top 40 characters in gaming

[tadpole25]

made this list for fun. personal opinion.

1. Illusive Man
2. G Man
3. John Marston
4. Thane
5. Link
6. Mario
7. Gordon Freeman
8. Big Boss
9. Solid Snake
10. Commander Shepard
11. Alyx Vance
12. Samus Aran
13. Midna
14. Niko Bellic
15. GladOS
16. Ganondorf
17. Liquid
18. Andrew Ryan
19. Mordin
20. Cortana
21. Tali
22. Wheatley
23. Ezio
24. Wesker
25. Wrex
26. Songbird
27. Elizabeth
28. Leon Kennedy
29. Tommy Vercetti
30. Garrus
31. Sonic
33. Donkey Kong
34. Master Chief
35. Kratos
36. Didact
37. Catherine Halsey
38. The Joker
39. Officer Tenpenny
40. Gigyas

[PAINKILLƎR]

No Marcus Fenix? smfh

[Fleka]

No Guybrush Threepwood?

[viJilance]

made this list for fun. personal opinion.

2. G Man
3. John Marston
5. Link
6. Mario
7. Gordon Freeman
8. Big Boss
9. Solid Snake
12. Samus Aran
16. Ganondorf
17. Liquid
21. Tali
23. Ezio
24. Wesker
25. Wrex
27. Elizabeth (who)
28. Leon Kennedy
29. Tommy Vercetti
30. Garrus
31. Sonic
33. Donkey Kong
34. Master Chief
35. Kratos
38. The Joker
39. Officer Tenpenny
40. Gigyas

^Agreed, but

5/10: too many of the same game/popular & obvious titles. shows narrow taste in gaming, will make 10/10 list soon.



"He was created by series writer Shigesato Itoi, who based his portrayal in the sequel on a traumatic event in his childhood where he thought he witnessed a rape"

[DƎRDYPK]

Sonic
Scorpion
Sam B
Carl Johnson
& uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

[Just Silver]

No Earthworm jim ?

[tadpole25]

To address some points:

As for Marcus Phoenix, I thought he was a good character, but not a great one. Top 100 maybe; top 40, no. He just seems like an exaggerated cliche of a super-masculine muscular action hero. Sure, there's a little more to him than that, but still.

I never played Earthworm Jim so forgive me if he is worthy of being on the list.

For those who don't know, ViJilance's photo is of Gigyas, the antagonist of the Earthbound/Mother series. I placed him at 40, thought many American gamers don't know who he is.

When I said Elizabeth, I meant from Bioshock.

As for your criticism Vijilance, a lot of it is mainstream. I tried to find a balance between depth and memorability, familiar and new. No list will be perfect. And I made that list in like 10 or 15 minutes, so some work could definitely be done.

There are 6 characters from Mass Effect series, but to be fair the Mass Effect series was based on character development.

I'm curious as to what inclusions you thought I missed.

I wanted to put King Dedede from Kirby, however I didn't find enough room.

[Dante]

Who is Illusive Man and why does he deserve the #1 spot?

[tadpole25]

Who is Illusive Man and why does he deserve the #1 spot?

he's from Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3.

I thought he was brilliantly conceived, conceptualized, scripted, animated, voiced, used as a plot device and the final confrontation with him was excellent.

[Just Silver]

What about alex kid he's segas first mascot

[PAINKILLƎR]

No Marcus Fenix? smfh

Marcus Fenix is a horrible character.

Aww naw you can't go that far. I think Marcus is great, first time I played the game I wasn't too fond of him but as I got more into the games I saw that there was more to him. I've also read some books and Marcus kicks ass tbfh.

[Kill You]

Marcus Fenix isn't a horrible character but he's not great. Dom is a better character than Marcus.

[Just Silver]

No banjo? Gtfo

[viJilance]

1. Duke Nukem
2. Bomberman
3. Mega Man
4. Banjo & Kazooie
5. Ristar
6. Gregg The Grim Reaper
7. Nathan Drake
8. Cole McGrath
9. Kratos
10. Zack Fair
11. Master Chief
12. Sly Cooper
13. Gex
14. Bub & Bob
15. Bubsy
16. Captain Commando
17. Revolver Ocelot
18. Phoenix Wright
19. Ecco the Dolphin
20. Auron
21. Beat (JSRF)
22. Kazuma Kiryu
23. The Postal Dude
24. Abe (Oddworld)
25. Crash Bandicoot
26. Spyro the Dragon
27. King K. Rool
28. Conker the Squirrel
29. San Andreas entire cast
30. Captain Falcon
31. Joe Musashi
33. Crono
34. Rei (Breath of Fire III)
35. Raiden MGS
36. Ike (Fire Emblem)
37. Laguna (FF8)
38. Cybot G Marina Liteyears
39. Lester the Unlikely
40. Glover

[Chet Starr]

I can't believe people forgetting Mario, and some forgetting Mega Man