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[dinosaur_hunter2]

Snake, Kazuma Kiryu, Shepard.

And, of course, Crono.

 

[Dog Problems]

Guybrush Threepwood.
Who wouldn't want to be a pirate in a world with adventure game logic?
I mean, you can win swordfights with witty comebacks.

This would probably be my choice as well.

 

[E92 M3]

I like working alone to achieve big results.

 

[ghostface pizzakid]

Edge Maverick

 

[DocSeuss]

Superman.

Or Captain Marvel. Actually, yeah; being able to go from powered to unpowered pretty fast would be cool. But Superman has science stuff, and that's awesome.

This is a hard decision.

 

[xenorevlis]

Her:

 

[Christina Mackenzie]

Hotsuma from Shinobi PS2. Badass and yet tragic.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Ichigo

I just love the character's motivation and adherence to protecting people. I haven't played a single bleach game for the record... but I know they are out there.

 

[dreamfall]

Maybe not the main protagonist, but I just was thinking about how much I would like to be like her.

She was pretty damn self sufficient, and also self aware.

 

[Freaky Fred]

I'd like to be him. A simple, hard working, yet rewarding life would be nice.

And you get to have Serious Fun.

Always wanted to be this dude for those reasons. And because you can just buy the love of any girl you want.
apart from that I'd say:
Red because Pokemon. (the original 151)
Goku because, c'mon.

 

[SlickVic]

Probably my version of Commander Shepard. Not sure I'd necessarily want to live the big "end game" moments in the series as that sounds a bit stressful, but exploring the Citadel, chatting up my crew, going through some of the smaller stakes missions while traveling to different worlds, I think that would be quite exhilarating.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Nathan Drake. High flying fun, pulse pounding action, saving the world, nailing beautiful women.

Though his life is also pretty shitty a lot of the time.

 

[besada]

 

[flyover]

This thread is about as bad as it gets, as far as people posting pictures without giving character or game names.

As for the topic, I'd probably pick Kaim, from Lost Odyssey. As sad and lonely as his life seemed, I'd still take it, for the immortality and travel -- and the stories of the people I met.

 

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

Gotta go with Brad Fang from Contra: Hard Corps.

It's payback time.

 

[model13]

Shepard.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Okabe Rintarou. Yes, he goes through hell but in the end it's worth it to be with based Kurisu, Mayuri, Moeka, Rukako, Suzuha, Future Nae (Robotics;Notes) and Feyris <333

Kurisu would be worth it but the mental breakdown would be tough.

 

[EMT0]

Yu Narukami, by FAR. Manage things right and you've got the most fulfilling and happy life this side of a millennium.

 

[JC Lately]

But not for the reasons you might suspect. Oh sure, graceful-yet-awesome fighting prowess would be nice, and there are worse things to be than a stacked, leggy redhead. But I'm thinking more long term here. As Parasoul, I'd already be a princess with a damn near 100% approval rating and my own secret police in place via in the Black Egrets. What better base from whcih to launch world domination?

First I'd have to remove the Skull Heart from play. This is easy enough, just use my deadly combat skills and back up form the Egrets to beat the current Skullgirl like she owed me money. Then, rather than make a wish on the Skull Heart like some kind of idiot, I'd lock it a containment unit, which I would place in a safe, which I would place in another safe which I would then place in a shipping container. Then I would announce on national TV that I, Parasoul, Princess of Canopy Kingdom would take the Skull Heart to a secert location to ensure it never again falls into the wrong hands. With a handpicked crew of Egrets, i would then set sail to this mythical location.

This is, of course, a complete lie. Once the ship was over whatever this world's equivalent of the Mariana Trench is, a tragic 'accident' would destroy the ship, killing all hands. Save for myself, however, who 'miraculously' managed to make it to a life boat. The Skull Heart would be forever lost in the bottom of the ocean, and everyone who knows where it could be would be dead except me. Naturally I'll be injured in this accident, preferably in away that leave a noticeable scar or scars in a location I cant cover it up. The face would be ideal. Yes, this may detract from my overall beauty, but it would be a small price to pay. Of course one I'm rescued and recuperating at my palace hospital, my surgeons would tell me they could help minimize or erase said scars, an option I will vehemently deny (where the press can 'overhear' of course), stating that said scars would serve as a reminder to me of the brave men and women who lost their lives to serve their kingdom and save me, everyday for the rest of my life. At their state funeral for these lost Egerts, I will weep openly, and afterwards, provide for any living family members they left behind.

From these actions I would practically be defied by the masses. Hell even my scars well actaully make more more attractive to some in this light. The shock and fear of nearly 'losing' her sister might also make Umbrella grow up a bit. The people will be so enamored of me they wont even notice my slow, seemingly innocuous sift to a more totalitarian regime. And the ones who do notice wont think to question me. For if Queen Parasoul the Scarred, the kind, and benevolent heroine who rid the word of the Skull Heart at great personal cost, thinks these changes are necessary, who are they to question her?

 

[Dio]

The real trick is to choose someone without a ton of emotional problems or baggage, someone who just has fun or enjoys life. A lot of these 'cool' protagonists are severely damaged in that way, so I wouldn't want to be one of them just for the superpowers or whatever. What's the point in being powerful or having crazy abilities if you can't enjoy it at all (assuming you're given the choice)?

Adol is probably a great choice, as long as life isn't on Nightmare difficulty.

 

[HolyBaikal]

I'm going to cheat and say Rokko chan. The not-Roll character from the game of the same name.

I'd like to be like Roll, but I wouldn't want my life to be dictated by doing chores for an older man. Also, sadly, Roll isn't as much of a protagonist as Rock in the Mega Man games.

I'd like to become transgender. But I don't want to grow breasts or widen my hips, like hormone replacement therapy would do. However, I do spend an effort in removing my body hair and will continue to do so in the future. And I'd like to become shorter, and make my shoulders smaller, and make my feet smaller, and make my face rounder and flatter and cuter. And basically become more feminine in all ways except having curves.

And if popular futurists are right, this is what I'll be doing with my life. And I'll be lucky enough to live to see such a day when this kind of technology is available. Or they are right, and I do live to see such a day, and moral outrage doesn't many me wanting to do that totally and completely illegal. I can imagine a lot of people would find a grown man becoming like that quite creepy and would push to try to make it illegal.

There's probably some other examples in video games. But they don't come immediately to mind.

 

[JC Lately]

Ignore post.

 

[HolyBaikal]

Ignore my post, as well. Sorry.