Who is the best Video Game character of all time?

Lots of fighting game heroes, Kyo, Ryu, Terry Bogard etc

Lots of fps heroes or anti heroes, like Master Chief, Solid Snake Marcus Phonenix.

My vote is simple...and it is for the most badass character I have ever experienced. The one character who grew old with me and felt human besides his superhuman qualities.

The legendary

I salute thee. Your legend will never be forgotten.

Yes, he's simple. Yes he's not very exciting, but you know what, he's not the most copied video game character ever for no reason. He doesn't need a deep story, a deep character bio, or any of that stuff. Ryu has stood the test of time because of the stuff he can do in the game. Overall, not the deepest character ever, but he is epitome of his genre and represents like no other character ever has. He even inspires 'real' martial artist.

This guy has thrown hands with Kyo Kusanagi, up to Galactus. Ryu's the best because I love fighters and he represents what it really means to be a true warrior.

Boring?

Maybe. It depends on how you look at him.

Gabriel Knight - Voiced by Tim Curry he is a New Orleans secondhand bookshop owner who is investigating a series of Voodoo related murders.
He is the last in line of Witchhunters. Schattenjagers who kill werewolves, vampires ect.
With 3 games under his belt this womanizer and funny guy is certainly up there.

Agent 47 - This guy kicks ass. A genetically altered assassin with no soul who can enter the most secure locales and eliminate his targets with nobody knowing he was ever there.

Originally posted by Frisky Dingo
Maybe. It depends on how you look at him.

I actually maintain that Ryu has a more interesting and layered character than most give him credit for, personally.

Originally posted by NemeBro
I was actually joking lol, I was following off on how you said he represents what it means to be a true warrior.

I actually maintain that Ryu has a more interesting and layered character than most give him credit for, personally.

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Has Mario ever actually been given character development? Like, if it was "random Portuguese carpenter" or "Mustachioed Navy SEAL" instead of "Italian plumber" would the games be much different?

Same with Sonic, for that matter. The TV series gave him some personality, but the games certainly haven't.

If anyone's familiar with the baseball stat "value over replacement," I don't think Mario's or Sonic's is very high.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Duke Nukem.

Ever since playing Land of the Babes, I got addicted to rock music, babes, blood, hardcore stuffs!

haermm

Duke is the man. Although threads with "best" should really say "favorite". That's what it ends up being.

Shepard. Why? He/she is exactly what you want them to be.

Originally posted by Frisky Dingo

Yes, he's simple. Yes he's not very exciting, but you know what, he's not the most copied video game character ever for no reason. He doesn't need a deep story, a deep character bio, or any of that stuff. Ryu has stood the test of time because of the stuff he can do in the game. Overall, not the deepest character ever, but he is epitome of his genre and represents like no other character ever has. He even inspires 'real' martial artist.

This guy has thrown hands with Kyo Kusanagi, up to Galactus. Ryu's the best because I love fighters and he represents what it really means to be a true warrior.

There's something horribly wrong with his abs, pecs, and sternum. 😐

Some artists...

Originally posted by Black bolt z
Shepard. Why? He/she is exactly what you want them to be.

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Certainly the most bad ass.

Originally posted by dadudemon
There's something horribly wrong with his abs, pecs, and sternum. 😐

Some artists...

Looks alright to me, but Okay 😂

There's something horribly wrong with the black guy's abs, pecs, and sternum, as well 😐

God is Some artists...😆

Originally posted by Black bolt z
Shepard. Why? He/she is exactly what you want them to be.

Copout.

Originally posted by Digi
Has Mario ever actually been given character development? Like, if it was "random Portuguese carpenter" or "Mustachioed Navy SEAL" instead of "Italian plumber" would the games be much different?

Mario isn't actually italian, or a plumber for that matter, since those aren't really canon, as far as the word "canon" actually means anything in Mario. The real canon being that Mario and several others (including Donkey Kong and Bowser) were "Star Children," and are said to posses some kind of power. As established by Yoshi's Island and Partners in Time, Mario's lived in the Mushroom Kingdom all his life. He just dresses like a plumber for some reason, though in the original Donkey Kong he was supposedly a carpenter or construction worker, before everything got all confusing.

As for personality, no, he doesn't really have one beyond your standard heroic bravery and kindness, and such.

Same with Sonic, for that matter. The TV series gave him some personality, but the games certainly haven't.

Oh, the games give Sonic a personality. Especially the 3D ones. Few examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0JYffxVFAE#t=1m50s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inxTV6YPACs#t=1m30s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYqdaXvybyg#t=1m10s

Annoying, but it's there.

If anyone's familiar with the baseball stat "value over replacement," I don't think Mario's or Sonic's is very high.

haermm

I wouldn't know. However, they probably aren't the best video games characters ever.

Ororo Munroe, more popularly known as Storm, a memberof the most popular team in comics history, The Uncanny X-Men.

Storm is the greatest video game character of all time.

Storm isn't a videogame character.

Humans shouldn't have cheekbones that big.

What is even up with her face?

Maybe the cheekbones are part of her mutation? Maybe large cheekbones attract lightning.