What makes memorable character in the world of gaming?

These three examples of characters are perfect for this blog. And I'm sure we can all agree!

Why?

Well, lets start with Nathan Drake, from the famed game Uncharted. We all know him: His rouge-like personality, his wise cracking jokes, and his ridicously never ending luck. He survived train crashes, an zombie outbreak, an 'phycopathic war criminal', freaky purple superhuman monsters, and last but not least a whole army of mercanairies! These al would make him an generic, not lifelike character in video games if it weren't his trademark personality. In stressful situations (and there are a lot of them) he always puts nervous jokes in the air to release any tension in us, and that is what makes him so memorable. Also his playful quarrels with his compainions, as what most people do in real life. His sidekicks aren't puppets, always being perfect and stone cold with no personailty. Nooo, they are real, breathing, human beings that make mistakes and feel shame. Chloe is a perfect example. She is nowhere NEAR perfect, as sometimes she can be heartless. Like one time I remember she shot one enemy even after he had died, and this gave an hint of what was going to happen next, due to her cold hearted, ummm... heart. Indeed, these quibbles between these characters kept the game running at an smooth pace.

Now for Snake, well this shouldn't even be argued over! He will always stand out as a classic icon of gaming as Mario has. Snake is the quintessential action hero – or if you want to put it in more colloquial terms, a complete bad ass. Possessing highly tuned combat abilities ranging from CQC to firearms, Snake offered players the chance to command the equivalent of a digitalized James Bond, employing stealth tactics in order to travel sprawling enemy strongholds while engaging in action-packed set pieces and gripping boss battles. Snake can grasp enemies in choke holds, snap their necks like a twig, stuff their lifeless corpses in lockers and craftily duck for cover inside cardboard boxes. Let’s face it – ladies want him, and guys want to be him.

Of course, that’s only one dimension to Snake. Living the life of a perpetual ‘billy-no-mates’ who has experienced more than his fair share of loss and heartache, Snake perhaps brings out a degree of sympathy among players more than any other videogame protagonist to date. Over the years, the hardened combat veteran has been the subject of betrayal, witnessed his close friend squashed to a bloody pulp by a walking nuclear-equipped behemoth, subjected to a horrendous torture session, callously utilized by his superiors as a walking biological weapon in order to bring down the unscrupulous Fox Hound rabble, and endure the subsequent accelerated aging process as a result. In short, it hasn’t all been a walk in the park for the old boy.  

Kratos is an complete bad ass on his own. This rampaging, god hating, ruthless monster has captured the hearts of gamers everywhere. Not by symphanty (although I feel sad for his dead family), not by his personality, but by his ruthless actions to get his family back. He will do ANYTHING to bring back his beloved daughter back from the dead, and I mean anything and everything. He will twist off the Olympian God's heads, he will stab the eyes out of an Cyclops, and he will unmercifully take the living life out of anyone. Kratos made the quick timing button pressing sequences possible, and captured the portrayal of a man who has been coldy betrayed by the Gods perfectly.

Please feel free to leave thoughts and comments below! And maybe suggest any more characters I could talk about! Thanks!