Characters you thought "deserved better"

[chocolate pickles]

Then, he just gets shit on late in the game. His affair is revealed, isolating him from his family and the force, with no-one offering a shred of sympathy for the PTSD that probably fueled the affair. All the hard work he put in to rise to the top of the force is shown to be wasted, and ultimately he drowns to death without the real game's final villains getting the justice they deserve. To add insult to injury, one of said villains attends his funeral.

the whole "affiar" thing comes really out of the blue...and feels Jarring....particually I think because we know Cole has a wife and girls yet never see his personal life...so we as players assume its not important untill it all comes out of the blue

as I underatand this was due to the usual cuts and changes that come with a troubled development

I think that was the biggest problem with L.A Noire; The game had signs of great potential, but ultimately suffered from repetition and appeared rushed. Maybe if it had more time or a better development stage, it could have been a 'great' game rather than just an 'ok' one.

And yeah, the affair was a giant "WTF?" moment, especially for the reasons you said: Cole's personal life went from mostly untouched to being his Achilles heel. Some more background into his home life would have be useful.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Yamcha from Dragon Ball. Toriyama repeatedly uses him throughout the tournaments as a way to show much stronger the new opponent of the day is. Then later, because he needs a new Saiyan in the story, he has his girlfriend Blooma (Bulma) dump him for the guy that fucking killed him.

Wonder Woman. One of the most well-known superheroines, yet even the Guardians of the Galaxy has gotten a film before her. The most she?s getting recently is a supporting character role in the wholly unnecessary Batman vs. Superman fanservice film, because apparently the average cinema-goer prefers seeing the same broody fucks who?ve dominated the big screen for the past decade than a fresh take on a sorely-underappreciated feminist and cultural icon.

Shigechi from JoJo?s Bizarre Adventure. An initially annoying, yet subsequently interesting and endearing character with a pretty cool Stand, who

Spoiler

gets brutally killed off by Yoshikage Kira because he accidentally took the aforementioned serial killer?s ?lunch?.

 

[soren7550]

Joanna Dark from the Perfect Dark series. Her console games are fun as dicks, but lack story. Her books, are simply sublime, as they're fun, full of story, details, backstory, characterization, world building, all sorts of good things. However, further games and novels are very unlikely to happen, as Perfect Dark Zero didn't do so well critically, the books didn't sell as many as they wanted, and Rare's too busy making Kinect games and avatar items.

There was a third Perfect Dark in the very early stages of development, but it wasn't set to star Joanna, and what little game they did make was converted into another project that was eventually shut down.

Sorry for lack of explanation, but right now it feels like my head is going to explode.

 

[Vault101]

Joanna Dark from the Perfect Dark series. Her console games are fun as dicks, but lack story. Her books, are simply sublime, as they're fun, full of story, details, backstory, characterization, world building, all sorts of good things.

..there are perfect dark novels?

now I'm intruged

also I love the Name Joanna Dark its normal enough to be cool but too cool to be normal

 

[soren7550]

Joanna Dark from the Perfect Dark series. Her console games are fun as dicks, but lack story. Her books, are simply sublime, as they're fun, full of story, details, backstory, characterization, world building, all sorts of good things.

..there are perfect dark novels?

now I'm intruged

also I love the Name Joanna Dark its normal enough to be cool but too cool to be normal

Yup. There was also a series of comics. Initial Vector and Second Front are the books (both written my Greg Rucka), and Janus' Tears is the comics (which takes place in between the two books). I highly recommend them all (especially the books, they're my favorite books I've ever read), but good luck finding any copies.

And I'm with you on the name.

 

[Vault101]

are the books (both written my Greg Rucka), and Janus' Tears is the comics (which takes place in between the two books). I highly recommend them all (especially the books, they're my favorite books I've ever read), but good luck finding any copies.

And I'm with you on the name.

HOLY BATMANS UNDERWEAR GREG RUCKA???!!!

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO!

*runs off to spend*