Least Favourite Protagonist

[-Seraph-]

Gordon Freeman, yea....I went there. One of the most uncompelling and dull characters I have ever had the misfortune of playing. He's not cool, he's not a good protagonist, and just a floating camera that shoots a wields a crowbar. No more interesting than the majority of FPS heroes.

The one problem I have with this argument is that Gordon Freeman is not supposed to be a developed character. He's meant to be the vessel through which you experience the story, he's more you than he is a separate entity.

I've heard this half assed argument before and it doesn't fly. When people say how great of a character he is when there is virtually none what so ever, then I will not and can not accept such flimsy logic. He is terribly personified unlike other GOOD silent protagonists, and I can't take anyone seriously if they consider him to be a good character in any sense of the word.

Placing ones self into another character is nothing more than lazy design in a game like that. It's a stupid excuse to avoid creating any GOOD character what so ever.

No, you're just missing the point.

Considering the rest of the Half-Life series (and everything else they've done) I think its fair to say Valve aren't lazy. Just because it doesn't resonate with you like it does others does not make it lazy either.

They do it for the exact same reasons they don't include cutscenes (not traditional ones anyway) - they want you to experience it as much as possible, not experience it through someone else.

Well I could care less if you think that way. i've already stated why I don't like that miserable excuse for a good character. It's half assed, and I can' take anyone seriously if they think HE is a good character. Enjoy the game if you want, but stop trying to sway me into accepting tbhat lazy excuse for not properly developing a character. So good day sir, have fun with your non character while I shall go off and play game with characters I see fit to give a damn about.

 

[Acromatopsy]

Renegade Cpn. Shepard: Oh for the love of god! Every single renegade option in every each conversation in the whole freaking game is like the writers went in to a kindergarten for ideas.
Yeah alright, he's all rogue and shit and he needs to be ruthless and insensitive to be totally rad and convincing and whatever but geez! 'Cause everything he says is so goddamn childish he actually becomes some twisted sort of a playschool bully. With a gun.
Maybe it's satire but hell it's still annoying as fuck to play a character like that.
He truly is the 'Man who gets the job done'; he makes everyone around feel so awkward and embarrased they'll fucking cap themselves to get out of it...

 

[vladtehimpaler]

I would say.... Possibly James Sunderland fom Silent Hill 2.
I find his emoness rather annoying, but I don't dislike him that much.

I dunno I usually like the main characters for one reason or another!

To be fair, I think the fact that James is in a town influenced by his mind to make him suffer makes the emo work out alright. It sort of fits.

Now...Squall from FF8. HE is an emo twat that should die in a Fire (and then a Fira, a Firaga, and then FIAGRA!, the logical conclusion to fire and viagra!) Virtually everything he says is garbage (including when he doesn't speak at all). This may be because the characters surrounding him are crap too, but we won't forgive him for that! His weapon sucks, his job sucks, his reactions to ANYTHING sucks, and I can't think of any reason for why Square thought THIS was a good character!

Look okay, Firstly he gets less and less emo as the game progresses. Secondly, i'd rather he not talk then deal with some prick little kid who runs around yelling "I won't give up", voiced by someone who's probably not his gender (I'm looking at you, Marumaru or whatever your name was from blue dragon). Thirdly, the gunblade is fucking awesome.

 

[FalloutJack]

I would say.... Possibly James Sunderland fom Silent Hill 2.
I find his emoness rather annoying, but I don't dislike him that much.

I dunno I usually like the main characters for one reason or another!

To be fair, I think the fact that James is in a town influenced by his mind to make him suffer makes the emo work out alright. It sort of fits.

Now...Squall from FF8. HE is an emo twat that should die in a Fire (and then a Fira, a Firaga, and then FIAGRA!, the logical conclusion to fire and viagra!) Virtually everything he says is garbage (including when he doesn't speak at all). This may be because the characters surrounding him are crap too, but we won't forgive him for that! His weapon sucks, his job sucks, his reactions to ANYTHING sucks, and I can't think of any reason for why Square thought THIS was a good character!

Look okay, Firstly he gets less and less emo as the game progresses. Secondly, i'd rather he not talk then deal with some prick little kid who runs around yelling "I won't give up", voiced by someone who's probably not his gender (I'm looking at you, Marumaru or whatever your name was from blue dragon). Thirdly, the gunblade is fucking awesome.

You can argue my decision 'till you're blue in the face, but you won't suddenly change my mind for me. That is what I decided upon and I can't think of someone that I've been in control of who's worse. No, not even Tidus. You're entitled to your own opinion, but that's co-dependent on the idea that I'm allowed mine.

 

[blazinwings]

Low in Future Tactics: the Uprising

Vayne in Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis.

Enough said.

 

[Premonition]

Raiden.

Finally, was waiting for this one. Not a bad character per se but a total and utter let down after playing as Snake.

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

I liked Tidus, he had a heck of a lot of personality and the only thing annoying about him was his voice, he was easy to relate to because Spira is new to you both and the questions he asks are usually justified because you know as much about the world as he does

The main characters in WRPGs annoy me, if I'm given 4 speech options and the character I'm RPing as wouldn't say any of them, I have no choice but to remove myself from the character and stop playing. Dragon Age did this alot

 

[ThatJoelGuy]

Cloud. Fuck all you fanboys and girls, I hated him

I hated Advent Children Cloud, and unfortunately, that's the one most people remember.

He was cool in the original game, but in Advent Children, I enjoyed every minute of him getting the crap beaten out of him.
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thank you! it seemed when cloud got a voice actor they decided to turn him into squall. And what, he says not interested once in AC and its his catch phrase all of a sudden?
All in All my lest favorite would have to be Cecil. i mean what happened? for the first bit of the game he was an awesome bad-ass dark knight then he goes all pansy. and on tidus the only part that truly annoyed me was that laughing scene, oh the pain.