Who is the most intriguing new character in gaming in your opinion?

In terms of A/AA/AAA/AAAA/AAAAAAA/AAAAAAAAAAA games lately, there has kind of been a drought. Fortunately I have an exquisite backlog of PC treasures that I'm digging through, so I'm more or less unaffected. That being said, there are a few interesting games on the horizon. And interesting characters. Feel free to post a pic of your most interesting character so far for this new gen. And have a lovely day. :)

Mayhaps I am breaking the rules of my own thread, but oh well. My choice is split equally between these two:

No-one. I am not intrigued by shallowness, which are most characters in gaming.

I wish I was your therapist.

Hot take.

That pilot dude in Halo Infinite. I am intrigued by MS for creating such a shitty AND annoying character. He will ruin the story because it'll be focused on his ass and his drama.

Lol, trust me, you couldn't handle me.

As of right now, just Lady Dimitrescu!

My therapist told me I'm heading for destruction.

@sakaixx: Who's that?

Not many to be honest. Dana from ys8 is kinda funny. on the surface she is your typical Anime trope sweet girl. but she is also Spite incarnate. Can spite be a heroic trait?

Actually surprisingly Sarevok from Baldurs gate had a bit more going on too. When i played the game as a kid i always thought he was a bit of a meat head. But, from reading scrolls and stuff in the game, and playing the latter parts of it he is one of the more interesting baddies. a little bit tragic. smarter than he appears too (at least on the surface. i haven't picked through the tale with a fine tooth comb). Not new though i suppose.

yeah no one else springs to mind at the moment.

@osan0: I'm actually playing BG for the first time right now. For the most part I think the characters are pretty great. If nothing else, the voice acting is often way more colorful than most stuff you find these days.

Trying to think of modern characters that stand out and it's pretty thing. Lady Dimitrescu is a very obvious one though, I don't think Capcom even expected it to take off like it did.

Reminds me of Mileena where it's a horror character but designed to be attractive in opposition.

It's interesting as well that her design unlike Mileena isn't particularly sexualized or particularly youthful. The size, age and nature of the game create an intentional joke of being chased her.

So yea, personality wise, who knows. But design was, someone deserves a raise.

@uninspiredcup: Got to agree, they really nailed the balance of unsettling but weirdly hot with Lady Dimitrescu. Hard to tell if your hypothalamus is telling you to run, or stay and see how the situation plays out.

@uninspiredcup: The key to Dimitrescu is, despite all, she is a lady of manners. You'd be amazed at how far a little class can take a character.

@girlusocrazy: Ah, okay. Thanks.

The last beacon of hope ... i know she is not new, but she is by far the most interesting and well written character in any JRPG i've seen in a long time.

The most intriguing new characters to me are in games that I can create someone to mimic myself... I know I know, I'm a rebel.

Same game... but different person. Ethan Winters was my favorite new protagonist of last gen. An every man's man... had a lot of the same reactions I would have had walking through that nut house. Not a powerhouse but proved to be savy and persistent enough to survive the ordeal. Just a good guy with a good head on his shoulders... look forward to his next adventure.

Also Ethan Must Die is a fantastic game mode that I recommend to any fan of RE7.

Panam from Cyberpunk 2077

She's hot

she a baddie

she could definitely use some more work with her character tho

Didn't take long for this to turn into a waifu-worship thread. In going with the flow...I'm much more into giant-vampire-lady's daughters, they can take a bite out of me any day.

So it goes, I suppose.

Don't really care to be honest. Some of the responses though are cringe worthy and say a lot about the users lol.

Idk - maybe Senua because Hellblade in VR is my latest flavor of the week. She's got interesting complexity that you explore in a creative way.

Far cry 6, gus fring character from breaking bad. Can't wait.

Some of the female characters in Cyberpunk have a lot going on. The game as a whole is sort of a tribute to superficiality--people in the future get all these implants, both for looks and abilities, because they're so unhappy with their looks and abilities as stock humans--and then you combine that with all the advertisements, beliefs, sentiments, and so on that people have and it just makes for a really outwardly sexy but inwardly bleak future.

So when you come across someone like Judy who is forced to play a role in this world, but is actually a really great person. Or Panam, who puts up a tough image but internally just really cares about her family, it's really refreshing to find all these good values in a future that doesn't put much stock in value holding.

But I am biased, I am Team Judy 110%

Yeah she is pretty good. Definitely one of the more interesting characters. And I love all the development and research they put into her, mental illness, and the game as a whole. They didn't even think the game would make much of a profit, they just did it almost-but-not-quite as a service.

Put up or shut up?

If they're so cringe worthy, suggest something that might be a challenge.

Or say what your favorite vehicle is from a racer :P

Did GameSpot or IGN ever reviewed the game (Atelier Ryza) she appeared in? I am surprised they did not as previous games in the Atelier series were reviewed by both outlets in the past.

@mrbojangles25: "put up or shut up"

I said none, simple and to the point, now go back to ogling the female characters in Cyberflunk lol.

@xantufrog: Keep forgetting to pick up Hellblade. Got a new VR setup and now I have to go back and play all the games I missed.

Well Lady Dimitrescu is definitely a very intriguing character for sure. As for games that I’ve played so far I really liked the character Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Found him to be a very affable character overall and I liked his fiery passion.

Nobody posted it so i will do my job.

@girlusocrazy: two whole boobies!?!?!?

Also I like your serious answer. I was debating doing the same thing, except listing my atheist crusader space empress in Stellaris. She's the good kind of dictator, bring peace by subjugating people.

Way too many to just name 1 so here's a few of them

I cannot choose between kiryu kazuma from Yakuza or Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid.

Since when was Solid Snake a new character?

You're as bad a shill as casual4ever. How come the biggest shills on here play the most average of games?

@i_p_daily: whoops, I did not read the heading of the thread clearly. I thought it meant any character in general.

@wandering_halls: nice, what setup did you get?

thread/ lol :P

More proper post, Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower from Bloodborne has so much lore behind her. She is one of the central characters in the events of the rise of Yharnam, its various institutions and hunter Gehrman even build a doll in her likeness in the dream. For all that lore she only have like 2-3 lines of dialogue. Very intriguing character that deserves more exposure, hope you know... BB2 someday...

Why do you call everyone out over their taste in games? You call games you haven't even played trash and expect people to take you seriously. Not only that but you love Ass Creed which is one of the most casual cookie cutter franchises around. Your shtick is tired.

From this new gen so far??? No one...

Maybe because they enjoy those games and you yourself haven't even play it. I too play those so-called average games myself and enjoy them for that they had to offer. Shill or not, we play what we think it'll be a fun game.

I am a bit old-school here so my most intriguing character from video games was Josua from Shadowrun(sega genesis version).

And almost all characters from the Metal Gear series, they are very unique

You should stick to pushing your batsh*t crazy far left ideals on the politics board. I don't think you're cut out for System Wars, pal.

These 2 bring great warmth to my heart

@wandering_halls: Forgot to mention this, my new intriguing character is Marnie (my avi/sig) from Pokemon Sword/Shield. She's mostly a Goth girl mainly she wears dark clothing and just a cool character I seen so far in Pokemon games. You should know, I'm a fan of Gothic girls & Goth music.

Came up on a really good deal on a Rift S, full package, so I took it. I'm running a 3700X/RTX 3070, so things look pretty nice. I figure I'm good for at least a few years VR-wise. I'm still waiting for that dream VR headset to come on the market.