Top 10 protagonists of all time

Sportskeeda: If there isn’t a protagonist, there’s nothing in the game to play. Every story needs a main hero to take the story forward. And it is required that the main character should reflect the emotions properly which being seen to the players. He should be strong, attractive, charming, and most of all, he should appeal to the audience. He should have a personality as strong as the antagonist of the game. So here we are, with the top 10 heroes of the video game world.

[Rimeskeem]

Crash Bandicoot though

[Snookies12]

They were amazing games, but was he really a good protagonist?

[Rimeskeem]

Good enough to be the playstation icon for his good years

[miyamoto]

Sonic, Wander, Ico, Shinobi, Alucard

[Femto]

#7 solid snake.

*uses big boss picture*

[Kivespussi]

When you're reading "top x" articles, you should expect that. I wish N4G would just ban these crap clickbait articles. I really need a proper gaming news portal

[Femto]

my question is...who approves these articles? there are alot of better articles that get submitted but these "contributors" seem to only approve this shitty top x articles written by 3rd graders

[Helloween13]

Don't agree with Batman at all, what about Donkey Kong he has been around since the start of gaming

[TheLastColossus]

I can't choose between Drake and Kratos.

[telekineticmantis]

Ugh The Nintendo worship is getting annoying now, why are Nintendo Characters on this list? What do we know about Mario, he jumps over the thing, then he jumps over the other thing... YEAH THAT'S LITERALLY IT.

[ape007]

do u know anything about gaming??

[telekineticmantis]

I know what a vague question, that has no point looks like... I know Nintendo Characters are basically Avatars, I know if we used Miis for every game it would make no difference in character development.

[Picnic]

He does more than that in Paper Mario for a start.

In Sunshine he gets FLUDD so he can rocket propel himself through the air or water.

Mario might not be the most interesting character- he's more like what Mickey Mouse is to Disney - but he's innocent-seeming and works hard at his task of saving the princess or whatever. His goodness seems to give him Peter Pan-like properties of never aging. In fact, he gets better looking between Mario 64 and Sunshine (the Mario 64 sprite was awful).

[ape007]

lol at the list, kratos and batman above mario, snake and master chief........... xD xD

[fleecejohnson75]

Where in the he'll is Seamus on this list? Not only is she an ass kicker, but one of the very first female characters to be the lead. Her exclusion (and the inclusion of some there) alone makes this list amazingly meh to me, but hey no biggie. Luckily I can respect other's opinions.

[voodoochild346]

Don't know who the hell "Seamus" is, but I'm guessing you mean Samus from metroid.

[fleecejohnson75]

Yeah ha ha I was. Guessing auto correct went with what it felt most comfortable with. Thanks for the clarification for those who didn't get the gist of it there (not to mention the chuckle for pointing it out for me).

[KnownAsEpic]

Where's John Marston?

[Dyldog69]

Link should be number 1. Assassins creed, "master" chief splinter cell and uncharted characters don't belong there at all. Mario should at least be top 5.

[silkrevolver]

Uhhh... where in the hell is Link?

Despite being a blank slate, I think he holds to torch as the ultimate videogame protagonist - just a pure hero through and through.

[Wonderful101]

Lol, this list sucks.

[BiggerBoss]

For me:

1) Solid Snake and Big Boss
2) Nathan Drake
3) Master Chief
4) John Marston
5) Kratos
6) Link
7) FemShepp
8) Joel from TLOU
9) Gordon Freeman
10) Does Ellie count?

[Kingdomcome247]

I like a lot of your list. I really like Isaac Clarke as well. His voice actor was pretty underrated as well.

[BiggerBoss]

Isaac Clarke would definitely be 11 or 12 on my list. Dead Space 2 was one of my favorite games last gen

[Captain_Wormy]

Leon Scott Kennedy and Big Boss.

[SlapHappyJesus]

Francis York Morgan.

[Jivesh]

Commander Shepard?

[vishant101]

Maybe his Shepard didn't make it :P

[urwifeminder]

Personally like Shadowman.

[DasTier]

In no particular order:

Mario
Master Chief
Crash Bandicoot
Spyro
Duke Nukem
Banjo & Kazooie
Link
Tommy Vercetti
John Marston
Conker