IT BURNS!!!Kahunaburger said:
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I've gone thru the thread and compiled a list:
Duke
Sonic
Other M's Samus
Nathan Drake
Tidus
Tingle
Ayumi (X-blades)
Characters that are a disgrace to gaming
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I've gone thru the thread and compiled a list:
Duke
Sonic
Other M's Samus
Nathan Drake
Tidus
Tingle
Ayumi (X-blades)
The main character from Gears of War (cant remember his name)
Kratos
and pretty much the entire crew in Killzone
Kratos
and pretty much the entire crew in Killzone
Not to step on any toes, but most JRPG characters and all Nintendo let's-make-the-same-game-for-twenty-years characters excluding Samus (in the Prime series. She was a real atrocity in Other M). I hate them all for the same reason; they have no real personality. They're often flat, and not only flat, but one-sided, inconsistent, thick... and everything else I'd say is effectively a subset of what I've already listed.
My biggest grief, however, are the 'character quirks'. In almost all animes or mangas and Japanese-developed videogames and movies, the characters all have some individual, unique quirk that makes them different. The trouble is it's ALL that makes them different. I often see cookie-cutter characters slapped with some irrational and extremely strange fear or obsession, then put into a game, story, or movie like a finished product.
No, just because you hit somebody with a frying pan every time they express physical attraction towards you doesn't make you a deep character.
And I'm ranting, sorry. This is just a pet peeve.
My biggest grief, however, are the 'character quirks'. In almost all animes or mangas and Japanese-developed videogames and movies, the characters all have some individual, unique quirk that makes them different. The trouble is it's ALL that makes them different. I often see cookie-cutter characters slapped with some irrational and extremely strange fear or obsession, then put into a game, story, or movie like a finished product.
No, just because you hit somebody with a frying pan every time they express physical attraction towards you doesn't make you a deep character.
And I'm ranting, sorry. This is just a pet peeve.
Heh.Oh you guys.
Duke has a lot of fans because of Duke Nukem 3D.
They disliked him in DNF just as mutch as everyone else.
Duke has a lot of fans because of Duke Nukem 3D.
They disliked him in DNF just as mutch as everyone else.
Duke Nukem now, he was good back in the 90's but his character just does not work anymore. Kratos after the first God of War where his revenge quest started making very little sense anymore. And a certain Rosh Penin that I am sure has been mentioned in one of the previous posts.
That cold, emotionless woman, whatever her name was, from Mirror's Edge. God, I hated that game...
That was my first though too.Tibs said:
Gotta disagree, he was a pretty big douchebag in the first game. I found nothing endearing and certainly nothing relatable about him at all. He spent the first half of the game whining that his bitchy girlfriend was upset with him and letting her treat him like shit when he should have just kicked her ass to the curb (if the game developers wanted us to feel any kind of emotion about her that isn't "what a *****", they failed miserably). Then he spends the second half being upset about the double cross, despite the fact that the writing was so bad that it was painfully obvious that it was going to happen. And who cares anyway because that character was also a douchebag just like Cole and his girlfriend.Chemical Horse said:
...Actually, I'd like to expand my answer. The entire cast of inFamous, not just Cole, are a disgrace to gaming.
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Also, I'd like to nominate the entire case of Command and Conquer 4. Sadly, that even includes Kane. Yes, they even managed to screw Kane up in that game. It all stems from this stupid wife character they threw in to be the wife of you, the player. She pops up a few times and says "I love you" and "Be careful". That's it. There is no characterization there at all, she's just some random, moderately attractive woman that they keep tossing on screen while saying "CARE ABOUT HER SHE IS YOUR WIFE OMG!!!!!" Then...
She dies. And if you're on GDI, they keep trying to motivate you by talking about getting payback for your dead wife that you, the player, have absolutely no connection to and quite frankly don't really care that she died. And now I'm supposed to want to get NOD because they killed her. Uhm, yeah. Whatever. How about I get NOD because they're doing stuff that's probably evil. Yeah, that sounds like a better motivation. But no, everyone keeps reminding you of teh wifez.
And if you're on NOD, it's worse. Surprise, she's not dead! Kane saved her, and is holding her hostage to make sure you follow orders. He threatens to harm her if you don't obey. My reaction? Kill her, see if I care. Really, I can't believe you're trying to control me with this threat. It's pathetic.
And if you're on NOD, it's worse. Surprise, she's not dead! Kane saved her, and is holding her hostage to make sure you follow orders. He threatens to harm her if you don't obey. My reaction? Kill her, see if I care. Really, I can't believe you're trying to control me with this threat. It's pathetic.
So there it is. Two games with absolutely awful storytelling because they're full of obnoxious, unlikeable characters that the game apparently thinks I should care about because it assigns them titles like "main character's best friend" or "main character's wife" without doing any proper characterization. I could probably dig up other characters from other games too (Big from Sonic Adventure immediately shows up looking for his fucking frog), but I've spent too long writing this already.
I refuse to acknowledge your opinion as anything but a very silly exaggeration because you indirectly implied that Terra is an abomination to gaming.Mallefunction said:
That being said...I pick Vaan from FF12. The kid has no purpose or reason for being in his own game, that's...pathetic. I mean sure, there are other characters who may have weak characterization, or are painfully generic, or may just rub me the wrong way, but at least they all have a purpose in the games the exist in. Vaan may actually be the only video game character I truely hate.
lol I find it funny that so many people take the dislike of their liked characters so personally. Dudes! I like Nathan Drake and Sonic (in some incarnations) and heaps of people say they hate them but don't care anyway.
OT; I hate frigging Jack she is just a psychotic *****, even after her sad back story was revealed to me I still found her to be an utter *****.
OT; I hate frigging Jack she is just a psychotic *****, even after her sad back story was revealed to me I still found her to be an utter *****.
lol she's not happy at all. That's like...the entire point of her character. Congrats.lordlillen said:VANIIIIIIIILE!
its a damn manhunt against YOU stop being so happy!
also you look stupid.
Raidens whiny girlfriend from MGS 2. Oh the fun i had with her and the movie maker when i completed the game...
Also almost any whiny kid in a JRPG that you are forced to have in your party (Rico and Rucha from Infinite undiscovery and Lymle from Last Hope spring to mind).
Also almost any whiny kid in a JRPG that you are forced to have in your party (Rico and Rucha from Infinite undiscovery and Lymle from Last Hope spring to mind).