Now, in almost all video games, there are characters that resonate us. Whether they make us like them, despise them, cry for them, or ignore them, there are many characters that can have some staying power with us. Now, this may be hard, but who are your/who is your favorite(s)?
For me, a few would include:
SOLAIRE OF ASTORA-Aside from all the memes our favorite Sunbro has generated, I like this guy because A. All the lore debate he's caused, B. He has some interesting motivations, and C. He's, to me, one of the few actual benevolent NPCs in the game, that are really optimistic, and he's as positive as me. I would stand in Jolly Cooperation with Brolaire of Asstora anytime!
DARTH REVAN-Not only was he one of my favorite Sith Lords, he appeared in the KOTOR series, some of my favorite Star Wars games, and I love his outfit.
SIR ALONNE-Even though I haven't yet played SOTFS yet, watching VaatiVidya and Silver Mont's Dark Souls lore vidoes, and some fights, have made me come to admire this honorable former companion of the Old Iron King. Plus, he looks awesome.
THE LINGERING WILL/TERRA-After playing through both Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix and Birth by Sleep Final Mix 2.5, this boss/playable character not only gave me one of the best boss fights I've ever gone through in Kingdom Hearts, but he has some nice looking armor.
How bout you guys?
Sephiroth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephiroth_(Final_Fantasy)
Oooooooo, this is a super duper hard question, as there are so many good characters out there! But if I had to narrow it down, I would say Veronica from Fallout New Vegas, Colonel Autumn from Fallout 3, Jodie Holmes from Beyond 2 Souls and Shaundi from Saints Row 2.
As for Veronica, I just love her snarky, sarcastic nature! I also find her backstory involving the Brotherhood, Christine etc. to be very very interesting! I also love how you can interact with her, so much better than some other companions if you ask me!
For Autumn, I find him a very well developed character for a Bethesda game. He has good motives but is willing to go very far for them, and I have a tendency to like characters like that! His trenchcoat is also pretty swish!
For Jodie, I just really find her personality interesting! I have always found the whole spiritie-ghositie thing cool too, and it's good to see a video game character into that!
Annnnnnnd Shaundi. Well, Saint's Row 2 Shaundi before that game series went...yeah. Some people may find it an odd choice but I always liked her ass stoner vibe that she gave off in that game! I will admit it I was a litte bit of a stoner in my past and that may influence my like, but I still can't help but love her for it!
Zeke from infamous, though he was much more likeable in Infamous 2.
Joel from The Last of Us. I just like his overall vibes. I relate to him somehow. IDK to be honest, he just strikes me as a cool guy to be around.
And lastly, I also really liked Dad from Fallout 3. I mean, Liam Neeson; can't get better than that.
Master Chief Petty Officer John-117
CTN 0452-9, Cortana
There is just so little for these two, yet they have a weight many other characters don't. I don't know how to explain it. A man, trained since childhood to be nothing more than a machine, a killing machine paired with an artificial intelligence cloned from human tissue. The man transformed into a machine and a machine designed to mimic (wo)man. A boy who had its soul ripped out, its body reshaped through technology, and sealed inside a suit of armor is paired with a soul, that essence that makes us what we are, that was shaped using the cloned brain of the very woman who took this boy's soul and made him what he is.
Cortana is, or was, Jon's consciousness, his soul, while he was her body. There is a love there that isn't explainable. And that was lost.
He who was both Jedi and Sith, but became Neither. He who rose above the Light and Dark Side, who learned all that there was to know from the most Enlightened Masters and Dark Lords. The man who chose to defy both Orders. He is the greatest of the Jedi and the Sith, and condemned by both for that.
I don't even think Revan himself is the best character. It's what he is that makes him great. I don't need to know anything about Revan but what he did in the Mandalorian Wars and the events of Knights of the Old Republic. I don't want his backstory, his childhood, his musings on politics, or what he did after KotOR.
He was a Jedi. He turned to the Dark Side. He fell. He relearned the Jedi way. He relearned the Dark Side. He mastered both and rejected both the Sith and the Jedi as organizations and their ways of thinking and viewing the Force.
This is what I want and more importantly, what I need. That there is more to the Force than these two groups, that the philosophical landscape of the Force is broader than Light = Good, Dark = Bad.
No, Inquisitor
The Light-Side Sith Inquisitor can deliver a epic verbal smackdown against the Jedi for their Holier Than Thou attitude and dogmatic belief that any emotion leads to the Dark Side;