Kotaku
So the first 10 picks have gone by and, amazingly, Master Chief, Claude from GTA and the entire cast of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter are still sitting by the phone, unselected. Let's get to picks 11 to 20.
11. Pezdispenser selects PYRO from Team Fortress 2 "Criminally underplayed and under-ubered class. Well balanced character class with good speed, adequate to medium range and unparalleled close range weapons, and a personality that can't be beat. Strong sense of team work, and can sniff out spies like nobody's business. Ballsy enough to dive into a room full of medi-heavies, charge straight into sentry fire, and to bring an axe to a rocket launcher fight. Also comfortable enough with himself to carry a purse. Hudda Hudda Hudda!"
12: Balance_in_life selects KEFKA from Final Fantasy VI. "Best villain ever. Kefka goes from just kinda nuts to bat shit insane by the end of the game. With some villains you sometimes feel sorry for them depending on how well they are written, however Kefka is so perfect you hate him for the entire game. He would never stay and fight until the VERY last battle. He kill his own emperor, plus, he even had a cult following in the game. What else do you need?"
13: Spoony Bard selects THE COLUMN BLOCK from Tetris "The greatest piece in the Tetris family, the one that allows you to score a perfect 4-row Tetris. Likes long walks on the beach and portable gaming devices."
14: Richard Tysinger, Owen's best friend from NC, selects GABE LOGAN from the Syphon Filter series.
"While everyone was going apeshit over the first Metal Gear Solid game back in the day, I thought the original Syphon Filter was a helluva lot more fun. Gabe Logan don't need to sneak around in cardboard boxes being all weird 'n Japanese. If Gabe don't wanna take shit from you, he can taser you till your ass catches on fire for like 10 minutes. Don't tase me, bro!"
15. InsidiousTuna selects FATHER GREGORY from Half Life 2 "Devout member of the faith, and a crack shot with a 12-gauge. Father Gregory is an excellent leader, he's resourceful in times of crisis, and he is devoted to tending to his local parish."
16. iamcool388 selects SOLID SNAKE from the Metal Gear series"Comfortable with, or without, any weapon, fluent in six languages and proficient at parachuting, scuba diving, mountain climbing and flirting. An IQ of 180 helps him put together pieces of one of the most convoluted story lines ever written. Career highlights include:
• Killed his father (or his 'genetic' father, if you insist).
• Killed his best friend when needed.
• Kills arguably the greatest team of villains ever assembled at Shadow Moses, and ...
• Tops it off by killing his brother... thrice.
• Gets the job done even after being misinformed, misled and betrayed... because when you are Solid Snake, you don't need help.
• Killed the second greatest video game character ever with lighter and a can or aerosol.
"If that is not the life of a legend, I don't know what is. I do not think anyone else has gone through more emotional and physical trauma and come out looking this handsome.
"Oh, and he banged Meryl."
17. excel_excel selects GOOMBA from Super Mario Brothers "I guarantee you, all time, goombas have killed Mario far more times than Mario has killed goombas."
18. dead_red_eyes selects MAX PAYNE"Fugitive undercover cop with nothing to lose, Max has an arsenal of weapons that would make the United States Army blush. With a pocket full of painkillers and a bullet time meter, he can easily work his way through an entire mob of vile gangsters and afterwards take on an evil organization for desert. Clearly, this is a man that is not to be messed with."
19. Sander Dennis (Owen's Co-worker) selects QUAKE GUY from Quake "Could outrun, outrank and outrocketjump any FPS character created since his inception in 1997."
20. Archaotic selects LUCA BLIGHT from Suikoden 2
"It's really hard to compare to a villain who is so batshit insane that one of the first times he appears in the game, he slices one of your allies' heads off while a six-year-old girl watches. Everything he does is deliciously insane, from feeding entire cities to giant demon wolves, to torching every hideout the heroes manage to shack up in, to the insanely difficult three-tier boss fight against him that serves as the game's midpoint. He's truly one of the best villains in RPG history."
Next: Picks 21 to 32.
Comments
Wait... ahh this is so confusing for some reason.
I think I need to lie down.
Come on, everyone knows L-Block is the greatest Tetris piece
I knew Snake would get drafted. Personally I prefer boyish looks(most men are ripe for the picking between the ages of 18-24) but Snake definitely has one sweet ass.
Holy giant Father Gregori pic!
Putting Kefka and Luca Blight on the same team would be awesomely evil.
Is it me or is the Father Gregory pic slightly large?
Kefka is clearly the winner this round. Although Pyro is an awesome choice too.
I mean...obscure is funny but....
No MC, no Kratos, no Link, no Mario, no Ryu? Now that is just lazy.
I wasn't invited to play because I would have picked Wirt from Diablo (and his magical wooden foot!)
Too strange, even for Kotaku )=
I give props to Spoony Bard. That was indeed an epic pick.
@KidU: It would be lazier to include them, really. I'd pick the main character from Persona 3 ahead of all of them.
Come on, someone has to pick the Bouncer Big Daddy. I can't think of a better defensive player.
@KidU: "recent" doesn't equal "greatest", we were going for the best of all time, not the most popular. imo picking good old '117 or the likes would be the lazy route, this took actual thought and reasoning (most of them at least)
I have no idea what is going on with the formatting by the way
Yes! A Team Fortress 2 character!
I was worried there wouldn't be one.
Truly,the winner is coming soon!
Some unique picks here.
The whole time the dude was talking about Gabe Logan, I just imagined an American flag waving in the background.
But still, if you're going to pick someone besides Solid Snake, wouldn't it be Sam Fisher?
@KidU: I agree. Especially Mario and Link.
I want to see someone put Captain Price or Gaz. From COD4.
Am I the only one kinda feeling at the moment that because everyone is trying to avoid selecting the popular characters we are getting a load of rubbish ones?
They are popular for a reason. Least Snake and Max payne are here so far.
I mean we currently have pyro (which really isn't a character more a class, like saying your favourite character is Medic from BF2142) yet no Cloud, CJ, Link, Manny etc
I dunno I just get the feelings these aren't peoples actual opinions but more who they thought they could choose and write a funny little piece about. I guess I just don't understand this whole Draft thing. I thought it was kinda like a character contest but I guess it's just funny pieces about characters?
@Zim: Cloud SUCKS.
@Zim: Well I guess you're not the sharpest tool in the Shed.
Yes I think it's interesting how they go out of they way of the popular characters and make you think of oh yeah that guy was cool.
@Zim: There's not enough pretty boys in this draft. Com'On beautiful men can kick ass too!
yay Pyro!
@Maldron: /agree
@KidU: Maybe that's why these people were chosen. I mean, I don't think anyone could write a paragraph about Mario.
Why is this even happening?
@Zim: People like characters aside from the most popular ones.
I would personally pick the Overlord, or some characters from Legend of Dragoon.
It's not always about Mario and Link.
@Zim: I told myself, "no characters who have been in Super Smash Bros" they're all to overdone.
@Maldron: And yes, Cloud does suck.
Where's the love for the dog from Duck Hunt? Or the evil that is Tom Nook?
Well, I'm glad snake got picked. And I liked iamcool338's description. Pretty much covers everything. good work.
I fully support Father Grigori.
My choice pretty much reveals me..lol
Should be interesting~
Thank you for giving the Pyro the thanks it deserves.
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hm.
@peAr_nectAr: You apparently never used the taser in Syphon Filter. That weapon is pure comedy gold.
@Zim: Popular doesn't always equal great, though, particularly when we're talking about personal opinion. Frankly, I think that Master Chief is a terrible character. His basic character design is that of a glorified Doom marine. I find nothing compelling about him in the least. Maybe that's in part because I'm not a fan of Halo, but at the same time, I couldn't get into the gameplay of Xenogears at all but find the story and characters in that game to be extremely compelling.
The bottom line is, this shouldn't be treated as a GameFAQs Character Battle. This isn't about which character is so fucking awesome that they could totally own everyone else. Some of these characters had a personal impact on the people that selected them, some of the selections were tongue-in-cheek, but they're all valid.
It's amazing how many people are whining about this. If you don't like it, make your own list of draft picks and fill it with all of the Halo, Final Fantasy, Mario, and GTA characters you want. I doubt that many people are going to find it a particularly compelling read, though.
@Zim:
In the invitation, he said we could use any character, including character classes.
Anyhoo, my Runner ups were as follows: Kirby (Highly Adaptable), Zergling (Strong early and late game performance, economical), Kane (Immortal Time Traveling Cult Leading Badass), Peon (Backbone of the Horde, Plus when I was a kid thought they had nunchuks), and Space Marines (They kill Bloodthirsters with their BARE HANDS!).
@Lezard: thank you
I had not played the older FF titles until a year or two ago as ROMs on my PC. That being said, I don't get the fascination with Kefka. Maybe he's one of those characters that was good for the time, but to me he is completely forgettable. I'm not trying to be a douche or start anything, I sincerely don't get it. Can somebody explain it to me?
Why is Gregori's picture so giant?
I can't wait for someone to pick Zerglings from Starcraft.
Hmmm, the Goomba post got me thinking about whether Mario has killed more Goombas or Goombas have more Marios in the history of the franchise. I think I agree but I would add that more Goombas have been jumped over and not bothered with; they are simply not worth Mario's time.
so far i approve of half the picks. (a lot of them i havent heard of because i dont do a lot of RPG-ing). not bad.
I am one of the people who would like to see some of the 'easier' picks such as MC and Link. not because they are videogame superstars, but because they do legitimately rock. I mean, how many covenant do you think MC killed within the scope of the 3 games? not to mention Flood and Sentinels. Link is the Hero of Time, having battled and puzzled his way through countless games.
The pick i agree with the most so far is Mega-man, and the reasoning is spot on.
Kefka and snake great choices aswell
Thank you spoony, I was just telling people I don't understand how the column block slipped out of the top 10! ;)
Also @excel_excel: Um, given that I use Goombas to score 99 lives on level 1-2 of SMB3 every time I play that game, I somehow doubt goombas have an overall positive kill ration on mario..
Unless people just really, really suck at SMB, I guess ;)
@Zim: Can't speak for the others, but the fact that my pick was obscure is entirely inconsequential. I picked Caleb because he truly is my favorite character.
@Lezard: I'd agree if the premise was "select your favorite character" or something like that. Theoretically this is a draft though...the concept of which is that a "team" would take the most desirable players/characters (Mario, Link, MC, etc.) first. Someone like Max Payne would be a 4th round pick and the Goomba would be an undrafted free agent. For example, the Ravens love Chad Henne, but there is no way in hell they would take him with the #8 pick this afternoon because his value is more in line with an early 2nd round selection.
/sports fan
This thing is pretty great. I'm watching the NFL draft on the TV and watching this thing unfold on my laptop. Do you guys have a Mel Kiper? In a draft of humans I'd pick Mel first, if only for his hair.
@SilentPredator: He's unrepentantly evil, and he gains godlike power while breaking the world.
The truth is most players of the game would have done the same damn thing, given the opportunity.
Thats why we love Kefka so much, IMO :)
pyro and Grigori! hell yeah!
SPOILER FEST, wish I had known there would be so many spoilers...
@DaiMacculate:
There was no "top 10" really. It was just random draft pick orders. So everyone on the entirety of these lists are on equal footing for the picks just the order reflects who had the first choice regarding their pick.
so glad someone picked kefka. definitely my first pick. fucker poisoned an entire castle and shot lasers from his doom tower. how badass is that?
p.s. SON OF A SUBMARINER
Balance forgot the part about Kefka being one of the few villians in final fantasy to actually carry out his evil scheme.
Guybrush Threepwood needs to make this list. He learned swordfighting using a rubber chicken and can hold his breath for 10 minutes.
@Pacifist Pirate Nyo:
Speaking of which, has anyone ever actually timed him underwater? I usually just escape LeChuck's trap and go on with my life.
Goomba!
this draft is bullshit, obscure does not = one of the greatest video game characters of all time.
So...no Kratos, Mario, Chief, Link, Cloud, Samus or any Pokemon yet. Wow...missing the boat, people.
@Rockbot: Just like popular does not = one of the greatest video game characters of all time. There's thousands of lists that fap over Mario, Link, and Master Chief. Why make another one?
Luca Blight most definitely deserves a spot. I'm really, really happy to see him mentioned. :)
@InsidiousTuna: Because he is that amazingly badass
@DaiMacculate:
@NeoAkira:
Thanks guys! Although I have a fondness for all things Final Fantasy, I felt the occasion called for a special pick! :)
@enewtabie: I agree.
@Rockbot:
I can't wait for you to cry foul on me for mine.