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	Posted on Tuesday January 24, 2012, 17:41 by drachehexe
	How can characters with several GREAT games under their belts not make the list? Where are Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell) and Kain and/or Raziel (Legacy of Kain series)? Read More
2	Sweet~
	Posted on Tuesday January 10, 2012, 03:22 by Razorflame45
	Gordan! He is epic but i have to say The Chief deserves it more then him and Wheatley should be on this list, i mean really you cand get any better than that or atlease Axel from Kingdom Hearts. I didnt even know half of those Video Game characters Read More
3	Red Dead Redemption?
	Posted on Monday January 2, 2012, 12:19 by Lily1997
	John Marston anyone? he deserves to be up here at least. And Lara Croft definitely deserves to be higher. Read More
4
	Posted on Thursday December 22, 2011, 19:44 by johnmaylives
	terrible list. where is Ezio auditore Read More
5	Think About It
	Posted on Saturday August 13, 2011, 04:49 by Liquid_Armor
	While looking through this article I have found some excellent choices which I am pleased to see make it onto the list. But I am amused as to how many people are actually complaining about how the majority of their suggestions were not selected. First you have to get it through to your mind that Empire is not a video game based publication. They are experts within films, and give informative reviews that many people enjoy reading every time a new movie is released. This article was most likely created by members of staff who thought that it would be a nice change of pace from their usually business. I will not be surprised that they compiled it with their own personal experience of playing video games and did little next to no research because they were confident about their knowledge. I can guarantee that if an average gamer were given the opportunity to create this list then they would embarrass themselves by putting choices such as Solid Snake, Master Chief and the entire ModernRead More
6
	Posted on Sunday August 7, 2011, 02:45 by chuah
	oi! where is Kapp'n from animal crossing!? that guy is a legend! Read More
7	???
	Posted on Tuesday July 19, 2011, 03:57 by Memex
	Hey guys....how many of you have just created an account just because of this list? Think about it, huh? Read More
8	Most badass heroes
	Posted on Monday July 11, 2011, 09:42 by evbro
	A little different from just the "greatest," here is a list of the most "badass" video game heroes: http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-bad ass-video-game-heroes-of-all-time Vote up your faves! Read More
9	Uh...
	Posted on Tuesday July 5, 2011, 01:17 by mortnoir
	I created an account for only one reason, and that is to say this: MORE THAN HALF OF THE CHARACTERS ON THIS LIST SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ON IT. By my count, only twenty-one of those listed even belong on the list, and most of them should be lower. The Duke should be higher. Link beats nearly all of them. Garrett should be in the top five, as anyone who has ever played the Thief games would undoubtedly agree. "One" from Gothic should be on there near the bottom. And here's a question: WHERE THE FRICK IS MAGUS? He's at least Numero Dos. As a life-long gamer on every format since Atari 2600, I'm absolutely appalled. Read More
10	care to say this was the most disgusting listing ever
	Posted on Sunday July 3, 2011, 05:55 by 1s99f0x
	i`ve been playing videogames since 1996,and i care to point out that this listing is the more disoriented list i have ever seen,it is unimaginable that an adult would be capable of doing such a sloppy job,maybe a twelve year old without research would do a better list,there are many examples,but to simply turn down titles like tekken,megaman that is just preposterous,how can someone put solid snake the star from a game that simply brought gaming to another level at 19th place, this guy sure got a lot of nerve to make this list without any research, it`s like he wrote videogame on google and copyed the firsts results at a randomic order,because i really tried to understand his standarts but i cant just get them, this guy probably havent even played any videogame or maybe "it" is just a progam, that would bee reasonable,this list can be labeled as a felony or a sin, no matter, this guy will receive the worst kind of punishiment in hell, i hope with all my heart that this guy Read More
11
	Posted on Monday June 13, 2011, 03:47 by Sadliem_Ridel
	i was very upset when i found out where marcus fenix was, where Leon kennedy was, and where ryu hayabusa was. :'( i agree with some of them tho! like laura croft and alucard. alucard couldve gone a little closer to #1, but its fine. :P Read More
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	Posted on Sunday May 22, 2011, 19:18 by xK_Marcus
	Ok, I have created an account to point out one specific character that is being seriously over looked, I of course talk about..... Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Now where is he, I was expecting him to be in the top 5, being the epic character that he is, and being very popular. Why is he not in it??? Read More
13	Noble Squad from Halo:Reach--Morrigan from DA:O--Rabbit from Meddle Of Honor
	Posted on Wednesday March 2, 2011, 09:04 by Hobokilla
	Noble Squad Should Be Up There As A Team! Halo reach had the best campaign i have ever played on a fps. I mean at the end when your all alone... you look up... pick up your DMR and and make your last stand to die as the last human on Reach! And when you finally are taken down its not before you destroy like five elites with the weapons they try to kill you with! Hands down the best ending ever! The other two characters are almost as good but MoH had a horrible multi-player but had a great campaign and Morrigan is a very deep character if you played Dragon Age: Origins and had a romantic relationship with her. P.S i get the feeling most people on this site are ps3 fans but don't let that stop you from finding a great character in one of these games and the only reason i made a profile on this site was to write this. Read More
14	Okay guys...
	Posted on Saturday February 19, 2011, 23:30 by Zoerith
	WHERE. THE. HELL. IS. MEGAMAN. YOU BASTARDS!!! Read More
15	Gordon Freeman!!!
	Posted on Sunday January 23, 2011, 03:50 by nadasurf12
	Yea! they totaly got it right there. but i cant believe they didnt include Toni Cipriani from GTA: LCS, Altair from Assassin's Creed, and Ezio (AC2)!!! Read More
16	RE: WTF?! D: Bad positions and missing 2 awesome characters! D:
	Posted on Saturday August 7, 2010, 03:22 by murdoch
	It baffles me that Mario isn't number one... BUT OH WELL it's a list on the internet, their not fondling your mum Read More
17	RE: fallout 3
	Posted on Wednesday July 14, 2010, 02:45 by SumWon
	L: dune666 i would love for someone to make fallout 3 into a movie it would be so cool. well because the game is ace so why not make a film out of it. i am sure that alot of gamers would love to see this game made into a movie. ou mean like Book of Eli? Read More
18	RE: WOW....
	Posted on Sunday June 13, 2010, 14:55 by LeeSim
	Got to laugh at all the people bitching about this list, and escpecially those saying that it's just a movie magazine and what do they know about games etc. So does that mean that people that watch movies don't play games and vice versa?? If so, and you are a hard-core gamer type, then what are you doing on a movie site! :P Anyways, a list like this always comes down to personal choice, and NO-ONE is ever going to be happy with another persons choice of top 50 (insert subject here). IMHO the list is quite good actually! :D Read More
19	RE: Rubbish List
	Posted on Saturday June 5, 2010, 07:31 by pitpal86
	L: Kase who the hell is going to remember Gordon Freeman, Shoman, The Namelos One is 20 years time?? Mario, Donkey Kong,Sonic etc. all timeless video game classics that we will all remember long after the modern day fads. ou don't play many video games do you? Yeah, those are classic games in the sense that they're really old and their franchises have been nearly bled to death from countless crappy games. This is a list of the best video game characters, not a list of the most recognizable. Mario is a shitty character. He's one dimensional, most of his games are the same storyless dribble, the only exceptions are the Mario RPGs which most people didn't play because it required more thinking than "jump on goomba, don't get hit". They're just simple games created for the simple masses, and that's the only reason they make as much money as they do. Besides, Gordon Freeman is the only character on the list that has had a game come out in the past 10 years. How on earRead More
20	RE: WOW....
	Posted on Friday June 4, 2010, 06:07 by Sy Zombie
	L: Edgeof666 You know, I've learned something today. British people don't know shit about videogames. I hate to say it, but lists like this ARE popularity contests, and Halflife isn't even one of the top ten franchises of all time, so to give the main character from that game the top spot is sheer folly. You are a moron. You think British people don't know a thing about games based on a list compiled by a FILM magazine. Don't judge an entire nation on a dodgy list made by film buffs. They know all about films and jack shit about games. Read More
21	RE: 50 Greatest Videogame Characters
	Posted on Thursday June 3, 2010, 22:16 by Joeball
	Okay, 1 list, 7 pages of comments and not one mention of Riddick ? No one here remembers Escape from Butcher Bay ? Or do everyone here think that Riddicks only claim to fame is Pitch Black and the brilliant Chronicles ? Read More
22	RE: A good list but are you serious?
	Posted on Thursday June 3, 2010, 19:30 by demon_jonzey
	L: Qwerty Norris L: sophieliz90 Mario for one shouldn't be in there cause he's boring and childish. his is possibly the stupidest comment I've ever had the misfortune to read on this forum... hat is absolutely hilarious ... i'm not here to argue with the list, because it's just a list for fuck sake! what difference does it matter if the entire FF or Resi cast isn't in the list ... grow up you sad bunch of ignorant, infantile losers - can you not let someone else have a different opinion from yours? and for all you outraged mario fans: mario may be the greatest gaming franchise of all time, but it doesn't make him the greatest character. it just means nintendo have done extremely well stretching his perfectly trimmed moustache over the decades (even into the Olympics, tennis, karting, golf etc etc). well done empire! Read More
23	RE: 50 Greatest Videogame Characters
	Posted on Tuesday June 1, 2010, 06:17 by Devo__
	Pretty damn good list. Some odd choices but overall interesting. Adorable to see the console kiddies squawk and squeal about the results. Seems like a few younguns are getting taken to school here, and they ain't happy about it. A lot of people seem to be objecting to particular characters appearing in the list simply because they haven't heard of them. Unfortunately, this means you've simply been playing the wrong games: Just because never saw Star Wars, doesn't mean Darth Vader isn't a great character. :D I would've liked to have seen a Pyschonauts character make the list though, and as far as Planescape Torment goes, I'd have picked Morte over The Nameless One. Read More
24	RE: A good list but are you serious?
	Posted on Monday May 31, 2010, 19:41 by Qwerty Norris
	L: sophieliz90 Mario for one shouldn't be in there cause he's boring and childish. his is possibly the stupidest comment I've ever had the misfortune to read on this forum... Read More
25	RE: 50 Greatest Videogame Characters
	Posted on Monday May 31, 2010, 16:41 by Metalion
	These many replies and no one has thought to mention the fact that Leisure Suit Larry Laffer himself isn't on this list?! About as big an outrage as having Gordon Freeman at no. 1. Sure, I think Half-Life is one of the all time greats and I love HL2 just as much, but Gordon Freeman is not by a long shot the greatest ever video game character. Read More
26	RE: 50 Greatest Videogame Characters
	Posted on Sunday May 30, 2010, 19:26 by dreamdragon
	I dont understand...Really..I dont..Its a list. Someones list. Everyone is so mad but no-one has put the time and effort into making a better one(With detial, not random).. I had a bit of a bitch and sticth when it first came out but now im over it. Write your own fucking list. If you made a comment, then you logged into Empire. If you logged into Empire then I guess your a fan. Stop being a cunt and just read the free reviews ....They  actually give you something to post about... Read More
27	RE: Lara Croft number 5?!!!
	Posted on Saturday May 29, 2010, 20:06 by Deviation
	GAWDDAMN IT EMPIRE ALWAYS SO WRONG Read More
28	RE: Numero Uno should have gone to someone else...
	Posted on Friday May 28, 2010, 15:29 by spamandham
	No JC Denton? No Kreia? WTF James Read More
29	RE: Worst list ever
	Posted on Friday May 28, 2010, 13:28 by spamandham
	If being wrong on the internet was an olympic sport, empire would get a podium place every time. Half of these entries don't even have a character to rate; and judging by the voting ~3/4 of the voters are pre pubescent idiots without the faintest grasp of gaming knowledge/ history.   Read More
30	RE: Fail list of epic Fail.
	Posted on Friday May 28, 2010, 12:53 by miff666
	It was a good list but only one grand theft auto caracter is abit of a joke and how about the dots in football manager, or Mrs Pacman Read More
31	RE: Solve this Georgie...
	Posted on Friday May 28, 2010, 00:12 by Scabby
	I wanted Tingle for #1. I'm still not allowed back in Empire Towers... Read More
32	RE: Not so sure
	Posted on Thursday May 27, 2010, 20:00 by G MAN
	L: Prophet_of_Doom Only people who have: (a) lost their virginity (b) owned a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum (c) broken several joysticks trying to play Daley Thompson's Decathlon (d) their own house (or at least don't still live with mummy and daddy in a room strewn with crusty Kleenex) Should have the right to comment on this thread. ommodore 64? ZX Spectrum? Sorry but (in gaming terms) you're being an old fart, and I'll be 26 soon. Complaining about virgins while being a hardcore computer game player does sound like a contradiction in terms. I'm joking of course, as I'm hoping you are with your "room strewn with crusty Kleenex comment (honestly what an old joke, as if anyone doesn't flush their used tissues down the bog) Read More
33	RE: Nerdiest, List, Ever!
	Posted on Thursday May 27, 2010, 03:40 by VincentWire
	Also, if you wanted to play up the obscure then where the hell is Orochi or anyone from the most underrated game of all time, Okami? That's more a Miyazaki masterpiece than a game and it has characters that could easily fill half this list. Read More
34	RE:
	Posted on Thursday May 27, 2010, 01:48 by Prophet_of_Doom
	L: yayga monster a new list shoud be made of good characters or at least recent ones orst. Post. Ever. Read More
35	.........
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 22:34 by doenutts
	Where was Captian Price from COD MW 1 & 2???? A great Character if ever there was one You cant say Ryu and not have Ken right next to him..........or at a pinch Sagat. And i agree with previous posts, no one from Golden Axe, Final Fight, Alter Beast and where the F$%K WAS TOEJAM AND EARL, SHINOBI AND THAT OTHER NINJA FROM TENCHU??????? Read More
36	RE: correction...
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 22:09 by dreamdragon
	What! A film magizine didnt quiet get a games list right? The dam outrage! No Clive from rockstar ate my hampster! No James pond! Not even Rick Dangeroues.......but for me..the complete wrong doing here is an animinate object ...."The Door" from bubble bobble. Nothing ever got two young teenagers more happyier then blowing bubbes from thier blue and green headed monsters then the apperence of the dark door. Then would both forget about thier fruit lust and go for those great diamonds from within...  ow...and  Ryu should have been in thier...not Ken, the copy boy who lusted for the good life. No waterfalls,long walks or broodyness...dindt need a f*cking crow bar either.. Read More
37	RE: Who?
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 21:22 by raheel_88
	I agree...I've just gone through the top 10 on my slow computer and was disgusted that Snake wasn't there! Where exactly is he on the list? Read More
38	RE: I Knew It
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 18:49 by Invader_Ace
	No Captain Falcon from F-Zero?! Read More
39	RE: Nerdiest, List, Ever!
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 17:47 by James Dyer
	Actually Hurdy, you voted for our best games list, which we ran some time ago. The characters here were all chosen by us. And while it's true that Empire is a film magazine, I can tell you now that some of us (myself included) have probably played more games than many of you have heard of. We wear anoraks of many colours here at Empire. Whether you're upset that many entries are obscure (to you!),  raging that the obvious choices aren't high enough or incensed that every entry isn't from ('insert fanboy game franchise here'), we're very happy with the list we've put together. Sure, we had to leave out some legends but we got to include other, more worthy entrants as a result. If you haven't heard of some of the characters on the list - go out and get acquainted with them! Your gaming lives will be all the richer for it. Read More
40	RE: Doesn't anyone remember?
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 17:22 by sowasred2012
	Fair play if the writers of this list are all gamers, but I don't see how you justify, of all the Resi Evil characters, MR X having the highest ranking out of a whole TWO from the entire series? Read More
41	RE: Not so sure
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 16:14 by britesparc
	It's as good a list as any, in that obviously I disagree with about half of it. But although Gordon would be my No. 2 behind Guybrush, I still can't really complain: it's nice to see him getting some love at the expense of more two dimensional but more famous heroes. However, I am utterly astounded by the lack of Alyx Vance! The single most human, believable, and empathetic videogame character in the history of the medium! I'm currently playing Episode Three for the first time and the big near the beginning, well... I shrieked out loud. Read More
42	RE: Not so sure
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 16:12 by sharkboy
	L: James Dyer Honestly, if you own a PC and haven't played titles like System Shock, Freespace 2 and Planescape then you're missing out on some of the greatest games ever devised. They're available for pennies! I shall hear no excuses! Err...incompatibility with Vista/Windows 7?  color="#cc0000"]Nonsense! All three (and BG) work on 7 and Vista. I cleared out Beregost with Minsc, Edwin and the boys just the other night. - James ockin' good news!ave to dig out my old copies of Baldur's Gate and Planescape again soon ucky I played them all back in the day - many an hour was wasted on the Sword Coast  Read More
43	RE: Not so sure
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 16:03 by waltham1979
	No Dizzy Egg??? Heathans!!! Read More
44	RE: Not so sure
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 15:36 by Prophet_of_Doom
	Only people who have: (a) lost their virginity (b) owned a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum (c) broken several joysticks trying to play Daley Thompson's Decathlon (d) their own house (or at least don't still live with mummy and daddy in a room strewn with crusty Kleenex) Should have the right to comment on this thread. Read More
45	RE: Missed out some beautys!
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 15:28 by Helen OHara
	Now the last time I played a game was Heroes of Karn on the Commodore 64 (it came on a cassette. Ask your parents what those are, kids), but it seems to me that there's a certain amount of tribalism going on here. The writers of this list are Empireites who have, through their lives, owned and played extensively on most of the games consoles going (as well, of course, as PCs and arcade games back in the day) and who know their onions. I can assure you from personal unavoidable eavesdropping on the discussions that preceded the creation of this list that no other polls were taken into account, and that the details of this running order were hammered out in house. You may very well accuse my colleagues of being geeky, bloody minded, nostalgic for the entire history of gaming to this point - but those of you accusing them of laziness, lack of knowledge or stupidity are way off base. Read More
46	RE: Perfect
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 15:12 by Prophet_of_Doom
	Damn, and I thought Twilight fanwhores were bad. Everyone's coming out of the woodwork today. Read More
47	RE: This may be a frequent question but...
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 14:18 by pete_traynor
	L: GuitarGal_China who the FUDGE is Gordon Freeman? sp; Half-Life and Half-Life 2. He’s a cool character for sure but not number one. The combine would actually be higher for me. And Solid Snake would be my number one and he’s not even in the top ten here. Bobbins list… Read More
48	RE: No.
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 11:42 by the sangypange
	i agree that was one of the worst lists empire has ever done, no one from Tekken, no only one character from street fighter, no one from Mass effect, no other final fantasy characters...this list just seemed wrong... Read More
49	RE: No.
	Posted on Wednesday May 26, 2010, 10:59 by The Todge
	re gonna do this list some actual proper research might be in order. Ryu Hayabusa did not first appear in Ninja Gaiden (1998) Read More