Poll: Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament: Final 4 - Match 126

Grand Final next week!

(cough, cough, clears throat)
SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!

Go Nate!

Nate all the way.... Snake has no personality!!

Haven't played a metal gear unfortunately so i have to go with Nate

Nah nah nah nah hey hey hey Goodbye Kat. I only joined to make sure Kat goes away. Anyways my vote goes to Drake. uncharted > Metal Gear Solid

Now that's a battle, as much as I love Nate as a character I have to go with Snake, the MGS series is one of my favourite in gaming & Snake was a PS Icon long before Nate was dreamed up

Just a reminder, everybody.

Solid Snake is the main playable character of Metal Gear (MSX2) and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX2), Metal Gear Solid (PSone) and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3). He is also briefly playable in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2) but he’s primarily in a supporting role throughout the game.

If you’re thinking of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2), Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP), Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP), Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS3 / PS4) or Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS3 / PS4) then I’m afraid to say that you’re thinking of the wrong Snake.

I know that, for some, this may be plainly obvious but for more casual fans of this very complex series, I felt it an important distinction to make when voting on the basis of character.

Better to make an informed vote with all the facts.

I can't believe this is the penultimate round. It's all gonna be over soon

Voted Snake, but I'll be happy either way. I'm just sore that Kratos won't be in the finals.

Nate all the way!

Nate Drake for the Win!!!!

I was in a real crisis about this contest. Thankfully, for the past week, I've been replaying Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, and it's really helped me decide to cast my vote...

...for Solid Snake.

Nathan Drake is not a nice guy. He's a thief, a petty criminal who ends up vandalising some of the world's greatest historical locations. He's a terrible boyfriend to Elena (after being pretty awful to her to begin with anyway) and an even worse husband in later games, constantly lying to her and emotionally manipulating her for his own goals. Oh, sure, he's lovable and charming whilst doing all this stuff, but that just means he knows exactly what he's doing at every step. Deep down, he's not a hero; he's just a real lucky jerk.

Solid Snake, meanwhile, starts out as a government agent fighting for what he believes is right. His actions are legitimised by his affiliations, but he also never blindly follows orders, always questioning and exploring the morality of his situation to ensure the best outcome, and ultimately taking risky, selfless steps to expose corruption. He doesn't just stumble through bad situations, swearing like a machine gun; he's a tactical genius, capable of saving the world without taking a single innocent life (at least when I play, he is, whereas you don't even get the choice with Nate; it's headshots or bust). He runs towards danger, not away from it. He is the dictionary definition of a hero, flawed in faultless ways.

Don't get me wrong; Uncharted is a great series, and Nate has been an integral part of five amazing games. There's always a place for an anti-hero, to explore an imperfect protagonist, but this contest is an overall vote on personality, ethics, drives and motivations.

I simply cannot support Nate's character, not without compromising my own.

For those wondering, here's the lowdown on Kat losing the last round to Aloy.

BOTH characters seemed to receive bot votes. This means someone on each side was making fake Push Square accounts just so they could vote. I went through the votes in detail.

There was a point where Aloy started getting a large influx of fair votes, and this is what pushed her over the edge.

Kat did come back into it, but it wasn't quite enough. At midnight last night, Aloy scraped it with 51% of the vote. There were only 12 votes between them.

All in all it was still a hugely popular match. Thanks everyone who voted fairly!

@ShogunRok
I knew Kat fans where bots i joke i joke xD

The only semi-final that matters today

@kyleforrester87 For anybody who questions the power, integrity and strength of Solid Snake's character, I have two words:

"Microwave corridor."

Show me a comparable moment from the Uncharted franchise.

I surprised myself and went with Nathan Drake. MGS3 is my fave Metal Gear and Solid ain't in that one.

@RogerRoger Desert scene in Uncharted 3?

@kyleforrester87 The first credits, when it pans up from Snake in front of the grave with the gun in his mouth, and you think it's over...

...and then after listing the rest of the cast, it says "Richard Doyle as Big Boss" and I just flipped out. The subsequent ending was perfect. I thought I was all cried out after the microwave corridor, but it turns out I had more.

Well, I'm voting for Nate. Really thought Sully would have made it further. Sully vs Nate and I think I would seriously consider choosing Sully.

Sad about the bot thing, but I guess for the next "Ultimate Poll" they can setup requirements, eg you have to make a comment on every poll or your account has to be verified to vote.

But Aloy is worthy of winning, so lets keep it fun!

@ApostateMage I appreciate the attempt, but would respecfully disagree.

The desert scene is pretty cool an' all, but you know it isn't the ending of the game and Nate isn't sacrificing anything, least of all himself. He lands there by accident, wanders around by accident, suffers heat stroke by accident, and then accidentally stumbles across an escape route (which happens to involve a massive shoot-out, for which he suddenly has the energy for). It's played out for the crazy fake-outs and Arkham-style mind-bending, and isn't the culmination of any kind of character arc or analysis. It certainly isn't heroic.

Again, don't get me wrong; I love Uncharted, and Nate's character has served up some pretty decent moments, but they all usually involve the supporting cast. There's a reason I love them all waaaay more than him (well, except Sam; he's just as unsympathetic).

Uuuuh this is the first really hard choice for me...going to pick my boy Snake, but could pick Drake too!
I'll pick Snake cause he's been around for longer and I have too many good memories of MGS

@RogerRoger terrible husband to Elena best to have all the facts 😁😉

Uncharted has the better theme music 😜

This is such a tough matchup.

I'm going with Snake. I love Nate, but Snake has been around my life longer. Ahh, I still remember booting up MGS4 when I first got my PS3 all those years ago. It was so mind blowing.

That and MGS1 was crazy all those years ago as well.

I won't lie, I'm super salty that there was only a 12 vote difference between Kat and Aloy in the end.

She was so close.

Nate.

Anyone that votes Snake is getting blocked.

/Jk

@RedMan33 What do you mean? Sorry, I'm a little confused by your reply!

@RogerRoger just joking with your Snake facts post 😀

Metal Gear Solid on PS1 is one of my fondest gaming memories. Found it at a Goodwill for $5 a week after release and played through that game so many times. 5 or 6 times at least. Snake's long history with PS puts him over the top for me.

So Drake really is a snake beater.

@RogerRoger
Think you may be taking life to seriously.

@RedMan33 Ah, fair enough!

In my defence, I do continue by saying "...and an even worse husband in later games."

@gingerfrog I think you mean that I take gaming too seriously.

Life? How can I take life too seriously when I'm devoting this much time to ranting about games?!

@kyleforrester87 Hmm.... While The uncharted theme as more meaning for me ypu cant dent that MGS2 synth.

@RogerRoger
You’re right there. You just sound stressed about something fun and nonsense. Take care mate

Tough choice, both excellent characters. Being an avid climber, I was tempted to give it to Drake on that alone, but I had to go with Snake in the end.

I like Nate, but Snake gets my vote. I don't care if Metal Gear isn't exclusive to PlayStation. Snake is a better character in my eyes, and I like Metal Gear more than Uncharted. It's a hard vote, but I can't go against Snake.

@RogerRoger You give a convincing argument. Too bad I already voted for Nate. He leaves a little more of an instant impression due to his wry humor and awh-shucks, shirt half-tucked every-man adventuresome attitude. Mainly the sense of humor is what endears him to people.
But when you analyze the characters like you did, it’s hard to put him above Snake. Oh well, I can’t change my vote now. I love both characters!

@BAMozzy So true, Snake lives in his own lonely world.

@BAMozzy You are insane Snake has more personality then Drake but its a Playstation mascot match and Drake wins that. 😁

@RogerRoger There isnt Snake is awsome but i had to give it to Drake next one will be Alloy. 😁

Snake for me,

Aloy Vs Drake battle of Old Vs New find out next week on who is the real PlayStation mascot.....

@RogerRoger your argument is seriously cucked. Nate is as sound as a pound, and will deservedly win this contest.

MGS was my first PS game ever and basically is what got me hooked to the console. Can't get more iconic than Snake when it comes to PS.

@Wesker
Cucked? Not heard that one before, what does that mean?

@kyleforrester87 I played it until it expects you to grind and wander around a huge field. Same as other FF games. Except 13 which is clearly the best because you can play straight through that one.

After this is done we should vote on who is the winner of the losers. Kind of like the world cup. This poll was awesome and got me to register.

@Kidfried Each to their own I guess but Snake is a 'dull' character and isn't 'just' on PS any more either...

@Flaming_Kaiser I totally disagree, Snake is 'dull' compared to Nate and his wise cracking and more bubbly personality. If they were 'real', I know who I would rather go to the pub with...

@LieutenantFatman it’s an internet phenomenon of recent years. Not too dissimilar from white knight or SJW.

DRAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!

@BAMozzy Old Snake would be pretty bad-ass company down the pub.

@Wesker You may want him if a 'fight' breaks out - although he will probably hide under a cardboard box or use his chameleon armour to blend into the wall. Nate would be much more gung-ho - remember Uncharted 3?

I wish I could vote for both. I need to get me one of these handy 'bots' I've heard so much about.

@gingerfrog Perhaps I was lacking the odd smiley to put my comments into context, but I'm genuinely grateful for the concern.

Nathan Drake.

@Flaming_Kaiser I hear you; if, by some miracle, Snake wins and goes forward to the finals, then I'll be voting for him over Aloy. Otherwise, if things progress as they are, she'll be getting my vote.

For a semifinal it's really easy to choose a clear winner of course Nate Drake

/ grunt
/ grumble
/ growl

SNAKE!
(but I voted for Nate since I enjoy UC games like crazy and he makes me laugh)

@RogerRoger Snake has no personality? 🤔

Well someone who can say that has never played the game or is a idiot at least thats what i think. 😉

I think some tend to jump to the conclusion a character has no personality when they have a deep gravelly voice. But Snake has plenty of personality as does Geralt, you just have to give them a chance.

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!
While not my favourite snake he's still snake so he gets my vote.

@ShogunRok
Were the bot votes invalid or were they also counted?
I'm curious if the other polls also had bots.

I honestly expected Snake to stomp this round.

Huh.

@sea_cucumber Any bot votes that we could pick out, we did. And yes, other polls had bot votes too.

In fact, Kat's had the most bot votes out of anyone else in the tournament. Support from her fans was still enough to get her through previous rounds, but a lot of her results were bolstered by unfair votes.

I knew Liquid Snake was behind this. He is calling his amry of genome soldiers to defeat snake in this poll.

Go Snake, don't give up yet.

@Kaijufanatic Same here. I don't know, I always thought he was more iconic to the industry as a whole.

@ShogunRok
Well that's pretty sad to hear.
Good job for filtering out most of the bot votes though.
war... has changed

@ShogunRok What a damn shame.

Are there any ways to conduct a poll that lessen the chances of this kind of thing happening?

@Kaijufanatic Well there are certain ways we can tell if spam accounts are being made, so it's not a huge problem overall. We'll know if something weird is going on, put it that way.

Shame people are doing that. It’s an internet pole people. There will be no real cookies handed out to fictional characters at the end. It’s worse than Sammy and Persona 5.

Wow, tough one. But I went with Drake.

I've only played as Snake on his 3DS game and on Smash Bros. Brawl. So while I love both of these characters, being a PlayStation exclusive makes Nathan Drake more worthy of winning the title of Ultimate Playstation Character.

That said, I'm still rooting for Aloy to win the whole thing!

KAT!!!
no wait. what? !!
emm.
nathan drake ♥