Which game would you want to be the protagnist of? I don't mean in terms of background of the protagnists life, such as The protagnist of Bioshock. I mean in terms of what you do in the actual game or series.
I would like to be Sergeant Cortez from the Timesplitters games. I get to abuse time, blow up as much as possible and get to hang out with some awesome and random people + MINIGUN!!!

Iron Man, awful game, but that dude is rich (is this cheating, since he's much more than a protagonist in a game?)

Nope as long as stuff happens in the game its up for grabs. He has ridcoulous amounts of money in game as well as in his past.

Personally i'd like to be the protagonist of portal lol

Lichenthrope:
Nope as long as stuff happens in the game its up for grabs. He has ridcoulous amounts of money in game as well as in his past.

I know, I know, he was just the richest I could think of, and when I was done flying around in the suit I could start relaxing in one of the bajillion houses he must have.

The protagonist of Peggle is pretty awesome too, I mean he's friends with a UNICORN!?!

I'd be Hero from Fable 2. It's not out yet but it's going to be awesome.

If I can't be Hero from Fable 2 I pick Hero from Fable(TLC)

spongebob the video game

Gordan Freeman, save the world, kill evil aliens and hang out with Alex and dog, all after finishing MIT, take that school yard bullies, try and pick on me now!!!

niko bellic from gta 4
have a cool accent and shoot random people

I'd love to be Solid Snake if only to witness all the awesome shit he's dealt with.

Oh how I dream of virtual reality...someday...

I'd be Sam Fisher. Judo Chop!!

Uhm... Pokemon?

Seriously. Think about it. That's what I thought.

Frank West from Dead rising
you get to kill zombies...but you also have a huge nose
Also Naked Snake not Solid cuz he is a clone

Hmm Maybe a spartan in green armour. Forget the game though.

Sam Fisher just for the 5th freedom or whatever they call it, or freeman because I could hit on alex ha

Megaman Zero.......nuff said

Ares Tyr:
Uhm... Pokemon?

Seriously. Think about it. That's what I thought.

Absolutely, I'd feel like a complete dickweed telling my friends (the ones who actually know who I am) that. But actually having pokemon would be pretty damn sweet.

The Iron Ninja:

Ares Tyr:
Uhm... Pokemon?

Seriously. Think about it. That's what I thought.

Absolutely, I'd feel like a complete dickweed telling my friends (the ones who actually know who I am) that. But actually having pokemon would be pretty damn sweet.

...wow... that would actually be pretty bad ass.
until i gained the powers of Jackie Estacado from the darkness and immortality and absolute power within the shadows of the night beckon to me for all eternity.
The downside is that no-sex with humans thing... but that's what immortals are for right? right. thought so. "/sob"

I want to be Lilka from Wild Arms: Second Ignition. I get to go on an epic quest, make friends with such awesome, heroic people, wield magic, and exist in a sci-fi/fantasy/wild wild west world! Alright! Plus I'd get to wear such an uber cute outfit.

Pokemon trainer is the obvious answer here. [GameFAQs had a top 10 of this recently]

All of those who think it would be badass to be the protagonist of game where you might die.. Come on.

Minesweeper. I'd be the Mine.

The only person I'd ever want to be...Trent from Freelancer, travel the galaxy in a variety of awesome ships, visit different worlds, kick the arse of everything that moved, save the universe and get the girl.

That said, I can't fathom why you all want to be Freeman, trapped in a dystopian nightmare world where conformism and martial law are the standard, and he spends every second of his days running for his life. And as for Snake, yes you'd be cool, yes you'd have amazing adventures, but he never sounds like he's having any fun and to be honest if he isn't enjoying breaking people's necks after doing it for two thousand years then I know I wouldn't...

The dude from the Witcher what's his name... um Geralt I think.
He gets to have dirty, medieval sex with all those chicks.

Least favorite would probably be the Bioshock guy. You have to stab yourself over and over again with those giant needles and in the end your reward is...******spoilers******
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You get turned into a giant, smelly freak with his voice box torn out.

Lord Harrab:
Gordan Freeman, save the world, kill evil aliens and hang out with Alex and dog, all after finishing MIT, take that school yard bullies, try and pick on me now!!!

GordOn Freeman NEVER saved the world. He fucked it up pretty badly and then he blew up a city, but he never saved the world.

Blatantly Kratos - GoW! Dude just doesn't care! I love it!!

Final Fantasy Tactics. Ramza Beoulve.

It's pretty simple, he saves the world, but in the process of uncovering the plot to destroy it, discovering how to stop it and acting (without hesitation) upon it, he becomes maligned, branded a heretic by a corrupt church and hunted by the most powerful knights on the planet.

Simply put, he's not a whiny b!tch boy like EVERY FF male lead...ever...he's not a man's man run n' gunner. He's calm, intelligent and thoughtful and most importantly honorable. He never renicts on his word and will always do what he feels must be done.

Some more notable acts (besides the world saving business) are; casting out a fellow noble for refusing to rescue a peasant girl who was kidnapped (and for just generally being a f**king asshat), breaking into the most heavily guarded city in the nation to stop two armies from needlessly slaughtering each other (relavent to saving the world, but woulda done it anyway), never backing down from a fight when someone needs protecting (one of note: a lowly flowergirl in the slums of an large city [note, FFT came out in '97]), denouncing his noble brothers and abandoning his name when they abandon his best friend, but never turning his back on his honor and just generally being a smart (none of oblivious naive BS generally associated with a JRPG lead) cool guy who others in the game can come to with their problems (which they do) and...well...never being a whiny little bitch.

Ramza or Gig in Soul Nomad, cause with all the pain and tears he's just got a cool backstory and is a bad ass, no q's aboot it.

Tetris! You all know that the line was the hero of that game. O.K seriously I will go with Oblivion. Could be great fun, going round doing whatever you want, because let's face it. Nobody can stop you.

Shepard from mass effect, that would be freaking sweet. The whole Mass Effect universe is pretty fricking sweet, i would love to live in that. as of tomarrow morning the secret apprentice might supplant shepard though..

anNIALLator:
I'd be Sam Fisher. Judo Chop!!

SanitysRequiem:
Final Fantasy Tactics. Ramza Beoulve.

Both of those guys are my choice. Mainly because I'm kind of a geography geek, so, to go to all the places (fictional or real) that they've travelled to would be pretty slick.

depends. Can I choose an MMO? Because I reckon it'd be pretty cool to be an EVE capsuleer.

Failing that, I'd go with Pokemon.

I'd love to be The Bard from Bard's Tale. That guy rocks so hard.

Obviously I would be Shadow the Hedgehog....jk I would go with the crackdown dude.. SUPERCOP!!

Definitely Ramza of FFT or Neku of TWEWY just for awesome characters in awesome settings.
Pokemon works too.

Actually pokemon would be awesome as long as I didn't have to be like ash and a complete idiot