I am most pleased with most of these people. No wimpy little winers made the list (see: many of the male characters from Final Fantasy; although I give a slight pass to Squall because he changed quite a bit in the game, but its a very slight pass). If I had to pick, I couldn't take one: but one that I really liked is Tali Zora from Mass Effect. I really liked her personality and background. Wrex is also awesome, but I Can't relate to him as much. I could pick a lot of others from the years prior with the countless games I played that aren't as recent, but I find I enjoy the mature aspects of these characters more. Teenie super heros were cool and all, but I want something more intellectually stimulating...so I find that I like those characters more when I encounter them.