Your Top #5 Adventure game heroes/heroines

GoT · 05-25-2006, 10:30 PM

I'm sure its been done before, but we've got a fair few new games out recently so lets see how it all stacks up.

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my personal top 5 favourites. Guybrush has to win out, i've played him thru all his games and loved them all!

1. Guybrush Threepwood
2. Manny Calevera
3. Bobbin Threadbare
4. Roger Wilco
5. Simon the Sorcerer

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GoT

wicked · 05-25-2006, 10:37 PM

1. Manny Calavera (by far the best)
2. Glottis (best sidekick)
3. Sam & Max - i take them as a whole

4. Guybrush Threepwood
5. Oscar (Syberia)

jacog · 05-25-2006, 11:43 PM

1. Manny Calavera
2. Guybrush Threepwood
3. Robert Foster (I have never seen anything so green)
4. Chepito from GF (ok, secondary character I know.. but how can you forget that song?)
5. Phoney Bone

And this should probably in another thread... but my one vote for worst leading character in an adventure game goes to:

1. Quickthorpe from Fable (tries to be Simon, but ends up just being an asshole)

dazsin · 05-25-2006, 11:52 PM

1.George Stobbart
2.Guybrush Threepwood
3.Simon The Sorcerer
4.Manny Calavera
5.Nico Collard

Junkface · 05-25-2006, 11:52 PM

1. Manny Calavera
2. Ben from Full Throttle ("I'm not putting my lips on that")
3. Robert Cath
4. Gabriel Knight
5. Smiley Bone (his walking animation alone is pure gold)
There's probably someone I'm forgetting...

This thread makes me realise how underrepresented anti-heroes are in adventure gaming.

AdrianWerner · 05-26-2006, 12:24 AM

1.Gabriel Knight
2.Guybrush
3.George Stobbart
4.Klaymen
5.Ricewind

Dasilva · 05-26-2006, 01:21 AM

1) Roger Wilco (SQ)
2) April Ryan (TLJ)
3) Guybrush Threepwood (MI)
4) Erana (QFG 4-5)
5) Leisure Suit Larry (LSL 1-7)

Jelena · 05-26-2006, 02:32 AM

Since I'm a fairly new Adventure gamer I can't come up with five that I can consider real favourits:
1. Victoria McPherson(Still Life)
2. April Ryan(TLJ, Dreamfall)
3. Boston Low(The Dig)

colpet · 05-26-2006, 03:40 AM

1. Gabriel Knight
2. Jim Pearson (from Black Dahlia)
3. April Ryan
4. Kate Walker
5. Atrus

[ben] · 05-26-2006, 03:55 AM

1. Malcolm (Kyrandia 3)
2. Ben (Full Throttle)
3. GuyBrush
4. Sam & Max
5. Bernard (dott)

Crapstorm · 05-26-2006, 06:52 AM

1. Ben from Full Throttle (by a million miles)
2. Manny Calavera
3. Faust from Seven Games of the Soul
4. Gabriel Knight

Sorry, I can only come up with four that I really like.

***Jackal*** · 05-26-2006, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crapstorm

3. Faust from Seven Games of the Soul

Would I be correct in assuming you actually meant Mephisto? Faust himself was pretty much a non-factor. Mephisto was definitely a highlight, though.

Crapstorm · 05-26-2006, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackal

Would I be correct in assuming you actually meant Mephisto? Faust himself was pretty much a non-factor. Mephisto was definitely a highlight, though.

Oh yeah. Oops!

Chaosphere · 05-26-2006, 02:31 PM

1. Manny Calavera (best game character EVER!)
2. Guybrush Threepwood
3. Tex Murphy
4. Glottis
5. Gabriel Knight

Ariel Type · 05-26-2006, 03:22 PM

1. Guybrush Threepwood (part 2)
2. Gabriel Knight (original one)
3. Woodruff
4. Feeble
5. Klayman

Andromus · 05-26-2006, 03:46 PM

1. Gabriel Knight
2. Manny Calavera
3. Guybrush Threepwood
4. George Stobbart
5. Gage Blackwood

Fien · 05-26-2006, 05:13 PM

1. Robert Cath

2. Tex

3. Manny

4. Laverne

5. Ben

LeisureSuitedLooney · 05-26-2006, 09:01 PM

1. Larry Laffer
2. Gabriel Knight
3. King Graham
4. Manny Calavera
5. Grace Nakimura

Captain Blondebeard · 05-26-2006, 09:45 PM

1)Max
2)Largo
3)Guybrush
4)LeChuck
5)Ben
6)Hogie
7)George Stobbard
8) Murray

tsa · 05-27-2006, 01:18 AM

I'm not good with names, but here's my two cents:

5. April Ryan (Longest Journey)
4. Grace Nakimura (Gabriel Knight)
3. Atrus (Myst)
2. Oscar (Syberia)
1. Tex Murphy

05-25-2006, 10:30 PM	#1
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wicked Lazy adventurer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucharest/Romania Posts: 89	1. Manny Calavera (by far the best) 2. Glottis (best sidekick) 3. Sam & Max - i take them as a whole 4. Guybrush Threepwood 5. Oscar (Syberia) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nobody knows what's going to happen at the end of the line, so you might as well enjoy the trip.

05-25-2006, 11:43 PM	#3
jacog Kung Fu Code Poet Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Africa Posts: 701	1. Manny Calavera 2. Guybrush Threepwood 3. Robert Foster (I have never seen anything so green) 4. Chepito from GF (ok, secondary character I know.. but how can you forget that song?) 5. Phoney Bone And this should probably in another thread... but my one vote for worst leading character in an adventure game goes to: 1. Quickthorpe from Fable (tries to be Simon, but ends up just being an asshole) Share Share this post on Twitter

05-25-2006, 11:52 PM	#4
dazsin Knights Templar Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Derbys, England Posts: 279	1.George Stobbart 2.Guybrush Threepwood 3.Simon The Sorcerer 4.Manny Calavera 5.Nico Collard Share Share this post on Twitter

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Junkface Grah! Grah! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 509	1. Manny Calavera 2. Ben from Full Throttle ("I'm not putting my lips on that") 3. Robert Cath 4. Gabriel Knight 5. Smiley Bone (his walking animation alone is pure gold) There's probably someone I'm forgetting... This thread makes me realise how underrepresented anti-heroes are in adventure gaming. Share Share this post on Twitter

05-26-2006, 01:21 AM	#7
Dasilva Hitch-Hiker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Mediterranean Sea Posts: 4,364	1) Roger Wilco (SQ) 2) April Ryan (TLJ) 3) Guybrush Threepwood (MI) 4) Erana (QFG 4-5) 5) Leisure Suit Larry (LSL 1-7) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Regards, DaSilva "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie _ <Susan falls through the floor and gets stuck> <Paco looks at her blankly> "Whats wrong with you?! Lassy would of had a firetruck here by now!" - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives

05-26-2006, 02:32 AM	#8
Jelena Lazy Bee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 7,518	Since I'm a fairly new Adventure gamer I can't come up with five that I can consider real favourits: 1. Victoria McPherson(Still Life) 2. April Ryan(TLJ, Dreamfall) 3. Boston Low(The Dig) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Temporary guest in your life

05-26-2006, 03:40 AM	#9
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05-26-2006, 03:55 AM	#10
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05-26-2006, 06:52 AM	#11
Crapstorm Ronin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 429	1. Ben from Full Throttle (by a million miles) 2. Manny Calavera 3. Faust from Seven Games of the Soul 4. Gabriel Knight Sorry, I can only come up with four that I really like. Share Share this post on Twitter

05-26-2006, 02:31 PM	#14
Chaosphere Coltrane Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 58	1. Manny Calavera (best game character EVER!) 2. Guybrush Threepwood 3. Tex Murphy 4. Glottis 5. Gabriel Knight Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently playing: Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Currently listening to: Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein, Mr. Lif - Emergency Rations Currently watching: Dexter S02, Futurama S01 Currently reading: The Name of the Rose

05-26-2006, 03:22 PM	#15
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05-26-2006, 03:46 PM	#16
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05-26-2006, 05:13 PM	#17
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05-26-2006, 09:01 PM	#18
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05-27-2006, 01:18 AM	#20
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	I'm not good with names, but here's my two cents: 5. April Ryan (Longest Journey) 4. Grace Nakimura (Gabriel Knight) 3. Atrus (Myst) 2. Oscar (Syberia) 1. Tex Murphy Share Share this post on Twitter