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Who is your Character of the Year?
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Lee Everett and Clementine are probably the only videogame characters I cried for ever.
HyperCubed4
Member
My point exactly. However, I DID very much enjoy the fact that he followed Walker to the ends of Dubai.
No matter how much of it Walker managed to fuck up.
So you're just trying to be a dick.
Please point to the "hilarious salt" or "other people's opinions making me upset" in my posts.
Oh wait, there is none. I'm just expressing disagreement and confusion. I am discussing on a discussion board. You're just being an annoying douche for the sake of being an annoying douche because you're a bad poster.
Was going to mention the cast of Kid Icarus...
Then I remembered about this ultimate troll
Then I remembered about this ultimate troll
"You mad?"
Baconsammy
Banned
A bad poster is someone that tells someone else their choice for character of the year is wrong.
This is also a bad poster:
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
When Zero III switches to a southern accent = amazing!
Fredrik
Member
Same here.
Halo 4 Cortana for me. Character is over 10 years old but this is probably the first time in the whole series I cared about her and what's happening with her. Jen Taylor(voice actress) fucking knocked it out of the park as usual. Helps that 343 took extreme focus on the facial animations and graphics as well. Just a joy to experience.
I have never liked Halo much, I usually don't like first person shooters, but I loved Halo 4 sooo much, from the beginning to the very end. Both Cortana and Master Chief are my characters of the year 2012.
Baconsammy
Banned
My runner-up is:
A nice combo of nerdy and horny.
A nice combo of nerdy and horny.
Notice how I never said they were wrong, I just explained why I disagreed.
God forbid someone express an opinion about someone else's opinion in these threads.
Christ, why aren't you on my ignore list yet?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Underwhelming game. Awesome character. Hell, the cast and the setting can lend up in a good game if they just tried.
GiantEnemyGoomba
Member
Hades, Lady Palutena or Pit.
Yeah this let's go with this.
Could Marth look any more like a girl here?
I have no idea if that is actually Marth.
Aaaaanyway, I want to give an honorable shout-out to Dunban. I haven't played much of Xenoblade because I got it before school started, but what I did see of him was downright awesome.
Why can't we ever play as the grown up badass womanizing guy in JRPGs? It's always gotta be the starry eyed youth.
Empty Space
Member
Honorable mention to Wei Shen.
Is that from Scribblenauts Unlimited? Is he there by default or did you have to create a Crystal Horse and rename it?
Out of the games I played this year it probably Lee. If only for his really grounded nature in a horrific situation. Its much the same reason I love John Marston as much as I do.
Honorable mention goes to Garrus for becoming the greatest video game ever. I don't think I would have appreciated him as much if he been a new introduction to the series this year, but it was definitely ME3 where he became really awesome.
PaleFolklore
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Lee Everett
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Bald Max Payne.
MrCunningham
Member
Hasn't that been a thing in Anime since forever?
As for me, I am drawing a blank as to what my favorite character of 2012 is.
Zero III from Virtue's Last Reward.
"SIGGYYYYY! PHIDOOOOO!"
I'm going with this. Even thought there's not much to the character, the script and the voice acting were incredible. Every scene with Zero III was a treat.
Mila from Dead or Alive 5
After the reputation the series gathered over the years the devs take a step back and manage to include a character whose looks aren't completely based around fanservice, who isn't supposed to be a super special canon sue ninja, who dresses reasonably for what she does, holds a job, is actually depicted training at a gym (this is surprisingly rare in fighting games for some reason), admires someone she hopes to meet and manages to measure up reasonably against the existing cast.
For what DoA has accustomed me to, she's surprisingly human and down to earth, so I'm glad she's there.
She's not entirely immune from some series issues, but at least practically all if those, namely DLC outfits like bikinis, seem to be hand-me-downs from the other girls...
The series and genre are better off with her around.
After the reputation the series gathered over the years the devs take a step back and manage to include a character whose looks aren't completely based around fanservice, who isn't supposed to be a super special canon sue ninja, who dresses reasonably for what she does, holds a job, is actually depicted training at a gym (this is surprisingly rare in fighting games for some reason), admires someone she hopes to meet and manages to measure up reasonably against the existing cast.
For what DoA has accustomed me to, she's surprisingly human and down to earth, so I'm glad she's there.
She's not entirely immune from some series issues, but at least practically all if those, namely DLC outfits like bikinis, seem to be hand-me-downs from the other girls...
The series and genre are better off with her around.
Lee and Clem are great (Walking Dead)... So is Mr. Scratch (American Nightmare)... And Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs)... And Salty Crab (Sleeping Dogs)... And Parker Luciani (RER)... And Sherry Birkin (RE6)... I loved them all.
But this year's true winner is HADES from Kid Icarus Uprising. That whole game had writing, voice acting and comedic timing on par with or better than the Portal series.
Simply amazing. Best cast in a Nintendo game and possibly any game ever, and Hades is the star of the show.
But this year's true winner is HADES from Kid Icarus Uprising. That whole game had writing, voice acting and comedic timing on par with or better than the Portal series.
Simply amazing. Best cast in a Nintendo game and possibly any game ever, and Hades is the star of the show.
Easy on the eyes, too:Loona said:
MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
There are so many great characters in Kid Icarus: Uprising, but Hades stands above the rest.
Vermillion
Banned
I haven't played many games with new characters this year, but I really liked him, and I really liked his game. He may not be as fleshed out as others - still a JRPG character, after all, but I enjoyed how he just barely dodged some tropes. At the end for example, despite his hesitation, he was still willing to do what needed to be done. Other characters would have been different, I think.
Haven't play the game yet but from what i've heard it could be this guy.
I haven't played the game yet but I'm getting some mad corny vibes from this character. The mohawk and the eyescar. Look out, he's such a wild and crazy guy...shit's goofy yo.
My character(s) of the year are my XCOM squad. Losing a key operative is like a punch to the gut, they're faceless custom characters but you it's hard not to grow attached to them.
Also: Big Bo from Binary Domain.
Extra Sauce
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James Vega
J/K it's Lee from Walking Dead
I hated James Vega before I played the game. Based on the trailers he seemed like a dumb, cliched brodude. Then I played the game and he was one of my favorite squadmates from the game.
Though to be fair, the selection of squadmates in 3 was weaker than the previous game's.
Easy on the eyes, too:
damn, i need to play my copy soon....
Looks like the main character in Killzone 2. Blah.
I thought his voice actor was terrible, easily the weakest of the cast.
phantomspiker
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Lee Everett (The Walking Dead)
I actually liked all the characters from that game.
I actually liked all the characters from that game.
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Lee Everett - The Walking Dead
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LightofRohan
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Dante from new DMC
Connor from AC3
Catalyst Kid from ME3
Just because I hate gaf.
Connor from AC3
Catalyst Kid from ME3
Just because I hate gaf.
two of those are actually true
Thinking about this one and there'e still some time left in the year to finish some of the stuff I didn't play but.... nevertheless some responses to the more common suggestions and my pick.
Kat really was a breath of fresh air and someone who wasn't all about violence and guns and guns and more guns. Just wanted to do what was right for the city and the protect the people. It's still to this day the only game I've ever gotten 100% of the trophies in.
Hands down unless I think of something else or play something better....she should win new Character of the Year.
Haytem was pretty cool but he seemed like kind of a missed opportunity in my eyes with how it ended up being by the end of the game. I think the ones that finished will understand what I mean by this hopefully because I don't want to spoil it.
Connor wasn't bad and I enjoyed the ride, but didn't capture me as much as Ezio did at the end of AC2 in terms of growth and triumph.
Got about half way through Kid Icarus and while Palutena and Pit are really well done the game just didn't capture me and I stopped.
*Edit* Okay I missed Jake and Sherry... For what it's worth (even if there game play portions were considered weak by many) I think they made RE6 into a game that I don't completely regret existing. Waited for so many years to finally figure out what happened to her and left wanting more about how she came this far. Was pleasantly surprised with how Jake's character went and the fact they didn't take the route I thought they were going to take. Small thing during their campaigns ending sums it up for me pretty well.
Kat really was a breath of fresh air and someone who wasn't all about violence and guns and guns and more guns. Just wanted to do what was right for the city and the protect the people. It's still to this day the only game I've ever gotten 100% of the trophies in.
Hands down unless I think of something else or play something better....she should win new Character of the Year.
Haytem was pretty cool but he seemed like kind of a missed opportunity in my eyes with how it ended up being by the end of the game. I think the ones that finished will understand what I mean by this hopefully because I don't want to spoil it.
Connor wasn't bad and I enjoyed the ride, but didn't capture me as much as Ezio did at the end of AC2 in terms of growth and triumph.
Got about half way through Kid Icarus and while Palutena and Pit are really well done the game just didn't capture me and I stopped.
*Edit* Okay I missed Jake and Sherry... For what it's worth (even if there game play portions were considered weak by many) I think they made RE6 into a game that I don't completely regret existing. Waited for so many years to finally figure out what happened to her and left wanting more about how she came this far. Was pleasantly surprised with how Jake's character went and the fact they didn't take the route I thought they were going to take. Small thing during their campaigns ending sums it up for me pretty well.
THIS WAS LAST YEAR BUT I ONLY PLAYED IT THIS YEAR:
This is Cid Aulstyne. I have never actually hated a Final Fantasy villain the way I have this man. Maybe it's because the war is a lot more graphic this time around, maybe it's because he's more blatantly Hitler than most video game Hitlers, maybe it's because he sits in his goddamn palace while people are dying in horrible, gut-wrenching ways in far-off lands because of a war he started, I dunno. The point is, Cid Aulstyne is a despicable, horrifying, monstrous human being well before
. He's a compelling villain, or at least was for me, and
finally shoving a deck of cards down his throat was the greatest of pleasures.
This is
Celestia. She's compelling because her allegiance is never really all that cut and dry. She very clearly detests her superiors at some points, but is a very My Country Right or Wrong kinda way. Think of her as Type-0's Beatrix, except she doesn't fall in love with your Steiner. Point is, of all the
in the game, she is definitely the most well-developed. Sorry Magius.
So Ace is the face of Class Zero, and I legit loved those guys by game's end. Ace is especially loveable to me, because he kinda acts as the FF Classic Hero to Machina's FF Modern Hero. Ace is, excluding Machina and Rem, likely also the most developed member of the class. He likes Chocobos and
. Also, Ace's cards ruin enemies' souls. Freaking does this spinning move that literally slices Behemoths HP bars by an entire bar at a time at upper levels.
Type-0, incidentally, was the best Final Fantasy XIII.
This is Cid Aulstyne. I have never actually hated a Final Fantasy villain the way I have this man. Maybe it's because the war is a lot more graphic this time around, maybe it's because he's more blatantly Hitler than most video game Hitlers, maybe it's because he sits in his goddamn palace while people are dying in horrible, gut-wrenching ways in far-off lands because of a war he started, I dunno. The point is, Cid Aulstyne is a despicable, horrifying, monstrous human being well before
he physically becomes one
even though the battle against him is unloseable
This is
L'Cie
L'Cie
So Ace is the face of Class Zero, and I legit loved those guys by game's end. Ace is especially loveable to me, because he kinda acts as the FF Classic Hero to Machina's FF Modern Hero. Ace is, excluding Machina and Rem, likely also the most developed member of the class. He likes Chocobos and
turns his back on Izana as he dies a piteous death in the streets.
Type-0, incidentally, was the best Final Fantasy XIII.
Halo 4 Cortana for me. Character is over 10 years old but this is probably the first time in the whole series I cared about her and what's happening with her. Jen Taylor(voice actress) fucking knocked it out of the park as usual. Helps that 343 took extreme focus on the facial animations and graphics as well. Just a joy to experience.
Came in to say this. Quite liked Hayhtham from AC3 as well, but Cortana takes it. Felt like a fresh, emotional and powerful take on an old character.
RawkHawk2010
Member
Wow, wasn't expecting my pick in the OP.
Ooh. <3
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