Anti-hero protagonist
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Protagonists who lack traits commonly attributed to heroes, such as nobility, bravery, selflessness, etc. Generally any villainous and/or selfish protagonist though includes cowards, fools and others.
242
games
35platforms
Name variations: selfish protagonist
PS3 2013-06-14
X360 2010-08-24
SNES 1995-09
PS3 2008-10-21
X360 2007-06-26
PS2 2005-09
PSP 2008-10
XBOX 2002-03-15
WIN 2012-06-29
SX1 1989-02
WIN 2011-02-25
PS4 2014-09-09
Redundant clarification:
Although protagonist is often interchanged with main character and hero in various contexts, the last one is only because it's the most common type of protagonist. As such the name of this tag is not paradoxical by implying unheroic hero (negating itself), instead it stands for unheroic main character.
Can be combined with hero protagonist.
Although protagonist is often interchanged with main character and hero in various contexts, the last one is only because it's the most common type of protagonist. As such the name of this tag is not paradoxical by implying unheroic hero (negating itself), instead it stands for unheroic main character.
Can be combined with hero protagonist.
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The first Anti-hero protagonist video game was released on March 14, 1983.
Kalypso Media Digital, THQ and Activision published most of these games.