Favorite Characters in Video Games
Some of my favorite game characters with their respective games
One character per series so this list isn't just MGS and Yakuza
One character per series so this list isn't just MGS and Yakuza
20 Games
Solid Snake
I love Snake's maturity and his struggle with trying to balance his vulnerable and human side with his battle-hardened soldier side
I love Snake's maturity and his struggle with trying to balance his vulnerable and human side with his battle-hardened soldier side
Francis York Morgan
York is so weird and eclectic and it's perfect. He's entertaining as all hell whenever he talks since he can switch between a wide variety of topics on a dime.
York is so weird and eclectic and it's perfect. He's entertaining as all hell whenever he talks since he can switch between a wide variety of topics on a dime.
Travis Touchdown
He's such a god damn loser but he has an endearing sincerity to him that makes me always root for him. His more mature characterization in Travis Strikes Again was also terrific.
He's such a god damn loser but he has an endearing sincerity to him that makes me always root for him. His more mature characterization in Travis Strikes Again was also terrific.
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Kazuma Kiryu
Kiryu's maturity and stoicism make him really interesting and unique amongst game protagonists. His melancholic mood in Yakuza 5 was also handled exceptionally well, plus he can drive taxis in that one.
Kiryu's maturity and stoicism make him really interesting and unique amongst game protagonists. His melancholic mood in Yakuza 5 was also handled exceptionally well, plus he can drive taxis in that one.
Dante
His chill and playful demeanor combined with his character arcs in 3 and 5 are done excellently well. Also haha pizza man.
His chill and playful demeanor combined with his character arcs in 3 and 5 are done excellently well. Also haha pizza man.
Battler Ushiromiya
He's a dumbass and a perv, but he's entertaining and has a great character arc. I also love his rivalry with Agent 47.
He's a dumbass and a perv, but he's entertaining and has a great character arc. I also love his rivalry with Agent 47.
John Ward
I love his character arc and determination to fix a past sin
I love his character arc and determination to fix a past sin
Wario
He's the funny fat man
He's the funny fat man
Frank West
He's a bumbling chucklefuck and I love him. Also he's covered wars you know.
He's a bumbling chucklefuck and I love him. Also he's covered wars you know.
Heavy Weapons Guy
Dude is just so much fun to listen to and is dripping with personality and quotable lines
Dude is just so much fun to listen to and is dripping with personality and quotable lines
Laguna Loire
He's a complete ditz but such an entertaining and endearing ditz
He's a complete ditz but such an entertaining and endearing ditz
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Eli Vance
Eli is the chillest motherfucker to walk the earth
Eli is the chillest motherfucker to walk the earth
Duke Nukem
Who doesn't love the DUKESTER
Who doesn't love the DUKESTER
King of All Cosmos
Do I need to explain why? He's the motherfucking king.
Do I need to explain why? He's the motherfucking king.
Phoenix Wright
He's a fun goofball, but his mature side is also great when it comes out like in 2-4 and 3-5
He's a fun goofball, but his mature side is also great when it comes out like in 2-4 and 3-5
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Oersted
Tragic heroes are great, and Oersted is the best of the bunch. His ending with Pogo is also better than it should be.
Tragic heroes are great, and Oersted is the best of the bunch. His ending with Pogo is also better than it should be.
Albert Wesker
Dude is so damn cheesy and has dumb Matrix powers, how could I not love him
Dude is so damn cheesy and has dumb Matrix powers, how could I not love him
Grimoire Weiss
I love how sassy he is and Liam O'Brien did a fantastic job voicing him
I love how sassy he is and Liam O'Brien did a fantastic job voicing him
Sissel
Fun personality and he plays off the other characters super well. I also love how his curiosity is used for foreshadowing.
Fun personality and he plays off the other characters super well. I also love how his curiosity is used for foreshadowing.
HK-47
He's a sarcastic psychopathic droid who makes fun of everything and everyone he sees, what's not to love?
He's a sarcastic psychopathic droid who makes fun of everything and everyone he sees, what's not to love?