As cool as they come.

Also

Ryuuji from No More Heroes 2. Awesome boss and fight.

Is it wrong that I liked Hope as a character?

No, it just means you have a greater tolerance for constant whining than most people.

Hope wasn't whining as much as people make it sound.

And besides,

*Spoiler*

he did lose his mother at the beggining remember.

Seth

Well a lot of good characters this year.  Travis Touchdown and Sylvia from No More Heroes 2 were excellent just like in the first game.  I enjoyed the Assassin from Mass Effect 2 as well.  Kaine from Nier was an interesting character as well haha.  Loved Noble Team from Reach, but Jorge took the crown out of them.  Ezio from Brotherhood was epic and still enjoyed Starkiller from Force Unleashed 2.  Then of course my cute but devastating Kirby was great

But all of them are taking a back seat to John Marston from Red Dead Redemption.  It has been awhile since I have played as a character that was so well developed in both speech and personality.  I mean the game as a whole story wise and atmosphere was one of the best ever, but how they were able to take this character, make him seem real, and craft all these other themes around him was incredible.  

Just goes back to how much of a masterpiece Red Dead Redemption was.  Took a character who was looking for a way to get to his family while the government uses him in an attempt to "civilize" the west.  Was orchestrated with great characterization, great story progression, and intertwining themes that made it all come together.  Just a good job Rockstar.

In his defence, he is a kid after all so to him, it  all made sense, also am I the only one who hated Snow, I thought he was an annoying dick!!

no love for Ethan?? =_=