21 Best Character Debuts In Gaming History

3. Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

"I'm going to swat down a couple of bothersome flies" Liquid's actions throughout the only game he would ever fully appear in are still regarded today as one of the high-points of filmic sensibilities infiltrating portrayals of characters in gaming. So perfect was Cam Clarke's delivery of a man hellbent on reclaiming what he was convinced was so rightfully his, that Liquid's refined English accent entered gaming's pop-culture lexicon almost as immediately as fans started quoting the iconic way Snake would say "Metal Gear!?" Back to that introductory scene though, and even as we're still scratching our heads taking in the influx of information and mini character-bios delivered in the opening, we hear another voice in the distance referring to our hero, somehow already aware of our actions in a way that would play out perfectly across MGS's runtime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLTqIXZ1jQQ#t=212 It's usually when you return to game that you realise the "bothersome flies" in question were a couple of F16 jets, which Liquid manages deftly take down in a helicopter, birthing his own legend and simultaneously setting it in stone right in those opening moments.
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