Community Voice: Your Favorite Protagonist?

Kratos! How can you not enjoy a guy who kills mercilessly, then develops a conscience after unwittingly killing his wife and child and being permanently covered in their ashes? Gods? Immortals? Pfft, we’ll see about that.

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Would have to be Sonic. Simply because he was the one that got me addicted to games back in the day.

Jill Valentine. She can hold her own against zombies and she’s the master of unlocking!

Nathan Drake. Just a great character.

Nathan Drake he’s similar to Lupin the 3rd and even though their thieves and treasures hunters but when the world is in danger they’ll go through hell to save it and no one will ever know they did.
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PAC-MAN!!!! He eats his way out of trouble and he is not afraid of no ghost.

Ryo Hazuki from Shenmue, because when he’s not out looking for sailors or playing Lucky Hit, he’s punching dudes in the face and being a jerk to women. He’s one smooth dude!

Samus Aran.Back in the 80′s there weren’t any girls who were the main protagonist there were only ditzy girls getting themselves captured over and over and needing to be rescued!!.Then came along Metroid.I will never forget when I figured out that “omg he is actually a she!!!”..It warmed my heart seeing a girl kick ass in a video game and NOT need help or to be rescued.I will always love metroid and Samus forver <3 <3 <3 @Nikibaby219

So, I’m going to take this back to the video game that got me hooked on rpgs. I’m going to have to say Ness from Earthbound. That kid ruled. He’s the strong silent type with psychic powers, he loves baseball, and saves the world. Awesome.

The recent Fallout protagonist. Mainly because he/she is or at least can be an extension of yourself. They can be easily relatable because they can be of your ethnic background or gender. The protagonist can be kind or cruel depending on your current mood or reaction to in game events. Mission goals can achieved through physical violence or diplomatic conversations and wit. The Fallout protagonist can be as humble, obnoxious, insane, humorous or charming as you want him/her to be.

My favorite would be Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Series. One of my favorite games is the original MGS that came out for the PS1 and it blew my mind. Solid Snake is one of my favorites since he has his faults but is still a great character and always get the job done, and he’s funny sometimes too.

Marche from Final Fantasy Tactics because his goal is simply to run around this imaginary world and destroy what was created by his friends. It’s such an odd little dilemma to put yourself through as the killer of fun for the purpose of escaping fantasy.

Commander Shepard, because he/she can be what you make him/her to be. At his best he/she is an ideal at his worse he/she is a what the universe needs at that moment, some one that can and will make the hard choices for the greater good.

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Wander from Shadow of the Colossus. Epic struggle + unflagging determination. Not to mention Agro and his sick glowing pancho

Solid Snake has stood the test of time for me and is still my favorite.

Alan Wake.

Mostly because there are so many mysteries surrounding him during the story that he can’t even answer.

Nathan Drake, I like the smart, funny, slightly roguish heroes. If it was from film the my vote would go to Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds.

Hard choice…..I would probably say Dante from Devil May Cry. He’s a bad-ass, has a funny sense of humor, and is just all around awesome =D

Gordon Freeman no question about it.

He doesn’t have to say anything when he’s beating down the enemies face with his vaunted crowbar.

DK- Donkey Kong. He’s cool because he’s a role model and easy to relate to. Some background info.

When DK was still young he moved to the city for a construction job. He was young, impressionable, eager, and hard working plus he was a bit of a player; reminds me of myself really. He met this pretty girl, think her name was Pauline. People will tell you differently, but here’s what really happened. DK asked her on a date. She said no but he didn’t speak the language so he thought she said yes. He decided to take her to the top of his construction job because it’s the best spot to see the whole city; romantic right? DK’s someone you can get great dating advice from. Anyway things were going well until some plumber dude came along. He was player hating big time and was trying to break up the date. Wouldn’t take no for an answer so DK threw some barrels to make him go away. They got into a fight which brought the whole construction site down.

After that misunderstanding (DK got fired) Donkey Kong had to move back home with his dad (a cranky old dude). DK had his buddy Diddy to hang with so it wasn’t so bad. Some reptilian punks moved onto the island and took it over. DK didn’t care as long as they left him alone. His motto is you don’t mess with me and I won’t mess with you. See, it’s a motto everyone should follow; works well enough for me. Anyway these Kremlin punks took DK’s stash of bananas. DK went all apelike and whooped all kinda reptilian behind and got his banana stash back. Now personally I prefer mangos but I can relate. If someone took all my mango Gatorades I’d go ape and whoop the thieves behind too! (if diplomacy failed
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DK is a man of many talents much like me. He’s a world class racecar driver, musician, tennis player, soccer star, baseball player, and Olympic champion. I can relate because like DK I also drive, I like music, I’ve played tennis (twice), played soccer when I was younger, played a couple games of catch and participated in the Olympics (by yelling go USA from the living room couch). He also likes to throw huge parties with his friends. Who doesn’t like hanging out and partying with friends? He also helps with clean up (Cleaning up after parties is hard work and DK’s done 8 so far!). DK doesn’t hold grudges. He even made peace with that player hating plumber. They’re good friends now. From DK’s example I learned not to hold grudges and to make peace with my enemies.

As you’ve now learned DK is an everyman, someone all people can relate too. Hopefully this has made a few converts from some of you.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze. His story is interesting. He became what he was after tragedy and was able to rise further. Ezio is an excellent climber and assassin, very brutal and cunning. Much better than Altair.

I’m sure it has already been said, but Solid Snake/Big Boss deserve a mention. He’s my favorite protagonist because throughout the entire MGS series he just constantly gets screwed over. No matter what he did things always ended badly for him. BUT HE WAS STILL A TROOPER!

My favorite and most memorable protagonist is actually from a game I’ve never finished.

From Tales Of the Abyss his name is “Luke fon Fabre”
It was the first actual experience where there was a actual progression of character in the game I was playing.
Every other game just throws you into a situation without second guessing, but in this game, i felt like the character actually had thoughts and feelings. He struggled with the morality of fighting to survive and living with the situation he was in.

Klayman from skull monkeys. As a kid, I played the hell out of this game. And Klayman had always made me laugh. I swear, for never speaking he was pretty funny.
Anywho, with all his neat abilities he has earned a high spot in my favorite video game characters.