Not all videogame protagonists can be alpha males with rippling muscles like Marcus Fenix.
So here are our ten most unlikely game heroes… Thats something we can all empathise with.
Just dont stand too close to the camera, thats cheating.
So much so, his attitude became an internet meme.
The Mario Brothers
Theyre plumbers.
What are they doing saving a Princess from certain doom?
I mean, who fixes the pipes whilst theyre gallivanting around neatly ordered sections of the world?
Hardly the most heroic of animals, I think youll agree.
Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)
Sure, Gordon Freeman may be a scientist, but Isaacs an engineer.
Surely youd send some soldiers in, not a glorified welder with a couple of his friends.
Most main characters in JRPGs
Its very rare that JRPG leads start off as particularly heroic.
In fact, quite often they start off as children.
That is until something cataclysmic happens and forces them to face their destiny and blah blah blah.
Stubbs the Zombie
Eating brains isnt particularly heroic, nor is using a persons spine as a melee weapon.
Stubbs isnt your run of the mill heroic bang out, hes just hungry.
Hungry for your flesh.
And probably the delicious marrow in your bones.
Guybrush Threepwood
Pirates are mean.
They are not nicely spoken, well groomed skinny boys whose wit is sharper than their rapier.
Not bad going at all.
Hes even made it through a remake unscathed.
Tim is on this list because he has a big fat head and a black jacket.
Or possibly a physically abusive boyfriend.
