10 Video Game Side Characters With INCREDIBLE Stories
1. Sgt. Avery Johnson - Halo Series
Sgt. Johnson is basically Halo's version of Sgt. Apone from Aliens - the baddest ass of the badass space marines. In Halo, Johnson is the caricature of a rough-and-tumble sergeant-major and may seem like kind of a flaccid choice for this list. He's vaguely flat as a character in the games and dies in the third one, so there's not much else to do with him.
But if you look into his past - he was once a regular soldier and he became one of the first Spartans, being inducted into the Spartan I program. It is thanks to Johnson, and his cohorts, that Master Chief is able to become what he is in the Spartan II program, years later.
A game with Johnson as the main character could cover his early career and into him becoming a mentor for a young Master Chief, especially since Johnson survived numerous action-packed encounters with the Covenant long before the events of the first Halo game. Plenty of action, tough-talking, and even the chance to flesh the character out some is what you need to utilize the most incredible of gaming stories.
What side characters do you think could handle their own game? What side characters do you think have absolutely amazing stories?