Who would be in your Videogame Expendables team?

We cast the videogame Expendables

I got the idea from the above linked article from IGN. I agree with their choices of Commander Shepard being the leader, Master Chief being the secondary lead and rival and the inclusion of Snake, Gordon Freeman as the puzzle-solving brains, Duke Nukem as the wise-ass cracking out constant one-liners and Marcus Fenix as the burly muscle, but the rest of their choices are rather iffy for me.

Yeah, Nathan Drake would make for a great charismatic funny guy and have the looks, but honestly Lara Croft would be a much better fit; she's not funny but she does almost everything Drake does, has more history and is more recognized as well. Dante... doesn't fit. He's actually an ok choice in terms of character, but theme-wise he's always been more about the supernatural powers and melee combat, with gunplay being the less effective secondary option for him. Another is them even mentioning Kratos as being part of team, let alone ANYWHERE near them. That guy has a bad history of backstabbing his own side for the most pettiest of reasons and not caring about the goals or well-being of anyone but himself; he'd end up getting team-members killed, or worse yet doing the deed himself! At least they mentioned Samus.

But yeah, like I said, they had some good choices, but I think the list could be better. What would be your suggestions?

Suggestions for members alongside the ones you already mentioned:

• Isaac Clarke: Technician, engineer and equipment expert.
• Emmett Graves: Pilot, mech and general combat vehicle expert.
• Paul Phoenix: Hand-to-hand combatant.
• Raiden: Bladed weapons expert.
• Jill Valentine: The Master of Unlocking.
• Lightning: Field tactician.
• Kat: The Naïve Newcomer with more power than she realises.

edited 5th Aug '14 2:23:49 PM by GavsEvans123

Only three I can think of are Doomguy, Link and possibly Post-RE 5 Chris Redfield.

Doomguy because he is a walking tank, Link is able to master pretty much any item seconds after finding it and Chris because of his boulder-breaking skills. All are very unlikely to backstab their allies either (unless one of their allies is a demon or undead abomination (Shepherd might count as undead though)).

edited 5th Aug '14 3:59:01 PM by Mudkipz

Isn't the point of the Expendables that they're expendable? The stars of major franchises shouldn't be on a team whose members are explicitly chosen because their loss has already been deemed acceptable.

A video game Expendables team would have people like Blinx the Cat, and the guy from Alpha Protocol.

I agree with Shepard as the Leader, Chief as the second, and Marcus as the muscle. I'd also have Sam Fisher for intel, Isaac Clarke for technical expertise, and Ezio for his acrobatic lethality. Add in David Mason for more down to earth badassitude and Lara Croft for her ability to survive very unlikely shit. Get Cole Mc Grath and James Heller for superpowered support.

Prophet would provide even more muscle. John Marston will the gunslinger and if they need an investigator I'm thinking either Cole Phelps or Norman Jayden. And then we can have Faith as the least powerful member but be a sort of heart for the team or Frodo Baggins-esque plot holder. Plus parkour

And if they need someone to absolutely wreck everything in his way they release Kratos from his cell or something. Although I do think as of the third game Kratos realizes what his actions have brought forth.

edited 5th Aug '14 4:33:52 PM by Mr.Didact

Come on now, everyone knows The Expendables is really just the Action movie of Action hero actors!

I'm going to have go with more colorful characters for my Expendables team. If I'm thinking of the best all-stars, I've got to go with less gunslingers. I want a variety of skillsets on my team, not just an entire team of guys who just shoot things.

Team Leader: Mario. Gotta respect the classics. He's saved the day more time than any of the people on that IGN list combined. The man is a legend and is suited to take on anything that comes his way. He'd also probably fufill the Grizzled Veteran role. Because, who's been on more adventures than this guy?

The Leader's Rival: Sonic the Hedgehog. I know, it's kind of the obvious choice. But, he's got the attitude to make a good foil and his superspeed would obviously be helpful.

The Man With a Plan: Professor Layton. He's the Sherlock Holmes of video gaming and the ultimate puzzle solver. A sure asset to any team.

One Liner Badass: Pit. The guy sure loved his one liners in Uprising. Sure, most of them weren't very good, but who can pass up an ally who has a goddess backing him up.

The Pretty One: Lara Croft. She's been at it a hell of a lot longer than Nathan Drake and can pretty much do anything that he can. I'd rather give her the slot than him.

The Cool One: Samus Aran. She's a galaxy-saving bounty hunter with a badass ship and a mech suit. You don't get cooler than that. She's got the spot so long as she refrains from acting in any way like she did in Other M.

The Muscle: Donkey Kong. He's more than enough strength to qualify for the role. And he comes with his own awesome rap song to boot.

The Comic Relief: Phoenix Wright. He's the funniest videogame character than I can think of and has defeated Galactus in hand-to-hand combat.

Demolitions Expert: Bomberman. Most teams need somebody to blow things up. And, well, that's kind of Bomber Man's thing.

The Gadget User: Link. Every team needs somebody to show up with a neat new toy to solve their problem. I know, he's kind of low-tech for the spot. But, I wanted to give Link a slot, and when I thought about it, he's kind of the ultimate gadget guy. Link is constantly stumbling upon cool new tools and, by the end of your average Zelda game, has more equipment in his inventory than Batman. If you think about, Link is the videogame character who always comes up with the coolest toys.

Pilot: Fox Mc Cloud. A skilled pilot who can drive vehicles in the air and on the ground.

edited 5th Aug '14 5:39:31 PM by RSLee

I think one of the points of the Expendables movie is that they're supposed to be manly action men, which is something that the likes of Mario and Sonic don't fit in with.

Personally, I could probably see having Shepherd as leader, though I'd probably have Master Chief pair up as a Big Guy Bash Sibling Duo with Samus and assign someone else as Shepherd's #2 Lancer. Maybe have Snake take that position and double as Intel/Infiltrations.

I'd also probably drop Marcus Pheonix and pick up Damond Baird as the teams field operating techy/smart guy. And then I'd bring in Captain Falcon as the team pilot and occasional bombastic puncher of faces.

General Method of Operation: Snake gets them intel and infiltrates to make the mission easier, Shepherd formulates a plan, Chief and Samus break $#*^, Baird does any smart stuff that needs to be handled with relative care and fixes stuff if it breaks, and then Captain Falcon takes care of extraction.

edited 5th Aug '14 6:13:05 PM by TheSpaceJawa

In no particular order:

• Master Chief
• Captain Price
• Samus Aran
• Solid Snake
• Duke Nukem
• (Honorable Mention/Sixth Ranger) RAMIREZ! FLY THIS PLANE WITH TWO TWIGS AND A PEANUT!

Not necessarily.

Master Chief and Marcus Fenix both fit that mold. Most of the others could just be in it for the money.

Mario's manlier than Sly or Arnie ever could be. This is a guy who jumps on bullets, rides dinosaurs, and has the most glorious mustache known to man.

Mario's been saving the world ever since he was in diapers. Literally. He's about as manly as a man can be.

edited 5th Aug '14 9:28:16 PM by RSLee

I think we're seriously missing BJ Blazcowicz and Sam Stone in this list as big guys.

Expanding on what said, Samus is not exactly on friendly terms with most of the GF; and Snake (Solid or Big Boss, and Raiden for that matter) is a terrorist, an assassin, a mercenary, and ultimately someone who knows too much about too many people. All of them are perfect for getting the job done, and even more perfect for getting killed doing it.

On that note, lets throw Adam Jensen in for good measure.

Hell, even Shepard fits the bill, if I remember the plot of ME2 even halfway correctly. As I recall, it consisted of a legally dead Secret Police agent surfacing two years after his death, not only alive, but associating with a known terrorist organization and spouting insane conspiracy dogma. Said agent then either tells the leaders of the galaxy to fuck off, or receives his orders to investigate the lawless, dangerous, shithole portion of the galaxy where he has no authority. While that happens, his terrorist contacts are telling him to build a team of the most badass, destructive, and insane people in the galaxy, and then go on a mission deep into enemy territory. Also he should expect any and all of them to die in the process.

edited 6th Aug '14 6:40:27 AM by TheAirman

• Commander Shepard
• Hawke
• Gordon Freeman
• The Courier
• Adam Jensen
• Snake
• Karl Fairburne
• Recette Lemongrass
• Lara Croft
• Jill Valentine
• El Presidente
• Lt. Parker
• Wei Shen
• Rico Rodriguez

edited 6th Aug '14 6:39:16 AM by entropy13

Lt. Lynn Kurosawa

Can we get Dutch along with her? Or does he not count by technically being a movie character first?

Unless I missed it, I'm rather surprised by the lack of the mention of the Team Fortress 2 cast.

They're a whole team in and of themselves.