Canonically, which video game protagonist would you say has directly

Nathan explosion from HATRED...

Me

Prince from Katamari Damacy.

>>378652906
Kafka from final fantasy

Kratos

>>378653276
Isn't his name Not Important?

>>378652906
Nathan drake legit murder 1000 per game

>>378652906
Kirby

>>378652906
So asspulls like "he caused the genocide of the universe" from some weeaboo crap doesn't count? Hm, good question. Straight up people or do zombies/humanoid monsters count.

>>378652906
Madman Caim from Drakengard.

>>378652906
didnt War from Darksiders basically wipe out humanity?

>>378653435
Zombies/otherwise mutated humans yes, monsters no

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>>378653426
The actions taken by the player do not reflect what actually happens in the game. This is a classic dichotomy of video games. Just because you can decide to sit and shoot re-spawning thugs for as long as you want doesn't mean suddenly you took on an entire army once you progress to the next cut-scene.

>>378653930
I hate that shit; completely kills immersion and tension.

Play Fanatic Purifiers in Stellaris and cleanse the galaxy of every other race.

>>378653545
That was technically an accident and I think we have to limit the rule to "Killed with own hands" otherwise every villain who ever destroyed the planet is tied, and that's not even talking about villains who blew up the universe or something.

>>378653350
Kefka is only the protagonist in my mind

>>378654251
>we have to limit the rule to "Killed with own hands"
Well anon already suggested Kaim >>378653506
Seconding that although a lot of Kaim's kills were technically done by his dragon.

the L4D survivors

Any GTA protag

>>378652906
Nier

>>378653601
Since Zombies count, probably Frank West if you get the Zombie Genocider achievement. He has to be up there, 53k zombies by your own hands is a fucking lot.

>>378653930
Anon, if you've played a uncharted game, you'd know that the enemies dont just respawn
The game forces you to kill these peolple, they are not optional
Nathan has murdered so many fucking people while cracking jokes, he really has killed a shit ton of humans all for money and his own interest.

War from Darksiders GOT everyone killed?

Not sure if that counts or not

>>378652906
Zanza.
Killed an entire universe with only two survivors

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Concerned Carl

>>378654852
I wish that got touched upon more. Drake's a cold blooded master killer and Lazarevic only said like "lol we're both insane murderers" and then it never got brought up ever again.

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The Batter comes to mind.
He managed to "destroy" the world all by himself.

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Considering how prolific Mario is, even pitted against musous and Doomguy, he probably wins by quantity, by virtue of how long he's been in the game and how many different genres he's been in.

>>378652906
Asura

>>378655557
The world was pretty small.

How much people did the guy from Spec ops the line killed with the phosphorus?

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Is that even a question?

>>378656378
Like, probably less than 300 to be honest

>>378656413
>Canonically, which video game protagonist would you say has directly killed the most people?

>implying Demons are people

>>378656757
zombies were once people

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He's got a pretty high killcount

>>378652906
Max Payne

>>378656378
About 100 people counting soldiers and civillians.

>>378654852
They were all trying to kill him for THEIR profits. He tries to find the treasures fair and square and there's always gotta be some giant horde of mercenaries and thugs out to kill him, why should he feel bad for terminating criminal scum in self defense.

>>378656802
I wouldn't say the zombies/possesed count as people. They've lost their humanity.

It's like saying the Dark Souls protagonist kills people for killing the Undead. They're not really people by the time you get there and kill them.

But fair enough.

A world of warcraft character, no contest

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Shepard I guess.

300.000 Batarians minimum.
Entire Milky Way galaxy at maximum.