Poll: How do you like your protaganists in the morning?
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I'd like to see a protagonist as charming and mute as Gordon Freeman, and as stylish and a theif as Trilby.
I dont have any preference realy. I like a good character in a suitable setting and all of the options can be great.
I don't care, as long as they don't make wannabe-witty puns after every kill, don't have a "look at me I'm cool" cutscene every couple of minutes, are not enormous dicks the entire game, and have a good voice actor. Also, if they are women they must have ginormous tits.
That said, my favorite protaganist is like the one in Doom. He's a silent "thrust-into-a-bad-situation" protaganist who doesn't need to have the developers reminding the player every 30 seconds that he's a total bad-ass.
That said, my favorite protaganist is like the one in Doom. He's a silent "thrust-into-a-bad-situation" protaganist who doesn't need to have the developers reminding the player every 30 seconds that he's a total bad-ass.
Hows about naive and idealistic, with a steady temperament and an open mind? Like Raz in Psychonauts? Psychonauts, anyone? Anybody play that but me? Hello?
Seriously. There's really nothing more thrilling than playing as someone who rolls with all the punches because he knows, in the end, somehow, good will win out. You know, like the polar opposite of everybody with a gun in real life? Often fun to play as something fantastical, in this gaming world, it is.
Yay.
Seriously. There's really nothing more thrilling than playing as someone who rolls with all the punches because he knows, in the end, somehow, good will win out. You know, like the polar opposite of everybody with a gun in real life? Often fun to play as something fantastical, in this gaming world, it is.
Yay.
Honestly, I'm tired of most RPGs (most notably FFVII and VIII) and many new platform 3rd person shooters/explorers, having the whiny, emo, misanthrope heroes. That isn't to say that I like Grecian superman-type heroes any better.
A hero should remain somewhat grounded, and respond emotionally in a logical meaning. On the other hand, the hero should have enough self-confidence and charisma that people will do the crazy things she or he asks people to do. This is especially true of RPGs, where the hero is usually asking of the allies to die for some cause. Why would anyone actually want to follow Squall, when even Squall didn't want to follow Squall, he was mentally, emotionally, and politically weak. Then again, considering Cid wasn't that put together either, I guess the Garden was used to bad leadership.
Cloud, on the other hand, seems to go from either way too stoic, to way too emotional. Considering he knew Aerith for a grand total of maybe a month, there really wasn't that much of an emotional connection. Before you say "love at first sight!" you need to disillusion yourself of such myths. More than likely, it was certainly a healthy bit of lust at first sight. Then there's the whole breakdown when he finds out that his ego stroking has been all a lie.
Honestly, silent protagonists, while usually seeming a bit unemotional, tend to be the least annoying.
A hero should remain somewhat grounded, and respond emotionally in a logical meaning. On the other hand, the hero should have enough self-confidence and charisma that people will do the crazy things she or he asks people to do. This is especially true of RPGs, where the hero is usually asking of the allies to die for some cause. Why would anyone actually want to follow Squall, when even Squall didn't want to follow Squall, he was mentally, emotionally, and politically weak. Then again, considering Cid wasn't that put together either, I guess the Garden was used to bad leadership.
Cloud, on the other hand, seems to go from either way too stoic, to way too emotional. Considering he knew Aerith for a grand total of maybe a month, there really wasn't that much of an emotional connection. Before you say "love at first sight!" you need to disillusion yourself of such myths. More than likely, it was certainly a healthy bit of lust at first sight. Then there's the whole breakdown when he finds out that his ego stroking has been all a lie.
Honestly, silent protagonists, while usually seeming a bit unemotional, tend to be the least annoying.
Any good story has to be driven by the needs and desires of the people in it. In order for that to happen, the main charechter has to be a rather comlex charechter, if not the sort of person you can empathise with. I myself thought The Prince from Prince Of Persia, Sands of Time was a good example of this (althought they ruined him in the next one). He had enough going on in his head without all the crap going on around him.