Favorite Male Video Game Character

[Doominator2]

Who's your favorite male video game character? (Doomguy not allowed)

 

I'm going with Larry Laffer because I'm heading down the trajectory of becoming him with ever year that passes.

[Ozcar]

Wait, did you say male video game character?
Oh sorry, here one of my favorite male video game character.
   

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Edited February 22 by Ozcar

[Mr. Freeze]

[Jello]

 

Caleb because he's an evil asshole who joined a cult and sold his soul to a demon so he could live forever, and then got betrayed, and his girlfriend was killed and he came back from the dead and killed a bunch of people because he's a psychotic piece of shit. 

 

I'm sure this thread is a weird counter to the "favorite female video game character" thread, but I would think that my opinion will attest to my shallowness when it comes to male characters in video games. 

Edited February 22 by Jello

[Murdoch]

Off the top of my head, Geralt from the Witcher and Sigma from Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den. Can't say why for the latter without spoiling it but if you know, you'll know. Voice actors for both characters did phenomenal jobs and really elevated the material.

[Captain red pants]

Sarcastic klepto goth boii <3 <3 <3

I should really play The Black Parade already

[dasho]

Travis Touchdown - No More Heroes

Lo Wang - Shadow Warrior (Classic and first rebooted game - too many jokes fell flat in 2 and I haven't played 3)

Zhang Fei - Dynasty Warriors (Wei and Wu lovers fuck OFF)

Virgil - Arcanum

Adam Jensen - Deus Ex: Human Revolution (never played the sequel)

Kyle - Blackthorne

The guy from the Sim City 2000 council that yells at you for cutting funding

All three of the Lost Vikings

 

Edited February 22 by dasho

[OniriA]

 

And

 

 

 

/thread.

Edited February 22 by OniriA

[Enzo Carozza]

Coach from L4D2.

[Panzermann11]

Where to begin...

• Tank Dempsey
• William Blaskowicz
• Duke Nukem
• Adrian Shephard
• Master Chief
• Postal Dude
• Solid and Naked Snake
• Leon Kennedy
• L4D male survivors
• The Team Fortress 2 crew

Edited February 25 by Panzermann11

[Garlichead]

George Stobbart from the broken sword games

[Doominator2]

59 minutes ago, Murdoch said:

Sigma from Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den. 

I had low expectations going into Minerva's Den with how disappointing I found the Base Bioshock 2 to be, but Minerva's Den is just something else. Probably one of the best story DLCs for any game I've played

[Taw Tu'lki]

Duke Nukem, Max Payne, Hitman and many many male characters from games. Because 90% main characters from games are men.

[Wilster_Wonkels]

Me.

[Chrysaetos]

Well, I guess it's BJ from Wolf3D. If anything it's the first fps game I played so he holds a good place in my memories.

[Chrysaetos]

Just now, Chrysaetos said:

Well, I guess it's BJ from Wolf3D. If anything it's the first fps game I played so he holds a good place in my memories.

Him, or Kratos. 

[BeetBeardTheBrave]

Papyrus from Undertale!  Or Frog from ChronoTrigger. 

 

[Dubbag]

Doomguy, Duke Nukem and Postal Dude

[Pechudin]

Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium (answer might change with time). Definitely not the detective duBois.

[mrthejoshmon]

I love JC Denton's design (it's literally just blue Wesley Snipes Blade) and the VA is great, even if it is goofy.

[Murdoch]

3 hours ago, Doominator2 said:

I had low expectations going into Minerva's Den with how disappointing I found the Base Bioshock 2 to be, but Minerva's Den is just something else. Probably one of the best story DLCs for any game I've played

 

Yep, the twist ending was really great and tied all the threads together, and Carl Lumbly's performance bought it all home. Dude always classes up the joint when he shows up and his performance in the game was genuinely moving. 100% sold something a lesser actor would have phoned in for an easy pay check.

[ReaperAA]

After careful consideration, I am going to go with this:

 

Kane from C&C franchise.

[camper]

Duke Nukem

[CrocMagnum]

Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs): an infiltrated Cop dealing with the Triads in Hong Kong. Wei Shen is very well written character. For instance The Funeral mission is quite revealing (SPOILER): 

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Wei Shen answers to Pendrew (who's a bastard). Pendrew just shows up with cops during a funeral, disrespecting the dead, his family and the Sun On Yee (a Triad). That's when Wei Shen totally loses it and says to Pendrew (his Boss):

 

"HEY! You! You can’t do this here! It’s a fucking funeral! God damn police.

Why don’t you show some fucking respect. Huh?" 

 

The anger of Wei Shen feels genuine, like he really meant what he said to Pendrew.

This is a defining moment. When Wei Shen mentally crumbles and thinks he's Triad.

 

 

And man the last stretch of the game:

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I felt the ordeal of Wei Shen in my bones. That's what I call a memorable game. 

 

Samuel (Dishonored 1): amazing how a mere NPC can leave his mark (edit: Dishonored pun intended).

He's a just a boatman taking Corvo to his missions. Sometimes he'll make a comment.

Some of these lines are just unforgettable. Like after mission "High Overseer Campbell": "Men of the faith shouldn’t live like Barons."

 

 

Edited February 22 by CrocMagnum

[MemeMind]

10 hours ago, BeetBeardTheBrave said:

Papyrus from Undertale!  Or Frog from ChronoTrigger. 

 

ANOTHER PERSON DEEP IN THE UNDERTALE BRAIN ROT LETS GOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

UT is like my current obsession right now.

Edited February 22 by MemeMind

[BeetBeardTheBrave]

2 hours ago, MemeMind said:

ANOTHER PERSON DEEP IN THE UNDERTALE BRAIN ROT LETS GOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

UT is like my current obsession right now.

Lol, I haven't played it or thought about in like 4 years.  But I will always love Papyrus. 

[Doomkid]

One of my favorite men in gaming is Coach from Left for Dead 2. I'm a total sucker for his combo of tropes: the middle-aged everyman who's tough but kind, a bit out of shape but still not one to fuck with, and just has this likeable demeanor all around.

 

 

I really hope you guys don't go around calling men "males" in everyday life. It's offputting even beyond the latent implication that all men are male, it just has this hypermassive turbo-virgin energy to do so lol

 

[Li'l devil]

People posting Coach from L4D2, but I actually really like Nick. His usual deadpan sarcastic attitude is pretty funny, and the voice acting is perfect for this role.

 

"Ellis, shut up contest! One, two, three, GO!"

[ReX]

15 hours ago, Jello said:

"Caleb"

Yes! Hell, yes! Such an iconic character

 

I will say that Duke Nukem is also terrific. I guess that giving the character a voice makes a huge difference in shaping the character's personality.

 

And let's not forget Lo Wang, the irreverent shuriken- and katana-wielding protagonist of Shadow Warrior.

 

The Build Engine developers understood that killer one-liners brought their characters to life.

Edited February 22 by ReX
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[ReX]

Arthur Morgan of Red Dead Redemption 2

John Marson of Red Dead Redemption is another good character.