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The REAL top 50 gaming characters of all time!

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I think Max Payne was cool character, he needs to be on that list too.
 
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Just a few I came up with that I can think of.

Samus Aran (Metroid)

Jin Kazama (Tekken )

Cervantes de Leon (Soulcalibur)

Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
 
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I don't think it deserves a new thread so I'm gonna post it here ....

Empireonline recently posted "The 50 Greatest Video Game Characters" list.

http://www.empireonline.com/features/50-greatest-video-game-characters/default.asp

To save you some time, here's their "amazing" list:

50. Ryu Hayabusa
49. Dirk the Daring
48. Donkey KOng
47. The Horned Reaper
46. Vault Boy
45. Marcus Fenix
44. Leon Kennedy
43. HK-47
42. Sam & Max
41. Pyramid Head
40. Dr. Fred Eddison
39. Mr X
38. Dante
37. Pac Man
36. Big Daddy
35. Prince of Persia
34. Alucard
33. The Announcer (Unreal Tournament)
32. Miner Willy
31. Kane
30. Manny Calavera
29. Garrett
28. Harman Smith
27. Ryu
26. Samus Aran
25. Arthus Menethil
24. Sabre Man
23. Bowser
22. Nathan Drake
21. Agent 47
20. Duke Nukem
19. Solid Snake
18. Alice
17. Illidian Stormrage
16. Brucie
15. Kratos
14. Sonic
13. Cloud Strife
12. Glados
11. Minsc & Boo
10. Sephiroth
9. The Lemmings
8. Master Chief
7. Guybrush Threepwood
6. Link
5. Lara Croft
4. The Nameless One
3. Shodan
2. Mario
1. Gordon Freeman


This is outrageous. Gordon Freeman is n1 ahahahaha :roll: I haven't laughed so hard for a looooong time!

While Duke Nukem is 20th and Solid Snake is 19th :eek: ..... Well what more can I say. This is an eyeroller.
 
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C'mon, nobody mentioned Psycho Mantis, i know he has a little impact on gaming industry but he is badaas stuff, and this is not the list of greats characters with biggest impact in gaming culture!?

EDIT: WTF is so cool about Mario and Luigi, they are plumber ho eat mushrooms then get bigger an jump on frikin' walking mushrooms, Guybrush way much cooler, he can hold his breath for ten minutes, and say very quickly: "How much wood wood a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood", beat that!?
 
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Been gaming for over 20 years but i only know Gordon, Lara, PackMan, and well, Mario because he is used for many spots or whatever. I was already adult when I started with pc's and mostly confined myself to FPS and sims (simulators of tanks, jets... NOT "THE SIMS"!!!) . No arcade, no consoles, no toys. Instead books and guitars :p
 

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This list sucks. I don't know a few from the top 10 so I call BS. Where the F#$k is Mega Man or even Donkey Kong? You can tell this list was made by a kid.
 

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Where is Crash Bandicoot!
 

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ahh, guess must have typed wrong in the search box. :laugh:

No, there's no Crash Bandicoot in the list.

Rynn is another great character which didn't get mentioned. And they didn't even choose a single character from Mortal Kombat.
 
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Gosh. OP made his/her own list. That's got nothing to do neither to Guinness Book nor to Empireonline list lol :rolleyes: Well unless de.das.dude compalining about HookeyStreet's list then yeah that makes sense.
 

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well i'd like to add these

1> NERO < SEXY DEVIL FROM DMC>
2>THE ONE AND ONLY TOMMY VERCETTI
3>AND OUR VLADIMIR LEM < HAVE NO FEAR VLAD IS HERE >
 

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How can i forget !

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my favourites

Garret the Thief
Andrew Ryan
Jack Carver
Alyx Vance
JC Denton
Max Payne
Agent 47
Wario :p
Shepard commander
Duke
Fate (Mirror's Edge)
Ashley (Mass Effect)
GladOS
Shodan
Strelok
 

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Frick;2195813[B said:
April Ryan[/B] - of The Longest Journey, one of the best characters ever, and she's a girl that is not all OMG A GIRL BOOBS AND WHY IS MY STEEL BIKINI SO SMALL. She's kinda cute, and smart and she have clothes on her and the entire game is mature without being retarded.

Guybrush Threepwood - This guy seriously needs to be in a list like that.

+9000!! Essential.

Also:

GladOS!!!

Gordon Freeman, Duke Nukem, Max Payne, Lara Croft... get a vote from me.
 
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What about Mane Calavera ? And the good old Caleb
 
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Lara Croft, Duke Nukem and Solid Snake should always be in top 5. Even 100 years later.
 
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