make Gordon Freeman the best video game hero! vote now!

[XeroX]

Freeman wins ! Woooo!

 

[KuNai]

I don't think I really need to explain the story behind Gordon, he doesn't need one. The fact that he was mute really endeared me to him, the unspoken word is more powerful than the spoken one sometimes. Gordon's unspoken one is being a hero with an interesting arsenal that contains all the standby weapons (pistol, shotgun, bigger pistol, smg) as well as a few originals (gravity gun, the secondary on the pulse rifle), a simple but powerful backstory (Ph.D in physics from M.I.T., black mesa, Barney) and one hell of a goatee.

Mario jumps, drives cars, makes funny noises when he jumps and was originally in a game not even named for him, not to mention he was a carpenter, not a plumber, named jumpman then. Plus, he's based on a sterotype, which while it's sometimes funny, it gets old fast.

I couldn't say it better myself. I grew up playing Mario games on the NES/SNES..But Gordon is more of a hero than Mario'll ever be.

 

[CheeseW01f]

He's a scientist that saves the world from evil. Generic.

Mario, fantasy setting, saving a princess from homicidal turtles. More original.

And to be honest I'm not a big fan of either series.

Generic you say? Well tell me how many scientists save the world with a CROWBAR !

 

[Beta]

Aw Gordon won? Fail. We better get some sort of Steam sale for this one.