Board 8 > Polygons 70 best new characters of the decade

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ninkendo 11/27/19 3:06:16 PM #1:	https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/11/27/20974490/greatest-video-game-characters-2019-2010-skyrim-witcher-splatoon Not ranked just in alphabetical order --- https://imgtc.com/i/iJnhdkc.gif https://imgtc.com/i/j45EVGx.png <cite>ninkendo posted [p:930784728] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/11/27/20974490/greatest-video-game-characters-2019-2010-skyrim-witcher-splatoon Not ranked just in alphabetical order</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scarletspeed7 11/27/19 3:07:37 PM #2:	Just saw this list about an hour before you posted it! It's fine. I think it goes out of its way to try and make sure you know that this isn't a list based on relevance and just on character quality, which is a super-subjective criteria. That said, I would include a lot of this stuff as well. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:930784787] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Just saw this list about an hour before you posted it! It's fine. I think it goes out of its way to try and make sure you know that this isn't a list based on relevance and just on character quality, which is a super-subjective criteria. That said, I would include a lot of this stuff as well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ninkendo 11/27/19 3:09:12 PM #3:	Dutch's Plan --- https://imgtc.com/i/iJnhdkc.gif https://imgtc.com/i/j45EVGx.png <cite>ninkendo posted [p:930784869] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Dutch's Plan</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Mana Sword 11/27/19 3:13:30 PM #4:	ya go my emet-selch --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/Gylgamesh501.png <cite>The Mana Sword posted [p:930785044] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>ya go my emet-selch</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HeroDelTiempo17 11/27/19 3:13:34 PM #5:	oh fuck yeah it's my boy Emet-Selch, the best final fantasy villain --- DPOblivion was far more determined than me. <cite>HeroDelTiempo17 posted [p:930785050] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>oh fuck yeah it's my boy Emet-Selch, the best final fantasy villain </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NBIceman 11/27/19 3:20:35 PM #6:	I'm never surprised but always dismayed at the lack of representation the Tales series gets on character lists like this. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights <cite>NBIceman posted [p:930785369] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>I'm never surprised but always dismayed at the lack of representation the Tales series gets on character lists like this.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Suprak the Stud 11/27/19 3:21:21 PM #7:	How does stuff from the Kim Kardashian mobile game keep making these best of lists? Is this a legit good game or is this some meme I dont know about? --- Moops? "I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion." <cite>Suprak the Stud posted [p:930785404] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>How does stuff from the Kim Kardashian mobile game keep making these best of lists? Is this a legit good game or is this some meme I dont know about?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ninkendo 11/27/19 3:24:01 PM #8:	Also I guess it's technically not new characters since kratos and kiryu are on here I guess you could argue it's a new take on kratos And no one in America knew about Kiryu until Yakuza 0 --- https://imgtc.com/i/iJnhdkc.gif https://imgtc.com/i/j45EVGx.png <cite>ninkendo posted [p:930785535] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Also I guess it's technically not new characters since kratos and kiryu are on here I guess you could argue it's a new take on kratos And no one in America knew about Kiryu until Yakuza 0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scarletspeed7 11/27/19 3:25:08 PM #9:	ninkendo posted... Also I guess it's technically not new characters since kratos and kiryu are on here I guess you could argue it's a new take on kratos And no one in America knew about Kiryu until Yakuza 0 You probably have a wide array of people working on this, so someone should still be knowledgeable enough to at least object to it. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:930785595] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>ninkendo posted... </cite> <quote>Also I guess it's technically not new characters since kratos and kiryu are on here I guess you could argue it's a new take on kratos And no one in America knew about Kiryu until Yakuza 0</quote>You probably have a wide array of people working on this, so someone should still be knowledgeable enough to at least object to it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mewtwo59 11/27/19 3:26:59 PM #10:	They have Marcus Fenix on here, so date of creation clearly doesn't matter. --- ""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47 <cite>Mewtwo59 posted [p:930785685] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>They have Marcus Fenix on here, so date of creation clearly doesn't matter.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HeroDelTiempo17 11/27/19 3:28:01 PM #11:	Yeah it's Shine that added "new" in the title. Being actually new isn't a criteria, just being in a game this decade is. They have Batman and Spider-Man on here <_< --- DPOblivion was far more determined than me. <cite>HeroDelTiempo17 posted [p:930785738] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Yeah it's Shine that added "new" in the title. Being actually new isn't a criteria, just being in a game this decade is. They have Batman and Spider-Man on here <_< </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pyresword 11/27/19 3:28:44 PM #12:	Some day I'm going to click on one of these topics and the Trails series is going to be mentioned. I believe. --- Oh woops. Putting Advokaiser in my sig like this until I think of something more clever <cite>pyresword posted [p:930785778] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Some day I'm going to click on one of these topics and the Trails series is going to be mentioned. I believe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarquessLaus 11/27/19 3:32:16 PM #13:	Given how many characters are on that list paired up they might as well have added Sully to the Nate ranking. --- "We'll tell the customers that the features promised are in a place outside of Heaven now" -- GransonEx <cite>MarquessLaus posted [p:930785926] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Given how many characters are on that list paired up they might as well have added Sully to the Nate ranking. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ninkendo 11/27/19 3:32:42 PM #14:	It was just my assumption it would be new characters because why else would you make a decade list if it wasn't new characters --- https://imgtc.com/i/iJnhdkc.gif https://imgtc.com/i/j45EVGx.png <cite>ninkendo posted [p:930785944] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>It was just my assumption it would be new characters because why else would you make a decade list if it wasn't new characters</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCodeisBosco 11/27/19 3:42:06 PM #15:	Nobody from Cuphead?! Not cool, Polygon, not cool. But since Callie and Marie are here, all is forgiven. --- The music was thud-like. The music was... thud-like. <cite>TheCodeisBosco posted [p:930786340] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Nobody from Cuphead?! Not cool, Polygon, not cool. But since Callie and Marie are here, all is forgiven.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ninkendo 11/27/19 4:05:18 PM #16:	My boy Sam Porter Bridges --- https://imgtc.com/i/iJnhdkc.gif https://imgtc.com/i/j45EVGx.png <cite>ninkendo posted [p:930787302] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>My boy Sam Porter Bridges</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SmartMuffin 11/27/19 4:57:58 PM #17:	ninkendo posted... It was just my assumption it would be new characters because why else would you make a decade list if it wasn't new characters so link and cloud can win? --- SmartMuffin - Because anything less would be uncivilized - https://imgur.com/W66HUUy http://dudewheresmyfreedom.com/ <cite>SmartMuffin posted [p:930789402] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>ninkendo posted...</cite> <quote>It was just my assumption it would be new characters because why else would you make a decade list if it wasn't new characters</quote> so link and cloud can win?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Whiskey_Nick 11/27/19 5:18:44 PM #18:	Batman best new character of the 2010's --- I am Nick. Go Sens, Bills, Blue Jays! Advokaiser is a Guru UotY 2015, You should listen to The Show w/ Ngamer and Yoblazer <cite>Whiskey_Nick posted [p:930790229] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Batman best new character of the 2010's</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paratroopa1 11/27/19 5:25:44 PM #19:	Nice spoilers for Danganronpa and DDLC just casually thrown out there, jesus christ <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:930790522] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Nice spoilers for Danganronpa and DDLC just casually thrown out there, jesus christ</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HeroDelTiempo17 11/27/19 5:26:50 PM #20:	Also spoils MGSV! --- DPOblivion was far more determined than me. <cite>HeroDelTiempo17 posted [p:930790563] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Also spoils MGSV! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KCF0107 11/27/19 5:27:36 PM #21:	In the future, you could always not read the entries for characters whose games you haven't played. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu <cite>KCF0107 posted [p:930790589] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>In the future, you could always not read the entries for characters whose games you haven't played. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paratroopa1 11/27/19 5:30:40 PM #22:	KCF0107 posted... In the future, you could always not read the entries for characters whose games you haven't played. That doesn't work for the danganronpa one <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:930790725] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>KCF0107 posted...</cite> <quote>In the future, you could always not read the entries for characters whose games you haven't played. </quote> That doesn't work for the danganronpa one</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paratroopa1 11/27/19 5:31:49 PM #23:	Also they put literally no spoiler warnings of any kind on any of this before just blurting out major story details that are supposed to be a surprise <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:930790775] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Also they put literally no spoiler warnings of any kind on any of this before just blurting out major story details that are supposed to be a surprise</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GANON1025 11/27/19 5:33:37 PM #24:	No Michel Bollinger Say sike right now --- https://imgur.com/G17qCv1 <cite>GANON1025 posted [p:930790850] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>No Michel Bollinger Say sike right now</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KCF0107 11/27/19 5:37:06 PM #25:	Is the spoiler for Junko ~~the implication that she appears in multiple games? That isn't too bad imo~~ I guess for some a warning would be nice, but I would think with this kind of project, it goes without saying that spoilers would be present and should be expected imo. Otherwise, many characters would be difficult for writers to convey their thoughts and feelings toward without being frustratingly coy. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu <cite>KCF0107 posted [p:930790982] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Is the spoiler for Junko the implication that she appears in multiple games? That isn't too bad imo I guess for some a warning would be nice, but I would think with this kind of project, it goes without saying that spoilers would be present and should be expected imo. Otherwise, many characters would be difficult for writers to convey their thoughts and feelings toward without being frustratingly coy. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Reg 11/27/19 5:38:12 PM #26:	The correct P5 character is on that list, at least. There are a couple others that would've been just as good, I guess. <cite>Reg posted [p:930791018] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>The correct P5 character is on that list, at least. There are a couple others that would've been just as good, I guess.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Leonhart4 11/27/19 5:39:33 PM #27:	Some of these characters aren't from the last decade, like Shepard and Drake are confusing choices because it's not like they're borderline last decade. They're a few years before. It also needs more ME characters besides Shepard. --- https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq https://imgur.com/89Z5jrB <cite>Leonhart4 posted [p:930791078] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Some of these characters aren't from the last decade, like Shepard and Drake are confusing choices because it's not like they're borderline last decade. They're a few years before. It also needs more ME characters besides Shepard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paratroopa1 11/27/19 5:40:55 PM #28:	KCF0107 posted... Is the spoiler for Junko ~~the implication that she appears in multiple games? That isn't too bad imo~~ I guess for some a warning would be nice, but I would think with this kind of project, it goes without saying that spoilers would be present and should be expected imo. Otherwise, many characters would be difficult for writers to convey their thoughts and feelings toward without being frustratingly coy. If you haven't played the game then you don't get it <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:930791125] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>KCF0107 posted...</cite> <quote>Is the spoiler for Junko the implication that she appears in multiple games? That isn't too bad imo I guess for some a warning would be nice, but I would think with this kind of project, it goes without saying that spoilers would be present and should be expected imo. Otherwise, many characters would be difficult for writers to convey their thoughts and feelings toward without being frustratingly coy. </quote> If you haven't played the game then you don't get it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KCF0107 11/27/19 5:42:03 PM #29:	SHINE's topic title is a misnomer. They aren't meant to be new characters. Characters like Kratos, Drake, and Shepard had games released in 2018, 2016, and 2012 respectively, so all within the past decade. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu <cite>KCF0107 posted [p:930791169] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>SHINE's topic title is a misnomer. They aren't meant to be new characters. Characters like Kratos, Drake, and Shepard had games released in 2018, 2016, and 2012 respectively, so all within the past decade. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paratroopa1 11/27/19 5:42:15 PM #30:	Like, the very existence of her name on this list is a catastrophic spoiler (although the damage has largely already been done, much the same as with DDLC) <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:930791175] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Like, the very existence of her name on this list is a catastrophic spoiler (although the damage has largely already been done, much the same as with DDLC)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KCF0107 11/27/19 5:44:33 PM #31:	I have played the first two games, but I guess that I don't get it anyway. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu <cite>KCF0107 posted [p:930791274] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>I have played the first two games, but I guess that I don't get it anyway. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pyresword 11/27/19 5:46:37 PM #32:	KCF0107 posted... Is the spoiler for Junko ~~the implication that she appears in multiple games? That isn't too bad imo~~ I guess for some a warning would be nice, but I would think with this kind of project, it goes without saying that spoilers would be present and should be expected imo. Otherwise, many characters would be difficult for writers to convey their thoughts and feelings toward without being frustratingly coy. Major Danganronpa spoilers ~~It is a murder mystery setup and in the first game you are supposed to think that she dies within the first hour of the game.~~ ~~Of course she's become sort of an icon for the series with the public at large so it's easy to not blame Polygon too much, but yeah.~~ --- Oh woops. Putting Advokaiser in my sig like this until I think of something more clever <cite>pyresword posted [p:930791346] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>KCF0107 posted... </cite> <quote>Is the spoiler for Junko the implication that she appears in multiple games? That isn't too bad imo I guess for some a warning would be nice, but I would think with this kind of project, it goes without saying that spoilers would be present and should be expected imo. Otherwise, many characters would be difficult for writers to convey their thoughts and feelings toward without being frustratingly coy.</quote>Major Danganronpa spoilers It is a murder mystery setup and in the first game you are supposed to think that she dies within the first hour of the game. Of course she's become sort of an icon for the series with the public at large so it's easy to not blame Polygon too much, but yeah. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paratroopa1 11/27/19 5:48:54 PM #33:	KCF0107 posted... I have played the first two games, but I guess that I don't get it anyway. Yeah i guess you forgot the plot of the first game, weird! <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:930791420] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>KCF0107 posted...</cite> <quote>I have played the first two games, but I guess that I don't get it anyway. </quote> Yeah i guess you forgot the plot of the first game, weird!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zylothewolf 11/27/19 6:01:09 PM #34:	Kiryu but no Majima? And why the hell is the character from Journey here? --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Advokaiser >Me <cite>Zylothewolf posted [p:930791949] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Kiryu but no Majima? And why the hell is the character from Journey here? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 11/27/19 6:13:47 PM #35:	The amount of pairs on this list makes me think they should have made an entirely separate list for them. --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:930792521] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>The amount of pairs on this list makes me think they should have made an entirely separate list for them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 11/27/19 6:35:22 PM #36:	Edith Finch showing up is pretty great --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:930793447] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>Edith Finch showing up is pretty great</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MegamanX 11/27/19 7:27:13 PM #37:	NO Kat from gravity rush, list invalid. next --- XBL/PSN/:StingX2 Switch: 0675-3724-0313 <cite>MegamanX posted [p:930795542] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>NO Kat from gravity rush, list invalid. next</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MetalmindStats 11/27/19 9:15:30 PM #38:	Mae Borowski Automatically a quality list, confirmed. It's also interesting to see a Civ 6 leader on here. Personally, all the Civ series leaders blur the line between video game characters and real-life people a bit too much for me to be entirely comfortable with their placement on a list specifically for the former. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people who do." You won the CBX Guru Contest, Advokaiser! Bully for you! <cite>MetalmindStats posted [p:930800332] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote><quote>Mae Borowski</quote> Automatically a quality list, confirmed. It's also interesting to see a Civ 6 leader on here. Personally, all the Civ series leaders blur the line between video game characters and real-life people a bit too much for me to be entirely comfortable with their placement on a list specifically for the former.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KokoroAkechi 11/27/19 10:53:26 PM #39:	did they really not put in Vaas from Far Cry 3? What about Guzma from pokemon? Also no Divinity OS 2 characters. 2B/9S/A2 also left off the list. What trash <cite>KokoroAkechi posted [p:930804404] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>did they really not put in Vaas from Far Cry 3? What about Guzma from pokemon? Also no Divinity OS 2 characters. 2B/9S/A2 also left off the list. What trash</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FFDragon 11/27/19 10:54:35 PM #40:	MetalmindStats posted... all the Civ series leaders blur the line between video game characters and real-life people a bit too much Counterpoint: Nuclear Gandhi --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? #theresafreakingghostafterus <cite>FFDragon posted [p:930804452] in Polygons 7... [t:78204706]...</cite> <quote>MetalmindStats posted...</cite> <quote>all the Civ series leaders blur the line between video game characters and real-life people a bit too much </quote> Counterpoint: Nuclear Gandhi</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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