BlindTom said:
Either this or April Ryan.
Actually, I think I prefer April Ryan. No other character in the history of... well, fiction has developed and changed so much, while still being realistic and human and extremely likeable.
ShotgunSmoke said:
Max Payne and Commander Shepard.
I like Shephard. While you can choose to be a Paragon/Renegade (if ANYONE says it's good/bad or good/evil I'll punch you in the face. Paragon/Renegade means Altruistic/Pragmatic, not Patron Saint of Everything/Eats Kittens), the base personality stays the same, so everyone's Commander plays out a little bit differently while remaining similar.
Max Payne? I like his story in itself, and the games are among my favourites, but I got pretty tired of his monologues.
"As I lazily shuffled through the cold Shakesperian tempest of pitch-black New York City during a night that reminded me of a limping dog shuffling through the garbage cans of more fortunate denizens for something to stay alive just a bit longer, I spotted a black figure, like a dancing Valkyrie beckoning to me to come and be taken away to Valhalla. The shape loomed hazily over me, like a sign of things to come growing more and more fuzzy. I was too tired, or too furious, or too stupid to understand the signs, but there they were, and I would soon be reminded of their cryptic meaning by a sudden boom and a half-inch wide piece of lead being lodged into my shoulder, like a parasite looking for a new host to destroy."
I had fun with that ^^