if you could be a game character (preferably well known) who would it be?

[Ibaapzo]

Gordon Freeman, hands down! You get the brains of a physicist and the ability to kill aliens armed only with a crowbar!

Complete with emo glasses. Don't forget that. And a stunning beardy-thing. I'm not sure what you call his face-fuzz.

A Goatee.

Ha, thanks. ^.^ I'm not up-to date with manly face-hair terminology. I know Screw Attack has a list of top ten beards, and I believe Gordon made the list. Worth the ten-minute-ish watch.

 

[mark_n_b]

Lara Croft, I'd spend all day playing with my... climbing gear...

 

[Arker]

Jon Irenicus from BG2. Everytime I try to think of something else, I remember him fighting the shadow theives.
"You will suffer! You will ALL suffer!"

 

[irishdelinquent]

The Cool Spot [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/17857.html]

He goes around and is cool...what's not to love?

 

[alexdakid6]

HK47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)

Who doesn't want to be machievallian, smart-ass assassin bot who refers to human beings as 'meat-bags'?

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Probably Auron (FFX). He's almost always level-headed, he's a samurai that wears shades (lol), and he has a cool voice. Either him, or that wolf guy with the magic sword from Okami (I forget his name) I get a magic sword, and I get to turn into a wolf? (and I don't have to give up my ability to speak as if I chose to be Link)

 

[figment of mind]

Probably Auron (FFX). Either him, or that wolf guy with the magic sword from Okami (I forget his name) I get a magic sword, and I get to turn into a wolf? (and I don't have to give up my ability to speak as if I chose to be Link)

You mean Oki? Blue wolf guy? Live's in that snow village?

Anyways, mine would be....Jack from bioshock. Why, you ask? One word. BEES!

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

Jack.
"Back off man! I can and will shoot my bees at you!!"

 

[fireice56]

max payne or master cheif

 

[plastic_window]

A Haxor.

But really, I'd want to be any of the cast of Team Fortress 2. Imagine the stuff that goes on behind-the-scenes, as it were. You might even get to meet that woman behind the voice "We have been awarded additional time". So delicious.

 

[hypothetical fact]

Blinx the timesweeper. Being a furry cat dude is a worthy tradeoff to be able to: Eat a doughnut, reverse time and eat it again, pause time half way through and savour the taste, realise the bus is coming and slow time to get there, fast foward the bus ride.

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

Kain. Though, Raziel is a close second.

Fuck Kain, not literally, but the fuck with him. Raziel for me, all the way.

 

[Steelblade5858]

The doom guy from Doom 1 and 2 not even sure if he has a name.

 

[blindey]

I wanna be....The Guy.

sS
lmao +10 semi-obscure reference points. ^^ Anyway, I'd be...................Simon Belmont

 

[InvisibleMilk]

Owen MacLeod from The Highlander.

 

[cainx10a]

Kain. Though, Raziel is a close second.

Fuck Kain, not literally, but the fuck with him. Raziel for me, all the way.

Die!!! Kain all the way

-cough- My pick would be Chris Redfield > . >

 

[chickenlord]

"Jak" from Jak and daxter, Jak 2, and Jak 3 , mainly cause its always been my favorite videogame/character

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I'd either be Dante for absurdly obvious reasons, Sora because I'm a whimsical man-child, or I'd be Balthier from Final Fantasy XII, simply because he was the only consistently bright spot in an otherwise disappointing experience.

Or I'd be Ken Masters, with an attractive wife, a full wallet, and a flaming uppercut.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Sack Boy. Damn he's cute, I'd have like 15 girlfriends instead of just 1 if I were him. And to the OP, why the blue cartoon rat? I'd definitely like an explanation for that one. By the way welcome to the Escapist.

Hedgehogs are neither rats or even rodents, they are of the Erinaceomorpha order of the animal kingdom......

...god that made me sound like a pretentious **** *hangs head in shame*

Still nice to find Ben got something wrong, he usually researches his rants the the nth degree.

EDIT: Oh and to answer the question, I'd be Grata from the Witcher, he gets a lot more sex than I do.

You may be a pretentious science geek, but you also have Deadpool as your avatar...so I think that bumps you back into cool territory (though still geeky).

I think if I was going to be a character from any video game it would have to be Frank from Shadow Hearts: From the New World. If you haven't played it, he's hard to explain.

 

[Marv21]

I would be Otacon because I'm unloved and presumed to be homosexual(Which im not), but Otacon might.