I cannot believe everyone has overlooked Auron from FFX. You got everyone bowing down at your feet, you got a 6 foot whacking great sword, and a sweet pair of sunglasses! Although I have to say, being dead does take the edge off things.

Either that, or Balthier from FFXII. In the real world, I can just imagine him being the prick in the Armani suit in the club that picks up the girl you're hitting on. And then smacks you in the mouth.

Yes I'm a Final Fantasy freak, so shoot me.

Thomas from Kung Fu. Dude kills with a single strike.

Personally, I'd love to be the Main Character from Persona 3. Sure, you're an orphan and all that other stuff that comes naturally from being the protagonist in a JRPG, but really, what's better than shooting yourself in the head repeatedly to summon creatures in a hidden hour that only you and a few other people know about.

Edit: not only that but Gekkoukan High School has some very hot girls, I mean goddamn.

I would be Blaze from Ace combat 5 F-22s and Kei Nagase would be a great life.

Vincent Valentine. No not because he's the king of emo (BOW DOWN TO HIM) but because, while he's useful to have around and interesting at times, he really doesn't have any bearing on the plot...

...until the movie, where he talks some sense into the main character after he essentially tried to commit suicide, then is a mainstay in kicking a massive summons' ass until aforementioned pointy-haired protagonist shows up....

...then has a character interesting enough to have an entire game built around him, and one that isn't too bad, at that. Yeah, that'd be me.

Also I like the boots. They're kick-ass.

Apologies to anyone who thinks the cloak is more badass.

benisawesome:
dude from bioshock. set people on fire, paralyze them with electricity, beat them with a pipe wrench, or just shoot them with fucking bees. BEES!

That one.

Or Geralt of Rivia, a Witcher who's sterile, immume to diseases, has a rockstar reputation which attracts scores of women and is a professional monster killer.
Who I really am? More of a Guybrush Threepwood. A silly man with a silly name.

The_Logician19:
Vincent Valentine. No not because he's the king of emo (BOW DOWN TO HIM) but because, while he's useful to have around and interesting at times, he really doesn't have any bearing on the plot...

...until the movie, where he talks some sense into the main character after he essentially tried to commit suicide, then is a mainstay in kicking a massive summons' ass until aforementioned pointy-haired protagonist shows up....

...then has a character interesting enough to have an entire game built around him, and one that isn't too bad, at that. Yeah, that'd be me.

Also I like the boots. They're kick-ass.

Apologies to anyone who thinks the cloak is more badass.

The boots look hard to walk in! If you can walk in those, then you have my respect, dear sir. But you didn't mention the claw! And his cloak IS bulletproof. My question to you, is, could you be a master of exposition yet still be punk'd by a guy that controls a scottish cat?

If i where a game charicter i'd probably be one of the Generic Marines (cpl. Shepard model) in HL1 or one of the Generic Umbrella Special ops (HUNK model). Full body armor, gas mask, and full auto weapon.

Who cares if the gas mask doesn't exactly serve a function! it looks bad ass!

Jack from Bioshock and Altaiar from Assassins Creed would be awsome but my no. 1 is Jackie Estacado from The Darkness. The liquorice twizzlers eat hearts! Summon hellspawn with a dark humour, create black holes, use the 'creeper', manifest the darkness guns and pick up massive objects with your demonic arm. Only problem (and a massive one at that) is that in the comic, Jackie must be abstinant or he will die. I'm not joking. Considering this, I'll take Jack.

without a dout it would have to be cloud from ff he kiks ass werever he goes withi his ausome buser sword YEHHHHHHH!!!!

I would be one of those Mentally Retarded people in Assassin's Creed

IT WOULD BE FUN! Coz you would be able to push everyone around without arousing suspicion from those fucking asshole guards who don't even ask to come peacefuly (Is almost like they WANT to kill meh, oh wait, they do.... Oh well)

The main character from Lost Odyssess (never played the game), I don't know anything about him but he's immortal. Or Vincent Valentine because he has an extremely powerful creature inside him. I don't want to be Sephrioth, Cloud or any other character with a big sword, because that wouldn't be fun to carry a 1 ton sword around

Hanji:
Demi-Fiend from Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

You're awesome for playing an SMT game, y'know that?

Anyway, I'd pick Junpei Iori from Shin megami Tensei: Persona 3 (or Persona 3 Fes, doesn't matter) because he's got an awesome sense of humor and can open up a can of ass-whoop when need be.

Edit: Or Darril from Front Mission 4. His idea for a work ethic (read: lack of) is just like mine. Plus, he has an awesome mullet, and his story line is awesome.

RASPUTIN! (PsychoNauts)He's got some fantastic psychis powers which would kick ass IRL.

Dr. Gordon Freeman
Everybody seems to look at him as a savior (a small god). He doesn't need to talk, has a doctorate, has a great looking and smart girl in a crush with him. Yep, he's cool.

I have to pay homage to Sam Fisher. Damn cool character. Still, Gordon Freeman has the edge with a higher paycheck.

a JRPG Vendor... I'd be filthy rich.

Or Taffy from Clay Fighters...
mmmm... taffy...
(speaking of which, we need a new Clay Fighters game)

J.C. Denton from Deus Ex.

There are no kick ass female characters I can think of, off hand that is, so I'lll go with this.

Either Magus, or Janus as it is. Or Siefer.Chrono trigger, FFVIII respectively.

King Bohan from Heavenly Sword.

How many other characters get get to to comment on their "youthful and exuberant loins".

Also awesome armour, kingship and super-villainy - taking orders from a divine power.

Albert Wesker. Unlimited power and no morals to dictate what to do with it. That would be awesome.

I would want to be Sothe from the Frie Emblem series.
Good looking, totally bad ass and it pays to have friends on every side of a conflict.

I can't think of anyone that applies. They don't make games about computer programmers because they would be really lame and complicated. Can you imagine a game that required you to complete a complicated C++ project to complete the level?

The random NPC in Morrowind that says he'll kill you and rape your corpse, but be gentle about it. I'm not sure why they put that in there, but that gets me every time I see it. It would be hilarious to stand in the middle of nowhere in some RPG and say that to people who walk by.

The guy from legend of Zelda who tells you he is error.

My hero.

Mr. Game and Watch, because I love walking up to people in Smash Bros. and smacking htem with a diving helmet.

Cant narrow it down to one character,
But id have to say, either;
Kakashi, form the naruto games
A random pokemon trainer obviously from the pokemon series
Kratos from Tales of Symphonia

The Wanderer from Shadow of the Colossus.

I'd be the Borg.
You can't kill us all...

Jack from Bioshock. I could really have fun with those plasmids...

A mech from Mechwarrior

i win.

Probably Gordon Freeman-overthrowing an oppresive government while fighting off zombie-like aliens all in the same day :D

Failing that probably Commander Shepard from Mass Effect-travelling wherever the hell you want, doing whatever the hell you want with no consequences (as long as it appears to do good)-just total freedom!

Gordon Freeman
nuff' said

The Franco:
Screw doing actually work, I would totally be a transdimensional middleman located in the lowest point in the uncanny valley.

Yey! Somebody else knows about the uncanny valley! =D

Given a choice, I'd be the pointman from F.E.A.R. He can take a ton of bullets, wield two powerful pistols at once, and has stupidly fast and precise reflexes. Then again, those abilities come at a price.

However, I'd probably be more like Dr. Kleiner. He seems smart, but also absent-minded, and that's how I feel. Or I might be a random redshirt NPC; a faceless pawn whose purpose is simply to be a warning to others. =p

The male vocalist in Guitar Hero 3.

It'd be awesome to seamlessly change your voice just from what song your singing.
XD

Edit:
Actually, one of those mercenaries from Fire emblem would be cool too.