The Krogers by my friend's apartment has a security guard. The guy's friendly to everyone, but he's apparently the laziest dude ever. Just hangs around outside texting or chattin' with folks.
At least, that's the impression you get when you're walkin' past him, or just not watching. The guy is a master of not only catching shop lifters, but doing it in a way that's subtle, dealing with the problem without it ever being noticed by the general populace.
Without a doubt, he is an awesome dude.
So ideally, I'd have someone like him: Innocuous, subtle, effective.
Unfortunately, I'm not coming up with any innocuous, subtle, and effective VG characters. I mean, I'm sitting here thinking about the logistics of having a Space Marine or Master Chief, and there's just no WAY most modern vehicles could handle a driver who weighs nearly as much as they do.
Lara Croft, Gordon Freeman, Ruby, and Duke Nukem all rock at what they do, but subtlety is not exactly within their dictionaries. Similar to the Assassins, they are sore thumbs wherever they go (even if the games don't treat them that way).
Commander Shepherd? Maybe... Once again: not exactly Subtle. I think I'd prefer Wrex to Shepherd. Wrex actually IS a body guard, and successful to boot.
You know what?
Max Payne.
He's a trained LE officer, an extremely effective gun fighter capable of handling just about anything that shoots bullets (and can handle close quarters fairly well as well), has hallucinations that end up making him even more frightening if you're on the wrong side of him, and can effectively slow down time in localized areas to better protect me.
He also looks like a guy off the street, so he's more or less innocuous. He CAN be subt-OHSHITIJUSTREALISEDJASONBOURNEHASVIDEOGAMES.
IGNORE EVERYTHING I JUST SAID.
JASON. FUCKING. BOURNE.
Okay, I'm done.
EDIT: Or Snake. 'Cause Snake's pretty damned good, normal looking, and can take out walking nuclear tanks. Awesome.