shadowgaunt said:
Coach sounds as if every sentence needs a loud, angry word("Hold up and let me heal yo ASS!" is kinda excessive.).
Nick is a generic "I only care about myself, and my _______." Just fill the blank with the word "Suit", alongside the quotes from Nick himself implying that he's related in violent things like murder, even though he's just a gambler. All of this comes together to imply that Nick is an facetious attempt at a generic badass.
Rochelle is......She doesn't seem to have much of a personality, so, in a way, she isn't generic.
And Ellis is basically a jumpy vessel for a story in most saferooms, which is amusing at first, but then it gets annoying, and then it becomes amusing again.
And the one problem about all of them is that they don't seem to have the least bit a sympathy towards each other being mauled half to (And even all the way to) death.
That doesn't explain why any of the
Left 4 Dead characters were any better.
Coach puts a lot of emotion into almost everything he says. It might be somewhat annoying, but it does fit his character.
The reason Nick gives hints to being involved in more serious crimes such as murder wasn't because he was trying to be a badass. It was character development, hinting at his past, suggesting that he is more than "just a gambler".
Rochelle does have some interesting lines, but not nearly enough of them to have much impact. Valve needs to expand more upon her character.
And Ellis is supposed to be both amusing and annoying. It's part of his character.
Now let's compare that to the survivors of
Left 4 Dead;
Louis doesn't say a damn thing that's interesting. Notice that everytime someone talks about Louis, it is almost always about "PILLZ!". Louis owes his popularity to an internet meme, not character development.
Francis is just a generic wannabe tough guy. Nothing really special about him.
Zoey suffers from the same flaws as Rochelle. Both of them barely every say anything that's interesting, and their only humor comes from quoting movies. She still needs improvement, just like Rochelle. Right now she just relies on her sterotype of the nerdy college chick to be likable.
And Bill is the war veteran. That's about it.
Whether the characters in
Left 4 Dead 2 are actually an improvement is debatable, but the
Left 4 Dead cast was not better. And one last thing; the reason the new survivors don't care about the others being killed as much as the
Left 4 Dead cast is because they have not known each other for nearly as long. It's implied that the cast of
Left 4 Dead has known each other for up to 2 weeks. The
Left 4 Dead 2 cast has only just met. It's much harder to express regret over someone you haven't known very long.
