Ireland and Irish people in Computer games

BNJT

Thanks for all your contributions - I've put together a list of computer games featuring Irish (including Nothern Irish, not Irish-American) characters, or characters voiced by Irish people using their natural accent! Comments and corrections welcome!

Irish character(s) Game(s)
M. Bison (see wikipedia) Street Fighter II and sequels (1991-present)
Cú Chulainn Shin Megami Tensei series (1992-present)
Aran Ryan Super Punch-Out!! series (1994-2009)
Nina and Anna Williams Tekken Series (1994-present)
O'Brien, Fitzgerald, Various Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (1996)
Jaunty the Snake Shadowman Series (1999-2002)
James O’ Malley (priest) Koudelka (2000)
Patrick Galloway Clive Barker's Undying (2001)
Jack "Butcher" O'Hara (Green Beret) Commandos Series (2001-2006)
Kelly O'Lenmey GunValkyrie (2002)
Oswald The King of Fighters XI (2003)
Lancer (based on Cú Chulainn) Fate/stay night (2004)
Unit voices (answer in Irish) Civilization IV (2005)
Harman Smith Killer7 (2005)
Enemy soldiers Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006)
Leafos Viva Piñata series (2006-8)
Henry Cooldown No More Heroes (2007)
Catherine O'Hara Valkyria Chronicles (2008)
Maureen McReary (Irish born?) Grand Theft Auto 4 (2008)
Atlas Bioshock (2008)
Frank Bilders Far Cry 2 (2008)
James (character's father), Colin Moriarty Fallout 3 (2008)
Ewan Devlin/Garrett (helicopter pilot) Mercenaries 2 (2008)
Lexine Murdoch Dead Space: Extraction (2009)
Brother Darby O’Callahan Assassin's Creed 2 (2009)
Sean Devlin The Saboteur (2009)
Irish Red Dead Redemption (2010)
Various characters Dragon Age 2 (2011)
Captain James Donnelly L.A. Noire (2011)
Various characters Assassins Creed 3 (2012)
Mick Zaford and co. Borderlands 2 (2012)
Luna Dota 2 (2012 beta)

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Lordhogo

Irish from Red Dead Redemption?

YouSavedMyLife

Irish from Red Dead Redemption. Nothing else springs to mind that isnt on that list already

Welease

The whole Hibernian zone/army/players/town names in DAOC (Dark Age of Camelot). Probably the biggest Irish connected game ever (against British and Viking zones/armies etc.)

http://darkageofcamelot.com/
Hibernian Map - http://www.daocmaps.com/hibernia-realm

AlmightyCushion

There was an Irish guy in GTA4. I can't remember his name but you do a bank robbery with him.

Fritzl Funderland

the new assassins creed has plenty of irish accents in it

J. Marston

I'm not 100% sure but I think there was an Irish guy in Wet. He had a boat, I think he was Rubi's getaway driver or something.

BNJT

Thanks, I found a better list here http://www.ign.com/blogs/theskymarshal/2012/02/10/shining-the-spotlight-on-irish-video-game-characters

AlmightyCushion

Their is a Japanese RPG game set in Ireland. It's called Folklore. Heard about it a few years ago and was tempted to get it but ended up forgetting about it and selling my PS3.

Mr Blobby

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

There was an Irish guy in GTA4. I can't remember his name but you do a bank robbery with him.

His name was Packie.

There was a bit of controversy about the name in the Uk though

AlmightyCushion

blobby360 wrote: »

His name was Packie.

There was a bit of controversy about the name in the Uk though

I knew it was an Oirish name, I was thinking it was Seamus or something like that.

Celly Smunt

Bioshock.

"oim hee-er to keep yoo al-oive"

wnolan1992

The guys in GTA4 do not count. No self respecting Irish man would say "That was a good craic man."

There're a few Irish characters in AC3. One of your Assassin recruits in Boston talks about taking Connor to see Ireland some day.

The helicopter pilot in Mercenaries 2 was Irish I believe.

IIRC, the game Sabateur revolves around an Irish main character as well.

Those are the only ones off the top of my head anyway.

Mr Blobby

wnolan1992 wrote: »

The guys in GTA4 do not count. No self respecting Irish man would say "That was a good craic man."

There're a few Irish characters in AC3. One of your Assassin recruits in Boston talks about taking Connor to see Ireland some day.

The helicopter pilot in Mercenaries 2 was Irish I believe.

IIRC, the game Sabateur revolves around an Irish main character as well.

Those are the only ones off the top of my head anyway.

I see you have never been to Cavan :pac:

aman23

war leaders clash of nations, features Ireland as a playable area like the Total War games.

BNJT

http://gamerillaz.com/index.php/2012/03/17/the-top-5-irish-dudes-in-videogames/ and here. Forgot about the Police Captain from LA Noire

wnolan1992

blobby360 wrote: »

I see you have never been to Cavan :pac:

I haven't. :pac:

But it's not just that that makes them not count. Everything in the game suggests that they're Irish-American. Not Irish. But I don't think there's anything to prove it either way tbh.

Retr0gamer

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Their is a Japanese RPG game set in Ireland. It's called . Heard about it a few years ago and was tempted to get it but ended up forgetting about it and selling my PS3.

Folklore.

Retr0gamer

There's an Irish priest in the obscure RPG Koudelka for the PS1.

GhostInTheRuins

Broken sword is the first one that comes to mind.

Slozer

Louise Ridgeway, who has been in a number of video games including Kinect Sports and Viva Pinata, for which she won an award.

ancapailldorcha

I read somewhere that Tomb Raider Chronicles had a level set in Ireland.

Mr.Saturn

Oswald from King of Fighters XI onward. Anna and Nina Williams from Tekken too.

RobertFoster

Lots in Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Antar Bolaeisk

There was an Irish car in Splinter Cell: Conviction

super_furry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzUPcFZzmOE

Jaunty the Snake from the awful Shadowman series.

pablomakaveli

Fritzl Funderland wrote: »

the new assassins creed has plenty of irish accents in it

Two of the Templar gang are Irish though one has a cockney accent for some reason.

Reading the article in the OP reminded me that Nina from Tekken is Irish. Seems like they just randomly made her Irish for some reason.

wnolan1992

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Reading the article in the OP reminded me that Nina from Tekken is Irish. Seems like they just randomly made her Irish for some reason.

As opposed to all the not-random stuff in Tekken like Kuma? :pac:

psugrue

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

There was an Irish car in Splinter Cell: Conviction

yes i remember that! the army vehicle outside the white house!

VinLieger

There is an Irish priest in one of the dlc for Assassins Creed II and the helicopter pilot in Mercenaries 2 is Irish

Azza

The original Broken Sword had George Stobart travel to Ireland to uncover the secrets of ancient Templar conspiracy and pit his wits with one rather stubborn goat.

The Best is Yet to Come song form Metal Gear Solid, is sung in Irish.

The protagonist from The Saboteur was Irish.

Can't think of anything else.

some random drunk

The Xbox game GunValkyrie had an Irish main character called Kelly O'Lenmey who was from Ballymun apparently.

Magill

Yeah, bit in broken sword was awesome... hope they come back in the new one.

Azza

Pretty sure we had Irish Gangs in the Mafia games, at least in the second one anyway.

GTR63

Anyone mention The Saboteur yet that had a Irish lead & uncensored DLC tits iirc.

kearneybobs

Azza wrote: »

The Best is Yet to Come song form Metal Gear Solid, is sung in Irish.

Unbelievable song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miaTf1gF4g

Feelgood

GTR63 wrote: »

Anyone mention The Saboteur yet that had a Irish lead & uncensored DLC tits iirc.

Just about to say that, what a great game the Saboteur was. I finished it 3 times. Loved it. Was hoping for a sequel and yes there was tits and lap dances

Other than that, there was Jack "Butcher" O'Hara (Green Beret) in Commandos for the PC. "I'm comin!"

J. Marston

GTR63 wrote: »

Anyone mention The Saboteur yet that had a Irish lead & uncensored DLC tits iirc.

Ha, I wonder if that's how they advertised it.

''CGI tits download pack €4.99''

GTR63

J. Marston wrote: »

Ha, I wonder if that's how they advertised it.

''CGI tits download pack €4.99''

If you bought it new you`d get dlc codes for them

pixelburp

The old UT1-based game Clive Barkers: The Undying was set entirely in Ireland, with all the cast being Irish too. Half decent game from what I vaguely recall.

That section of Broken Sword set in Ireland, man that takes me back. Prehistoric days, before the arrival of the internet so if you were stuck in a game, you stayed stuck unless you chanced upon a solution; the goat 'puzzle' had me utterly flummoxed!

Dave_The_Sheep

What about the Zafords from Borderlands 2? (I suppose Lucky Zaford is also in the first game).

They're the ones that run the Irish Bar that you get a few missions from... There's also the terrible Irish accents to contend with.

Yreval

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Oswald from King of Fighters XI onward.

Just XI, actually - a pity, as he's definitely one of the better character designs in KOF.

BizzyC

Plenty of Irish accents in Dragon Age 2

gugleguy

What about Irish people in GAA sport as published by EA.

Star Lord

pixelburp wrote: »

The old UT1-based game Clive Barkers: The Undying was set entirely in Ireland, with all the cast being Irish too. Half decent game from what I vaguely recall.

Undying was a great game for its day, but it was set elsewhere. Only the main character was Irish. He was originally meant to be a big bald muscley (vaguely Russian looking) guy, till Clive Barker insisted that the character be changed to "someone I could fall in love with", and so "Patrick Galloway" was made...

Loved the game, must dig out the disc see if it still works!

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Copied from Wikipedia:
Originally, the protagonist of the game was to be "Count Magnus Wolfram", a tattooed man with superhuman strength and supernatural abilities. Barker himself rejected this idea, noting that the more normal, down-to-earth Patrick Galloway would be easier to relate to for the average gamer. Wolfram's character model plays a small part in the finished product, however. He is the Trsanti shaman who attacks a younger Galloway with the Gel'ziabar Stone in the opening cutscene flashback.

Azza

It was set in Ireland according to wikipedia.

Star Lord

Azza wrote: »

It was set in Ireland according to wikipedia.

Perhaps, I assumed it was set in the UK, as Patrick had an Irish accent, but the Covenant family had British accents.

pixelburp

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Perhaps, I assumed it was set in the UK, as Patrick had an Irish accent, but the Covenant family had British accents.

Nope, it was definitely set in Ireland, was half the reason it got my attention all those years ago; given games set in the Old Sod are such a rarity.

Forest Demon

M Bison from Street fighter is Irish. Not only that but in Street fighter legend of Chun Li is real hardcore Irish :pac:. Orphaned soon of Irish missionary's as a baby in Bangkok and still grew up with an Irish accent.

Azza

Yeah good old Bison, he was voted Irelands greatest citizen recently or so I heard.

Branoic

Crusader Kings II - Ireland is one of the easier starting locations and features a load of medieval irish characters.

Also, the celt units in Civ 4 replied with Irish dialogue.