Top Video Game Personalities

[R.Nevermore]

I'm sure this thread already exists somewhere here, but let's go ahead with it anyway. If this thread has a great enough level of success. I'll make a deathmatch thread, with a poll of the most popular in this thread.

List the characters in any video game that you consider to be overflowing with the thickest, and greatest personalities you have seen. Note, this does not mean that you have to like them. You could hate their guts, but for good reason.

1: GLaDOS* (Portal): I think we can all agree here.
2: Jim Raynor (Starcraft)
3: Dr. Steinman (Bioshock)
4: The G-Man (Half Life series)
5: Teron Gorefiend (Warcraft IIx: Beyond the Dark Portal)


*GLaDOS includes the Companion Cube and the Autoturret, as they scratch their personality from GLaDOS's rich surface.

As a bonus, I'll include some of the worst:

Master Chief, and Saladin and Montezuma from Civ4.

 

[sammyfreak]

The search button is your friend.

 

[JakubK666]

I hate to disappoint you but Companion Cube has no personality whatsoever.It's just a fucking cube.

 

[Muphin_Mann]

The G-Man has no personality.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

I hate to disappoint you but Companion Cube has no personality whatsoever.It's just a fucking cube.

That just highlights the high quality of writing in Portal. You're 100% correct, the weighted companion cube has no personality whatsoever, but through GLaDOS's dialogue, it appears to have a personality. The lines about the WCC are some of my favourite lines in the whole game.

 

[Wazzelbe]

Have no order for these, but...
- The Three Vikings (The Three Vikings)
- I'd replace the G-Man with Dr. Breen. Vance could be up there, too, but his brain a'splode.
- Bubsy the Bobcat??? (Bubsy)
- Maybe Luigi, after seeing him in Brawl.

Besides that, maybe take Teron Gorefiend down and replace him with Gorgutz WAAAAAAGH!!! (Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade).

 

[mathias53]

As a bonus, I'll include some of the worst:

Master Chief, and Saladin and Montezuma from Civ4.

Master Chief has some of the most quotable lines in all of videogamedom.

"Sir, permission to leave the ship"

"For what purpose Master Chief?"

"To give the Covenant their bomb back."

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Anyways, I'll no doubt get flamed for this, but Cortana actually had a very good personality. Sassy, smart, and she always had some wise-crack to make about the many situations MC found himself in.

yeah and how can you forget the quote he made on the planet Breach (the book)

lady: "but chief, how will we find you?"
MC: "just follow the bodies"


also i liked the personality of the fat blue book brother guy from the original Myst (the name escapes me)
"Bring me blue pages, bluuueeee pages, my brother is greedy, bluuuuueeee pages haha"

 

[Colton Caramihalis]

The best video game personality is the incredibly stupid main character from dead rising. He has horrible lines, even for one liners. He also is always smug even when surrounded by zombies.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Homestar Runner and Me.

 

[Anarchemitis]

And This type of thread is quite cliched now, so please, no more posts.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

And This type of thread is quite cliched now, so please, no more posts.

Sir, Yes Sir!

Anyhoo, I really like Guybrush Threepwood, with all his little neurosis and silly quips, I really wish someone would make a new Monkey Island.

 

[tino1498]

andrew ryan and Jack (the guy you play as in bioshock)

 

[StevieC]

GLaDOS is funny but SHODAN is just plain creepy. Still one character that I find undeniably compelling is Saveedro from Myst III: EXILE. When I think of others I'll come back and edit my post to add them

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Garrett from the Thief series; he's sly, sarcastic and despite sometimes appearing otherwise, totally self-serving. He is the electronic embodiment of me ;-)

I also like Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell but mainly because of Michael Ironside's voice work.

 

[Kukakkau]

HK-47 from KOTOR hands down. best voice acting ever

 

[RazielDethAngel]

Raziel (Legacy Of Kain)
Actually when I think about how about the whole game

 

[jim_doki]

Guybrush Threepwood
Ben Throttle
Sam
Max
Green Tentacle

 

[Calobi]

Minsc from Baldur's Gate.
"Go for the eyes Boo! THE EYES!"
"Butt-kicking...for goodness."

Most of the characters from Baldur's Gate actually.

Plus, most of Planescape: Torment.

Edit: Sorry Anarchemitis. Had to represent the older personalities that were missing.

 

[Stammer]

Homestar Runner and Me.

What? No Strong Bad? :O