History TheBigGuy / VideoGames

** Later games have Maki or Dean fulfill this role.

* Kanji from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' is a textbook Class 3 (JerkWithAHeartOfGold). Chie is a CuteBruiser type.

* The [[SuperStrength "Power"]] characters from the Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog series all of them being of various types, particularly Knuckles the Echidna.

* ''VideoGame/CharlieMurder'' has Rex the drummer, whose unique skill involves picking up and throwing large objects like arcade cabinets. A unique spell of his makes him even ''bigger''.

* The ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' series has Murray; the team's strongman and getaway driver. He was more a burden than anything else in [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus the first game]], but really came into his own in the [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves second]] and [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves third]] games, wherein he was shown single-handedly knocking the stuffing out of entire armies of mooks, all while ChewingTheScenery like no one else.

-->'''Chun-Li''': Ryu, go get him\\

* As mentioned above, Barret Wallace from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

* Bentley the yeti from the third ''[[VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon Spyro the Dragon]]'' game is a perfect Class V, charging into battle with his ice club swinging while yelling things like "[[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Why, you brazenly avaricious,]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny duplicitous, larcenous ursine!]]"

** The others even occasionally call him "Big Guy."

* Hadrik from ''VideoGame/{{Magium}}'', in virtue of being a giant (who turned into a dwarf to be able to join the tournament) is by far the strongest among the main cast in physical combat.

* Gladiolus Amicitia fills this spot in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', being just two centimeters shorter than Snow. The game doesn't even get through the first cutscene before [[MetaGuy Prompto]] refers to him as "big guy."

* And in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Snow Villiers is the tallest human player character yet, with an inch on everyone's favorite ScaryBlackMan Barret Wallace.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' has Wrex. In the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 sequel]], there's the Tank-Grown krogan Grunt, the ruthless mercenary Zaeed, and the ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation officially]]) [[http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/mass-effect-legion-threezero-902462/ 6'6]] Legion, with Jack serving as a DarkActionGirl example.

** Ashley is a little hotheaded, protective of her team-mates and specializes in damage output.

** His appearence in MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory is a solid Class 4, shouting about most everything while boasting stats that are almost double the M-Bros' at a lower level. Though it's understandable because he's by himself out there.

* Each different [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience colour]] of ''{{Pikmin}}'' have different attributes in terms of strengths and weakness. The purple ones, being ten times as strong and heavy as those of any other colour, quite clearly slot into 'Big Guy' status.

* Bentley the yeti from the third ''SpyroTheDragon'' game is a perfect Class V, charging into battle with his ice club swinging while yelling things like "[[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Why, you brazenly avaricious,]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny duplicitous, larcenous ursine!]]"

* ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP RUNNER]]'' gives us Radbot, [=CommanderVideo=]'s RobotBuddy.

* ''VideoGame/ThreeTheHardWay'' has Anderson, a very powerful pit fighting champion who wields heavy weapons like axes or maces. Has the highest HP, attack and defences among all the party member but is also the only main character that does not have a Mana meter.

* '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!'''...'s lovely assistant Jennifer in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', Taro (subverted as he's a meatshield) in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', and Mr. Champloo in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}''. Sapphire has elements of this though she's TheChick.

* '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', Taro (subverted as he's a meatshield) in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', and Mr. Champloo in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}''. Sapphire has elements of this though she's TheChick.

** Interestingly, [[CuteBruiser Amy]] can qualify too despite generally being billed as a [[SuperSpeed "Speed"]] type.

* Zaalbar and Hanharr from the ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' series. Zaalbar is a quiet, shy fellow who lets Mission do the talking. (She even describes him as a [[GentleGiant "Big ol' softie"]]) Definitely a Class 2; piss him off (or threaten Mission), and he will carve you up. Hanharr is recruit-able only by Dark Side Exiles, and is an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac who you ''gain'' influence with by ridiculing - definitely Class 1. Both of them are utter damage sponges, especially if you equip them with vibroblades.

* Eddie Riggs from ''BrutalLegend'' could be Class 5. A big guy, who is smart enough to put together cars in seconds (albeit easily made cars) and supposedly able to fix anything, and build anything. In many ways he fulfills the roles of The Big Guy, The Smart Guy and The Lancer, seeing himself mostly as the Roadie to Lars' front-man.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' has Wrex. In the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 sequel]], there's the Tank-Grown krogan Grunt and the ruthless mercenary Zaeed, with Jack serving as a DarkActionGirl example.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', Wrex falls neatly into class 1, although some of his dialogue hints that he may originally have been a class 5. In the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 sequel]], the Tank-Grown krogan Grunt is a class IV while the ruthless mercenary Zaeed is a Class I, with Jack serving as a DarkActionGirl example.
** If Wrex survives, he becomes a clean Class 5 in the sequel. When you find him, he's on the way to re-uniting his people, a feat no one would ever believe possible.
*** Not only re-uniting, but doing so in a way which itself should be impossible from what we've heard of the krogan race - he's taken the ever-so-important krogan traditions that have been around for longer than the human race has been civilized, beaten them until they can't stand. At least if you believe his opponents and detractors.
*** Those very same Krogan traditions would enthusiastically agree with that approach. Beating things senseless is what the Krogan are there for.

** Ashley is a female Class 4. She's a little hotheaded, protective of her team-mates and specializes in damage output.

** In ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', there's[[TheSquad Noble Team]]'s heavy weapons trooper Jorge-052. As an older Spartan-II, Jorge is the physically largest Spartan in Noble team standing at 7'4, 320 pounds. He's a Type-2, a GentleGiant who is markedly more stable than most of his team-mates and has a wide sentimental streak.

* ''VideoGame/HaloReach'''s [[TheSquad Noble Team]] heavy weapons trooper Jorge-052. As an older Spartan-II, Jorge is the physically largest Spartan in Noble team standing at 7'4, 320 pounds. He's a Type-2, a GentleGiant who is markedly more stable than most of his team-mates and has a wide sentimental streak.
** It should be pointed out that, thanks to their bio-modifications (such as skeletal grafts) and their PoweredArmor (those who have it, anyway), ''all'' Spartans can count as this. It's just that, compared to Elites, Brutes, and Hunters, they're average at best.

* The [[SuperStrength "Power"]] characters from the Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog series all of them being of various types, particularly [[RedHeadedHero Knuckles the Echidna.]]

* ''VideoGame/ThreeTheHardWay'' has Anderson, a very powerful pit fighting champion who wields heavy weapons like axes or maces. Has the highest HP, attack and defences among all the party member but is also the only main character that does not have a Mana meter.

* [[CrazyAwesome Minsc]] from the ''BaldursGate'' series is a ChaoticGood BoisterousBruiser type. He enjoys watching squirrels play, long walks in the forest, and beating the crap out of villains with a [[{{BFS}} really big sword]].