It comes in between Cloud,Squall,and Zidane(FF9)


You mean FF7...

[Nerd-o-rama]

You mean FF7...

No, Zidane's from FF9. Why he was the only one of the three (the main protagonists from 7, 8, and 9, respectively) with a game credit after his name is a mystery to me.

Also, likin' the avatar. I really need to see Advent Children one of these days.

[Daedrous Avari]

I saw it on youtube, then me being an FF freak, went out and bought it. Really good, but Dirge of Cerburus was a letdown.

[Fri]

Definetely Guybrush Threepwood from Escape from Monkey Island. The best pirate ever...
Well, maybe in parr with Jack. Actually, I still can't decide, who is the better Pirate, Guybrush Threepwood or Jack Sparrow. But that's for another topic, I guess.

[Casualgamer]

Tsuna. Otogi 2.

Well... actually he's only one of them, but whatever.

[the_tick_rules]

(insert name here) from morrowind.

[Murongo]

Gordon Freeman- Half life

[Lord]

HMMMMMMM its a tie between Minsc {From BG I-II} Keldorn {BG II} and Link {How can you not Know} Well Link may be spiffy but he doesn't have a real personality, Hmmmmm Keldorn.

And now for something completly different

NOBODY EXPECTS THE AMNISH INQUISITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nezu]

well.. lets see

#1 Ryu Hayabusa (Gaiden, Black) >>>> all

#2 Master Chief (Halo 1-2) >>> everyone but Ryu

#3 Jack Slate (Dead to rights) badass with guns and a dog

Yeah.. I like action games ;)

-Nezu

[wellington]

I'm assuming we have to stick to game-only characters. Otherwise, well, there've been quite a few Sherlock Holmes games.

Barring these, my favorites:

5. Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island series) - Self-explanatory
4. Minsc and Boo (Baldur's Gate) - Yes, I'll join the crowd.
3. Galatea (Galatea) - They say she's an AI. But is she?
2. Jarrett Duffy (Necrotic Drift) - Game store clerk and master undead slayer.
1. Princess Charlotte (Varicella) - Gleefully psychotically likeable

- - -

"Minsc will lead with blade and boot! Boo will take care of the details."

- Baldur's Gate II

- - - -
(Galatea is especially convincing, partly because of the brilliant way she deals with exhausted conversation topics:)

Early in Galatea:

">ASK GALATEA ABOUT MAXIMS

"There's nothing else to say," she says. "You've heard what I know."

You feel a twinge of disappointment. Other things about this piece are so promising [...]. No piece is going to get a serious critical reception with such a limited database."

Later in Galatea, at least on some playthroughs:

"> ASK GALATEA ABOUT SHADES

Her hand clenches the fabric of her gown. "You keep asking me things when I've told you I don't know any more. Why is it so hard for you to understand? My life experience is limited. It's not that I'm trying to hide some great wonderful truth on the subject."

"I believe you," you say.

- - - -

(Another way of doing it, which says just as much about Princess Charlotte:)

"> ASK CHARLOTTE ABOUT HERSELF

"How have you been?" you ask.

"i am locked in a cell," she says. "and yourself?"

(Later:)

> ASK CHARLOTTE ABOUT HERSELF

"How have you been?" you ask.

"i dreamed you asked that before," Princess Charlotte says. "and when i woke up, my pillow was missing!"

- - -

"I'll crush you into jelly - ochre jelly!"
- Necrotic Drift

(I totally recommend ND for OOtS readers, by the way. Duffy alone would make the game.)

[Death Giant]

Mine will easily be Dragon Master Alex from Lunar Silver Star story Complete. He's narley.:smile: :cool:

[SurlySeraph]

Meh! This wouldn't be so hard if there weren't so many games I liked.

Let's see...
1. Minsc from BGII, like everybody else, insert generic awesome Minsc quote here
2. Cortana from Halo
3. Alyx from Half-Life 2
4. Sergeant Johnson from Halo. Why? "When you find the enemy, you will rip their skulls from their spines and toss them away, laughing! ...Am I right, Marines?!" "Sir, yes sir!" That's why.
5. Tassadar from Starcraft, because repeated self-sacrifice is awesome.
6. Illidan from Warcraft III, because he's so well-meaning but completely undone by his megalomania. I like well-meaning but dangerous characters.
7. Jim Raynor from Starcraft

[MR.F]

Minsc, Jon Irenicus and Jan Jansen from BG2.
Aldaris from Starcraft.
Jolly Bindo from KOTOR.

[Emperor Ing]

I'm very dissapointed in you! Nobody mentioned HK-47! :smallmad:

[Mysticaloctopus]

does the user-named protagonist from most things count?


Kyo Kusanagi, Sol Badguy (actually a goodguy), Chipp Zanuff, Makoto (from Eternal Fighter Zero) and Makoto (From Street Fighter 3, not that I'm any good with her)

What? Guilty Gear and yet no Bridget? No Dizzy? No Zappa? No Faust?
They're the best characters from GG!

[† Dran †]

Edwin (bg1 and 2)
Veronica (bg1 and 2)
HK-47 (Kotor1 +2)
Sepiroth (FF7)
Mangus (CT)
Samus (metroids)
Gordon Freeman (HL1+2 more 2 tho)

off the top of my head ems the one i like.

[Emperor Ing]

I forgot to mention possibly the greatest and L33Test NPC of all time.
Can you say:

Cheese for everyone! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq9TnI7ssTU)
or
The prince of order,...or biscuits? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG9QOVXcu5g)

[Alyorbase]

Cid Highwind (FF7)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Rikimaru (Tenshu)
Kratos (God of War)
Deekin (NWN)
Jim Raynor (Starcraft)

[BanjoTheClown]

Kirby could beat all of those Characters Combined. So i guess hes my Favorite VG Character. Close Second is Zidane. (FF IX)

[BanjoTheClown]

Also, Terra from final fantasy 6. Female main character, too much of a badass to have a love interest, spends a year protecting orphans instead of being unconscious or losing hope or basically sitting on her hands like many other characters seem to do.


You think Terra is Badass? Protecting Orphans isnt Badass at all.

[Lamoid]

Um, Agent 47 from the Hitman series. Good and Evil both come after him and he completly creams both and gets paid for it too!

[Crilley]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but Phoenix Wright. He is so totally cool. Also, Miles Edgeworth, and Jon Irenicus are the other two favourites.

EDIT: I would also like to say, that for whatever reason, I always HATED minsc. So bloody annoying.

[Drascin]

Well, he hasn't been mentioned yet, so throw Zetta from Makai Kingdoms onto the list.

"Disperse, loyal battle monkeys! Do my bidding and bust a cap!"
"Sacred Tome? HAH! More like Sucky... Dumb... Thing."
"Know your place universe! I OWN you!"

You have to love a man with lines like this.

Yes, yes you have. Zetta is awesome. "I am one freaking badass overlord!"

Some other very loved characters:

- Flonne, Disgaea. If you have played Disgaea and don't like Flonne, you obviously have no soul and are but a walking corpse. Go watch the beginning of Chapter 3 (Enter Flonne) and come back to me, and then try to tell me she's not the most funny and adorable thing ever :smalltongue: .
- Samus Aran, Metroid. Because that's how you do a truely badass female. No "I'm awesome"s or sexy outfits. Just ten gallons of whoop-ass bounty hunter inside a Varia suit armed with enough heavy weaponry to level a small town.
- Zero, Megaman X, Megaman Zero. He's idealistic, he's brave, he's ready to do whatever it takes -having sacrificed himself two times for his friends-, and he's a cyborg fighting with a beamsword. You just don't get much cooler than that.
- Lyn, Fire Emblem. Because she's quick-witted, strong, knows what she wants, and is all-around pretty admirable. Also, it's good to have a Lord around who is not a pansy (*coughMarthEliwood*) or a rash and easily manipulated idiot (*coughHectorEphraim), for a change.
- Kirby, Kirby series. Yes, I have a pink fluffball among my favorite characters. Sue me. Kirby is awesome.
- Metaknight, Revenge of Meta Knight. Because when a guy can pull off a badass look despite his height being better measured in centimetres and being round and fluffy, you know you have a winner
- Terra, FFVI. Because she's just that good. Uber-powerful, yet very caring and down-to-earth. With more issues than Time Magazine, yet she beats them on her own and lets none of them bother the party (learn a bit from the lady here, Cloud :smallwink: ). All in all, I love this girl.
- HK-47, Knights of the Old Republic. HK needs no presentation. His quotes are among the most funny in any non-NIS game ever.
- Midna, TloZ: Twilight Princess. A new adition to the roster, but a worthy one nonetheless. Midna is cute, witty, sarcastic and empathic. Being the Twilight Princess herself, she is theargumental line of the game. It's been a while since I felt so much for a Zelda character. And I love that little laugh of hers.

Whoops, gotta go for now. I'll probably continue later :smallwink:

[banjo1985]

For me it was Yuri from the Shadow Hearts games, a hero with an edge, and with some proper personality unlike a lot of main characters...

Argilla from Digital Devil Saga and Prier from La Pucelle should also get honourable mentions.

[Harold]

I like link from the legend of zelda games and cloud from FF

[blakyoshi7]

Has anyone mentioned the guy you play as in Zork yet?

[Jerthanis]

What? Guilty Gear and yet no Bridget? No Dizzy? No Zappa? No Faust?
They're the best characters from GG!

Okay, I'll list all the most awesome characters from Guilty Gear: Johnny, Bridget, Baiken, Zappa, Ky, I-no, Slayer, Testament, Dizzy, Faust, May, Chipp, Sol, Axel, Millia, Potemkin and Eddie... did I miss anyone? (What I'm saying here is that they're ALL horribly badass)



You think Terra is Badass? Protecting Orphans isnt Badass at all.

...obviously I disagree with you, or else I wouldn't have said that it was in fact, badass to do so. I mean, when I think "What's the most heroic thing you can do?" my first instinct is "Save orphans from a burning building", so protecting those orphans full time is like that, but better. And especially in the world created by Kefka, more of a trial and even more difficult and dangerous.

Drascin here put it better than I possibly could, the reasons to love Terra's character.



- Terra, FFVI. Because she's just that good. Uber-powerful, yet very caring and down-to-earth. With more issues than Time Magazine, yet she beats them on her own and lets none of them bother the party (learn a bit from the lady here, Cloud :smallwink: ). All in all, I love this girl.

I used Terra to solo all 4 forms (levels?) of Kefka once, it was awesome... and disappointingly easy.

[TheOtherMC]

Okay, I'll list all the most awesome characters from Guilty Gear: Johnny, Bridget, Baiken, Zappa, Ky, I-no, Slayer, Testament, Dizzy, Faust, May, Chipp, Sol, Axel, Millia, Potemkin and Eddie... did I miss anyone? (What I'm saying here is that they're ALL horribly badass)


Yes, you missed Anji Mito and I'm offended that you did. :smallbiggrin:

[Gijs]

abviously the small little dude from harvest moon, omg he pwns :smallbiggrin:

[Neo]

Surprised there's been no mention of Kane from C&C, when you actually wanted to follow the bad guy cos he was so much cooler than the rest.

[Actana]

"Kane lives in death! Kane lives in death! Kane lives in death!"
"Kane lives!"

One of my favourite game quotes, Kane is the badass leader.

Other than Kane, I'd say:
-Altair, he just looks so cool, and he has that awesome hidden-palm-dagger-weapon-thingy.
-The NOD guy who debreifs you in C&C3, Holloway is great in that role. And because NOD is awesome too.
-The NOD guy who gives you your orders in C&C Tiberian Sun, he is awesome too.
-Minsc, because everyone loves butt-kicking for goodness.
-The protagonist in System Shock 2, because his only line in the game is "Naah", and after that he kicks Shodan's virtual ass.
-Shodan, the virtual psychopathic AI bitch.

Can't think of anyone else right now, but I'll probably return to add to the list.

[Solo]

Iori Yagami, Jim Raynor, Gordan Freeman, Tanya (Red Alert), and Lara Croft.

[Destro_Yersul]

Master Chief, Link, Jim Raynor, HK-47 (best. droid. ever), The Big Daddies from Bioshock (Badass. Really Badass)...

[kpenguin]

Yoshi. What can I say? He's such a friendly little guy.