Top 10 Best First Person Shooter Protagonists

We're looking at FPS protagonists who can be from the same franchise and so on.

1. Doomguy (Doom)

   

   The Doomguy, also referred to as the Marine and known as the Doom Slayer in the rebooted games, is the unnamed player character in the Doom video game franchise created by id Software. He is the central figure throughout the series, known for battling demons from Hell. The character has become an enduring... read more

   One year after the release of Wolfenstein 3D, another titular game was released, Doom. Hell is a place for people in the afterlife where there is eternal damnation, except for Doomguy, who is eternal damnation for Hell itself. The name? Who cares! Does he speak? Who cares! Demons still alive? Not anymore when Doomguy comes.

   He is the strongest, fastest demon killer in existence, and nothing can stand in his way.

   "They are rage, brutal, without mercy. But you, you will be worse. Rip and tear, until it is done!"

2. William "B.J." Blazkowicz (Wolfenstein)

   

   You thought that the Call of Duty protagonists like Mason, Logan, or Mitchell would make number one. Hell no. Meet Blazkowicz, the protagonist of the titular Wolfenstein. In Wolf3D, he goes all the way to defeat one person: Hitler.

   Nine years later, the reboot was released: Return to Castle Wolfenstein, where he goes battling even more Nazis and more twisted creatures to prevent Nazis from taking over the world. He does the same thing in its sequel, Wolfenstein.

   In 2014, The significant The New Order looked realistic, was even more violent and twisted, and left Blazkowicz satisfied with more dead Nazis.

3. Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem)

   

   Duke Nukem is the titular protagonist of the Duke Nukem franchise. He's known for his sarcastic quips, blunt personality, sexual interest in women, and his tendency to beat up and kill aliens that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it. Jon St. John provided his voice from Duke Nukem 3D all the... read more

   Making his titular appearance in Duke Nukem 3D, this ass-kicking, bubblegum-chewing badass keeps making alien corpse piles bigger and makes us laugh with his jokes and puns.

4. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)

   

   Dr. Gordon Freeman is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Half-Life video game series, created by Gabe Newell and designed by Newell and Marc Laidlaw of Valve Corporation. He is a theoretical physicist who becomes a reluctant hero in a battle against alien forces. Freeman is notable for... read more

   He's got the best quotes out of any game. I always shed a tear when I heard him speak, such a poetic fella.

   Imagine having Gordon under John Price.

5. Master Chief (Halo)

   

   Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, better known as Master Chief, is a SPARTAN-II commando serving the United Nations Space Command. He is the main protagonist of the Halo video game series. Master Chief is featured prominently in both the original trilogy and the Reclaimer Saga.

   The game that marked the beginning of Xbox, we just can't ignore Master Chief. With his well-known appearance, we never forget this franchise that started the sci-fi craze.

   Master Chief is way more popular than Doomguy in everything. How is he second?!

6. Lo Wang (Shadow Warrior)

7. Captain John Price (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)

   Yeah, it could have been John 'Soap' MacTavish, but with his well-known moustache, hat, and his accent, we know what stunts Price does. Going to Pripyat in 1996, surviving the collapsing bridge, battling Shepherd and Makarov, he is the one who never dies.

8. Sergeant Matthew Baker (Brothers in Arms)

   You didn't expect Baker on this list, did you? This sergeant does not only kill enemies, destroy artillery, and grab documents. He deeply cares for his men, making sure none of them dies, but that job is not easy at all.

9. Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)

   

   Commander Shepard is the player character in BioWare's Mass Effect game series: Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3.

   Depending on the player's actions, Commander Shepard can be regarded as either a Renegade or Paragon type of hero. Their gender is also determined by the player, with... read more

10. Sergeant John Mullins (Soldier of Fortune)

    Being a separatist movement or secret organization won't save you from this Vietnam veteran. Gun in hand, and blow your enemies away. Decapitate, dismember, destroy, that's what Mullins does.

The Newcomers
11. ?

    Jericho Cross (Darkwatch)

12. ?

    Jackie Estacado (The Darkness)

The Contenders

13. Artyom (Metro 2033)

14. Sergeant Cortez (TimeSplitters)

15. Lieutenant James "Jimmy" Patterson (Medal of Honor)

    There were multiple choices, but Patterson takes it all. With the D-Day landings, Operation Market Garden, or whatever happens, this silent soldier is a true menace to Nazis.

16. Soap MacTavish (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)

17. Strelok (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)

18. Ranger (Quake)

    Driven to insanity from traveling between numerous hellish dimensions and killing anything that moved. Killed a Lovecraftian God only to venture further deeper into the unknown.

19. Postal Dude (Postal)

    

20. Samus Aran (Metroid Prime)

    

21. Laurence "Prophet" Barnes (Crysis 3)

22. Kal Wardin (N.O.V.A.)

23. Zer0 (Borderlands 2)

24. Roland (Borderlands)

25. Michael "Psycho" Sykes (Crysis 3)

26. Jake "Nomad" Dunn (Crysis 3)

27. Jack Cooper (Titanfall 2)