Worst Character Names

[Đipic]

What do you think are the worst video game character names of all time?

Few off the top of my head:
Edge Maverick (easily at the top of the list)
Master Chief
Cloud (Strife)
Waluigi
Dr.Eggman (why couldn't they have stuck with Robotnik!?)
Poo (really?)

Conversely, these are some I like:
Nathan Drake
Samus Aran
Gorden Freeman
Duke Nukem (so bad it's good)

[WaspMonkey]

Good list so far, the only one I can think to add is the guy from Fracture, Jet Brody.

[DeputyDon]

Worst: Edge Maverick

Why: It's ridiculously cheesy, and had this been from the SNES gaming era, that would not have been so bad. But this is 2009, and these days gaming is generally taken as serious, this name is just flatout ridiculous.

Best Name: Easily Gordon Freeman.

Why: His name doesn't make him sound a like stereotypical tough guy. From just hearing the name, assuming you had never heard of Half Life before, you would think he was just an average guy. Another reason is that most Action games up to this point had put you in the role of a soldier or some guy that is just craving for action. Half Life bent the rules and made you a Scientist. More specifically, a physicist. And yet another reason would be that it was one of the first Action games to fully immerse you into believing that you were Gordon Freeman by never leaving the FPS view, or having cut scenes that force you to stop moving. And finally, the last reason, Gordon Freeman's name is essentially a play on words that ends up becoming exactly what he is known for doing, freeing mankind from the Combine.

[Solid_Squirrel]

Dom from Gears bugs me

cause I always think of Domino from the X-Men

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/25807/675519-dominoforce8_super.jpg

So I end up picturing a small woman rather than some beefy man wearing car parts for armor


Eugene Zeno "EZ" Wheeler

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/7/561277_front.jpg

Anyone remember this bad game?
First non star wars game from LucasArts for the PS2 & GC

[TLenn5]

What do you think are the worst video game character names of all time?

Few off the top of my head:
Edge Maverick (easily at the top of the list)
Master Chief
Cloud (Strife)
Waluigi
Dr.Eggman (why couldn't they have stuck with Robotnik!?)
Poo (really?)

Conversely, these are some I like:
Nathan Drake
Samus Aran
Gorden Freeman
Duke Nukem (so bad it's good)
I agree with all of the like names but i don't see how you don't like master cheif that's just an amazing name lol

[Hoshino_Kid]

Hi I'm new here. :P

Butz is an awful name (from FFV)

[Gameware336]

hmm i liked Cloud.. hheehe...darn?

i know its cute and stuff, and it fits..but i dont actually enjoy telling people i play as Sackboy sometimes

[AsuraOkami]

1 of them off the top of my head is aspharr

[Demon2005]

I think Squall is pretty bad. I don't know about any of you, but to me that name just sounds like a big wimp.

[L1nux K1ng]

The worst name has to be Edge Maverick. His second name just sounds weird.

I like the name Nathan Drake though (from Uncharted)

[lordAlucard]

Marcus Fenix arrrgh its horrible

[Samusbrian]

shoot gunner

from metal gear for msx.

[BlinkyEC]

Decoy Octopus

[Agent-Oranje]

I always thought William "B.J." Blazkowicz from wolfenstein had to have quite possibly the worst nickname of all time lol. The whole metal gear franchise have cheesy names as well, but it seems to work for them as they keep producing one unbelievably awesome game after another.

My personal favourite has always been Indiana Jones though. I know hes a movie character but I played 'Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis' before i knew that the movies even existed

[tomqman]

we need a poll for this tread :) and whats "poo" from ?

[disposableheroV]

Hmm.. I thought Cloud was a pretty original name, not bad.

And I definitely agree with Freeman being the best. So hardcore, lol.

[AaronSOLDIER]

Cloud is ok, but he definitely sounds better in his Japanese pronounced name - Kuraudo

Worst name, Barts/Butz from FF5, Master Chief from Halo

[jesse1715]

Jet Brody from Fracture.

[Bandersnatch]

Worst:
Max Payne
Lightning, Cloud, Squall

Best:
Guybrush Threepwood
Dink Smallwood
Noob Sailbot

[Rapture]

Is this the characters literal name or the title they typically go by? Cuz Master Chief is just a title, his real name is John.


Anyways, I'd say Gordon Freeman and Nathan Drake are some of the best names out here.

[Ixion]

The Boss from MGS3. Way too simple and cheesy.

Big Boss sounds pretty cool though.

[DarkVincent07]

Snow, that guy in FFXIII... horrible name

[Lightning Count]

Worst.

Edge Maverick.
Afro Thunder.

Best:


(2 of these are real names and real people, but I don't care both are prominent in UFC Undisputed so they are eligible for my votes. :P)

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (plus it's his actual name so double win for that)
Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva. (best MMA nickname ever)
Gordon Freeman.
Nathan Drake.
Frank West.
Tommy Vercetti.
Casca.

Yeah, I prefer real sounding names as opposed to some of the more out there ones that get thrown out there.

[spyrde]

Worst ever: Seth

I mean, on top of him being a bald, blue and corny boss wanting to ''drain all the power from everyone fighting him,'' (or something like that) he has the stupidest name I have ever seen in a videogame. Also his moves suck and his ultra combo is stupid as hell.

[theaface]

Worst? That'd be Slippy Toad.

[Cyn]

Virtual Fighter 5 has some stinkers

Jeffry McWild
Brad Burns (total porn name)
Wolf Hawkfield

[PSX_Legend]

Duke Nukem the name its simply briliant cause its old school, its predidable in other words its awesome!

[Dave-The-Rave]

Cloud is good now that he is the most well known character, everyone is so used to the name now that is doesn't matter.

[gn09]

have to agree with max payne.. just doesnt fit the genre!

[Sektor]

I don't know about bad names but Samus Aran is an awesome name.
Couldn't agree more with you on that one.

[BlinkyEC]

My favourite name has to be Travis Touchdown just because of how cheesey yet awesome it is

[PSX_Legend]

Best name of this gen is definitly Jackie Estacado from The Darkness videogame. :cool:

[AmwayCrew]

we need a poll for this tread :) and whats "poo" from ?

Poo is from earthbound

[Castiel]

Snow, that guy in FFXIII... horrible name

Are you sure you're not talking about this guy?

YouTube- Snow-Informer (By Alex3030)

[yongbelk]

IMO The worst anime would have to be BO BO BO BO BO BO its just weird and kind of about nothing just random story lines which arent even funny... When an anime tries to hard to be funny it isnt at all...The next one which some may hate me for saying is ALL THE YU-GI-OH SERIES from the original to DX all the way up to 5D they all SUCK lol >_>What do you guys think is the worst.

[jinsoo]

Best: Captain Falcon, Fox McCloud, Link, Mario => basically Nintendo is king of videogame names

Worst: Marine from Doom lol

[ParmSingh]

Waluigi...Just the worst

[kokoriet]

I think Squall is pretty bad. I don't know about any of you, but to me that name just sounds like a big wimp.
Indeed. Who would name a person after a change in wind conditions:dunce


Cloud is good now that he is the most well known character, everyone is so used to the name now that is doesn't matter. No, it's still a bloody terrible name :P

If Square Enix go on to name someone Cylcone, Tornado or so forth I'm going to go on a rampage. Lightning, Cloud, Squall, so so lame :lol:

[Xraein]

Pop from Tekken6.. I just don't like this name. ;s

[peterpuck]

Pop from Tekken6.. I just don't like this name. ;s

this is the funniest :D

[helpmeoprah]

Master Chief


master chief is understandable for a video game being set into a really far away future, because by then the u.s. has taken over and militarized completely. and master chief would be a navy seal, he wouldnt be old either (because they rank up so fast it isn't funny). it may seem stupid but in all actually it's believable and semi-right.. and by the way i dislike halo, just giving defense alittle

[k.cuthbertson]

Worst:
-Marcus Fenix
-Rochelle (mostly just hate her, which makes me hate her name)
Edit: -Ash Ketchum....I mean seriously...Ash Catch 'em

Best:
-Gordan Freeman
-Geralt of Rivia

[GRX Dragon]

I think Squall is pretty bad. I don't know about any of you, but to me that name just sounds like a big wimp.

From what I remember, Squall means a great tropical storm... ;/


The Boss from MGS3. Way too simple and cheesy.

Big Boss sounds pretty cool though.

To everyone their own, but people need to remember that many figures like... especially those in the MGS series such as The Boss or Decoy Octopus... are in fact using their codename or in some cases, their rank, not their real name.

Master Chief may be a prime example - that is not an actual name, it is a military rank. Possibly why the OP finds it a ridiculous name, because while I don't play anything Halo, it certainly is possible they just threw out a military rank as a name.

Original Topic -

Good names: Leon S Kennedy (Resident Evil), Jack Krauser (Resident Evil) Squall Lionheart (Final Fantasy VIII), Rinoa Heartilly (Final Fantasy VIII), Kei Nagase (Ace Combat), Jack Bartlett (Ace Combat), and Alex Mercer (Prototype).

I don't have a list of bad names... lol

[DreDayDetox]

Baby Panay and Papa Panay...seriously...why Square Enix, why? Oh and every single final fantasy character excluding cloud...

[Serinous]

most names in MGS games are bad, but they are such awesome games! haha

[TRF]

Alucard from Castlevania . . . the name itself isn't terrible, it just comes across as lazy. If the developer thought it up because they thought it was clever . . . well, I know I'm a little late in saying this . . . it's not.

As for what I like: Nathan Drake, Kratos, Akuma, Gordon Freeman

[C-Carcharias]

Sol Badguy.

[srinike2011]

yeah charactor names should be simple and easy to remind.