Should the main character in a game always be good?

Maybe the character should always be likeable but, I can think of some possible games where the character might just go around and cause mayhem. Many characters in games do what may be seen as bad like shooting people to make it through a war but it the violence is necessary. In a way CJ from San Andreas is a "bad" character but through most of the game he's just trying to fight his way out a bad situation (like being framed for murder at the beginning) and trying to make it big in a city where all odds are against him.

maybe the main character should always be good in some way because otherwise there would be little desire to achieve the goals of the game. A game where you are a shark and you just gore one diver after another might seem fun for a while, but it would probably get boring unless maybe the shark was getting revenge against shark poachers.

Have you ever played koToR or Fable?? Its very possable to have games where the main hero is bad. I think all games should let you make good/evil choices all throughout the story that would affect the ending. I want to see a DBZ game where you get to make your own character and then take it through a story involving all the other dbz characters. You go from planet to planet and either help defend the planet or help destroy/enslave it . GTA would be cool to either turn in to some guy who works for the federal government to help stop crime or become a crime boss. just telling a story is old and lame. Start making games where the player gets to make choices so they can make their own story and be more into it.

If the main character is good then that means you cant go around beating prostitutes and stealing cars

Want to play as a bad guy? Play Shadow the Hedgehog. Just kidding, you don't deserve somthing that horrible.

Anyway, no, the main character doesn't always have to be a good guy and there are a few games where you can be the bad guy, like Shadow the Hedgehog(although it sucked horribly). I think Bioshock for the 360/PC also give you the choice of being good or bad. Not sure.

Honestly, I don't care though. I like being the good guy.

good? no

likeable? of course, would be really hard to sit thru a game playin as a character you dont care about

Honestly, I don't care though. I like being the good guy.vashkey

Me too. For this reason I have refused to make an evil character in Fable. I know it might sound stupid but I just can't bring myself to be evil in a game lol.