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Subject: Best-developed video game characters of all time?

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

In response to the ongoing thread on the best video game stories, I thought it would be interesting to see what characters we've become emotionally attached to.

For me, I'd have to say that I felt connected with the characters from Heavy Rain and Alan Wake. I felt as though the games really put a lot of effort into making their characters feel genuine, which went a long way toward my enjoyment of the games. How about you guys?

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Why So Serious?

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Angry Birds.

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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

Pacman.

He eats dots and runs from ghosts.

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Dumb people are just blissfully unaware of how very dumb they are.

John Marston from RDR.

I never really realized how much I had grown to like him as a character until he died...

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You, I don't like you.

The ball from Pong.

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Challenge me to a Hawaiian Punch chugging contest. I dare you.


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Probably getting hate for this, but the original Vault Hunters in Borderlands 2. They had minimal personality and story in the first game, but in the second game alone they were all built up into great characters. It's the only shooter i've played where a NPC team works together in a way that seems like genuine characters and not just emotionless shooters. I loved the characters in that game.

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Max Payne

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Oh, you think darkness is your ally. You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man. By then, it was nothing to me but BLINDING!


Posted by: The EAKLE
Probably getting hate for this, but the original Vault Hunters in Borderlands 2. They had minimal personality and story in the first game, but in the second game alone they were all built up into great characters. It's the only shooter i've played where a NPC team works together in a way that seems like genuine characters and not just emotionless shooters. I loved the characters in that game.
Roland just didn't work in Borderlands 2.

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"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."


Posted by: Sgt monkey41
John Marston from RDR.

I never really realized how much I had grown to like him as a character until he died...


Finally! A real response. I agree; the end was shocking, but I also appreciated the character more for it. I didn't really like RDR's gameplay, but I loved seeing Marston's character.

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Sora.

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Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.


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Posted by: The EAKLE
Probably getting hate for this, but the original Vault Hunters in Borderlands 2. They had minimal personality and story in the first game, but in the second game alone they were all built up into great characters. It's the only shooter i've played where a NPC team works together in a way that seems like genuine characters and not just emotionless shooters. I loved the characters in that game.
Roland just didn't work in Borderlands 2.
I liked him. They showed a personal side as well as the soldier side of him. He wasn't spectacular, but better than any other shooter characters. Brick wasn't much either. But Lilith and Mordecai, IMO, were wonderful, and the way the four interacted with each other and were built up over the course of the second game was fantastic.

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Per Audacia Ad Astra

Master Chief, Cortana, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, everyone from Heavy Rain.

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Call me Ares

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I'd have to go with Shepard, but I think that's kinda a cheap answer because we make all the decisions.

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Lee Everett.

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"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."


Posted by: master of ares
I'd have to go with Shepard, but I think that's kinda a cheap answer because we make all the decisions.


I dunno, I think you can count him. For example, the characters from Heavy Rain are developed well regardless of the decisions you make. The way I view Ethan is different from how someone else might, but I developed him in the way I thought he should be. He's a well-developed character to me. I think you can say the same about Shepard, too.

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Your average nice guy on The Flood.... D: ..... WAIT A MINUTE....

Ben Paul from The Walking Dead.

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Gordon Freeman
Samus Aran
Master Chief

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"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."


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Gordon Freeman
Samus Aran
Master Chief


Subtle......

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The one on the right side

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"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

Aww, c'mon, guys, none of you appreciate the characters in games?

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Posted by: swvjdirector
Aww, c'mon, guys, none of you appreciate the characters in games?

There's just not too many well-developed videogame characters.

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Sonic the Hedgehog. He has to put up with that -blam!- annoying -blam!- two mother-blam!- tailed fox for every day of his life!

  • 12.30.2012 5:46 PM PDT

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."


Posted by: JMcDon15
Posted by: swvjdirector
Aww, c'mon, guys, none of you appreciate the characters in games?

There's just not too many well-developed videogame characters.


I can think of several that haven't been mentioned, though. Most of the Flood members don't seem to have played those games, though.

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Not the best, but Cole Phelps is a great character. Unlike most game characters, he has a major flaw. He was in WWII and was a lieutenant that only cared about commendations, nearly all his men died and he didn't even care. Everyone called him a war hero though because despite the losses of his men, he was successful in the war. He became a detective to redeem himself after the horrible things he had done in the war. He didn't do it for crime but for his own betterment. He eventually working on vice cases but was demoted to the arson desk after cheating on his wife with a german woman. He died in a tunnel flooded with water during an arson case, I think.

Great detective and a horrible man.




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Big Boss and Solid Snake.

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