11 Most Valiant Video Game Heroes Of All Time
7. Commander Shepard - Mass Effect
An iffy one as you're given the option to play Mass Effect as a hero or an Anti-Hero (Paragon and Renegade), but his efforts to save the galaxy are too grand to push aside just because of player choice; let's assume that the paragon approach is canon.
Death wasn't enough to halt Shepard - although the choice of who you bang does often stall your progress - his resurrection further motivates him to save more lives and eventually stop the extinction of life via a Reaper world tour.
Determination is very much Shepard's main trait.