The Five Most Fun Characters To Play As

GamingUnion.net: "Mechanics fuel good gameplay and that is what ultimately makes a good game. But every once and a while there's a character that makes a game better just by being in it. The only thing better than watching them fight, is being them and knowing their power. From action games to third person shooters, the following is a list of characters that are beyond awesome in terms of 'cool factor'. They've got the moves, they've got the weapons, and above all else they are (the most) fun to play as."

[ShawnCollier]

Good list. :)

[MrMccormo]

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but Coletrain, Bayonetta, and Kratos are three of the most dull video game characters in existence. Don't get me wrong: their games are very fun, but there are far better (and funner) video game characters out there.

[JDouglasGU]

duke nukem should be fun eventually. xD

[ShawnCollier]

Always bet on Duke. :P

[mephman]

Meh, I honestly don't care much about him any more. I mean sure, he has some cool one liners, but he's been gone for so long.

[ape007]

retains that golden duke nukum experience, I hope that DNF have the same design style of the original duke not move from point A to point B.... check point..... repeat with only 2 guns in your hand......checkpoint....move.. ..hold "x" or "square" to change weapon, keep that for cod and halo, it work for them, it dose not work with duke at all

Old School Design FTW

[Mista T]

Duke Nukem was the first to come to mind, you are the ultimate bad ass saving our chicks from alien scum, he is the most, or will be the most fun :P

[mephman]

It's all about the Cole Train baby! I hope he gets a bigger part in Gears 3.

[Fishy Fingers]

As long as it's not his arms, or thats half the screen gone ;)

[mephman]

Haha, well at least Baird is more likely to get cut out then. :p

[pimpmaster]

i think baird is hated universally.

[moshdude]

I actually Like Baird. He isn't the stereotypical 'hench' soldier

[Soul Train]

This is a fantastic list!

[Kioran]

I love the cole train so much, I've already called him for gears 3.

[sanamsingh]

Solid Snake of course

[JDouglasGU]

snake is a great character

[mephman]

He is pretty iconic. I mean, he even got in SSBB.

[ShawnCollier]

SNAAAAKKKEEEE!

[ape007]

but the best "snake" ever imo was the snake from mgs2, in the TANKER part

a total [email protected]

[HeavenlySnipes]

You get to have threesomes, tear limbs off and decapitate a God and use his head as a flashlight. I wish I was him...

[killcycle]

Abe
Nathan Drake
Sonic
Sackboy
Crash bandicoot
Solid Snake

[n to the b]

5. jackie estacado & the darkness
4. reptile (but 2D mk only)
3. darth revan
2. any of the locust
1. the stranger from vault 101
Honorable Mention: crono, marle & magus!

yeah, I know many people don't like 'silent protagonists' but that never bothers me.

[TheCagyDies]

From the top of my head

Nathan Drake/Elena/Chloe/Victor/EDDY RAJA!!!
Original Dante
Cole Train
Dom Santiago
Zoey from L4D
Kratos
Solid Snake
Big Boss
Kazuma Kiryu
Auron
Travis Touchdown
Henry Touchdown
Leon S. Kennedy
Jill "Bootytime" Valentine
Issac Clark
Alan Wake
John Marston (Fuck Jack)
Commander Shepard
Yuri Lowell
Rita from ToV
Desmond/Altair/Ezio
Master Chief/Noble Six/Arbiter/Rookie
Duke Nukem
Sam Fisher
Lightning/Sazh/Snow/Fang (Fuck Hope)
Miss 101 from Fallout 3 (Yeah I played as a girl)
Heroine of Bowerstone from Fable 2 (Played as a girl again)
The Heroes from Elder Scrolls III and IV, never touched I and II (Played as a male)
Firion from Final Fantasy II
Bartz and Galuf from Final Fantasy V

Some of these are recent characters from this gen or last gen. For Old School, mainly everything Nintendo, Doom, and Quake because those games were what I grew up on.

[ape007]

also Niko Bellic is Epic too

[TheCagyDies]

I forgot to add him, also Luis from GTA: BoGT, Tommy Vercetti, Vergil from DMC3, Nero from DMC4, Clank, Jak and Daxter. Ryu Hayabusa, Ayane from DOA, nearly the entire cast of Street Fighter, Morrigan Aensland, Albert Wesker, and OMG I should stop here because I have too many favorites.

[ape007]

yeah everything you mentioned is epic, so many epic characters on my mind, SNK, marvel, earthworm jim, claud from gta 3, commander shepard the dog from duck hunt etc..... I think we should take a brainstorming class LOL

gaming is so much larger than we thought

[TheCagyDies]

agreed.
a toast to the past, the present, and the future of gaming.

[craddock]

Is sonic seriously not on there? Im not a sega fan but i have to admit sonic was alot more fun to play then mario was.

[The_Quiet_Man]

I'd like to add Batman from B:A.A. & maybe War from Darksiders & Ezio from A. Creed 2, was gonna put Snake but a few other people mentioned him in their comments, which I agreed with.

[theonlylolking]

I would take out Prince and maybe mario.

Mario has fun games but any character could be just as fun in mario games but the thought of playing mario just makes the game better.

Prince is ok not as awesome to play as dante or other characters out there.

[Hudahudahuda]

Kratos
Akuma
War
Ryu the Ninja
Alex Mercer

Overall the most angriest guys are the funnest.

[Sanrin]

War is a fantastic point, Darksiders is an extremely underrated game imo.

[Relientk77]

You forgot:

- Ezio Auditore da Firenze
- Nathan Drake
- Crash Bandicoot
- Spyro the dragon

and of course those 2 guys with unlimited hilarious, amazing and fun weapons and gadgets

- Ratchet and Clank

[braydon619]

i don't know why but i loved playing as scott shelby from heavy rain. I always looked forwar to his parts of the game. When he walks into that mansion all western movie like, shooting people haha good times.

[Sanrin]

Good call, I'll second this.

[squelchy15]

LOL! You know when you saw you were playing as Scott Shelby that you were GONNA have a fight :P