Gordon Freeman vs. Master Chief vs. Nathan Drake

In my opinion, from solid, good experience with all game franchises, I just find the silent protagonist to be better than the protagonists of both Halo and Uncharted franchises. Freeman can go through a town, fighting a bunch of zombies when no one could, but he did it anyway. Plus, he has a degree, which is better than treasure hunting skills. The hazard suit is also better than the spartan armor. But hey, I'm a good guy. You can vote who is the best game character out of the three right now.

sonic1564

Dey all 'Umies. I will krump 'em all like da rest of 'em. We 'Ave more Dakka, more choppa's, and we are dead 'Ard wez are. Dem 'Umie gitz got nofing on da boyz. Wez da Orkz, and wez fer fighn' and winning!WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!

So it's obvious who I support:P

lordreaven

Gorgutz? Nah, Bluddflagg is much better.

Nathan Drake..

Gordon Freeman

Is Freeman's charming personality winning everyone over in here? I've always felt it was a bit...lacking.

Nothing wrong with a silent protagonist, but I think it's ridiculous to say he's an awesome character.

Is Freeman's charming personality winning everyone over in here? I've always felt it was a bit...lacking.

Nothing wrong with a silent protagonist, but I think it's ridiculous to say he's an awesome character.

Ross_the_Boss6

MC wins !! :P

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Truth is...Gordon Freeman isn't really a brilliant scientist. Or that person before was lying. I heard word from a fourm some time ago that Gordon Freeman was actually just a lowlife janitor and everyone JOKED about the PhD stuff and when the aliens came they just said to hell with it and called him a scientist.

Still...I'm not sure that's correct. I think he was just making that up...not to sure.

Goyoshi12

It would damn well affect the story and gameplay! Yeah, fine, he's mute. Why the hell does that matter? How come games like DA:O, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Elder Scrolls games, and other such games get away with this? He has no personality? HE'S YOU. You GIVE him ther personaility. You develop his story along the way. You evolve him as a character.

I prefer non-talking characters over chitter-chattering characters out there like those found in Final Fantasy games.

Master Chief is only as good as your imagination--designed so that the player takes the helm. People hating on him are hating on themselves.

Nathan Drake--I was surprised by the depth of the character. I didn't expect a 30-something with down to earth thoughts/emotions. Uncharted2 was hayped to death for me, and it exceeded it in every way. I think I'm one of the few that really enjoyed the character-centric story of Uncharted 3.

Freeman is rather lousy. One, he doesn't speak, so one cannot relate in the nathan drake sense of similarities. Two, he is too fleshed out to work in the Master Chief way. Three, the hipster look is just annoying.

I thought these threads were banned? Whatever.

Chief would tear out both of their spines and floss with them.

Gordon sucks hes a mute character with no personality except that which the other characters imply.

But I do love the replies of how hes more powerful than the other 2 *lie* or how master chief is just a generic space marine...except Freeman is just a dude in a power suit thats about it...

Nathan Drake, he has fabulous hair. Heil68

Plus he railed two girls in one game. Never been done before. (std ridden gta girls don't count, sorry)

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Nathan Drake, he has fabulous hair. Heirren

Plus he railed two girls in one game. Never been done before. (std ridden gta girls don't count, sorry)

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Nathan Drake, he has fabulous hair. SecretPolice

Plus he railed two girls in one game. Never been done before. (std ridden gta girls don't count, sorry)

Women that dance like that aren't worth it, and do not count.

[QUOTE="yellosnolvr"]gordon. he's not that great of a character (coming from someone who's favorite game ever is hl2), but he sure as hell beats out the 2 generic, cliche, and somewhat annoying other characters.sts106mat

[QUOTE="yellosnolvr"][QUOTE="sts106mat"] straight away having the name gordon means he loses 10000 cool points & then he wears glasses so.....sts106mat

i was actually only joking.

master chief isn't really a character, he rarely speaks which i like. with FPS games, i prefer the halo / Half life approach , i like it to be me thats in the game. having an actual character works much better for third person games as you are looking at them and seeing things happen to them, rather than to you.

thats why i enjoyed farcry and fallout 3, you were never shown your appearance or taken out of the first person view, the immersion factor is a huge deal for me in long - first person games.

Drake > Chief > everyone else > Freeman.

[QUOTE="lordreaven"]

Dey all 'Umies. I will krump 'em all like da rest of 'em. We 'Ave more Dakka, more choppa's, and we are dead 'Ard wez are. Dem 'Umie gitz got nofing on da boyz. Wez da Orkz, and wez fer fighn' and winning!WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!

*pic*

So it's obvious who I support:P

EzekyleAbadon

Gorgutz? Nah, Bluddflagg is much better.

Freeman is a mute, Master Chief only says one-liners so Drake wins by default

I thought it said Gordon Ramsey.He beats them all though.

But out of those,Freeman by a mile.

Freeman, because he says nothing you feel you are freeman.

Freeman, because he says nothing you feel you are freeman.

kraken2109

Why do people complain about Gordon Freeman? Runner-up for best video game hero here on Gamespot was Mario... you gonna bring up the 'has no writing' card when your sorry butt voted for Mario? Some Mexican plumber that grows dope and shrooms in his backyard, pretending they're radishes, going on acid trips where he dreams about being able to fly off into space and jump on flying turtles' heads? Please.

Short-a** bastard's probably not even a real plumber. More like the lawn mower guy. yeah... shrubs be the only thing his ass is 'fixin', huehuehue...

BALLIN

Gordon Freeman isn't much of a character; he's more of a symbol. You never really know what his motives are, what he's feeling, or who he is other than the game world's impression of him as some heroic figure that saved the world.

I voted for Master Chief solely because he's a fairly silent protagonist, but you at least he has some character and personality revealed to the player. The most I ever saw of Gordon Freeman was in the artwork for Half-Life 1 and 2.

Nathan Drake is a total a-hole and an arrogant, annoying character. I legitimately enjoy making him jump to his death off mountains and ledges because his snide remarks and cliched one-liners are infinitely grating. I don't understand how anyone can enjoy him as an individual, or actually think the Uncharted games have good, believable, and unique characters.

Basically: this poll has crappy choices.

Drake, Freeman then Chief.

Gordon Freeman isn't much of a character; he's more of a symbol. You never really know what his motives are, what he's feeling, or who he is other than the game world's impression of him as some heroic figure that saved the world.

I voted for Master Chief solely because he's a fairly silent protagonist, but you at least he has some character and personality revealed to the player. The most I ever saw of Gordon Freeman was in the artwork for Half-Life 1 and 2.

Nathan Drake is a total a-hole and an arrogant, annoying character. I legitimately enjoy making him jump to his death off mountains and ledges because his snide remarks and cliched one-liners are infinitely grating. I don't understand how anyone can enjoy him as an individual, or actually think the Uncharted games have good, believable, and unique characters.

Basically: this poll has crappy choices.

princeofshapeir

It takes some seriously horrible childhood / teenage events to turn someone into the type of person that would have that sort of opinion on Nathan Drake.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]

Gordon Freeman isn't much of a character; he's more of a symbol. You never really know what his motives are, what he's feeling, or who he is other than the game world's impression of him as some heroic figure that saved the world.

I voted for Master Chief solely because he's a fairly silent protagonist, but you at least he has some character and personality revealed to the player. The most I ever saw of Gordon Freeman was in the artwork for Half-Life 1 and 2.

Nathan Drake is a total a-hole and an arrogant, annoying character. I legitimately enjoy making him jump to his death off mountains and ledges because his snide remarks and cliched one-liners are infinitely grating. I don't understand how anyone can enjoy him as an individual, or actually think the Uncharted games have good, believable, and unique characters.

Basically: this poll has crappy choices.

arkephonic

It takes some seriously horrible childhood / teenage events to turn someone into the type of person that would have that sort of opinion on Nathan Drake.

[QUOTE="kraken2109"]

Freeman, because he says nothing you feel you are freeman.

mems_1224