Twenty Questions

They did not.

A male, non-main or eponymous multi format character that did not exist before 2006

12/20

Does this character appear in a Japanese game?

Nope.
A male, non-main or eponymous multi format character, that is not from a Japanese game and did not exist before 2006

11/20

Is the character from a shooter?

Wikipedia says yes.

Nope.
A male, non-main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese shooter and did not exist before 2006

10/20

Are they from Gears of War?

They are not.

A male, non-main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese shooter and did not exist before 2006 and is not from Gears of War

9/20

Are they from a first-person shooter?

According to Wikipedia, Yes.

A male, non-main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese first person shooter and did not exist before 2006.

8/20

Andrew Ryan from that there Bioshock?

Nope.

A male, non-main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese first person shooter, did not exist before 2006 and is not Andrew Ryan

7/20

I'll warn you now, there's a couple of misleading truths in your clues...

Is the chap a character you can control at any point?

No!

A non playable, male, non-main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese first person shooter, did not exist before 2006 and is not Andrew Ryan

6/20

I'm starting to feel this was a little harder than I had thought, but I don't know how to give any clues without giving it away...

Is the character a Villain?

I'm going to say no, not totally good though.

A non playable, male, non-villain, main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese first person shooter, did not exist before 2006 and is not Andrew Ryan

5/20

Is the character from Borderlands?

Nope. As we're getting mighty close, I'll say that it's in another genre as well as FPS, the other one would probably be how I'd identify it.

A non playable, male, non-villain, main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese first person shooter, did not exist before 2006 and is not Andrew Ryan or from Borderlands

Hmmm. . . I'm thinking Portal, Bioshock and Fallout, with puzzler, horror and RPG... Or maybe a third person shooter with the option to go first? None of these are guesses, I'm just throwing them out there for the group to mull over before we ask you anything else.

I'll throw you a bone with you're thinking along the correct lines at first. It's not a TPS.

Would you consider the game a puzzle game over a shooter?

Nope.

A non playable, male, non-villain, main or eponymous multi format character, that is from a non-Japanese or puzzle - first person shooter, did not exist before 2006 and is not Andrew Ryan or from Borderlands

3/20

The other genre is Survival Horror

Is this character in Bioshock?

Bioshock, survival horror? Eh?!

Yeah I'll let that slide

I never saw that but now I'm even more confused a First Person Survival Horror, I can't think of any and I like "proper" Survival Horror games.