What character has Progressed/Grown/Learned the most in any given game?

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#1 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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There are lots of thread about the greatest video game characters and all that, but most of these characters are very 1 dimensional and never really grow or learn anything from their adventures. They may start out great and get into trouble etc. but in the end they are ultimately the same character who has just gone through a lot, It never changes them.

So what character do you think has grown the most and progressed through their story and come out the other end having learned a valuable lesson, and it changed their persona? Or is there even a character like this in a videogame?

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#2 Mograine
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Tali.

Walking dossier in ME1, an actual character in ME2. That's a huge leap.

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#3 ohgeez
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all the characters from FF13 ;)
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#4 ionusX
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half life's gordon freeman.. hes the only one with a PH.D :P

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#5 padaporra
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I really like that Hawke in Dragon Age 2, it makes you feel very connect to him/she, but the character doesn't really grown is the game so it wouldn't be an answer to your question.

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#6 ZIVX
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I think Aigis from Persona 3 has shown a lot of growth throughout the game

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#7 TH1Sx1SxSPARTA
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my player i made in nba 2k. at first he sucked but through training and perserverance he became the greatest player in NBA history. nows thats progression lol
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#8 TrapJak
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Hope.

:lol:

I'll give it to Vivi in FF9. To small little boy to overpowered badass the next.

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#9 GeneralShowzer
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Kain and Raziel from Legacy of Kain series.

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#10 deactivated-5fc147aeeb0aa
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Cole from Infamous 2. Though I don't play much RPGs even thoughI really like them so I wouldn't really know much.

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#11 PS2_ROCKS
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Snake. He aged like twice as fast as everyone else!
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#12 UnknownSniper65
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My WoW character, he went all the way from level 1 to level 85.

I remember when he but three abilities to his name.:cry:

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#13 Vyse_Legends
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Chuck Green

Started off with only regular punches and spiked bats. But then as he grew, met people and helped them, and overcame his adversaries he was able to learn how to Dragon Drop Kick and strap a battery and 4 machine guns to a wheelchair.

I salute that man.:cry:

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#14 Swift_Boss_A
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Kratos for sure. He started as a power hungry, revenge-fueled megalomaniac... [spoiler] and at the end he was humbled enough to kill himself. [/spoiler]

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#15 GeneralShowzer
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Kratos for sure. He started as a power hungry, revenge-fueled megalomaniac, Swift_Boss_A

Nice game breaking spoilers

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#16 mmmwksil
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Hope.

:lol:

I'll give it to Vivi in FF9. To small little boy to overpowered badass the next.

TrapJak

TrapJak stole my answer :cry:

Though a sizeable part of FFIX's cast could also apply. Game's theme revolves around it...

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#17 Shirokishi_
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Mario.
Once a plumber now an astronaut.

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#18 brickdoctor
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Ezio from Assassin's Creed possibly.

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#19 Maroxad
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Some overly wealthy sims in Sims 3.

From a mere unwanted offspring whose parents who still lived in their parents basement. This child entered the world without any completelly dephendant on 2 parents who didnt care for him, but recieves some minor care for if he was left alone for too long, he would be taken away.

To an immortal, millionaire who owns EVERY business and corporation in town, able to teleport, clone food, never needing to sleep, eat or take care of any of their needs. Due to such excessive charisma, he can woohoo anyone he meets within an hour of meeting them. Mastered every skill and art, being a master athlete, grand master at chess, ect. His only limitations was my imagination.

He gains 200k a week for doing just about nothing, which is then added onto the redicilous money he makes from writing books, so about 500k per week.

Edit: Mount and Blade: Warband is another example

The Daughter of a thief, grown up as a street urchin, who became a poacher, stealing goods from the lord's personal hunting grounds (getting caught would mean death sentence) and eventually was forced out of her home by bandits or just the abusive governors. Or both.

She left her home with a weak horse she stole, as well as a stick and a bunch of throwing knives. Leaving her home far behind. With little money and not much hope for survival she took a caravan to Sarranid Sultanate's capitol, Shariz. In here she took up pety jobs from a merchant, and ended up breaking the law. Although getting away with it, though her employer was exiled. With what little money she had, she went and rallied up various peasants and together they made a living as bandit hunters. She slowly prospered and eventually had a big enough army to take a town from the dying khergit population. Here she started her regime, which eventually grew to conquer an entire continent. So there she was at her throne, the empress of all of Caldaria.

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#20 farslip
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Luke from Tales of Abyss comes to mind. It was corny and cliche though.

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Ezio
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#22 WreckEm711
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I would say Alistaire in DA:O. Don't want to spoil a possible ending, but people who've played will know.

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#23 Swift_Boss_A
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Nice game breaking spoilers

GeneralShowzer

The thread will surely have many more spoilers, and If anyone hasn't played GOW3 by now then suffice to say they don't care what happens. But to play it safe I'll put it in a spoiler tag.

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#24 el3m2tigre
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Snake and Ezio Auditore comes to mind.

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#25 GeneralShowzer
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[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

Nice game breaking spoilers

Swift_Boss_A

The thread will surely have many more spoilers, and If anyone hasn't played GOW3 by now then suffice to say they don't care what happens. But to play it safe I'll put it in a spoiler tag.

I haven't played it, was planning too someday No problem, anyway. :P
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#26 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

Nice game breaking spoilers

GeneralShowzer

The thread will surely have many more spoilers, and If anyone hasn't played GOW3 by now then suffice to say they don't care what happens. But to play it safe I'll put it in a spoiler tag.

I haven't played it, was planning too someday No problem, anyway. :P

Surely everyone knows it by now. I knew before the game came out because it was in a magazine with the writing backwards so you didn't read it by mistake :P

Anyway yeah I think Vivi from FFIX grew a hell of a lot. He was very innocent and pure at the start and by the end he knew a lot about himself and really came to terms with himself and why he was created. But like someone said a lot of the characters grow a lot. Stenier learns to let go of the princess more etc.

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Jimmy Hopkins

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#28 Vyse_Legends
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Jimmy Hopkins

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Why the **** is there not a sequel to Bully!?:cry:

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#29 TH1Sx1SxSPARTA
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[QUOTE="Vyse_Legends"]

[QUOTE="martinX3X"]

Jimmy Hopkins

Why the **** is there not a sequel to Bully!?:cry:

i have an old game informer magazine(from january 2010 with dead space 2 on the cover) and anyways inside theres an article about a bunch of stuff but in one paragraph some music composer says he was contacted for doing music for a bully sequel. im callin it now BULLY 2 will release holiday 2012 or early 2013
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#30 Oil_Rope_Bombs
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Ezio Auditore has learned alot and grown alot too.
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Big Boss
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#32 SovietsUnited
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Kain and Raziel from Legacy of Kain series.

GeneralShowzer

This.

Arthas from Warcraft also comes to mind.

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#33 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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Big Boss lucium689

Ahhh of course. how could I have forgotten

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#34 chocolate1325
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Snake he has aged the most of any character.

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#35 dommeus
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Alyx Vance. She's been through a lot...

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#36 NYrockinlegend
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Snake, Ezio, Hope maybe even Lightning she was so cold at the beginning of the game then shes more friendly... SPOILER(srry I dont know how to do the tags) She even smiles at the end after not smiling for most of the game
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Link from OoT, he had too lay unconscious for seven years

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#38 WiiMan21
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Anyone in MGS is really a good answer, or someone at this point like Nathan Drake or someone from FF.

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#39 WiiMan21
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Link from OoT, he had too lay unconscious for seven years

LaytonsCat
Who said he was unconscious for seven years? there are theorys that stuff actually took place between it, like the events that occurred in Majora's Mask.
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#40 Diviniuz
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[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]

Kratos for sure. He started as a power hungry, revenge-fueled megalomaniac, GeneralShowzer

Nice game breaking spoilers

i really don't see how that was a spoiler
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#41 TheMoreYouOwn
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Cole in Infamous 1. I mean, by the end, he finally realizes he's been fighting........