Poll: Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament: Round 2 - Matches 77-80

I actually had to think about these ones a little bit:
Belic
Ryu
Raiden
Kratos

@kyleforrester87 Croft is probably the right answer in this context, but I've always had a soft spot for Niko.

@kyleforrester87 OK I'll be honest, I'm offended on behalf of all women. Her ridiculously thin waistline and big boobs create an unrealistic image of women that they can never hope to live up to.

Lara Croft
Senua
Joel
Kratos

Lara
Joel
Senua
Kratos

@Jenny_Jones Ditto.

With Lara, Joel, and Kratos I think we have some of the strongest contenders in the whole tournament.
I chose Senua even though I’ve yet to play Hellblade (stupid backlog 😪) because I like what I’ve read so far about her and despite being a big Metal Gear fan I’ve always been annoyed at Raiden. Not sure why.

I too voted Lara, Joel, Senua and Kratos. Very easy round this one.

Very easy round!
Can't begin to understand why Senua is winning but OK

Raiden deserves to win purely for the fact that he underwent such a ridiculous character transformation.

Raiden vs Senua man that's a tough one for me

I went Raiden in the end, MGS 4 cutscenes were just pure insanity with him

Aside from Lara, my favorites are losing. Again.

Raiden is the only one who has a shot, but he's probably losing. Everything else is lopsided like that ship in Uncharted 3.

Lara, Joel, Senua and Heihachi.

@Wesker grow up

These choices were tricky this week. I've recently played both GTA 4 and Tomb Raider The Last Revelation, so I was really torn between Lara and Niko.

Atreus to Kazuya;
'My dad can beat up your dad!'

Lara
Joel
Senua (I've never liked that Raiden fellow)
Heihachi (I haven't played a single GoW game)

Lara, Kratos and Joel all the way.

Lara, Joel, Raiden and Kratos.

In the words of Mixmaster (reacting to the Autobots unleashing the Dinobots for the first time): it's bad news Scrapper they've brought out the heavy artillery.

Too esoteric?

@KingSandyRavage OK King Randy Savage on PushSquare.com, I will try to grow up.

@get2sammyb nice! I love how the design of Devastator's face changes about 3 times in that episode. 80's TV!

@NintendoFan4Lyf

*Lara Croft. I don't understand how after more than 20 years later people are still saying Laura Croft.

@NintendoFan4Lyf They aren't even the same name, Laura and Lara are pronounced completely differently!

No love for my boy Niko? Grand Theft Auto IV is still my favourite of the series to this day. There's something about that gritty NY feel and the more serious approach with the story, masterpiece imo

@ShogunRok you mean BADASS?

@Wesker cool

Although my ID doesn’t say King Randy Savage

The obvious winners would be: Lara, Ryu, Raiden, and Kratos.

Lara (powerful women that don't take crap we need more of them in gaming!)
Joel (he's bad ass, but mostly because of his final choice... he is amazing)
Senua (she deserves it just for her journey)
Kratos (his voice is cool)

Sigh, Lara Croft is a traitor, That's why I voted for Niko.

@PS_Nation Eh? Are we talking about publishers looking at any possible way to maximise profit here, or the character?

@LieutenantFatman It was really "profitable" to release the game first on Xbox One indeed.

@PS_Nation So.. if Microsoft purchased the Ratchet & Clank ip next year, you would hate it forever after that?

@LieutenantFatman
Yes he must because ALL PlayStation fanboys hate what microsoft does. Word Down Sister

Go senua!!!

@LieutenantFatman And why Microsoft would buy a Sony's ip? How's that the same thing?
Okay, keep defending what Square-Enix and Crystal did with Tomb Raider, disrespecting the device where the fanbase is. I hope they do the same with the sequel to see how you guys will react. xD

I want that Raiden MG Revengence Game on the PS4. Never got around to playing the action oriented title.

The only videogame character I can imagine coming close to beating out Joel is Nathan Drake or maybe, at a push, Sully.

@PS_Nation To be honest I don't really care what they do with the Tomb Raider licence now, it's the original games and character that I love.

And never say never, 5 to 10 years from now Sony could go bust, and Microsoft could buy up several or all of their IPs.

@PS_Nation Lara wasn't a traitor, she was a hostage.

I know people disagree with me on this, but Senua is 1000x better than Raiden. He was an uninteresting character. Senua is one of the most intriguing and well-thought characters I’ve seen in years.

@PS_Nation To be fair I voted 90s' Lara (per the image) & I assume most others did so as well.

They're two different characters imo.
I don't even acknowledge Reboot Lara as Tomb Raider.
It's just a poor mans Uncharted with some RPG mechanics.

Only two out of my four choices are currently winning, but hey, 50% is better than zero.

@Fight_Teza_Fight I think the common consensus is that NuLara wiped the slate clean, but you did remind me of a conversation I was having with a friend of mine recently. She's a huge Tomb Raider fan and has always spoken as though the reboots are flashbacks to Lara's past, and that they'll eventually lead to the Legend trilogy. I reminded her that NuLara spends the reboots slaughtering hundreds of people, and yet in Anniversary there's a wonderful story beat throughout heavily suggesting that Lara is making her first kills. As a result, we came up with the explanation that, after the horrors of the reboots, Lara swore to never kill again and so years later, in Anniversary, we're seeing her struggle with her demons and wrestle with the idea of killing again. If I could edit videos, I'd be tempted to take the cutscene from Anniversary where she stares at her hands in horror and intercut black-and-white footage from the reboots. I think it'd work.

Gosh darn it, I love silly fan theories!

@Wesker I don't think there's any woman out there who would even toy with the idea of "hoping" to look like a sexualised caricature of some delusional fantasy.
Okay, maybe one in a couple of million; there's always one woman or man who's a bit loopy.

@PS_Nation Lara Croft can't be a traitor. Like Jessica Rabbit said, she's just drawn that way.

@LieutenantFatman Sigh, people still think that Sony is doomed? A future with MS taking control of everything, can't wait for f2p games, multiplayer only titles. Also the lame, fake exclusives.

@PS_Nation Well, I would hope not, that would be a shame. But my original point was, to hate a video game character because of a publisher's (admittedly rather foolish) business decision seems a silly reaction to me. But each to their own.

@Amusei I loved 4 as well praying for a remaster of it.

@LieutenantFatman SONY is a giant they won't go bust even if that did happen it can turn around I remember apple filed for bankruptcy once look at them now.

Lara Croft (of course)
Joel
Raiden
Kratos

Lara
Ryu
Raiden
Heihachi

How in hell Ryu is losing like that!? I guess I really am just a old man....