How do you choose your characters in videogames?

[Verde_]

You've bought your new game, turned the console on, and pressed start. Now you are at the character select screen.
Who do you choose, and why?
I think that's an interesting question. The characters we choose to play as can tell a lot about us.

For example, I usually play two type of characters:
1) Characters who look friendly and I would like to be friend with.
Some of my favourites like this are Marco Tarma and Fio from Metal Slug, Blanka and E. Honda from Street Fighter and pretty much everyone from Super Mario.

2) Characters who are so over the top they become funny.
Some of my favourites are M. Bison, Shao Kahn and most bosses from fighting games.
I usually avoid traditionally cool characters because I just find them boring or annoying.

What are your characters preferences?

 

[PrismRed]

I assume it is for fighting games, I always try every single one to see who I 'vibe' the most, though there are exceptions.

 

[Mpampakas]

Must be female unless it's a jojo fighting game.

 

[zombie100379]

i would usually start with the one that stands out the most on the cover art - i then experiment with the more odd looking characters as they often end up being more interesting to play as.

 

[Guinea]

Try every character and then choose my favorite and main.

 

[Jdan-S]

In terms of picking a character without knowing anything about the game:

1. Who's the most moé?
2. If no girls/human characters, which is the weird or unorthrodox choice?

For example, in SoulCalibur, I'd pick Talim over Ivy. If it only had male fighters, I'd go with Voldo.

 

[ConanTheDestroyer]

Like everyone else I try all the characters to see which one suits me. When it comes to which one I start with in fighting games specifically its usually the one who is considered the main character of that game. The one that's on all the promotional material plus it also helps that they are generally the one that's selected by default on the character select screen when you start. So it would be Jin/Kazuya in Tekken, Ryu in Street Fighter, Kasumi in Dead or Alive, Haohmaru in Samurai Shodown and so on. Might be a bland choice but I usually assume the protagonist is the one that's there to help you get the feel of the game in how it plays and its mechanics, after that I move onto other characters.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

i choose sometimes the first one that i see or do random choose.

 

[random0nonsense]

My initial choice is whichever design calls to me.