Characters that are a disgrace to gaming

[Kais86]

Whoever or whatever the fuck that was replacing Samus Aran in Metroid Other M.

 

[The Rockerfly]

Nathan Drake. The utter douchebag of the gaming world. I loved playing uncharted 1 and 2 in terms of gameplay but some of the stuff Nathan says and does is just so irritating. His dialogue is the sole reason I cannot enjoy the series which is a little bit petty but dammit I want to beat him to death.

 

[mcnally86]

Tidus from FFX
Or pretty much all FF heroes XD outside of maybe Zidane.

Wakka? He was awesome. Also those cat...things. You know what red and the gun arm guys were cool too. I would say FF after a certain point although all Cids are awesome.

 

[Iconsting]

Roxas from Kingdom Hearts.

"This game's too fun. Looks like we'll have to add in an annoying, broody character to hijack the campaign, taking out all the good parts to make room for endless angst."

 

[viking97]

Well, the Master chief has less personality and emotion than a cement block. he is the least interesting character i have ever come across, that of itself does not make for a bad character, but the way the fanboys treat him as bad-ass in hyper-condensed form. really puts me off the character.

even MC tho, he's not insufferable. i also think the relationship between him and cortana is a very interesting one indeed. sadly, this probably goes right over the heads of the average halo player.

 

[rh1006]

AHEM. GENTLEMEN. HE WAS HERE TO F**K US. NOW HES JUST FADED INTO DOUCHEBAGGERY. (OF SORTS.)

what, you were expecting someone else?

 

[Wintermute_]

Well, the Master chief has less personality and emotion than a cement block. he is the least interesting character i have ever come across, that of itself does not make for a bad character, but the way the fanboys treat him as bad-ass in hyper-condensed really puts me of the character.

Hey, you know who has even less personality then Master Chief? Gordon Freeman. Seriously, tell me I'm wrong. In fact, Freeman and Master Chief are almost identical in every way(Power-armored badasses who become symbols of hope to a downtrodden human race while conquering an alien menace alongside a tomboyish female sidekick), except MC has more lines of dialog. Like, 3 of them. Also, MC actually had a much more legitimate claim to the whole "symbol of hope" thing, since was actually the only soldier in a war for survival that could actually fight the enemy effectively. Freeman actually CAUSED the alien invasion in question, then disappeared for around 2 decades. Seriously, how did people even hear about him? He was nobody! I mean, what exactly did he DO pre-dissapearance to garner all that faith? Spectacularly fail to save the Earth? Yeah, that sounds like a real symbol of hope to me! Anywho, that's it for me. I have to kick a beehive, poke a bear, and maybe play with some fire.

*sigh* Gordon Freeman is supposed to be you, the player. He is a blank slate that you step into and are supposed to fill the role of as a super badass particle physicist gun-totting hero of mankind.
Not to nit pick, but that was the intent (valve didn't even wanna give him a face, but marketing wanted cool box art) of valve. IMO, I found it a lot more fun to play with the very mild role-play element of me being the hero then playing a predetermined character profile (like marcus fenix or Nathan fucking Drake). But hey, again, IMO.

OT: All of fucking Noble Team in Reach. Dear god above they sucked soooo horribly. Not even the developers wanted them around they killed 'em off so quick.

 

[Eacaraxe_v1legacy]

Spoiler

This guy:



Who did this to Final Fantasy:

I chunked all that in a spoiler tag to save space. If this may be construed as a low content post...well, what more can I say. That was a character who was a disgrace to not just the game from which he came, but an entire franchise. That stands out in a game which is itself a disgrace to the franchise.

Hell, I'd go so far as to say that character was a disgrace to an entire genre but for the fact JRPG's were already stagnating in terms of narrative, story, aesthetic and characterization by 1999 and he was more of a symptom than a cause.

 

[CupboardNinja]

Any anime character. They're all so annoying and unoriginal.

 

[Treeinthewoods]

Definetely either Chell or Freeman, in a world that can make characters have personalities and actually be intersting we have silent camera's that people gush about for hours.

 

[Ben Agar]

Duke Nukem I fucking hate him, I was only reminded of that when reading some of the earlier posts. Galen Fucking Starkiller, I don't care what anyone says he is a gary-stu incarnate, hate!

Kratos, just a psychotic murdering dick and Mario, fat racist stereotype with as much depth as my pinkie

 

[TheSaw]

This *****, I can't even count the amount of times she annoyed the hell out of me.
She's not the worst, but still. Annoying Ashley.

 

[mcattack92]

Any character from an Anime series or from Final Fantasy. They are all just so terrible.

 

[Kahunaburger]

This *****, I can't even count the amount of times she annoyed the hell out of me.
She's not the worst, but still. Annoying Ashley.

LEEOOOOONNNNN! HELP ME LEON!

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Any anime character. They're all so annoying and unoriginal.

Any character from an Anime series or from Final Fantasy. They are all just so terrible.

You're beating up on anime characters in a thread about video game characters. Really? And if you mean to say any and all anime-style games, then Persona 4 would like to have a chat with you.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

Well, I'll go ahead and say Duke Nukem. I know that it's satire and intentionally over-the-top, but he's still just about everything I hate about gaming protagonists.

This. Exactly this. And it baffles me at times that he has so many fans.

 

[Metalix Knightmare]

Rico, Rico, Rico, RICO, MOTHERF****ING RICO FROM KILLZONE!! Nearly everything that over aggressive jackass does only serves to make things worse be it through nearly killing others, successful killing others, or making martyrs out of the enemy and directly disobeying orders while doing so, all while being dumber than a bag of pig based fertilizer!

And does he ever get punished for it? Placed on latrine duty? Shot or demoted for insubordination!? NO! They REWARD him! They PROMOTE him! They give their biggest idiot AUTHORITY! I was hoping Killzone 3 would have a Helghast mode just so I could finally shoot him, but nope.

Heck, given how much the creators seem to like him, that fictional Helghast mode would probably end with Rico killing the player character after everyone else was dealt with.

 

[Elsarild]

Master Cheif AkA Father Brick

 

[Ryu890]

Tidus from FFX
Or pretty much all FF heroes XD outside of maybe Zidane.

I'd have to firmly disagree with you.

Tell me, have you acctually PLAYED all the Final Fantasy games? I ask you to tell me how Cecil is a 'disgrace'. Or Terra for that matter. Perhaps even Rydia.

 

[CleverCover]

Tingle

I should say no more.. but I will
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericansHateTingle
People need to try harder and list actual Disgraces.

Hmm..what that? I've never heard of that character...
A link to find out more? Well...of course!
Oh God...It's--it's...TV TROPES! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I'M TRAPPED! HELPPPP!