10 Best Silent Protagonists In Gaming History
3. Claude
In recent years the GTA series has become synonymous with open-world games that contain a rich cast of characters and a story that pulls players in from the get-go.
The same was true of GTA 3 of course, with its stellar story accompanying a game that was truly revolutionary for the time. However, the player character - who would later be revealed to be named Claude - never speaks a word throughout the entire game.
Despite this he manages to gain - and then often lose - the trust of various factions in the game, cutting a path of destruction through Liberty City as he does so.
His lack of speaking ability was affectionately parodied in GTA; San Andreas, when CJ faces off against him in a race. Regardless, Claude simply didn't need to speak to get the job done. He just caused chaos on a scale the likes of which few before him or since are able to compare.