[Mystic Mock]

Basically it's like the TV threads that I did.

Basically it's not a who's your personal favourite characters (although they can coincide) but instead it's about Video Game Characters that you thought had great writing? Whether it be because they were a great Hero, a horrible Villain, or a loveable Rogue.

Here's my list in no particular order.

1. Lincoln Clay (Mafia III)
2. Sal Marcano (Mafia III)
3. John Donovan (Mafia III)
4. Vito Scaletta (Mafia II & Mafia III)
5. Joe Barbaro (Mafia II)
6. Kiryu Kazama (Yakuza franchise)
7. Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs)
8. Nathan Drake (Uncharted franchise)
9. Victor Sullivan (Uncharted franchise)
10. Almost every character from Persona 5
11. Chiaki Tachibana (SMT: Nocturne)
12. Isamu Nitta (SMT: Nocturne)
13. Jyoji Hijiri (SMT: Nocturne)
14. Lucifer (SMT: Nocturne)
15. The Joker (Batman Arkham Series)
16. Harley Quinn (Batman Arkham Series)
17. CJ (GTA: San Andreas)
18. Maria (Silent Hill 2)
19. Vincent (Silent Hill 3)
20. James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
21. Murphy Pendleton (Silent Hill: Downpour)
22. The Jigsaw Killer (Saw: The Video Game)

I'm probably missing loads of characters that I thought had great writing.

Anyway I'm looking forward to some good replies to this thread because normally it's not a common discussion to have when talking about Video Games.

[parmnion]

Pig 2 in hogs of war.

[Nicky91]

i'll do a top 10

1. Kenny (Telltale TWD)
2. Jodie Holmes (Beyond: Two Souls)
3. Nathan Dawkins (Beyond: Two Souls)
4. Max Caulfield (Life is Strange)
5. Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
6. Mark Jefferson (Life is Strange)
7. William Carver (Telltale TWD)
8. Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)
9. Telsia Murphy (Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, Elite Force 2)
10. Lee Everett (Telltale TWD)

[Alf]

Trevor Phillips

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Alf

Trevor Phillips

Trevor was a lot of fun to play but my vote would have to go to Michael for the best-written GTA5 protagonist. So I guess I'll start my list with -

Michael de Santa (GTA5)
Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
Ellie (TLOU)
Joel (TLOU)
Abbie (TLOU2 - unpopular choice )
Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)
Joseph Seed (Far Cry 5/Far Cry New Dawn - you have to play through both to get the full character arc)
Arthur Morgan (RDR2)
Dutch (RDR2)
Vivi (Final Fantasy IX)
The Joker (Batman Arkham series)
Geralt (Witcher series)
Solid Snake/Big Boss/etc (Metal Gear)
Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear)
Sam Porter (Death Stranding)
Connor (Detroit)

I've noticed during writing this that these are all relatively new characters, but that's not a huge surprise really, as video game writing has come on massively in the last 10 - 15 years.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

i'll do a top 10

1. Kenny (Telltale TWD)
2. Jodie Holmes (Beyond: Two Souls)
3. Nathan Dawkins (Beyond: Two Souls)
4. Max Caulfield (Life is Strange)
5. Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
6. Mark Jefferson (Life is Strange)
7. William Carver (Telltale TWD)
8. Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)
9. Telsia Murphy (Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, Elite Force 2)
10. Lee Everett (Telltale TWD)

God I forgot to add Telltale TWD characters.

And Connor & Kara from Detroit.