Lets see, the order may be a little tentative, and just picking 5 is tough but lets go with
#5 Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark)- A female sci-fi James Bond, what's not to like. I still can't figure out why Perfect Dark never got off the ground as a franchise, though I understand there was a prequel that sucked something awful.
#4 Bleu (Breath of Fire)- I can't confidently say BoF is a good game, the translation is spotty, the turn based combat is sluggish and tends to descend into auto attacking every turn, some parts of the story seem like complete non-sequiters but it pushes enough of my personal buttons. Bleu is the last character to join your party and on her own she was enough to make me see the game through to its completion. She's a legendary all powerful shape shifting sorceress who also happens to be lazy, petty, boorish, quick to anger and might have a bit of a drinking problem.
#3 Tali'zora vas Normandy nar Rayya (Mass Effect)- I find the awkward technophile outcast thing really endearing. Its also liked how she came from a different culture, but didn't rub the whole "this is how my people do it" thing in your face all the time.
#2 Flemeth (Dragon Age)- Mysterious, sinister, unknowable. Probably my favorite wicked witch of all time. Her word play is clever, even by the standards of Dragon Age. She can also become a dragon, because apparently she wasn't already cool enough.
#1 Terra Branford (Final Fantasy 6)- She can be a bit angsty, but fortunately doesn't push it to the point where it starts to be annoying.
#5 Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark)- A female sci-fi James Bond, what's not to like. I still can't figure out why Perfect Dark never got off the ground as a franchise, though I understand there was a prequel that sucked something awful.
#4 Bleu (Breath of Fire)- I can't confidently say BoF is a good game, the translation is spotty, the turn based combat is sluggish and tends to descend into auto attacking every turn, some parts of the story seem like complete non-sequiters but it pushes enough of my personal buttons. Bleu is the last character to join your party and on her own she was enough to make me see the game through to its completion. She's a legendary all powerful shape shifting sorceress who also happens to be lazy, petty, boorish, quick to anger and might have a bit of a drinking problem.
#3 Tali'zora vas Normandy nar Rayya (Mass Effect)- I find the awkward technophile outcast thing really endearing. Its also liked how she came from a different culture, but didn't rub the whole "this is how my people do it" thing in your face all the time.
#2 Flemeth (Dragon Age)- Mysterious, sinister, unknowable. Probably my favorite wicked witch of all time. Her word play is clever, even by the standards of Dragon Age. She can also become a dragon, because apparently she wasn't already cool enough.
#1 Terra Branford (Final Fantasy 6)- She can be a bit angsty, but fortunately doesn't push it to the point where it starts to be annoying.
