Favorite Video Game Character
I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember. Since the days of the Sega Genesis. This question is kind of hard because I have so many different video game characters that I like, and that they’re my favorite. So I can’t really pick one. Instead I’ll pick my top three and go from there.
1. Yuna
Final Fantasy X was probably the first Final Fantasy game that I had ever played in my life. It was a game that I sold and bought more times than I would like to admit, it’s also a game that I own on several different consoles. (PS3, PS4, Vita, Switch. Devil May Cry Collection is a close second. Shhh. I don’t have a problem.)
Anyway, Yuna has always been my favorite character and someone that I had admired since I was a teengaer. She was someone that I wanted to try and embody. As that might sound silly to someone, I had a lot that I was dealing with and I much like Yuna didn’t want anyone to worry. I wanted to just keep smiling so long as my friends were happy that was all that mattered. Though I would have some breakdowns because of this.
2. Shion Uzuki
Shion Uzuki over the years has been the girl that most people love to hate. Next to Lightning. People find her whiny and impulsive. Never minding that we figure out that she had repressed a large part of her childhood and if she were diagnosed today, she’d probably have some form of complex post traumatic stress disorder or post traumatic stress disorder given that she lived during the Miltian Conflict.
At any rate, Shion has always been my favorite character in the Xenosaga series. She was smart, and while she was tough and focused on taking care of KOS-MOS as a mother would be. (KOS-MOS is chronologically three to four years old.) she has her moments where she was affectionate and caring. She was strong and assure of herself and while she made some very dumb decisions, she was still human.
3. Yuri Hyuga
Yuri Hyuga breaks the mold in a lot of ways. In the first Shadow Hearts game he’s known as the Rude Hero for his brash nature and being very blunt. He’s a harmonixer who can’t use magic in his base human form, but takes on the souls of demons to transform into demons.
He’s been my favorite character since I started playing the Shadow Hearts games. His bluntness was what makes him my favorite character, especially with him saying “Bite Me” so many times through Shadow Hearts: Covenant.