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[Hawk The Slayer]

Zidane
Cloud
Leon

 

[PlayStaytion]

Sam Bridges 100%

Something to be said about a character who truly manned up, found a purpose greater than himself and became a Dad.

It's like your best friend who was a burnout who joined the military and came back a changed man. Dude truly had a heroes journey from start to finish.

My equal would be Nameless One from Planescape Torment. I feel like describing why ruins the storytelling but the "What changes the nature of a Man" rings deeply true to his character and the games theme. Just love everything about this game and I'd love a proper remake in an updated engine.

Keep it up, keep it up.

 

[PlayStaytion]

Zidane
Cloud
Leon

He broke the football iron role, he played solo like NBA players.

 

[Puscifer]

Druckman really did fuck up Naughty Dog.

I think him and Kojima and proof why you need a writers room to reign your bullshit in.

Celine Song even talked about how she wanted a kiss at the end of the movie Past Lives but the writers beat her over the head (metaphorically obviously) to get her to understand how it undermines everything she wrote and to leave it with a platonic hug and a goodbye instead.

Druckman fired his and Kojima got everyone to indulge him and I still love Death Stranding but the fact no one questioned him about naming a character Die Hardman says it all lmao

 

[Artistic]

I like Tidus a lot.

 

[Noctis0Caelum]

Noctis Lucis Caelum

 

[Hudo]

 

[PlayStaytion]

Now one retired and one dead.. thanks Druckmann.

So you're no longer a Sony guy?

 

[Codes 208]

In terms of silhouette and design, Master Chief.

But overall? Probably Link.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Rex canonically fucked all the baddies.

Really did and I loved how it was a low key slealth fuck you to all the "fans" (Tourists) who were complaining about how sexulized Xenoblade Chronicles 2 female cast was

 

[Salmonboy]

Angry, brutal, testosterone-fueled Kratos from the Greek era. A character completely unbound by any moral constraints, just pure vengeance in its rawest form.

Pure cringe

 

[consoul]

Auron - Final Fantasy X

Cool, but not a protagonist.

 

[Sohurmk833]

Do you see retirement as a bad thing ? I mean, he finally found peace AND money, if that's not a happy ending, idk what is! :-D

Real heroes don´t retire.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Real heroes don´t retire.

Tell that to Charles Martinet (truth be told, a VERY WELL deserved one). And for God's sake, lets not compare a character that basically repeats the same story in almost every game (and who the well plays Mario for the story ?! :-D)

 

[SSfox]

It's impossible to pick just one unless you started gaming in 2026. Quickly i'll just names few: Solid Snake, OG Lara Croft, Kratos, Cloud Strife, Leon S.Kennedy

 

[Dice]

It's impossible to pick just one unless you started gaming in 2026. Quickly i'll just names few: Solid Snake, OG Lara Croft, Kratos, Cloud Strife, Leon S.Kennedy

It's easy. Claire Redfield. Obviously.

 

[Solarstrike]

Simon Belmont

 

[cireza]

My personal picks :
Bayonetta
Ryu Hayabusa
Samus Aran
Jack from Stranger of Paradise
Several characters from Resident Evil 1, 2, 3 and 4

All really strong, adult characters with good stories and games where you feel like you are in control and very powerful. Not too talkative either, which helps a lot.

 

[IFireflyl]

Cool, but not a protagonist.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Too violent

 

[StoopKidz]

Lately

 

[cireza]

Too violent

Yeah, they ruined Samus. They don't understand shit at Metroid. They wanted to make her cool and aggressive with an attitude, this is just the complete opposite of what the character is.