What Game character has the most "Depth"

[bladax]

To me Personally, out of all the game characters that I have ever seen and played, I would be stuck at a choice between maybe Jack Walters in Call of Cthulu, and probably the winner Max Payne. These characters had character depth, but I'll give Max Payne the trophy because to me, he had the emotional depth the series required. Part of it may have just been the voice actor, and the other part may have just been the story of the game, but it seemed like Max Payne had real character depth to him. He had sadness, anger, and he was smug and assured of his own victory in his mind.

So now my question comes to you my fellow Escapist's, what game character do you think had a great amount of depth to you.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

I actually thought Cloud from FF7 had a lot of depth to him...

Spoiler: Spoiler just in case you haven't played enough of FF7

The whole insanity thing and having someone else memories... that was fairly interesting to say the least

 

[NeutralDrow]

...I could name dozens, and not be able to pick between them. Just for sake of argument, I'll name Archer. Mostly for reasons I can't even go into without spoilers (like his relationship with his ideals, his overall demeanor, his powers and their relation to his personality...).

When in doubt, Archer.

 

[Anarchemitis]

A good way of defining a character is inferring things as opposed to explaining them. Insuch by simply the force of subtext and implying depth about a great many things, the world in the Ace Combat games is probably more intricate than Star Wars.
"Strangereal" is a planet like Earth, in the game, but is physically formed differently. However it has all the same languages (and weapon conventions and species) of our Earth and therefore develops an entirely different history, replete with Governments, operations and dates.

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[Keava]

April Ryan from TLJ, it's one of most fleshed out characters i've encountered in games and female without being a bimbo which gives her points right from the start. Probably followed by the Dreamfall's Zoë.

 

[captaincabbage]

I'm gonna go with John Marston from Red Dead Redemption. When you start out the game he just comes across as a regular bounty hunter guy, but as the game progresses he really starts to develop with a sense of right and wrong and genuine feeling relationship with all of his cohorts throughout the game. It's one of the reasons I loved the game so much. Every time I was prompted with the ability to skip a long ride with some conversation in it, I'd have to stay along for the ride and listen to him.

 

[BreakfastMan]

James Sunderland from SH2 and Garcian Smith from killer7. Both were very deep characters with incredibly complex psyches, which really made their characters interesting to say the least.

 

[Sacman]

Hope

I hated Hope... I hated Hope with a passion...
OT: The main character from Vigil Blood Bitterness, his character blurred the line between good and evil, because of the differences between society today and the accepted culture portrait in the game... the game still isn't very good though...

 

[V TheSystem V]

I would say John Marston

Spoiler

The missions after the death of Dutch were heartwarming and tragic. Only time I have ever been completely shocked and upset at the death of a videogame character. Except for maybe Eli from HL2 E2 and possibly anyone in Mass Effect 2 who is in your squad

And Commander Sheperd

 

[Woodsey]

Tommy Angelo and The Prince from Sands of Time. Arguably my two favourite characters from anything.

I can see John Marston is going to pop up quite a lot (he has a few times already), but I don't think he's particularly well written (generally, not dialogue-wise).

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Ecco The Dolphin

No other character goes as deep

 

[TomCorf]

Duke Nukem, he does his job with such an emotional passion that his asswhooping catchphrases bring a tear of happiness and sadness to my eye. Probably The Prince of Persia from sands of time. I got to like him. and it really charecterises the two when SPOILER ALERT! the prince goes back and talks to the girl as the characters developed together and then you have a matured prince with a spoiled pricess. Oh, and JC Denton - Nuff said.

 

[honestdiscussioner]

Oh that one is easy. Kreia from KotoR II. Especially with the restored content mod from TSLRCM.

 

[RatRace123]

Any western RPG character. If you think about it, they must have some severe emotional baggage. In one instance they could blow up an entire town, kill an old lady, or eradicate an entire species. And then in another instance, they could mend relationships with two opposing civilizations, save an entire orphanage, or defeat an all powerful evil all for the good of humanity.

 

[Mana Fiend]

Hope from Final Fantasy XIII.

Controversial choice, sir. I'd have to agree with you, with Sahz and Lightning coming in joint second from that game. Though those three are damn close together.

I have a certain love for Flynn Scifo from Tales of Vesperia. If you watch First Strike, you get a far greater insight into his character.

Oh, and Jack from Crisis Core. Better than Cloud imho.

 

[Frontastic]

Most of the main players from Mass Effect, though Saren really stands out for me.

 

[octafish]

April Ryan, and those who say any other haven't played The Longest Journey.


EDIT: The Nameless One would be close second.

 

[Retardinator]

Mani Calavera....

One of my favorite video game characters.

Just finished that game. The most epic tale told I've seen to this day.
All of the characters in Grim Fandango are actually well contrived and developed.

 

[Devil's Due]

Arturcus Mengsk from the StarCraft series, not really the games depth, but the stories. Amazing well done in the book I, Mengsk.

 

[SleepyOtter]

Gordon Freeman

serious answer: Niko Bellic