These jackets keep you warm, but they sure look cool.

We all love a little bit of fashion. It falls into a whole bunch of categories, be it comfort, style, or anything in between and beyond. The same applies to characters in all forms of media, but since you'll be staring at a video game character a fair while longer, it pays for them to look good.

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There are a massive amount of ways to make a character stand out, from the base outfit they wear to the attire they offer to customize with. That said, nothing beats a solid jacket. Plenty of gaming characters rock jackets long and short, which makes them instantly recognizable.

More recently being fans of adopting Japanese culture, Sucker Punch isn't unfamiliar with adapting cultures from across the globe, with Infamous: Second Son's Delsin Rowe from a fictional native tribe. Though questionable in origin, he's undeniably more stylish than previous protagonist Cole McGrath.

Wearing a red beanie and some basic blue jeans, it's his jacket that truly stands out. Covered all over in buttons and badges, you can choose a variety of designs to fit the back. However, it also adjusts based on your karma - portraying a white and blue eagle with good karma, and an animal skull with red wings with bad karma.

If there's one thing Arkane's games never lack in, it's style. Every one of its games has something visually unique, from Prey's sharp and sleek retro-futurism, to Deathloop's '60s poster-inspired world. None are as well known as Dishonored though, with its incredible painterly look.

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That style carries over into its characters, of course. Though each and every one is iconic, Corvo is uniquely special. Despite never actually appearing in the game in third person, every artwork of him showcases his long trench coat. The mask is threatening enough, but the long, black coat only adds to his persona.

Xenoblade Chronicles is a fascinating series, changing art styles just as frequently as it changes the gameplay, with dramatic differences between each entry. Though XC3 is all the rage at the moment, Shulk still remains one of the most iconic characters in the series.

He's a funny character to look at, Shulk. He's not exactly hero material from the look of him. He's all too mundane to the point he stands out, and his funny little jacket exemplifies that. It's a mostly normal look, puffy around the chest, but then has a pronounced collar and hood, and the hem and shoulders have funny circles around them.

Max Payne is an incredibly special series, having popularized bullet time in games and immortalizing Sam Lake's face forever. Remedy has moved into new territory since, with plenty of David Lynch-inspired games, but few can rival Max as a protagonist.

Based heavily on Noir stories and Norse mythology, Max Payne isn't as heavily surreal, yet just as memorable as others, and Max has a great look to match. We all know the story of the lone detective in the big city and their leather jackets. Well, that's Max. Few other Remedy protagonists could beat that jacket. Except maybe Alan's wardrobe's worth.

There's a lot of video game villains out there, so many of them incredibly iconic. Revolver Ocelot falls in the odd category of sometimes being a villain, even the antagonist, and other times simply a close friend. It gets a little complicated.

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But damn if he hasn't always had a great sense of fashion. From a wrinkled old man in the original and its sequel with a dashing dusty trench coat, to his cowboy fit in MGS 5, Ocelot will never be forgotten. His long jackets are definitely his greatest though.

Looking at Kingdom Hearts from the outside can be an incredibly confusing task. Is its story more Final Fantasy or Disney? The answer would simply be yes. Also, every game is important, especially the spin-offs.

Beloved protagonist, Sora, will always be as confused as you though. Throughout the games, he's gotten various new designs and color schemes, but always kept some variation of his iconic jacket. His jacket is much too short for him, with very oversized zippers, but he wouldn't be Sora without it.

Though many people know of the Deus Ex series through Human Revolution, it actually began in 2000 with the simply titled Deus Ex. That said, protagonist Adam Jensen was introduced with Human Revolution, and has become the face of the series since.

There are a lot of things in his life that Adam Jensen never asked for, but you can almost guarantee that jacket was asked for. It's a stylish trench coat (those sure are popular) with patterned shoulders and a sharp collar. The lapels are just as sharp, extending down the length of the coat. It's clean, it's modern, and it's very Adam Jensen.

There are a whole bunch of Final Fantasy games, both mainline and spin-offs, and multitudes of characters to fall in love with (or maybe just hate). There are a lot of stylish folks in there too, with Lightning even becoming an actual model. No, really.

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Who else has Squall Leonheart's jacket though? Leon might be a bit angsty, but to be fair he's been through a lot, and has some weird friends. That jacket makes up for it all though. A deep black leather, it's cropped around his waist and covered in fur around the neck. Hard to tell if the jacket is meant to keep him warm or cold, but it's definitely pretty cool.

Style based action games don't quite get the attention they deserve. Basically created by Hideki Kamiya, they haven't far escaped his influence with Devil May Cry inspiring dozens of games since. These games strive off their characters, and Dante is the perfect inspiration.

From wise-cracking demon hunter in the original, to the heavily memed wacky pizza man by DMC 5, he's definitely evolved, but that red jacket has never changed. Sure, it's gone through some revisions, sometimes he turns up the sleeves. It's absolutely always that deep, blood-red leather that swings around when he dances around the battlefield. Blood stains won't show as much on red, so it works out for him.

Capcom has a massive library of iconic characters, plenty of them being the force that holds some of their games together. For example, there are some Resident Evil entries that, let's be honest, primarily succeed because of the characters. Resident Evil 5 is good because Chris punches a boulder into pebbles, and Wesker is simply there.

When it comes to fashion though, no one beats Leon. Even in RE6, he's got a nice jacket, but none beat his jacket from RE4. It's as beloved as the game itself. Light brown suede, soft wool curling around the collar, and thick seams all around. It's a damn shame he loses it so early on, but maybe the REmake will change that.

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Hilton is a List Article Writer with TheGamer. He's passionate about a whole bunch of games, maybe too wide a list to mention them all, but has always wanted to be involved in them more. And writing about them seems like a pretty strong way to do that. He just wants to spread some fun and write something that will make you feel the same passion for games that he has.