top 5 favorite video game characters

Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
Laguna (Final Fantasy VIII)
Gaigun Kukai Jr. A.k.a. Rubedo (Xenosaga) -Mona Marsholl's voice is AWESOME.
Rita Mordio (Tales of Vesperia)
Estelle Bright (Legend of Heroes: Trails in the sky) -Now THIS is the definition of a great female protagonist!

The list could go on and on.. These were just the first 5 that came to mind, but seeing as how they were the first 5, I guess they're also my top 5! Also, this list is really in no specific order at all.

1.Sona(League of Legend)
2.Noel Vermillion(blazblue)
3.lilith(Borderlands 1-2)
4.Cortana(Halo 1-4)
5.Katarina Du Couteau(League of Legends)

yes i know there all girls i can't help it.

1. Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
2. Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2)
3. Serah (Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2)
4. Mario (Super Mario Bros)
5. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)

Travis Touchdown - NMH
Bowser - Most of the Mario RPGs
Megaman(R.I.P)
Bayonetta
and...

Here's my top 5 video game characters:

1) Gordon Freeman - Half-Life series

Honestly, this guy is my fucking role model, my God-damn man-crush you can almost say. This guy's so badass, he's a fucking scientist that beats down aliens with a crowbar.

2) The Dragonborn - Skyrim

You got dragon blood in your veins! Plus, you get those really fucking awesome Thu'ums.

3) Alyx Vance - Half-Life series

She's a tomboy who's a little girl at heart. She also serves as an emotional break in the action through out the Half-Life 2 arc.

4) Morrigan - Dragon Age Origins

I honestly loved her witty remarks and the mystery surrounding her. Thus, I got the Grey Warden to fall in love with her and choose to pursue her at the end of the game after she leaves with my baby.

5) Sam Fisher - Splinter Cell series

This guy is a fucking beast, I tell you. I grew up learning to play stealth games with this guy.

5)Magnus Gallant -Ogre Battle 64
Why? Fought to save his Country from a crazy Religous army and defeated fucking demons and ogres at the same time.

4)Garrus Vakarian -Mass Effect
Why? Because he finally took that stick out of his ass and is now beating people to death with it.

3) Korne- Warhammer Dawn of War
Why? MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!

2) Yoshi -Mario Franchsise
While he hasn't been in any notable games by himself recently, he a egg pooping, dinosaur.

1) Commander Shepard- Mass Effect
Depending what you did, he Saved the Universe from a powerful alien force. He also got to travel around the galaxy exploring places, doing ads for shops, and banging aliens. And the Most important thing, is you get to choose who he is and will be.

1. Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
2. Naked Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
3. GLaDOS (Portal)
4. Frank Fontaine (Bioshock)
5. Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3)

1. JC Denton (Deus Ex)
2. Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
3. The G-man (Half-Life)
4. Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox 64/Lylat Wars)
5. Therese/Jeanette Voerman (Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines)

1. Zero - Megaman
2. Solid Snake - Metal Gear
3. Tiny Tina - Borderlands 2 (Best NPC EWAAAAAAAAAAA)
4. GlaDOS - Portal
5. Luigi - Super Mario (YES Luigi, Not Mario)

In no particular order

Cole McGrath
(inFAMOUS 1 & 2)
Cole is a character I can relate to, well outside of the electrical superpowers. He's real, his dialog is organic and well done. If I were suddenly given superpowers I'd probably behave like Cole.

Garrus Vikarian
(Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3)
Stepping in to the story Garrus is an uptight cop type character, but as the story progresses he becomes Commander Shepard's best friend. He really grows on a player and you genuinely respect him by the end of Mass Effect 3. When he and Shepard said their goodbyes in Mass Effect 3 I almost shed a tear, I felt as if I'd miss him, beyond just the funny dialog, sarcastic jabs and arrogant nature, Bioware did a fantastic job making him feel real.

GLaDOS
(Portal 1 & 2)
GLaDOS, the only voice you hear (save for the turrets) within the first Portal game, and a welcome character back in Portal 2. If she's providing instructions or issuing death threats GLaDOS has a very defined personality and an excellent sense of pitch black humor.

Dr Mobius
(Fallout: New Vegas Old World Blues DLC)
It's rare that I describe an item of DLC as superior to the actual game, but that was the case with the Old World Blues DLC in Fallout: New Vegas. In this tribute to classic science fiction you meet a character that's the quintessential evil scientist, that being Dr. Mobius. His voice alone is enough to give him placement on my list, but it's his personality, which you don't really encounter until the end of the DLC in, typically at most, a ten minute dialog, which was well crafted enough to make me really like him as a character.

Vivi
(Final Fantasy IX)
If you played the game you'll know, if you haven't, do so immediately. Telling why I like Vivi would spoil the game, I can't say it without ruining the plot.

Characters who still deserve being mentioned, but didn't make the top 5

1- Minato(Persona 3)
2- Sora(Kingdom Hearts)
3- Tidus(Final Fantasy X)
4- Chronno(Chronno Trigger)
5- Geno(Super Mario RPG: Legend of the seven stars)

In no order just like them
The Legend of Zelda series- Link
Kingdom Hearts series- Riku
Eternal Sonata- Falsetto
Mass Effect series- Commander Shepard (male)
Tales of Vesperia- Yuri Lowell

1. MegaMan.
I grew up playing with the Blue Bomber. I had trouble making friends in Elementary School due to everyone being an asshole, so weekends were something I relished and anticipated greatly due to finally being able to grasp the role of MegaMan, and brutally beating the shit out of other robots that were fool enough to stand in the path between me and victory.

2. Kalas (Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean)
The story took a while to pick up, but once it did I couldn't put the controller down. Not to eat and not to sleep, and now I look back at all the decisions I made as Kalas' guardian angel and companion and remark how awesome it was to travel with him in his unique world, accompany him on his blind quest to avenge the only family he ever had, and finally to discover who he really is.

3. Q (Street Fighter 3: Third Strike)
He's a fucking enigma. 'Nuff said.

4. Frank West (Dead Rising)
There's just something about his voice that makes me feel like I want to get to know him as a person. Just a guy I want hang out with, and someone who I'd try too hard to impress because he's such a cool guy. That and he can survive a drop from virtually any height by doing an improbable knee-drop and punch a zombie in the stomach so hard, he can literally rip out it's intestines.

5. Kratos Aurion (Tales of Symphonia)
Right up until the endgame, he's a mystery. His motives are unknown, his age is unknown, and all the little hints the game drops about his identity and relationship to the protagonist really bring his character to my list. I would have chosen Lloyd Irving because Scott Menville, or Link because it's a given to add him. But instead I chose Kratos Aurion because Cam fucking Clarke.

These are my top 5
5)Tifa Lockhart-Final Fantasy 7
4)Crash-Crash-Bandicoot series
3)Mario-Super-Mario series
2)Samus Aran-Metroid series
1)Luigi-Super Mario series

Hmmm, off the top of my head heres what i can think of
1.)Auron - Final Fantasy 10
2.)Yuri Lowell - Tales of Vesparia
3.)Tali'Zora - Mass Effect
4.)Samanosuke Akechi - Onimusha
5.)Revolver Ocelot - Metal Gear Solid

1. Red (Pokemon)
2. Leon Scott Kennedy (Resident Evil 4)
3. Shuten Doji (Warriors Orochi 3)
4. Dragon Slayer Ornstein (Dark Souls)
5. Lucien Lachance (Oblivion)

My Top 5 Favorites are:

1:Dante: Devil May Cry Series

2:Marcus Fenix:Gears of War Series

3:Lightning: FFXIII

4:Kratos: God of War Series

5:Roxas: Kingdom Hearts 2

1. Master Chief - Halo
2. Ghost - Call of Duty
3. Mario - (Nintendo)
4. GLaDOS - Portal
5. Boo - (Nintendo)

No particular order
Player character - Pokemon
Wei Shen - Sleeping Dogs
Captain Price - Call of Duty series
Marcus Reed - True Crime: New York City
Tank - Valkyria Chronicles 2