Video game charicters you truely care about

[Cheesepower5]

More than I can think of.

 

[F-I-D-O]

Chrono from Chrono Trigger.
Controlling him for so long then...

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he dies in the fight. I cried. Although him having the best armor may have played into that.

Also, in S.L.A.I, when people start dieing, one of them I had really liked. He died, and it felt like there was an absence for the rest of the game. Not so much sadness that he died, but sadness that he wasn't there anymore. There felt like a gap whenever the conversations started.
Plus, throughout that, whenever someone dies you get to know them. Hey, he's a nice person. How's it goi-oh shit.
Sev from Republic Commando.... the fact that you don't know how he is...make a sequel damnit!
There are others. but I can't remember them now...

 

[Dango]

I have an unusual attachment to a few fighting characters. Noel, Rachel, and Bang from BlazBlue, Aoi from Virtua Fighter, and most of all Talim, the best character in pretty much any game ever. Other than fighting game characters though, I cared for Nathan Hale in the resistance games.

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too bad he turned into a chimera and got owned in the face

 

[TinCynic]

Agent Nightingale from Alan Wake. (Gotta love the strung out, drunk, trigger-happy jackass.)
John Marston from Red Dead Redemption

 

[Ava Elzbieta]

Easy. Bioware's characters.
I'd gladly take on a galaxy of Reapers to get with Kaidan Alenko, and I'd battle all the Darkspawn with both hands tied behind my back if I could pop Alistair out into this dimension.

 

[pyrokitsune777]

Ghost from CoD MW2 and Gaz from CoD MW
- Humorous in their own way but reliable in combat

Artyom from Metro 2033
- Aspires to more than just another face in the tunnels and actually manages to become a hero.

Ashley, and Garis from Mass Effect
- Ashley was a solid soldier and garis could provide a tactical edge along with fire support.

Rookie from Halo:ODST, Gordon Freeman, and a few other silent protagonists
- Silent but their actions speak louder than words.

 

[monster at a party]

I dunno if anyone's said it, but I'm gonna say Norman Jayden from Heavy Rain.
I accidentally killed him my first playthrough and I don't think I've ever felt worse after killing a character. I also really liked Ethan.

 

[Gunner 51]

For some reason, I find myself caring for Gunther Hermann from Deus Ex.

He's a first generation immigrant, rarely gets taken seriously, his mech-enhanced body is in constant need of a tune up, nano-tech is obsolete. At this point, he's just a grumpy old man who feels like yesterday's news and is in need of a friend. But when that friend gets killed by the "Hero" protagonist - he finally goes nuts.

Poor old Gunther had himself a bit of a crap time in America.

It gets worse.

In the church area, just before you confront Gunther, there are several computers. If you hack them you can read the monk's e-mail. One of monks mentions hearing Gunther sobbing in his room.

I read those e-mails too, and I had to sympathise with Gunther all the more. After trying to be more and more machine-like, Gunther's heart is still very much human.

 

[Isaac The Grape]

Mr. Duke Nukem.

hes too badass to die as a gaming character. please god let some1 pick up the franchise.

He lives on, memeticly.

 

[Chris60190]

Every character from Ace Combat 5. If you've played it you'd understand.

 

[jeejvebe]

Godot, from the Phoenix Wright series. Needless to say, I shed manly tears at the end of Trials & Tribulations.

He was so god damn awesome.

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Terra Bradford, Celes Chere, Gordon Freeman, Aylaine, Alyx Vance, Rinoa Heartilly, Lucca, Paula and a few others all have earned my love and care. Each character has also made me cry at some point, for one reason or another.

I'm curious, how did Gordon manage to make you cry?

 

[Vhite]

Nameless guy from Gothic series, he was never really likeable but when they said he is gonna be bad guy in 4th game after he became the king I just said NOOOOO.

 

[cryogeist]

anyone i had to keep alive in rpgs or rts mainly because i lose if they die -_-
OT the main character from FFTA 1 or 2 i dont know why though

 

[lizards]

as stated before the crew from halflife (alyx, kleiner, rebels, etc) also stated earlier valve does a good job of that

to be honest though nothing besides valve games really stick out as much as those, granted they are truly the best at it

 

[Iron_will]

Many characters from both ME1 and ME2. Notably Garrus, Tali (especially Tali), Wrex and Jacob.

 

[cardboard pirate]

Dragon Age for sure!
SPOILER (just on the safe side)- first playthough I sacrificed myself and when I read the epilogue and it said how upset Zevran was that my oc kicked it that I imediatly restarted my last save part and let Alistair sacrifice himself instead.
Kingdom Hearts 1+2, ffvii, and persona 3 (though only on the female version with the shinjiro part) omg the drama
Im a big wuss at games I generally feel completely awful choosing the "evil path" haha my conscience goes into over drive

 

[kwagamon]

I cared about most of the cast of FFVII (except Yuffie and Cait-Sith (which even now I subconsciously typed as Cait-Shit the first time)). Yuffie, because as a character, she was an annoying, backstabbing bitchcake. To be fair, she was actually pretty good in battle in my opinion so I used her nonetheless, but her character was beyond annoying. And Cait-Sith. Fuck that little fucker in the fucking asshole. Without lube. By a robot. With a spiked 17-inch robodick. Twice. I hate him that much. Totally useless in battle, totally useless as a character, and acted as though he deserved my love and affection anyway. I remember when there was a part where you find a control mechanism that will shrink an entire temple down to pocket-size because you need it, but the mechanism was inside. Someone had to sacrifice them self. Cait-Sith volunteered. I nearly shat myself I was so happy.There was even a blissful five minutes where it looked like he was gone for good! I was dancing a little in that I'm-lazy-so-I'll-just-jiggle-in-my-seat-a-bit way and humming a jaunty tune. Then that five minutes of bliss was over, and the little fucker walks right up to me and both the characters and I shared a moment of utter shock. They because they thought their (backstabbing, annoying) "friend" was back seemingly from the dead, me because I was so god damn pissed about that very fact. In summation, Cait-Sith is a fucker that just couldn't seem to die.

As for other games, Dragon Age: Origins, which I only just recently played through and am playing through again for achievements and such, had a pretty good cast of main characters and the main quest figures were really good too. The only one I take issue with there is the optional party member of Sten. Sten is basically just an ugly face and a merely-decent tank stapled to the word "No," uttered in extremely harsh tones. Seriously, every conversation that I've had with him so far has just been him saying one or so sentences before just saying "No" to my various subsequent questions. The only other character I had any issues with was Zevran, and that was because he leaves the party at one point if your approval with him isn't high enough. It made me so sad when

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I had to kill him

but that just means the writers knew how to make consequences for your actions or lack thereof and again, it was a genuinely sad moment for me. Even sadder was what happens between you and Morrigan at the very end of the game. It's truly depressing if you do certain options at that point.

The list goes on, with such titles as Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Starcraft and Starcraft: Brood War, Portal (You will be missed, my beloved Weighted Companion Cube!), Left 4 Dead 1 & 2, the list goes on.