Favorite hero besides Commander Keen?
Off the bunch given in the poll Mylo is definitely the coolest idea. Rigel from Farscape reminds me a lot of him.
As for heroes overall that's a pretty tough question. Usually the standard hero consists of no features except being good and strong and handsome and curageous and a bunch of other characteristics that don't form a real person. That's all needed so everyone can identify with him.
Those heroes are also the most boring (therefore the Mylo choice, he's one of those refreshing anti-heroes).
I haven't put too much thought into the hero you are playing. And (beware blasphemy) Commander Keen as a character doesn't even interest me that much, he's also relatively plain and one dimensional. But what kept me playing was the good design of the game and immersion-wise I always liked all the other alien creatures.
Take mario for example. HUGE game, I still love it. But the hero, It's-a me, is ridiculously non-fitting. Does anyone want to be an italian plumber with a mustache and a big belly? But nobody ever complained about him. The hero can be essentially unimportant for the quality of a movie/game. Moreover it's the villain often making it worthwile, see aforementioned Kane (the big exception would be Harry Potter. Voldemort must be the worst modeled villain in history)
But I guess you guys didn't want an analysis but some name dropping.
A few heroes stand out in character in my opinion, and you like playing the games just because they're in them:
Guybrush Threepwood
Sam & Max
Kirby
Vinyl Goddess from Mars (jk)
For sheer sexiness I like of course Samus Aran or Chun Li.
As for heroes overall that's a pretty tough question. Usually the standard hero consists of no features except being good and strong and handsome and curageous and a bunch of other characteristics that don't form a real person. That's all needed so everyone can identify with him.
Those heroes are also the most boring (therefore the Mylo choice, he's one of those refreshing anti-heroes).
I haven't put too much thought into the hero you are playing. And (beware blasphemy) Commander Keen as a character doesn't even interest me that much, he's also relatively plain and one dimensional. But what kept me playing was the good design of the game and immersion-wise I always liked all the other alien creatures.
Take mario for example. HUGE game, I still love it. But the hero, It's-a me, is ridiculously non-fitting. Does anyone want to be an italian plumber with a mustache and a big belly? But nobody ever complained about him. The hero can be essentially unimportant for the quality of a movie/game. Moreover it's the villain often making it worthwile, see aforementioned Kane (the big exception would be Harry Potter. Voldemort must be the worst modeled villain in history)
But I guess you guys didn't want an analysis but some name dropping.
A few heroes stand out in character in my opinion, and you like playing the games just because they're in them:
Guybrush Threepwood
Sam & Max
Kirby
Vinyl Goddess from Mars (jk)
For sheer sexiness I like of course Samus Aran or Chun Li.
You crack me up little buddy!-
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Hey! You said his name! How dare you show disrespect to the dark lord! He's done so many evilly things (including tearing his own soul into 8 pieces and murdering bunches and bunches of muggles), he's the evilliest of the evil! Almost as evil as mortimer! 
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