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Fictional Characters

A good role-playing game has memorable characters, but a great RPG has characters you will never forget. This list collects the best RPG characters in the history of video games, as ranked by gamers who appreciate a hero who is more than just an anonymous grunt with a gun.There was a time when such gamers were few and far between. In 1997, Square Enix released <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/final-fantasy?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Final Fantasy</a> VII to an American audience unversed in the grand storytelling of role-playing games. With rich characters like Cloud, Aerith, and Sephiroth, FF7 changed everything. Soon gamers were swept up in the story, logging hours upon hours of adventuring. It wasn't long after FF7 that game developers jumped on the RPG bandwagon and began weaving tall-tales featuring memorable characters from Sora in <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/kingdom-hearts-games/video-game-info?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Kingdom Hearts</a> to Mass Effect's Commander Shepard.These aren't cardboard cutouts or bland heroes. These are memorable, complex characters with rich backstories, internal conflicts, and propulsive journeys. Like the games they inhabit, these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-badass-video-game-heroes-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">video game heroes</a> and villains are full of depth and surprises.See which characters made the list of the top&nbsp;characters in RPGs of all time and be sure to vote up all of your favorites. Do you think we missed somebody? Go ahead and add them to the list!

Tidus

The Greatest RPG Characters of All Time

Fictional Character

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Jordy Altman

Gaming

Bloody, excessively <a href="/list/most-violent-video-games/devon-ashby" target="_blank">violent video games</a> can be like <a href="/list/cult-movies-and-films/reference?var=2&amp;utm_expid=16418821-119.rk_BoRtrRJWlKfF9iZbujQ.1&amp;utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D1%26ved%3D0CB4QFjAA%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252F%252Flist%252Fcult-movies-and-films%252Freference%26ei%3DUt2SVbasHJW0oQT_2YyYCg%26usg%3DAFQjCNFyha7J1tzgLvSCFkxka1Ibzcm1PA%26bvm%3Dbv.96783405%2Cd.cGU" target="_blank">cult classic movies</a> - they may have caused controversy, disgust, and moral indignation when they were released, but now they have a place in all of our hearts. Gory games with plenty of blood splatters provoke the usual uproar over video game violence. Gamers know, though, that a little extra blood can make a satirical point or simply up the fun factor.

Few things in gaming are more satisfying than a blood-spattering Gears of War headshot, although ripping through bodies with demon-arms in The Darkness II is pretty darn close.

Over time, pixellated gore can lose its edge and look quaint. Even the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-classic-video-games?var=2&amp;utm_expid=16418821-119.rk_BoRtrRJWlKfF9iZbujQ.1&amp;utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D1%26ved%3D0CB4QFjAA%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252F%252Fcrowdranked-list%252Fbest-classic-video-games%26ei%3Dqt2SVeDOKtPcoASC-K-YCg%26usg%3DAFQjCNGIo19ykFvpQdudpb3BQ00Drvz8Vw%26bvm%3Dbv.96783405%2Cd.cGU" target="_blank">old school video games</a> on this list, however, still have the power to shock. While newer games like Manhunt 2 or Left 4 Dead surprise and shock with high-definition violence, the classic arcade dismemberment of Soldier of Fortune will leave your jaw on the floor.&nbsp;

Take a peek at the bloodiest, most violent <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-games-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword" target="_blank">video games</a> of all time and vote up your favorite splattery adventures. And feel free to add a game to the list if you think we missed the mark.

MadWorld

The Bloodiest Video Games of All Time

Computer Game

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For as long as we can remember, video games and guns have together like peanut butter and jelly. Although heroes like Mario and Sonic took the high road, there are hundreds of other games that utilize guns as the player&#39;s main weapon. There are first person shooters, RPGs, multiplayer games and so much more that feature a variety of interesting, overpowered, and just downright weird guns. Which video game guns are the best? There are thousands of great gaming guns in the history of video games, and they come in all shapes, sizes, and rounds. It doesn&#39;t matter if you&#39;re a side scroller armed with a blaster or a first-person pistol whipper. It&#39;s all about the power! After all,&nbsp;it&#39;s not always the newest games that have the most powerful guns.

For example,&nbsp;is the Spread Gun from Contra more powerful than the TMP from Resident Evil 4? Or do you think 007&#39;s Golden Gun from Goldeneye 64 could take out someone armed with the Gears of War Hammer of Dawn? Take a look at which guns made the list, then vote for your favorite video game gun that has ever been released.

If you don&#39;t see your favorite gun, be sure to add it to the list. Then go vote on our list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dumbest-video-game-weapons/alyssa-shea" target="_blank">the dumbest weapons in video games</a>.

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