Characters galore

[ShotgunShy]

Great characters make great games (most of the time at least).

Name some great/memorable characters and the game(s) in which they appeared. Some of mine are:

Guybrush Threepwood (cuz he's a mighty pirate) - The 'Monkey Island' games
Gordon Freeman (cuz he's a badass mute nerd) - 'Half Life'
Klaus Kerner - the dashing villain from 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'
Jaffar - nasty villain of the 'Prince of Persia' games
Max Payne - *echo*
Codename 47 - the 'Hitman' games
JC Denton - 'Deus Ex'

I could go on, but it's your turn now.

[Nissian X]

Great characters make great games (most of the time at least).

Name some great/memorable characters and the game(s) in which they appeared. Some of mine are:

Guybrush Threepwood (cuz he's a mighty pirate) - The 'Monkey Island' games
Gordon Freeman (cuz he's a badass mute nerd) - 'Half Life'
Klaus Kerner - the dashing villain from 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'
Jaffar - nasty villain of the 'Prince of Persia' games
Max Payne - *echo*
Codename 47 - the 'Hitman' games
JC Denton - 'Deus Ex'

I could go on, but it's your turn now.
Master Chief-Halo and Halo 2
Ryu- Ninja Gaiden
Joanna Dark- Perfect Dark
Thrall- Warcraft lll

[Renzatic Gear]

The Nameless One: Amnesiac immortal protagonist from Planescape who has to retrace the events of his life everytime he suffers a rougher than usual near-death.

Fae Wong Fong: Amnesiac confused bi-polar progtagonist from Xenogears who happens to be the key figure to everything.

Garrett: "Evening ladies."

Guybrush Threepwood: "Swordplay is kind of like making love to a woman. You poke and prod til you finally hit something vital."

The Hamster from Maniac Mansion: "vrooooooo...squeak, squeak, squeak...BOOM!"

[Suicides-by-Steve]

Heh- "Evening Ladies..." Yup, Thief II- Life of the Party. Great character. Most of the games I play have YOU as the central character with little or no quips from the character. My favourite character would have to one of the many I have created in NWN... Each has their own personality, but it's always refreshing playing a villian that rivals even Sarevok (which is another awesome character- "I WILL BE THE LAST, AND YOU...WILL GO FIRST!" Right before he breaks the neck and tosses the lifeless body of the Harper from the top of the building all the while laughing maniacally- SWEET!).

[Aku]

Glottis from Grim Fandango

Korgan from Baldur's Gate 2

Any number of characters from Jagged Alliance 2, but especially Fidel

The entire cast of Day of the Tentacle

Mort from Planescape: Torment (talking skull with a New York accent)

[MyDogTheProphet]

Monty Mole (Monty Mole, Monty on the run, etc...)
Alex Kidd ( Alex Kidd & The Lost Stars, Miracle World, Shinobi World, etc...)
Vibri (Vib-Ribbon)
Dizzy ( about a zillion Dizzy games )
Floyd ( Stationfall )
nIGHTS ( nIGHTS, Christmas nIGHTS)
April Ryan ( from the hugely under-rated PC adventure title The Longest Journey)
Xiahou Dun (Dynasty Warriors 2,3,4)
Da Mastah Chief (Halo)

[Suicides-by-Steve]

April Ryan ( from the hugely under-rated PC adventure title The Longest Journey)


I doubt that. It's one of the MOST popular actually.

[Mr.Spoon]

My favorite was always Batlin from Ultima 7

[ShotgunShy]

Interesting interview with Tim Schaffer (man behind games like Full Throttle and Grim Fandango). He talks about the importance of character development in games.

http://archive.gamespy.com/gdc2004/schafer/

[DBS]

The talking sword in BG2 was a kick ! Duke Nukem, Kate Archer are also some of the better characters created.

[Suicides-by-Steve]

The talking sword in BG2 was a kick ! Duke Nukem, Kate Archer are also some of the better characters created.

Of course!! How could we EVER forget THE Duke!! Man... I'm ashamed of myself... though to tell you the truth, that game was a little ahead of my time...

[Suicides-by-Steve]

Speaking of creepy voices and my own character- here is a favourite quote from one of my NWN characters.

Lorenion's Voice (http://members.rogers.com/mandjlewis/screenshots/lorenion.mp3)

[Renzatic Gear]

Steve has inspired me...so here is a clip of Guybrush Threepwood from Curse of Monkey Island..

The Ventriloquist (http://users.chartertn.net/greymatt/ventril5.mp3)

[Suicides-by-Steve]

Well, I just have one response to that!!

Smart Guy!! (http://members.rogers.com/mandjlewis/screenshots/lorenion.mp3) ;)

[moya]

The Meccaryns from Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Class in a cockney-flavoured glass.