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Title: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 29, 2013, 07:11:05 pm
This thread was inspired by this OP here:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=83668.0

And I quote:

“All I know is that there's never been a videogame writer and story that meant as much to me as Ragnar Tornquist and The Longest Journey games have. There's never been a character in any story I've ever read, played, or watched that I cared about more than April Ryan. There are stories you love, and then there are stories that become so personally important to you that it becomes existentially vital that you know what happens next. This is one of those stories.”

I want to hear more about characters that moved you. And I’ll start with my own standout favourite.

I’ve wanted to start this thread for many days, but there’s been a couple of obstacles. The first, my favourite video game character of all time, MUST NOT BE GOOGLED. Unless you don’t care about huge spoilers. I’m serious, she just doesn’t come spoiler free. So now I have to explain why I love her, and I really can’t do it justice. To be fair, none of the spoiler-ridden stuff can either. You have to play the game. But anyway I’ll give it a go.

Quite possibly just like above, she is my most cared about character from any form of entertainment with the possible exception of Hermione from Harry Potter. I am talking about the wonderful Nanami from Suikoden II.

The game puts you in the main character’s shoes. And Nanami is your sister. Though your character is adopted, so there’s no blood there. And she loves you. Like a brother, not romantic. They do such a good job with her, she’s utterly fearless for her own safety, but afraid for yours. She has a pure heart and a cheerful nature, but she’s also very tomboyish and in her own adorable way will simply basically put her head down and charge into anything that tries to harm you. But she is still young, like you, I believe both you and she are 16 in the game, and the pressures of what you get thrust into get on top of her too, and her reactions to the things that happen in the game are very endearing.

I also love her theme song, it’s one of my favourite pieces of video game music ever, which I’ll link you up to here. You’ll want to stay away from the comments section to avoid spoilers. Though I’ve plucked a comment out for you to read, and I quote:

“Nanami has got to be one of my favourite game characters ever!! she's cheerful, determined, can always see the good side of things...
also she is SUCH a badass. >:)”

Here's the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5jac7guTK0&fmt=18

It’s a simple formula really, you (or at least I) come to care about her so much because she cares about you so much. She’s a lovely girl, but she has her flaws, like a short temper, acting without thinking, and her horrible, repulsive cooking :)

I also like that she’s not today’s kind of RPG game girl, you know, a skinny girl with more flesh showing than is covered up, and probably large breasts. This isn't just a preference, it makes her so much more believable than some little girl running around in a bikini swinging an enormous sword would. Nanami dresses normally and while she is fairly pretty, she’s just a normal-looking girl, and played as legitimately tough, as both you and she are trained well in the martial arts. It’s even played up in the game that she trains harder than all the soldiers. Here’s her picture:

(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100316235326/suikoden/images/b/b7/Nanami01.gif)

And her little sprite and face picture:

(http://lparchive.org/Suikoden-II/Update%2043/45-Suikoden_2_-_Chapter_42_36.png)

Often when you go to bed in the game, she will be there to wake you up in the morning and say something nice and cheerful, which is likely the reasoning behind the name of her theme song. I love Nanami. I’ve never been more fond of a character in a game or cared more about what happens to them. I’m getting all nostalgic just thinking about her. Lovely, strong, caring girl… So, it’s over to you now…
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: An4ximandros on March 29, 2013, 09:20:57 pm
Christopher Snipes, he was such an awesome badass. He would always follow the directions, even if they were a piece of junk.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Spoon on March 29, 2013, 09:39:45 pm
Aaah Suikoden II
Such a good game.

I'll be honest though, Nanami started to sort of get on my nerves after a while. There was even this moment where she was all like "I'm coming with you!" and you get one of Suikoden's infamous fake choice moments. I told her 'No' to which she replied "I'm coming with you anyway!" There's a fine line between caring and clingy.
***** PLEASE. I have 108 characters in my castle and you've been hogging up one space in my party for over half the game. Could you KINDLY allow me some choice in who to take with me.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 29, 2013, 09:48:13 pm
Christopher Snipes, he was such an awesome badass. He would always follow the directions, even if they were a piece of junk.

Snipes is invincible though. Kinda takes away from his badassness  :D

Aaah Suikoden II
Such a good game.

I'll be honest though, Nanami started to sort of get on my nerves after a while. There was even this moment where she was all like "I'm coming with you!" and you get one of Suikoden's infamous fake choice moments. I told her 'No' to which she replied "I'm coming with you anyway!" There's a fine line between caring and clingy.
***** PLEASE. I have 108 characters in my castle and you've been hogging up one space in my party for over half the game. Could you KINDLY allow me some choice in who to take with me.

Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I'm always happy to have Nanami in my party though, she is extremely effective for me. So I was happy to take her along that time. But then my friend played the game, and he tried to keep her at home, so that's how I know about it. But they didn't need to do that, they could have let you put her in the convoy. I never felt Nanami crossed over into clingy personally. I am very fond of her though, who knows, perhaps if I hadn't warmed to her so much I wouldn't feel that way, since I like having her around the whole game anyway.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: watsisname on March 29, 2013, 10:17:33 pm
CHARACTERS I CARE ABOUT


(http://i.imgur.com/8HqB9Qc.png)


(http://i.imgur.com/W2iWTGX.gif)

 
(http://i.imgur.com/QRpcGvx.png)

(http://i.imgur.com/5GPIaCi.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Spoon on March 29, 2013, 10:26:43 pm
Of all the things, why a Mycon?
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: An4ximandros on March 29, 2013, 10:29:26 pm
Snip
We must not allow our soil to be claimed by the Jeb. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG3x3yBVqVs)

 To add something useful to this thread...

 I must admit, I have trouble relating to characters in video games in general, but usually I feel for those who have been 'properly' developed. Properly as in... I have no idea, some characters just 'click' with me, so to speak. It's difficult to put into words.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: watsisname on March 29, 2013, 11:04:53 pm
Of all the things, why a Mycon?

I love that adorable fungus!  Lives underground by the warmth of magma; dreams of spreading its spores throughout the stars to fulfill the wishes of Juffo-Wup.  And it's so polite and eloquent in speech! <3

But fine, maybe you're one of those people, who would prefer to hug a Zoq!  Well, now that I  think about it, they do have damn sexy curves.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Apollo on March 30, 2013, 12:12:05 am
I'm torn between Admiral Calder from WiH and General Tor from Iji. Both of them earn my sympathy, though for very different reasons.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: BloodEagle on March 30, 2013, 12:18:27 am
There's no way this will be accurate, but....

Game Characters That I Care About (in no particular order):

And that's all I can remember without thumbing through my entire game archive.

And out of all of those, I think my most favorite would have to be... Iji.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: The E on March 30, 2013, 01:41:05 am
Elizabeth, Bioshock Infinite
BSI could have been one giant escort mission from hell. It isn't. Elizabeth soon establishes herself as an integral part of the gameplay, and when you're separated, your first priority will be to get back together with her.

The entire supporting cast of Dragon Age 2
While there are characters in there that I don't particularly like, there's never a point where I wouldn't want to have them around.

Garrus, Legion and Javik, Mass Effect series
Garrus is my Shepard's second in command. He's always there when the bullets start flying, and has never let me down. Legion and Javik bring in completely alien perspectives on what is happening, and are supremely well written.

Sand, Neverwinter Nights 2
A snarky elf wizard. What's not to love?

HK-47, Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2
For obvious reasons.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 30, 2013, 01:55:51 am
Celes - Final Fantasy VI
Cecil - FFIV
Johnny - To the Moon
Nephenee - Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn
Gaz - CoD4:MW
Zeratul - StarCraft 1 and BW

That's weird. I would have thought there'd have been a lot more. But most of the characters I grew attached to were my player characters in various RPGs and MMOs. I don't suppose they count? Also most silent protagonists: Link, Gordon Freeman, Chrono.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 30, 2013, 02:06:09 am
Game characters I care about:




I don't get emotionally attached to games.  Unless fear counts.  There's been a game or two that almost made me **** myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 07:29:16 am
Time for me to add some more.

The entire main cast of Grandia II, but four favourites stand out: Mareg, Elena, Skye and Ryudo.

Mareg is legitamately wise. I don't think any character has made me think more than he has, and want to adopt the things he says. And he's kind as well. I love the way he just flies in the face of the stereotypes you'd attach to his outward appearance: a massive beastman. You'd assume he was just a dumb brute, and he's the exact opposite. He's probably my favourite of the bunch.

Elena you get to watch evolve from a nice, but very naive, deeply religious, helpless girl to a strong, wise, courageous and kind girl who you grow to love.

Skye, he just sits well with me, and is another wise head.

Ryudo also grows to love Elena and grows as a character. He goes from a cynical, snarky, unkind rough diamond type to the hero who comes to believe in people. You watch Ryudo and Elena grow close and it feels right and you want to protect them, while I usually really don't like video game romance.

Those descriptions really don't do those characters justice, but it's way too long since I played that game. But I pretty much put that game into the PS2 (shut up, Dreamcast fanboys!  :lol:) and it pretty much stayed there until the game was completed. I probably will have played soething else inbetween, but basically I went right through that game, and I've never done that with any other RPG, it normally takes me months to complete an RPG. Even Suikoden II didn't get that.

If I ever finish the first Grandia, it may have the same effect on me.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: TrashMan on March 30, 2013, 09:21:10 am
And her little sprite and face picture:

(http://lparchive.org/Suikoden-II/Update%2043/45-Suikoden_2_-_Chapter_42_36.png)

nyaahhh

The height of literary art.

15 year old girl in an JRPG is your fav character?

Ok... I admit, I'm skeptical whenever someone mentions a JRPG character... they usually the the depth of a puddle and the IQ of a rock.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 10:06:49 am
And her little sprite and face picture:

(http://lparchive.org/Suikoden-II/Update%2043/45-Suikoden_2_-_Chapter_42_36.png)

nyaahhh

The height of literary art.

15 year old girl in an JRPG is your fav character?

Ok... I admit, I'm skeptical whenever someone mentions a JRPG character... they usually the the depth of a puddle and the IQ of a rock.

16.

Intelligence is not a strong point of Nanami.

And I thought that was a great picture to use, because it spoils nothing.

Grandia II is where to go for depthy characters. Suikoden II is a very highly regarded game though.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Pred the Penguin on March 30, 2013, 12:05:17 pm
I have played many games that were emotional experiences for me, but I can't think of any character that I had a real attachment to, at least not that I can think of at this moment. I'll have to look up the games I've played and see if anything sticks out, but this is really surprising to me. I am way more attached to literary characters and some in film.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: BloodEagle on March 30, 2013, 01:09:43 pm
The entire main cast of Grandia II, but four favourites stand out: Mareg, Elena, Skye and Ryudo.

I had serious trouble getting into to this game's story, if only because of the voice acting.  It wasn't bad (except for the prince, seriously, I hate that kid's voice), per se, it just didn't fit at all.  I wish it had come with a 'subbed' version, as it were.

Awesome gameplay mechanics, though.  Right up there with Star Ocean 2 and Lunar 2 in terms of 'WE NEED MORE OF THESE GAMES'.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 01:15:12 pm
The entire main cast of Grandia II, but four favourites stand out: Mareg, Elena, Skye and Ryudo.

I had serious trouble getting into to this game's story, if only because of the voice acting.  It wasn't bad (except for the prince, seriously, I hate that kid's voice), per se, it just didn't fit at all.  I wish it had come with a 'subbed' version, as it were.

Awesome gameplay mechanics, though.  Right up there with Star Ocean 2 and Lunar 2 in terms of 'WE NEED MORE OF THESE GAMES'.

I can see why you might not like Roan's voice. I was okay with the voice acting though, and in places liked it a lot. But yes, best battle system in an RPG easily for me. Never seen anything get remotely close.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Veers on March 30, 2013, 01:34:38 pm
I always developed some weird attachments at times.. sometimes always different depending on my mindset/character mindset on a play through. Mainly:

Bastila - KOTOR
Random FreeSpace pilots (I sometimes felt very attached to my generic wingpersons. At one point I was always ordering them to depart so they would not die. Bad habit)
Whole heap of nameless soldiers in Close Combat series etc.
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy (Hothothothothothothothot)


Nothing special.

But I always try to immurse myself into the character/location that I am playing in. So if the character has an attachment to x and x is killed off, by design or luck. I will be affected by it, unless that character had been designed horribly.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Apollo on March 30, 2013, 01:58:27 pm
I always developed some weird attachments at times.. sometimes always different depending on my mindset/character mindset on a play through. Mainly:

Bastila - KOTOR
Random FreeSpace pilots (I sometimes felt very attached to my generic wingpersons. At one point I was always ordering them to depart so they would not die. Bad habit)
Whole heap of nameless soldiers in Close Combat series etc.
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy (Hothothothothothothothot)

I have weird attachments too. For example, DE from WiH didn't really bother me, but The Great Hunt did because I thought the Prophecy would kill the Bastion.



Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 02:05:13 pm
I always developed some weird attachments at times.. sometimes always different depending on my mindset/character mindset on a play through. Mainly:

Bastila - KOTOR
Random FreeSpace pilots (I sometimes felt very attached to my generic wingpersons. At one point I was always ordering them to depart so they would not die. Bad habit)
Whole heap of nameless soldiers in Close Combat series etc.
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy (Hothothothothothothothot)


Nothing special.

But I always try to immurse myself into the character/location that I am playing in. So if the character has an attachment to x and x is killed off, by design or luck. I will be affected by it, unless that character had been designed horribly.

I've always been protective of allies in games. I try to preserve as many of them as possible, and enjoy saving their lives. I haven't sent any of my wingmen away though. I just hope they got out in their ejector pods :)

I think it also gives me a decent amount of "escort rage" resistance.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 30, 2013, 02:58:01 pm
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy (Hothothothothothothothot)
dat ass
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Gray113 on March 30, 2013, 03:31:46 pm
Justin - Grandia. Great game , greatest character ever, hottest GF ever

Edit honourable mention for Fwiffo, every time I killed him I cried a little inside.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 04:00:12 pm
Justin - Grandia. Great game , greatest character ever, hottest GF ever

Edit honourable mention for Fwiffo, every time I killed him I cried a little inside.

While I haven't beaten the game, I am certainly fond of Justin. Feena was growing on me as well.

Why would you kill Fwiffo if you like him? Or do you just mean if you lost him in battle?
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Gray113 on March 30, 2013, 04:05:59 pm
No I made an effort of playing Ur quan with as many different ways as possible due to my love for the writing. Unfortunately this meant I had to kill Fwiffo a few times :(
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Polpolion on March 30, 2013, 04:18:01 pm
My favorite video game character is probably Lester Mitchell. He was a randomly generated soldier in X-COM: UFO Defense who happened to be particularly badass. I accidentally took his squad, which was completely green, on a base assault. I must have thought it was a Floater base or something, but it turned out to be full of Ethereals. While his entire squad was going insane and getting mind controlled he pretty much single-handedly destroyed the entire base. I don't know how he managed it, but he ran around with a blaster launcher and a laser rifle and killed at least a dozen enemies before finding and nuking the command center. I extracted him and the survivors and aborted the mission then despite knowing that there were aliens left alive because he was the only combat effective soldier and I didn't feel like combing the entire base with just him.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 04:26:01 pm
No I made an effort of playing Ur quan with as many different ways as possible due to my love for the writing. Unfortunately this meant I had to kill Fwiffo a few times :(

I see. Thanks.

My favorite video game character is probably Lester Mitchell. He was a randomly generated soldier in X-COM: UFO Defense who happened to be particularly badass. I accidentally took his squad, which was completely green, on a base assault. I must have thought it was a Floater base or something, but it turned out to be full of Ethereals. While his entire squad was going insane and getting mind controlled he pretty much single-handedly destroyed the entire base. I don't know how he managed it, but he ran around with a blaster launcher and a laser rifle and killed at least a dozen enemies before finding and nuking the command center. I extracted him and the survivors and aborted the mission then despite knowing that there were aliens left alive because he was the only combat effective soldier and I didn't feel like combing the entire base with just him.

Ah, now that's a nice story. It got me racking my brains for something similar, but I can't think right now. But just some nobody in a game carving out their own legend as they go along and becoming a somebody is a great thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 30, 2013, 04:30:45 pm
But just some nobody in a game carving out their own legend as they go along and becoming a somebody is a great thing.

This is my favorite kind of character, and favorite kind of story.
I mean, it's nice when there's a good world to play in, and a story to guide your character(s) through to give them a goal and stuff. But most times when a writer goes and writes a character, they're usually not as interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 04:39:12 pm
But just some nobody in a game carving out their own legend as they go along and becoming a somebody is a great thing.

This is my favorite kind of character, and favorite kind of story.
I mean, it's nice when there's a good world to play in, and a story to guide your character(s) through to give them a goal and stuff. But most times when a writer goes and writes a character, they're usually not as interesting.

I've been trying to think, and I probably don't have any examples of actual individual characters. But there are a couple of teams. My Blitzball team in Final Fantasy X (not the Aurochs, I got new players in, none from any of the other teams) who went from a pack of losers to crushing all the other teams.

The other example would be I've played a lot of Worms, and got attached to the team I made for myself, the Worminators.

For a character who does no talking, probably The Skum from Destruction Derby who I've had some epic races with. I love racing him, even though he's a blatant cheat with a much better car than you.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Spoon on March 30, 2013, 04:42:48 pm
I love that adorable fungus!  Lives underground by the warmth of magma; dreams of spreading its spores throughout the stars to fulfill the wishes of Juffo-Wup.  And it's so polite and eloquent in speech! <3

But fine, maybe you're one of those people, who would prefer to hug a Zoq!  Well, now that I  think about it, they do have damn sexy curves.
You have converted me to Mycon-ism. Let us Juffo-Wup together.

Just don't let the Syreen find out.  :nervous:
If they come, I'm jumping ship.


Whole heap of nameless soldiers in Close Combat series etc.
I recall 3 units that I took special care of.
I once had a german sniper who had like 50+ kills... which is a whole bloody lot for a sniper in CC! He was decorated in so many ways.
Then I also had this american stuart tank that had racked up... I forgot the number but it was in the hundreds of kills and a bunch of light armored vehicles. I took special care to steer this heroic light tank away from any german heavy panzers.
And lastely I had  this one german recon soldier that personally took out 4-5 american tanks. He managed this by shooting through all his panzerfausts and then scavaging the corpses of an american anti tank team that was in the same building. After picking up the bazooka he scored more kills. Though he had suffered through two acts of cowardice in the process.

I don't actually recalled what happend to that tank killer soldier, but the sniper and the Stuart both survived the war.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: The E on March 30, 2013, 04:53:43 pm
A special salute goes out to all the Soldiers in Cannon Fodder (The first one, on Amiga).
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 05:00:34 pm
A special salute goes out to all the Soldiers in Cannon Fodder (The first one, on Amiga).

Ah, I've played that many years ago. I could get my initial squad through a whole bunch of levels intact, but then would get stopped dead at this certain level, they would die, and that whole line of replacements would eventually die after them.

RIP, little guys. :(
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 30, 2013, 05:55:48 pm
The E.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: The E on March 30, 2013, 06:04:57 pm
Oh god, I totally forgot about that one.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: TrashMan on March 30, 2013, 06:20:33 pm
I've always been protective of allies in games. I try to preserve as many of them as possible, and enjoy saving their lives. I haven't sent any of my wingmen away though. I just hope they got out in their ejector pods :)

I think it also gives me a decent amount of "escort rage" resistance.

Ditto.

I do it in 4X games too and RTS's... when my ally/friendly empire is on the other side of the galaxy, beset by enemies and being destroyed, I commit my whole empire to it's rescue, regardless the risks.
Just today, I declared war on the entire galaxy to save an empire that was down to two planets. Gave it some of my fringe planets just to keep it alive.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 30, 2013, 06:28:12 pm
I've always been protective of allies in games. I try to preserve as many of them as possible, and enjoy saving their lives. I haven't sent any of my wingmen away though. I just hope they got out in their ejector pods :)

I think it also gives me a decent amount of "escort rage" resistance.

Ditto.

I do it in 4X games too and RTS's... when my ally/friendly empire is on the other side of the galaxy, beset by enemies and being destroyed, I commit my whole empire to it's rescue, regardless the risks.
Just today, I declared war on the entire galaxy to save an empire that was down to two planets. Gave it some of my fringe planets just to keep it alive.

Team player  :)

I have very little experience with 4X, I have Galactic Civilisations, but have done very little with it.

I tend to enjoy stages in an RTS which contain an AI ally or allies much more than me vs. them, and will do my best to support them.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 30, 2013, 07:06:56 pm
Oh god, I totally forgot about that one.

Hopefully the rebuild will actually get to him.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 31, 2013, 07:04:11 am
Thanks for the responses everyone. Fun thread. It's brought back some memories for me too.

EDIT: This isn't me saying I'm finished with the thread or anything. I'll be happy to see more!  :D
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: headdie on March 31, 2013, 08:36:28 am
hmmm lets see

Jeannette "Angel" Devereaux - Wing Commander Series - made some parts of WC3 difficult
Tanya Adams - C&C RA series
Adam Jensen - DX3
Aerie - BGII
Aribeth de Tylmarande - NWN
Elanee - NWNII
Neeshka c- NWNII

there are some more but not got time atm
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: newman on March 31, 2013, 09:05:17 am
Of all the things, why a Mycon?

Because of all the amazing Juffo-Wup? Also, they apparently taste great fried in butter. Seriously, SC2 is pretty much a hotspot for favorite game characters, there's many I absolutely loved in there. Admiral ZEX comes to mind, as well as pretty much any Thraddash captain :)

Also, Guybrush Threepwood.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 31, 2013, 09:24:35 am
Of all the things, why a Mycon?

Because of all the amazing Juffo-Wup? Also, they apparently taste great fried in butter. Seriously, SC2 is pretty much a hotspot for favorite game characters, there's many I absolutely loved in there. Admiral ZEX comes to mind, as well as pretty much any Thraddash captain :)

Also, Guybrush Threepwood.

I have a soft spot for the Thraddash.

Meanwhile, the last couple of nights I've been "sleeping like a Mycon" you might say, if Mycon sleep, climbing into a bed which has had four hot water bottles placed within some time ago. Mmmmm...  :D

I don't think those two know what they're getting into though...

If they're looking to make friends with the Mycon, I can't see it going too well myself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3OB7Kjfm0A#t=0m47s

I am fond of Spoon. I don't want him to be killed by the Mycon...  :(

@ headdie

I know Red Alert isn't supposed to be taken entirely seriously, but I can't "care" about Tanya. Unless you mean you just like her, I like her too, but she's too bloodthirsty to care about for me.

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Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 31, 2013, 09:32:17 am
Oh and while we're at it...

(http://i.imgur.com/8HqB9Qc.png)

Who's she?
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Gray113 on March 31, 2013, 09:59:12 am
I can't believe I left out Minsc and boo. What the hell is wrong with me?

GO FOR THE EYES BOO GO FOR THE EYES YAHH!!!
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 31, 2013, 10:07:07 am
I can't believe I left out Minsc and boo. What the hell is wrong with me?

GO FOR THE EYES BOO GO FOR THE EYES YAHH!!!

Now those two look interesting  :D
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: headdie on March 31, 2013, 10:14:30 am
@ headdie

I know Red Alert isn't supposed to be taken entirely seriously, but I can't "care" about Tanya. Unless you mean you just like her, I like her too, but she's too bloodthirsty to care about for me.

Kick ass and independent, whats not to like... from a safe distance of course lol.

I did forget to mention Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka from WC1/2
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 31, 2013, 10:27:58 am
I did forget to mention Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka from WC1/2

**** me, now I remember how incredibly angry I was when she died.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 31, 2013, 10:32:18 am
I did forget to mention Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka from WC1/2

**** me, now I remember how incredibly angry I was when she died.

Ah, now this reminds me of something if I can find it that should be appropriate to this thread...

There we go. A review of Wing Commander when it came out:

http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue126/50_Wing_Commander.php

It's always stuck in my mind, I'd highly recommend anyone to read it. Read it again just now and still enjoy it. You can stop when it gets to "In Wing Commander, it's the year 2654." It's the opening part that's important here.

EDIT: Ah, what the heck. Copy! Paste!

"GROUNDBREAKING 3-D GRAPHICS COMBINED WITH REALISTIC CHARACTERS MAKE THIS A HEAVY FAVORITE FOR BEST GAME OF THE YEAR

I was terrified. It's still hard to admit, but I almost lost my wingman, and it would've been my fault.

Things just happened so quickly. it was just a routine mission, if there is such a thing. We knew that the Kilrathi had been dropping into the Vega system through one of the jump points in the area, so Spirit and I were out making the rounds, checking the possibles. Then - boom! - out of nowhere, we found ourselves in a swarm of Dralthi-class medium fighters. I gave the order to break, and Spirit kicked in the burners and headed into a group that was coming in low. I lit 'em up, too, and headed straight into two fighters dead ahead.

We traded laser blasts during a head-to-head pass. Then I took a chance and guessed that one of them would break straight up. I got lucky and slid neatly onto his tail. Playing the afterburners just right, I managed to stay behind him until his shields wore down, and I sliced right through his ion drive. Such a pretty explosion. A similar blast off to the right told me that Spirit was doing her thing, too.

Meanwhile, a loudmouthed furball had come around behind me and was heating up my sheilds with his lasers and heating up the comlink with a steady stream of insults. I had had it up to here with his "monkey boy" comments, so I honked the stick back into my lap for a quick look and activated a heat-seeker. We fought to a stalemate for several minutes as both our shields got weaker and weaker. Then the fleabag made a mistake; he got predictable. I anticipated his move and cut in behind him. Dead meat. They don't call me Catskinner for nothing!

Two blasts took his shields down to nothing, but some fancy flying kept me from finishing him off. That's when the first call for help came in from Spirit. She had been my wingman on my very first combat mission; we were compadres. I knew she was rock-steady but quiet - if she called for help, she really needed it. But just one more shot would finish off this arrogant cat-head in front of me. I really wanted him. I missed with another shot, and Spirit called for help again. Another shot was lining up nicely, but it would take a couple of seconds - time Spirit might not have. And I owed her, big time. So I gritted my teeth, whipped my fighter around, and headed off to help her, burners blazing.

She was really in a heap of trouble by the time I got there - no shields, no guns, and two Kilrathi on the hunt. I caught the first one by surprise and splattered him with a missile, but the other was lining Spirit up for the kill. I fired my laser at him till it overheated. His shields were down, but I couldn't finish him. I was desperate and could only think of one thing to do. My shields were strong, and his were down; so I lined him up in my sights, hit the burners, and flew right through him. The crash knocked my shields totally out, but my ship held together. His didn't.

Spirit and I managed to beat feet back to the Tiger's Claw, but I was badly shaken. I had almost let my wingman get killed because I let a fight get personal. I vowed not to let that happen again.

Right there. That's when you know a game has got you. When you start to think about the game characters as real people. When you start to get an emotional attachment to them. Wing Commander's characters get to you better than those in any other game I've seen."
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Droid803 on March 31, 2013, 03:56:46 pm
Oh and while we're at it...

*snip*

Who's she?

u don't know ur toe hose?
4shame

prohint: remove one letter from "Mycon"
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on March 31, 2013, 04:31:48 pm
Myon. Got it 2nd attempt after trying Myco. There was a real life Myco girl.

Here's Myon:

http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Youmu_Konpaku
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: watsisname on March 31, 2013, 05:25:45 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/kuHRsQd.jpg)

*clicky* (http://i.imgur.com/BJdtq10.jpg) to see her rendered in awesome style.

Related:  Jeez, did I really just spend the last hour looking at touhou character fan-art?  That was time well-spent. (http://i.imgur.com/6TC7b5N.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Spoon on March 31, 2013, 06:08:34 pm
And considering the amount of touhou art out there, you probably havent even seen 0.1% of it in that one hour  :lol:
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Rodo on April 02, 2013, 01:44:31 pm
I can't think of any right now, damn myself!

I'll definitely throw a vote to Boo and Minsc in the pot, just for the fun they provided :D
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: headdie on April 02, 2013, 03:11:53 pm
I can't think of any right now, damn myself!

I'll definitely throw a vote to Boo and Minsc in the pot, just for the fun they provided :D

"What, no effect, I need a bigger sword"

...

two more

Pre Zerg Sarah Kerrigan
I am going to risk the wrath of the anti-consolites here but - Cortana
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 02, 2013, 05:55:48 pm
I may be a proud member of the glorious PC gaming master race, but even I'll admit Cortana is a well-written character.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: RVR72G on April 03, 2013, 01:02:22 am
Entire Wardog squadron in Ace Combat 5, even if half of them keeps whining about war and whatnots in the most scenario (especially Archer).
And then, there's this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vry6J6htpg
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: deathfun on April 03, 2013, 04:12:13 am
Quote
Curly Brace (Cave Story (The original version, not the crappy port))
Sue Sakamoto (Cave Story (The original version, not the crappy port))
Toroko (Cave Story (The original version, not the crappy port))

Cave Story+? I thought that was essentially the exact same thing in every way shape and form


John Marston from RDR
Roman from GTA IV. Despite me wanting to kill him at times, I enjoyed his antics
Lydia from Skyrim. I grew rather fond of her sarcasm and prowess in battle aka distraction
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Nohiki on April 03, 2013, 10:06:22 am
Mackie   :nervous: And some ME characters, and of course I want the character I am playing as to survive :D Battlefield3 did a great thing where they executed "you" (The tank captain)
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: General Battuta on April 03, 2013, 11:09:58 am
Mackie   :nervous: And some ME characters, and of course I want the character I am playing as to survive :D Battlefield3 did a great thing where they executed "you" (The tank captain)

Like most aspects of Battlefield 3's story, that was cribbed from somewhere else that did it better.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Nohiki on April 03, 2013, 12:23:23 pm
Like most aspects of Battlefield 3's story, that was cribbed from somewhere else that did it better.

Well, if you want to go about stuff like that than pretty much everything younger than ancient Greece is a ripoff :P
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: General Battuta on April 03, 2013, 12:28:14 pm
Like most aspects of Battlefield 3's story, that was cribbed from somewhere else that did it better.

Well, if you want to go about stuff like that than pretty much everything younger than ancient Greece is a ripoff :P

This is a myth that people like to parrot defensively, but it's thoroughly untrue. Ancient Greek stories covered a fairly narrow range of structures and dramatic devices.

Battlefield 3's single player plot actually does a couple interesting things, but much of it is an unremarkable pastiche - sometimes down to the line by line dialogue - of Generation Kill and Call of Duty 4.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: General Battuta on April 03, 2013, 12:28:46 pm
Everybody with the slightest interest in the military should read Generation Kill.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: StarSlayer on April 03, 2013, 12:37:34 pm
I'd also suggest War by Sebastian Junger
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Phantom Hoover on April 03, 2013, 12:48:57 pm
I really liked Malik from Human Revolution. I think I even went to the trouble of saving her in all my playthroughs.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Lorric on April 03, 2013, 02:57:19 pm
I'm gone two days and this is what happens to my thread while I'm away? Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk...  :lol:

Okay, I'll throw in someone else to restore the balance. I was thinking of making a badasses thread, but this is the only guy that stands out to me. I can't really say I "care" about him, but he's not the first badass to appear in this thread, and I very much like him as a character. Morgan Bernhardt, the player character from Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat and it's sequel: Warhammer: Dark Omen. Hoo boy, now there's a guy who can make you believe his army would follow him absolutely anywhere. I love his character.

"You're going into hell, Bernhardt!"
"I was born there."
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Gray113 on April 04, 2013, 02:53:40 am
The greatest Warhammer badass - Commissar Holt Final Liberation
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Gray113 on April 04, 2013, 03:00:47 am
Special mention also goes out to the Tallarn and Volistad commanders that had a conversation in the middle of a sandstorm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xH9rtQLn2s
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Luis Dias on April 04, 2013, 09:59:05 am
Sarge in Quake 3. I was deeply concerned with his fate after the initial cutscene. That blue **** happening to him seemed painful. Then he reappears as a usual bot playing against me. Why? What I have done against him? Really gut wrenching and misterious.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: TrashMan on April 04, 2013, 03:35:35 pm
I'm gone two days and this is what happens to my thread while I'm away? Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk...  :lol:

Okay, I'll throw in someone else to restore the balance. I was thinking of making a badasses thread, but this is the only guy that stands out to me. I can't really say I "care" about him, but he's not the first badass to appear in this thread, and I very much like him as a character. Morgan Bernhardt, the player character from Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat and it's sequel: Warhammer: Dark Omen. Hoo boy, now there's a guy who can make you believe his army would follow him absolutely anywhere. I love his character.

"You're going into hell, Bernhardt!"
"I was born there."

Oh man, was that a good game.

Never understood why there weren't any sequels.

And you only got the White Grail for 2 missions :(
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Mongoose on April 05, 2013, 03:38:32 am
Split out a bunch of pointless bull****.  Don't make me have to do it again.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Mika on April 05, 2013, 08:25:33 am
The Nameless One - Planescape Torment

Actually, pretty much anyone who joined the party in that.
Title: Re: Video Game Character/s you cared about the most
Post by: Gray113 on April 05, 2013, 01:43:19 pm
Mika,

Fall from grace was my favorite. The scene where the brothel music plays as she battles the Transcendent One was a work of art.

Morte was just awesome though. Those oneliners that he would come out with  :)

I would have to place Planescape as the most emotional game I have ever played. Even thought it has been a few of years since I played it I still think about random passages from the game - just the other day I was thinking about the scene where the nameless one meets Adahn.

To think of the imagination that went in to creating this masterpiece of a game.