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Your favorite protagonist?

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Hmmm, so many but 5 that standout that have a great journey for me would be:


Cloud
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Kiryu
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Tidus
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Terra
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I'd probably give it to Papa over Bro from NieR replicant.
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I mostly prefer silent/blank slate protagonists, but of the chatty ones, Dante's pretty great. The right amounts of badass and cheese that he's fun to root for without taking too seriously.
 
Not sure I'd call this character a protagonist but Bone Doctor from Hunt: Showdown is one of the sickest character designs out there imo and I love the lore.

Born in Senegal and brought to New Orleans as a slave, Doctor John was eventually freed and rose to prominence in the New Orleans Voodoo community, leading a chapter of loyal Hunters. His abilities led to suspicions that he had caused the very plague he fought, though none who spoke against him survived for long.

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there are imho rather few game characters that are actually likable and or proper interesting.
Kara
And Connor "the Android sent by Cyberlife" lol
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Bayonetta

also + on the already mentioned ones:
Max Payne
Lynch
Manny Calavera
 
Aya Brea, especially in Parasite Eve 2. She has something to say about basically everything you can see in any given scene, and I had a ton of fun just searching environments top-to-bottom just to hear what Aya thought about each and every little thing. Her little internal thoughts really fleshed her out as a person, and gave her a ton of personality.

"9mm rounds. Never leave home without them. A lot of them."

"Oh, that's a crime. No one's replaced the toilet paper."

"My car! ...I just had her restored. ... I even named her."

"That is one disturbed monkey."
 
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