Most emotionally attached character?

What game character made you emotionally connect with them the most?
Whether it be some spiky-haired character from an dialog heavy RPG or some random citizen you mowed down by 'accident' in GTA. Discuss why the game was actually able to let you connect with that character.

For me it was probably Yorda from Ico. Playing as Ico I actually really started to care for Yorda and do whatever it took to save her and keep her from harm.

I always saw a bit of myself in Claude, the protagonist of GTA 3.

I guess my old character in WoW. I dont know if that counts.

Solid Snake.

I'm not going to spoil it, but I almost shed some tears at the first ending of MGS4.

yeah, it totally it counts, bro. You spend enough time with an avatar, you're bound to feel something for it. Also Sims characters count too

The Boss, Big Boss, Solid Snake, The Entire Cast of FF7, Most of the Cast of FFX, Niko Bellic, Most of Mass Effects Characters, Tennenbaum from Bioshock, Lara Croft, Jackie Estacardo, Alyx Vance, Kratos.

Ill get back to you on the Lost Odyssey Characters.

"The Boss, Big Boss, Solid Snake, The Entire Cast of FF7, Most of the Cast of FFX, Niko Bellic, Most of Mass Effects Characters, Tennenbaum from Bioshock, Lara Croft, Jackie Estacardo, Alyx Vance, Kratos.

Ill get back to you on the Lost Odyssey Characters.
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• Alex in Half-Life 2. That game does such a good job of conveying emotions in-game that most CGI videos can't even keep up.  They put a lot of work into the body language and facial animations.

• Yorda (the girl) from Ico. She didn't talk much, but helping her through levels and protecting her from the shadow creatures got me attached to her.
• Your friend from Another World/Out of this World. He was the only friend you had in that bizarre world and you saved each other's asses numerous times. He's a good man!

I really got invested with KOTOR and specifically thought Bastilla was great...That game was amazing.

Robo and Lucca from Chrono Trigger.

Ryu Hazuki, too bad they aint ending that series for a long time.

Strangely enough I got attached to Brucie and Roman from GTA IV

Yeah sure, ill elaborate a little.

TDot said:

"iamsickofspam said:

"The Boss, Big Boss, Solid Snake, The Entire Cast of FF7, Most of the Cast of FFX, Niko Bellic, Most of Mass Effects Characters, Tennenbaum from Bioshock, Lara Croft, Jackie Estacardo, Alyx Vance, Kratos.

Ill get back to you on the Lost Odyssey Characters.
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ugh...aah... mind narrowing it down a bit. You just basically blurted out  "i like all the popular ones!" which is totally okay. They're popular for a reason. But I was hoping to get a bit more of a discussion going on of why you felt something for these characters.
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I'm a strong believer, and I think most of these answers prove my point, that you can only really get attached to a character in a game if they appear in game play in some form. For instance someone, mentioned Alyx Vance. I think if she only appeared in cutscenes, very few people wouldn't give a crap if she lived or died.

Another example is Sargent Johnson from Halo. You fought alongside him through three games and what happened to him meant something, however Miranda Keyes only ever really appeared in cut scenes so I never really gave any thought about her.

Alyx in HL2, Nathan and everyone else in Uncharted, Sora and everyone else in KH, Daxter in J&D, Snake in MGS.

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head..

I didn't really got very attached to Yorda in Ico, which it seems like everyone who played the game got. There's quite a few characters I've become attached to, but the one who comes to mind is Ashley from Mass Effect, she feels so real and I like her so much.

"Solid Snake.

I'm not going to spoil it, but I almost shed some tears at the first ending of MGS4.
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i dont think ive ever really got attached to any game charecter yet.

Sargent Johnson from Halo.

"TDot said:

Sargent Johnson from Halo.

I tend to agree with Yahtze on this, To me he was just basically the black guy from the movie Predator, Literally the same character.

I half expected Arnie to jump out and say ' Dylan, you son of a bitch, Whats the matter, CIA got you pushing too many pencils'






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Ryo Hazuki, and the entire cast of FF7

It would have to be Alyx from half-life 2 for me.

Yorda and Ico were amazing and so was the dude from Shadow of the Colossus. I was really into those. Other characters include Rinoa Heartilly and Tali from Mass Effect.

Gordon Freemen,  Niko Belic and Andrew Ryan.

Kairi from Kingdom Hearts and Sunny from Metal Gear Solid 4

Gordon Freeman in HL, Valve did an awesome job making the player feel like the same person as Gordon.

Snake, just for the journey from the PS1 era to the PS3 and how it kept on delivering was just mind blowing

Nico Bellic is pretty easy to like.

Frank Jaeger or Cyborg Ninja in MGS on PSX, that little speech he gives towards the end before he dies got to me.

Niko is a fairl straightforward one. 
Another character/game that I got into to was Link in LoZ OOT. 

For me it was Polka in Eternal Sonata

I'm always drawn to the more introverted people in games. One that really stood out to me was Auron from FFX. His demeanor was just manly and his weapon made me drool. Tidus, on the other hand, can die in a fire.

This Guy:

Dak'kon from Planescape: Torment, JC Denton from Deus Ex and Jack from Vampire - the Masquerade: Bloodlines

"Dak'kon from Planescape: Torment, JC Denton from Deus Ex and Jack from Vampire - the Masquerade: Bloodlines"

Wanda From shadow  - byu the end of the game i was absolutely distraught  xD

And of course -solid snake - now he gets some well deserved rest

Ryo Hazuki. Damn, I hope Shenmue III doesn't stay a dream.

I'm stuck between Alyx Vance, Link, and Master Chief.

I find I emotionally connect with most of the important "Good" characters and Mega Man in the Mega Man games.

Alyx Vance in HL2 and Niko Bellic in GTA 4.

Alyx from Half-Life 2.

Bigg Boss and Solid Snake from MGS-series.