"All Time Greatest Video Game Hero" at Gamespot - Link vs. Gordon

[Ryany]

I really dont see a point in this and if all video game heros end up killing each other it will just end up duke nukem vs capt falcon

but yeah Freeman

 

[theultimateend]

Yes I've seen that. I bet the final battle will come down to Link and Mario. I voted for Samus myself although it was a tough choice.

Oh, FYI Link doesn't wear women's clothing. A belted tunic was standard dress for men in the middle ages.

I voted for Samus too. She has a plasma beam. Mario's fireballs can suck it.

=D

OT: I voted Link, I've never played Half-Life and I'm much better at Zelda games than FPS games for the most part. Plus, Link saves the world against monsters of the same caliber as Gordon, but he does it without guns.

Mario can go utterly invincible with a single star .

 

[Cheesus333]

Magic doesn't exist, but neither do extra-dimensional oppressive forces that can take a planet in minutes but can't handle a bearded scientist with a crowbar and gravity gun

Oh, and the numbers-I don't think Gamespot is a show of a fanbase, and neither is the fact that nearly every level of the competition has been proxied to death.

I think the sales make more sense to go by.

1) How can you prove so? It has been scientifically proven that other universes exist beyond our own, there's nothing to prove it is impossible that there are extra-terrestrial species in said universes; hell, it's incredibly likely they exist in THIS universe. It is by no means impossible for said extra-terrestrials to slip through somehow. This has nothing to do with dimensions. Can they manipulate time and space with their own free will? No. Thus they are restricted to the same old three (and an arguable half, as we move forwards in time) dimensions that we are in.
Same point for the Gravity Gun, just because you don't see one sitting on the kitchen table doesn't mean they're impossible.

2) It was in hours (Seven hours), and besides, Gordon Freeman does not single handedly destroy the entire combine army. Just because you deal the ending blow to the combine (For the time period of the game, at least), doesn't mean that you alone defeated them. If you paid attention you would realise that without the aid of the assisting human forces, you would barely have survived the first couple of screens without being caught, arrested, and either killed or shipped off to Nova prospekt to be "De-humanised". It is this very fact which brings the idea of a true "Hero", a leader and icon of morality which spurs people on to fight back on the forces of evil. Sure, link may blast in and obliterate all evil in seconds, but is someone who charges in and simply annihilate evil within seconds REALLY a hero? No, they're a warrior. A destroyer of destroyers, and nothing more.

I sound like such a moralist.

How can you prove magic and fairies don't exist? Just because you don't see 5-packs of Bottled Fairies (PETA would go mad for that, I'm sure) and fireball-casting soldiers, doesn't mean they're impossible.

Come on, you must have seen that coming

 

[Trotgar]

Not any of these is my favourite, they are all quite shallow, but from these I'd go with Mario. C'mon, an Italian plump plumber who gets health from money and lives from mushrooms.

EDIT: My voice would go to any Planescape: Torment characters. Probably to my avatar.

 

[BillNyeTheColonelGuy]

How can you prove magic and fairies don't exist? Just because you don't see 5-packs of Bottled Fairies (PETA would go mad for that, I'm sure) and fireball-casting soldiers, doesn't mean they're impossible.

Come on, you must have seen that coming

I know "Magic" does not exist because "Magic" is apparently "another form of matter" or "A force which the human mind blah blah blah".
Fairies, or an equivalent, may or may not exist, but the definition of magic makes it completely illogical in today's scientific world. If there were ways to "Cast" a fireball they would include some sort of scientific process, instead of just "Tapping into the inner energy of your soul" or some other crap like that.

 

[Minjoltr]

I imagine Mario will win and the only real competition will be for second place and I'm hoping Gordon Freeman will come second.

I was sort of disappointed that they included Duke Nukem and a load of characters I've never heard of (or never heard of outside SSBB) but left out the Doom Marine.

 

[Ryany]

I like how none of these guys talk

 

[Joshimodo]

1) How can you prove so? It has been scientifically proven that other universes exist beyond our own, there's nothing to prove it is impossible that there are extra-terrestrial species in said universes; hell, it's incredibly likely they exist in THIS universe. It is by no means impossible for said extra-terrestrials to slip through somehow. This has nothing to do with dimensions. Can they manipulate time and space with their own free will? No. Thus they are restricted to the same old three (and an arguable half, as we move forwards in time) dimensions that we are in.
Same point for the Gravity Gun, just because you don't see one sitting on the kitchen table doesn't mean they're impossible.

2) It was in hours (Seven hours), and besides, Gordon Freeman does not single handedly destroy the entire combine army. Just because you deal the ending blow to the combine (For the time period of the game, at least), doesn't mean that you alone defeated them. If you paid attention you would realise that without the aid of the assisting human forces, you would barely have survived the first couple of screens without being caught, arrested, and either killed or shipped off to Nova prospekt to be "De-humanised". It is this very fact which brings the idea of a true "Hero", a leader and icon of morality which spurs people on to fight back on the forces of evil. Sure, link may blast in and obliterate all evil in seconds, but is someone who charges in and simply annihilate evil within seconds REALLY a hero? No, they're a warrior. A destroyer of destroyers, and nothing more.

I sound like such a moralist.

By that logic, how can you disprove magic? Just because you can't utilise telekinetic powers or heal your wounds etc., doesn't mean there isn't someone, somewhere in the universe who can.

As for aid from other people, Link does the same thing. He helps people, and thus those people help him. Hell, some of the key factors of some of the games are bringing the different races and tribes together. They don't follow you around like some lost dog, but why would they? You're a saviour, and they're just people.

Sure, Gordon didn't eradicate the Combine, but he terrified them - Hell, the Combine's top dogs, the Advisors are scared. One guy in a lightly armoured suit got captured, had no weapons, and then blew up the place. That's a defeat right there.

I'm not disputing that Gordon is a hero, but Link is a far braver, far more travelled and powerful one.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

I kinda think Samus is about equal badassery to that of Gordon.
Maybe Samus though; she's the female equivalent of Gordon, but the added bonus of being hot.

 

[yaik7a]

I voted Link...mainly because Gordon Freeman, as a story character, is bland, generic, and nothing more then a empty vessel with a name.

Edit: Out of the four mentioned in the OP I would have voted for Samus though. She actually has some form of character and charm unlike the others...not to mention her actually saving the galaxy.

But he has a PHD !!111

 

[The Atomic Irishman]

Out of honesty, this contest feels like a total sham, these match-ups are ridiculous, three Nintendo characters and one PC character?

 

[yaik7a]

I voted for Link 100 times using proxies. Thanks for the heads up.

Cheater