With lists popping up here and there, I thought I might start a thread dedicated for them. The idea is that we try to answer the lists the best we can, when we get bored with one, we change to another.

With that I begin with one I have always been curious about.

What are your favourite game characters? And which are the ones you just can’t stand? And try to give some kind of reason to why, but it doesn’t need to be deep.

Mine are…

~Males:

1.Squall Leonheart of FFVIII (cause I could somewhat relate to him, and as I found him to be cool as hell!)
2.Cloud Strife of FFVII (a lot like Squall (or was it that Squall was a lot like Cloud?) so of course I will like him as well.)
3.Link of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (well it’s Link. He tends to save princesses by the name Zelda)
4.Ryo Hazuki of Shenmue (I must avenge my fathers death! Right after I drink this soda. And play with these toys. And pet this kitten.)
5.Tails from the Sonic games (the fox has two tails. Gotta stand for something!)

~Females:
1.Rikku of FFX and FFX-2 (well… because she’s cute)
2.Jade of Beyond Good & Evil (a strong female lead and the greatest reporter in the history of gaming!)
3.Yuffie Kisaragi of FFVII (hmm… She sort of remind me of someone…)
4.Heather Morris of Silent Hill 3 (another strong (given the situation) female lead, that deserves respect.)
5.Selphie Tilmitt of FFVIII (I’m beginning to see a pattern. )

Most unliked:
1.Master Chief (I am so sorry!)
2.Lara Croft (Meh…)
3.Crash Bandicott (But I have no idea why.)

Hmm… Unfortunately my list became a lot less surprising then I had hoped it would be. Max Payne, Solid Snake are also characters that would’ve ranked high amongst the males, Ayane and Zelda amongst the females, had I made the list longer. I hope you others have more “interesting” lists ‘cause mine was plain boring.

I don' t know if I really hate any game characters. Character designs have never affected my enjoyment of a game.

Though, one of my favorite male game characters is Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 2 (and the upcoming 4)... I thought he was a cool lad and on top of that, so many people despise the character which makes me like him even more!!

From Shenmue 1 & 2 my favorite characters are:
1- Gui Zhang (Shenmue) (That well-dressed hitman looking dude who fought against AND alongside Ryo)
2- Xiuying (Shenmue II) (Beautiful but deadly woman)
3- Lan Di (Shenmue 1 & 2) (I like this confident badboy, can' t wait till he kills Ryo in Shenmue 3)

From the Fatal Fury series:
1- Terry Bogard
2- Jubei Yamada
3- Wolfgang Krauser

Street Fighter series:
1- Ryu
2- Ken
3- Cammy

Virtua Fighter series:
1- Aoi
2- Pai
3- Dural

RAIDEN?

HE TOOK AWAY THE PART OF SNAKE IN MGS2,ARE YOU INSANE TERRY?!

:)

That' s the thing with Raiden. He' s not a bad character, he' s really cool actually, but people were disappointed for not being able to play as Snake so he got blamed for it.

Ahhhhh,so thats why i hated the ELITE(Arbiter) in halo2?
Cause of lack of Masterchief...now i get it all

RAIDEN?

HE TOOK AWAY THE PART OF SNAKE IN MGS2,ARE YOU INSANE TERRY?!

And hopefully after Metal Gear Solid 4, Raiden takes over Snakes role FULL time

*RUNS*

Raiden even had his GF cheat on him,or does i remember wrong? :P

I liked Raiden as well, but still...

And hopefully after Metal Gear Solid 4, Raiden takes over Snakes role FULL time

Males :

1. Sephiroth
2. Squall
3. Cloud
4. Auron
5. Heihachi
6. Raiden

Women:

1. Rinoa
2. Terra
3. Aeris
4. Yuna (FFX version)
5. Quistis
6. Dagger

I like:

Rayman I love his body....<ahem> character design, i mean.

Mitsurugi samurai rock

Ayane Perfect mix of cute and deadly, plus we have the same birthday.

Shun Di no explanation, he' s just awesome

Ryu You must defeat shen long to stand a chance

Sonic and by association, Knuckles

the Arbiter, Halo i' m a sucker for a tormented hero.

actaully i like all the halo charaters.

HK-47 funny as hell, especially when you insist on being light-side

Raizel sp? He eats souls...how cool is that?

Ulala i dunno why. her cheesy-ness just makes me giggle


I dislike:

FF males, all of ' em I hate pretty boys.

Lara Croft snobby bitch

Tails wayyy too damn happy.sonic just keeps him around because he hordes the keys to the plane.

50cent actually i hate 50cent anyway. the fact that he' s in his own game gives me and excuse to tell people

more later

Women:

Original by: Cetra
1. Rinoa
2. Terra
3. Aeris
4. Yuna (FFX version)
5. Quistis
6. Dagger

That’s a lot of FF… One, two, three, fou… Even more than me!

Original by: nekkid_monkey
FF males, all of ' em…

Tails wayyy too damn happy.sonic just keeps him around because he hordes the keys to the plane.

You hate me, don’t you?

ORIGINAL: Dionysius



You hate me, don’t you?

not unless u look or dress like a FF character

FF is the god of all games

Males:


Sam Fisher
Master Chief
Duke Nukem
Ethan Thomas
Gordon Freeman


Females:


Lara Croft
Girl from Beyond Good and Evil
Alyx
(Self Created Roleplay Dudette)

Hate:

All the chick looking guys from final fantasy

FF males, all of ' em I hate pretty boys.

Didnt see you agree!

All the chick looking guys from final fantasy

looool who the heck of those chick look like a guy??
the funy thing is, we don' t like girly males, may be japanese people don' t know how to creat a manly character (just kiiding) , i guess that the easy task for them is to creat the most beautiful girls in video games...

Males:

1) Sephiroth
2) Squall
3) Cloud
4) Snake
5) Dante ( the devil may cry 2/1 ones)
6) Ryu (street fighter)
7) shadow od the colossus hero
8) Kratos
9) Mario
10) max payne

Females

Rinoa
Ivy (soul calibur)
yuna
Celes (FF6)
Jill valentine
Chun Li

if all the guys in ff are chicklooking, I assume Auron is too? or wakka?, squall ? barret?

From the Fatal Fury series:
1- Terry Bogard

I would never of guessed..lol

Tidus looks like a male version of Meg ryan...

I would never of guessed..lol

Well NOW you know

Well I do agree with that most FF males look more like its opposite gender. But this is because of a clash in culture, also because the FF games audience aren’t gender specific. And just like all of us guys like watching pretty girls, our opposites will want to see pretty boys.

Also! Just as FF characters can be seen as stereotypically Asian, Gears of War characters can represent the typical Western style heroes. Neither is better than the other, in the end it is a matter of personal preference. I myself prefer the Asian “sissy boy” over the western David Hasselhoff type.

Then of course there are exceptions, with games that try to create more realistic character designs, the best example of this (that comes to mind) are the Silent Hill series characters.