In this list is the most attractive video game characters to ever be created -so far- (well in my eyes anyway). Wither you are a straight female, gay male, or are very open and comfortable with your sexuality, I'm pretty sure one or two people on this you'll also agree on.
*Note:- This list is done alphabetically in order of first name, not in order of attractiveness.
David King
Straight form Resident Evil Outbreak, David is an exceptionally handsome man, to me when I think of plumber I use to instantly think of Mario. Now I tend to think of this man. Hair is a big part of finding people attractive to me, someone getting a haircut can completely change how attractive I find them (I'm not even joking), and his hair just does it for me, accompanied with his face shape and jaw line, well ... you've got one attractive guy.
Henry Townshend
I'll admit it. Henry Townshend (Silent Hill 4: The Room) -to me- is the sexiest video game character ever to be created. If this man was real I would stalk the hell out of him. Now the whole emo sort of look doesn't do anything for me but a hint of it is present in his appearance and for some reason ... that works, join that with his stubble, now wow. This obsession is most likely intensified by the similarities in personality, both of us are hermits, awkward and shy.
His kindness and thoughtfulness while taking others into consideration is enough to make anyone feel queasy and wish he would be a real character. Although with looks like that he'd have been taken almost instantly.
Ken
Here's one straight from my (and maybe your's) childhood, Ken from Street Fighter series. I'll admit I don't know much about him, except he's American, and I always imagine that he's Ryu's enemy, but it's the mystery about him that interests me and has stopped me from investigating his back story.
Blonde hair -on a man- is very sex, but they need to have the face for it I guess, not wanting it to be out of place now do I. With that and him coming across as a bit smug, does something for quite a lot of people. His strong completion, and general get up, Ken is quite a hot man. Indeed.
Kevin Ryman
When it comes to Resident Evil, most likely everyone will be for Chris or Leon, I am neither, I found Leon's appearance (in Resident Evil 4) to be slightly off putting due to the hint of femininity in his looks. As for Chris I did have a phase for him -he was the polar opposite of Leon (look wise)- but that past and Kevin still remained.
Kevin is an all round good looker, who people admire not as a phase or because he goes against the flow, but will love him for a long, long time. Those of you who have played the Outbreak games will be well aware of his existence (while the latter of gamers will be unaware) and will adore his good looks and almost charming personality -on some people-.
Kevin, to me, you are right behind Henry Townshend.
Kilik
When I first got Soul Calibur, I always went Kilik (cause he is so attractive), now I play him as I like the style of his fighting (until the new one changed it, and had to opt for a new character), but that thought still stays there. Before I knew what my sexuality was determined as I knew there was something about Kilik that I just liked. He comes across as a sweet and caring person, with strong morals and highly determined. With a desire to be protective to those he care about.
His personality was one thing that worked for me just like his looks did too, his long brunette hair coupled with his strong bold eyes really did one on me in my childhood.
Kyle Hyde
I'm quite shallow when it comes to Mr Hyde, he's arrogant, cocky and sly, personality traits that I dislike. What makes up for it is his looks; while it's mainly black and white with very few colour images of him. He's a character that requires no colour in order to come across as sexy, and its only heightened by his stubble. Can't say much more about him, I did say it was shallow.
Nathan Drake
Okay he appears on way too many lists (there could never be too many, actually) but it still stands to reason. Naughty Dog sure knows how to create a character bursting with sex appeal, his chiseled good looks accompanied with his quirky and almost clumsy attitude give him an edge and separate him from the rest of the list really.
I'll admit he does sometimes come across as arrogant and almost self-centered and although while they traits are undesirable I still forgive him due to those looks of him.
Drake, Naughty Dog may stop making games about you, but you'll still have loads of girls and gay men desiring you.
Nero
Another shallow one here.
He's moody and he's broody, he's awkward and easily angered. All bad things that put me off, the hair and face however save it for him. Unlike Henry his is a little more emo like -still not enough to put me off all together- but still subtle enough for me to think of him as an attractive looking guy. Now if his personality was more appealing, he would be bumped up on my list.
Ryu
Ken's counterpart -or maybe he isn't, I don't know, I haven't looked up his back story- is just as hot, like Ken I know next to nothing about him, and some of it is just speculations. He's Japanese, Ken's rival (how wrong am I?).
Everyone has a thing for something -we all do, don't we?-, be it the stereotypical fireman, policeman ect, ect. However karate and other fighting experts is something that's rare and it does intrigue me, now I'm not saying I'd have a thing for a hot guy in karate getup, it'd be the guy not the getup I'm attracted to, but to see him in one would pull focus that's my point. It's due to the focus that Ryu pulls not to mention his incredibly good looks that helps put him on this list.
Snow Villiers
Hero this. Hero that. Hero. Hero. Hero. Arugh it's so annoying. Snow is one of them, you hate the person, you like their looks, you're angered for allowing yourself to be attracted to such a person. Snow is the fictional persona of that fitting description.
I don't like him, but those looks, that hair, that stubble, it works. This is the last (and last guy in the list) guy to be one here due to sheer shallowness, judging only by his looks I'd say Snow is pretty attractive, ignore his personality for just a minute, take a look at him. Do you now find him attractive?
Catherine is a 2011 video game developed by Atlus Persona Team. This psychological horror yet romantic video game is comprised of both puzzles and dating like format it is this unique combination that helps give this game it's uniqueness and is guaranteed to be a game like no other.
Story
Catherine begins with a framing device. It starts off with a woman named Trisha introducing us to a TV show called the "Golden Playhouse" in which we follow our character Vincent Brooks, once introduced we then follow him through the TV screen and take control of him.
Vincent is surrounded in a neighborhood where residents die in their sleep due to some sort of curse, this curse only targets young men, this then spreads as rumors, as people say that those who died fell in their dreams and did not wake up before they landed, and as a result they died both in their dreams and in reality.
Vincent meets up with his girlfriend of five years Katherine McBride who drops hints that they should get married but he tries to put it off, it then fast forwards to him at the bar when a new comer named Catherine comes in and starts talking to Vincent, Catherine turns out to be his type of girl, after the gap we see that Catherine somehow got together with Vincent as she lies in bed with him.
After these incidences Vincent begins to experience rather strange nightmares that he cannot remember in the morning, it is these nightmares that he believes are the same ones all those who have died have also had, however he is not alone in this world as people from the real world have also gotten into this dimension but they all appear as sheep and think they are the only human ones present.
This is all I can really say about the story without ruining it, but even the first half an hour that I have explained is very unique and is enticing you to know more, the story for Catherine does not lose it's grasp on you, once the plot has became interesting to you it will stay like that until you have completed the game.
Gameplay
There are two main parts of this game, the nightmare stages and the bar. When Vincent is in the nightmare it consists of various floors, each floor requires Vincent to reach the top, whereas the final floor for that night will consist of a boss, but it will still involve climbing.
To climb in this part of the game players will have to push, pull and slide blocks to create a stairway to reach higher parts of the tower, however players cannot take all the time they want as the floor breaks and falls away one block layer at a time, the speed of which they fall varies on what stage you're at, some stages will have the floor fall fast while others move much more slowly, the boss is pretty much the same but you will have to out climb them, the bosses will be a lot bigger than you and will attack you doing various things, some bosses require you to stand under shelter, while others may only change blocks to make some unmovable. In between each floor in each night, you will be at a sanctuary where you can talk to the other humans/sheep there, by doing this you can learn new techniques and save some of the people's life's, after this you will go into a confessional room where you will be asked a question and you will have to answer, such questions are:
you're naked what do you do: quick hide/ i have nothing to hide
you're partner is into baby play how do you feel: I'll try anything once/that's a deal breaker
what's more cheating: an emotional tryst/one night stand
you're answer to these questions will have an effect on the bar that appears at the bottom of the screen, this bar will determine what ending you get.
The second area in this game is the bar named "The Stray Sheep", from here you can get drunk, talk to the other customers and have a choice in how you'd respond to them, play an arcade game which is like the nightmare stages only alot harder and the stage doesn't fall so you can take as long as you need, and also reply to texts, every now and then you'll get a text from both Katherine and Catherine, you can reply to these by simply pressing the action button to get a line of text, if you like it press the action button again to get another line, if not then press back and press action again for a different line, usually you'll have three different options which will chose where the needle moves to on the bar, once you're done at the bar simple leave and move onto the nightmare stages again.
The game also comes with two other modes, Babel and Colosseum, Babel is consisted of four stages, each stage requires you to climb to a certain level however it will always be randomly laid out so you could keep on playing this and it'll be different each time, this can be played solo, or co-op, Colosseum is a mode for two players, it is every stage in the game and is a race to see which player gets to the top first.
Presentation
The cutscenes for Catherine vary in length some only a few minutes while others can be twenty minutes, either way you will hang onto every word that is being said. The game has two styles for cutscenes, the cinematic cutscenes have gone for an anime style of animation and will seem more like an actual anime than a video game (not that that's a bad thing), this style is very rarely used in video games and is really bold to go with it, as for the in game cutscene it uses the same style as the one gameplay uses with 3d characters and environments.
Rating
+ great story
+ innovative combination of gameplay
+ brilliant soundtrack
+ can play babel again and it will be different
- lacks a creation kit to make your own towers
9/10
