*SPOILERS* Video Games Where The Protagonist Dies

[OctoberRaven]

Yeah, but I think the point is characters who die no matter what.

Otherwise not only would pretty much half the cast of Heavy Rain would be included, but 95% of the named NPCs in Fallout 3 would count too.

[Red Devil-Taker316]

Liu Kang in MK:DA, although Zombie Liu Kang was pretty cool later.

[IzzyX]

Gary's Raticate in Pokemon R/B/Y.

[Farmer Reil]

Rikimaru dies in Tenchu I (II is a prequel and he's resurrected for III).

Lynch, from Kane and Lynch? Ok, so in the cannon ending he actually survives (still gets shot, though...), there's an alternate ending where he dies.

The main character from Saint's Row more than likely dies although you don't actually see it.

Chrono from Chrono Trigger dies, although you can use shenanigans as the other party members to reverse it after the fact. He does die, though.

Kain dies in Blood Omen, in one of two possible endings.

If we're including branching RPGs with several options, Alistair can die in Dragon Age, as can the player. Lots of characters die in these sorts of RPGs, but Alistair is a pretty major character.

Technically, the main character from Doom dies. Really early on. ¬_¬

James from Silent Hill 2, in one of the endings.

Come to think of it, a massive fucking wall falls on you at the end of Neverwinter Nights 2, which was a shit game anyway. So Generic Player Character from that game presumably dies.

Technically speaking, the player character in Diablo, too.

[nWoHollywood]

The main character from Saint's Row more than likely dies although you don't actually see it.

Nope. In part two it was reveiled that he was hurt pretty bad and spent years in prison hospital being in a coma.

[JasonM]

The US Army you played in MW1 gets nuked to death halfway through the game.

EDIT: Avery Johnson died in Halo 3.

Effing Guilty spark!

Edited October 15, 2010 by Jasonmufc

[Gongsun Zan]

I don't think ORO knows what a protagonist is.

[DMN in the House]

I can't remember if it's exactly canon, but zombie Johnny Cage would be 37x more awesome than Zombie Liu Kang.

[LexChaney]

Frank West. No idea what went on after the ending.

[Johnny Latino Heat]

Frank West. No idea what went on after the ending.

Considering there's going to be a Dead Rising 2 epilogue titled Case West and featuring him and Chuck Greene, I don't think he died.

............Then again he could come back as a zombie.

Edited October 22, 2010 by Johnny Latino Heat

[LexChaney]

Really?

But still until I see him he's dead.

[Johnny Latino Heat]

Really?

But still until I see him he's dead.

Good enough?

[LUKIE]

Manuel Calavera from Grim Fandango

[LexChaney]

Oh yes that is good enough for me. (Y)

What one got me. Was before the downloaded content for Fallout 3 came out. Pissed me so off did that.