Who is gaming's greatest Silent Protagonist?

[Jamous]

Follow the crowd... Mr. Freeeeemaaaaaan...

 

[lord canti]

Crono from Chrono trigger.

 

[lord canti]

or Isaac from dead space I mean an engineer who out lasted professionally trained soldiers. if he had a crowbar i would say him and Gordon are the same.

 

[sk0lltap]

what about Jak from the first Jak and Daxter.

dang i was going to put that so instead i will agree

 

[Swarles]

Chell from portal. Ahh snap

 

[lord canti]

this sucks there to many great silent protagonist in gaming

 

[penthewen]

jak is the best. although i don't like that he talks in the other 2., but they were all good games

 

[dekkarax]

I find that a silly question.

A silent protagonist rarely shows their personality, so what's the difference between them besides situation?

They way the story revolves around their actions and interacts with their history. Or are you saying it that by your sophomoric logic that Half-Life would have made sense if you switched out Gordon for Link?

technically, yes, provided he had a p.h.d. and modern weaponry.
You see, I tend to find it difficult to tell someone's personality in a game when I just have their actions to go by, because I decide their actions it's less their personality, it's mine. Sure, they get a backstory, but it can't be too detailed, or it defeats the purpose of their muteness. At least with dialogue I get an indicator of how they are supposed to act.

Now, I'm not saying silent protagonists are bad, quite the contrary, they give the player more flexibility when they are deciding their actions, and allow them to make their own unique character in each play through, they are like a blank slate, if you will.

 

[penthewen]

Gordon Freeman, by miles.

(Link Shouts & Grunts so he doesnt count)

Gordon makes noises after he falls a high height and hurts himself, I believe.

Nope not even then. There is a big splatter noice and the HEV suit goes "booooooooooooo" that is all

Really? I could've sworn I've heard him grunt in pain every now and again.

i am posative that its gordon grunting not the suit

 

[Toty54]

That's because you are Gordon Freeman, you are link. That's why a lot of people enjoy games like Half-Life. Because you are the person role-playing the protagonist.
I myself can never begin to imagine how half-life would work if Gordon would shout out cheesy one-liners half the time.

So Freeman lovers are a bunch of narcissistic geeks, I get it now. You guys should just join the armed services and learn self fellatio. Also, you aren't supposed to have cheesy one liners in a game. Thats a bi product of bad writers, the same people responsible for characters like GOrdan Freeman.

Jesus Christ, can you not have a normal conversation with someone without insulting them?
As for bad writers I'm not quite sure where you're going with this. What do you mean you are not suppose to have cheesy one liners in a game? Have you never heard of characters like Duke Nukem? Intentional or not one liners are part of the game that has them.

EDIT: Narcissistic geeks? So... if you enjoyed Bioshock, Half-life 1-2, any Mario game, any RPG and any novel that refers to the main character in the first person and many many more.
You are a Narcissist.

 

[lord canti]

That's because you are Gordon Freeman, you are link. That's why a lot of people enjoy games like Half-Life. Because you are the person role-playing the protagonist.
I myself can never begin to imagine how half-life would work if Gordon would shout out cheesy one-liners half the time.

So Freeman lovers are a bunch of narcissistic geeks, I get it now. You guys should just join the armed services and learn self fellatio. Also, you aren't supposed to have cheesy one liners in a game. Thats a bi product of bad writers, the same people responsible for characters like GOrdan Freeman.

Jesus Christ, can you not have a normal conversation with someone without insulting them?
As for bad writers I'm not quite sure where you're going with this. What do you mean you are not suppose to have cheesy one liners in a game? Have you never heard of characters like Duke Nukem? Intentional or not one liners are part of the game that has them.

Bad writers huh so you must really hate halo then?

 

[ddq5]

How much better the world would be if I could chose Sonic the Hedgehog...
If that series' abominable voice acting isn't proof that we aren't living in the best of all possible worlds, I don't know what is.

(Serious vote: Gordon Freeman)

 

[lord canti]

Ok grunts don't count. If they don't talk their silent.

 

[DemonCleaner]

Link and Gordon Freeman

 

[Ben Legend]

This is gonna be a contest between Gordan Freeman and Link. My vote goes to the Freeman!

 

[RanD00M]

Doom Guy.Easy pick.Don´t get me wrong,i love Gordon Freeman.But Doom Guy just has something about him.

 

[lord canti]

You know what Kirby rules them all because he can become a Freeman. hahaha see what i did there

 

[Ishnuvalok]

Gordon Freeman takes my vote.