In most narrative action titles that require spectacular violence from the protagonist, the player is encouraged to both see the character as a rounded human in the story sections, but then treat them as a killing machine in the interactive sequences.
Raynor is the protagonist and player character of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
The protagonist and player character of Silent Hill 3 is Heather, the teenaged adopted daughter of Harry.
While investigating a murder, protagonist and player character George Stobbart finds himself uncovering a dark mystery regarding the Knights Templar.
The choice of the developers of Murder on the Orient Express to use Antoinette Marceau, rather than Poirot, as the protagonist and player character was criticized by some.
The protagonist and player character of Silent Hill 4 is Henry Townshend, a resident of the South Ashfield Heights Apartments building in the fictitious town of Ashfield.
Outside of Tartarus, instead of navigating the game world by directly controlling the Protagonist, the player guides an on-screen cursor around an area, allowing interaction with characters and objects.
When Nanako appears to die, the group furiously confronts Namatame; as the protagonist, the player must help the others realize that Namatame is not the killer by pointing out the lack of a proper motive, and subsequently work to determine that Ryotaro's assistant, Tohru Adachi, is the true killer.
She finds herself in what might otherwise be a fairly genre-typical spooky mansion, Echo Bluff, and its surrounding grounds, but with a significant sense shut off, both protagonist and player alike will feel the dread of what's around them more keenly than, say, a game with more explicit gory imagery, such as the excellent for what it is The Evil Within, or of course the original Resident Evil.
As protagonist John Marston, players can interact with the environment and engage in combat with enemies, using various firearms.
