Unlikeable Lead characters
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Exactly, agreed entirely. FF has long had a controlling share of the market when it comes to flakey, confused or just plain uninteresting lead characters with a much better defined supporting cast.Tanakh said:
To further, in Disgaea 3, I was almost certain if I heard Mao say "honor student" or "delinquent" one more time, I'd shoot my TV. On that merit alone, Mr Champloo was far more enjoyable to listen to. Plus, Champloo was insane.
Lara Croft has always been as interesting to me as peat moss...
As much as the series is told from the P.O.V. of whichever character is selected, the Street Fighter games have always centered around Ryo of the Uppercut family, and he is BORING as fuck-all. The generic "wandering warrior" archetype, no real personality or character to him, just the drive to compete. Any othe character in the games, even Oro, is more interesting.
Yes it is but on supporting material like the books and comics. Lets just say the Illusive man got those eyes after dicking around with Reaper tech and had a Shep like vision.J-meMalone said:
Without a doubt its Marcus Fenix. I couldn't even push myself to finish any of the games just because the entire cast are complete tools. I started siding with the bugs! It just ruined the entire game for me. They're not even brooding, or hardened, just dicks! Every line is "Grr! Arg! Kill!". Shit, I know its a war game but FFS! SHOW SOME EMOTION! It doesn't make you a pussy to sound like you give a damn.
Most recently though Sam B in Dead Island is a very close contender. The only saving grace he has is that "Who Do You Voodoo *****!" is quite a catchy (but still terrible) track.
Most recently though Sam B in Dead Island is a very close contender. The only saving grace he has is that "Who Do You Voodoo *****!" is quite a catchy (but still terrible) track.
This. A thousand times. People like to hate on Drake because they are hipsters. Drake is the modern day Indiana Jones. Seriously, aside from a whip and fedora, they have almost the exact same mannerisms. Well, Indy was a bit of a womanizer in ToD, but whatever.operationgenesis said:
Drake is a mass murderer? And other game leads aren't? Name me one shooter game where the main protagonist doesn't rack up at least 100+ kills. "But Drake does it while joking! He's insensitive! WAAAAAAA" Oh boo fucking hoo. Get off the Nancy Train Susie.
And finally, people choose to belittle Drake because Drake is cool, and this flies in the face with nerd culture. Nerds inherently cannot identify with Smart/sexy male leads, who visit exotic locations and rescue beautiful women. Unless they are wearing POWER ARMOR and wielding the sword of Dragonmar!
Drake needs to appear on Archer, and they can team up. That would be awesome.
Unlike most people it would seem, I actually like Marcus Fenix. He might not show much emotion, but he seems to take the weight of saving humanity on his shoulders and is able to bear it. That kind of pressure takes its toll a man but thats what makes him a hero.
OK, so I might be reading too much into this but I am a Gears fanatic ok?
OK, so I might be reading too much into this but I am a Gears fanatic ok?
I always found Indy as likeable as ebola... truly, I despised those films.Bradeck said:
Thing is, I haven't played Uncharted, and yes my view of Drake has been tainted by Yahtzee ragging on him, but not enough to make a definitive dislike that would stop me from ever playing the games (I can't afford them) or whatever, but now you back up the whole Indiana Jones comparison, I can see why people hate him...
I think that would be a bit weird, largely due to the differing graphical representations... that and Archer is utterly peerless, and the lack of sorta relationship decay with Lana if he was paired up with Drake instead, it would make it a bit eh...Bradeck said:
Vito Scaletta from Mafia II. He's utterly dull and unlikeable compared to Thomas Angelo (the protagonist in the first game). His motivations for his actions are either frivolous or glossed over entirely. Just got back from the war? Get into organized crime! Why? Because regular work is for suckers. What's that? You got arrested and imprisoned for years after working with some guy you barely know, and only just got out of the joint? Work with him again!
He's not the only one. I can't say I found any of the characters in that game very interesting.
He's not the only one. I can't say I found any of the characters in that game very interesting.
Japanese games seem to love making terrible protagonists, but the king and queen of "no appeal whatsoever" are The World Ends with You's Neku Sakuraba and Bayonetta's titular anti-heroine. Granted, there was no redeeming value in The World Ends with You as a whole, but Neku was the real icing on the piss-cake. Bayonetta at least softened the blow by having a slightly-above-average combat system. I mean, yeah, Devil May Cry and God of War are much better, but still.
I'd say Sonic, but I fucking hate everyone in those games (The only character I tolerate, Metal Sonic, never fucking shows up anymore either)
So, I'm gonna say...Kratos.
So, I'm gonna say...Kratos.
Pretty much all the JRPGS I've ever played had horrible leads and supporting casts.
I admit that looking back on it now, I really didn't like Altair from the first AC. Even if he 'apologized', his voice acting was so wooden that it almost felt like it was sarcastic. I hated him anyway for being a dumb twat and then of course the sheer arrogance. I think Desmond counts as well for this. He's dumb, he's boring, he's annoying, and he just sucks every time I have to play as him.
Shepard in Mass Effect was also annoying or at least the male Shepard was. Hawke I didn't mind as much but that was probably because I avoided the 'witty/snarky' responses like the plague.
I admit that looking back on it now, I really didn't like Altair from the first AC. Even if he 'apologized', his voice acting was so wooden that it almost felt like it was sarcastic. I hated him anyway for being a dumb twat and then of course the sheer arrogance. I think Desmond counts as well for this. He's dumb, he's boring, he's annoying, and he just sucks every time I have to play as him.
Shepard in Mass Effect was also annoying or at least the male Shepard was. Hawke I didn't mind as much but that was probably because I avoided the 'witty/snarky' responses like the plague.
This is pretty much how I always saw him. I understand people not liking him because he's a murdering monster, but arrogant or macho? Not really...Father Time said:
Every protagonist of every Final Fantasy game. Also Kratos, Hawke(Dragon Age 2), Dante(Dante's Inferno), and Master Chief
If we're talking just bad main characters the the girl from X-Blades is surely one of them.
As for characters that don't stand up well when comparing them to the rest of the cast, Chrono from Chrono Trigger would be on that list. I liked every other character on Chrono's team more than Chrono himself. He's not a bad character, he's just not much of one being all silent and what not.
[sub]Granted, through gameplay and certain plot points you could easily call Chrono determined and self-sacrificing but it's never really clear how he feels about the world ending and what he's doing to stop it.[/sub]
As for characters that don't stand up well when comparing them to the rest of the cast, Chrono from Chrono Trigger would be on that list. I liked every other character on Chrono's team more than Chrono himself. He's not a bad character, he's just not much of one being all silent and what not.
[sub]Granted, through gameplay and certain plot points you could easily call Chrono determined and self-sacrificing but it's never really clear how he feels about the world ending and what he's doing to stop it.[/sub]