Characters you like that everyone else seems to hate

[Ashcrexl]

the obvious choice here is raiden in sons of liberty. i fucking love raiden. he wasnt that girly, only whined a few times, and he did some pretty manly stuff. he was more a man than me anyway. i know a guy who has played metal gear solid 1 and 3, but refuses to play 2 just because of raiden, and that's just sad.

another guy people seem to hate is brucie from gta iv. yeah, he was annoying, but he was overwhelmingly hilarious, and not a bad guy. and i bet half of his issues was because of his brother mori, so you cant really blame him.

 

[Vrex360]

Ashley Wil-

Ah...the "make vrex360 say Ashley Williams" thread!

- Have I become so predictable?

So yeah, anyway, what he said. I like Ashley a lot (arguably my favorite female character in Mass Effect) and I seriously can't fathom the degree of insane hate she gets for absolutely no fair reason.
Honestly the Ashley that people seem to be seeing when they start up their angry accusations is nothing like the Ashley that is actually present in the game.


So yeah, other than that... the Arbiter from Halo 2. To this day I rate him as miles better both in terms of character and role within story then the Masterchief, his plot actually has depth for one thing and he emotes and shows signs of personality more frequently and the whole religious zealotry that he later starts to question is far stronger as a narrative device then what Chief gets, on average anyway.

 

[Vrex360]

Ashley Wil-

Ah...the "make vrex360 say Ashley Williams" thread!

- Have I become so predictable?

I was joking...but enter 'Vrex360 racist' into the search bar.

Just did... I see what you mean.

Fair point, fair point.

 

[Vrex360]

Double post.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

Holy crap the list.

Tidus : FFX
Vaan : FFXII

To name just a couple

 

[GiantRaven]

another guy people seem to hate is brucie from gta iv. yeah, he was annoying, but he was overwhelmingly hilarious, and not a bad guy. and i bet half of his issues was because of his brother mori, so you cant really blame him.

The interactions between Brucie and Niko are one of the best parts of the game in my eyes.

 

[DSK-]

I didn't mind Kaiden or Carth in ME1 and KOTOR respectively.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Link. The vast majority of hate seems to be because he's a silent protagonist. But most of the haters are also active members of The Church of Freeman.

 

[bak00777]

Macbeth. When we had to read that in Senior yr of Highschool, i was the only one that liked him and felt bad that his wife drove him to insanity.

 

[Daymo]

Any character from Final Fantasy 13, except for Hope. Everyone is right in that Hope should go die, but I liked all the other characters in the game, especially Snow. He's probably my second favorite FF character behind Auron.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

I've seen a lot of hate against Allistair in Dragon Age, but I found his lame jokes oddly amusing.

Oh yeah, I totally agree. I once saw someone calling him 'whiney'. Everyone he knows in the entire game is either dead or dying, and he remains relatively cheerful. How is that whiney?

Same goes for Kaiden. He pretty much says nothing to you unless you talk to him, at which point he tells you about his life. This makes him whiney, apparently. I just don't see the logic.

 

[AboveUp]

I always took Kaiden with me in every mission in the first Mass Effect.

Spoiler: Does this still constitute as a spoiler? I'm not entirely sure.

I got really upset when I sent him off to fight the Geth in a tower and got the choice to save the mission (and Ashley) or save him.

My opinion of Ashley was that she's a useless crybaby and would absolutely need saving. Kaiden? He's awesome. My great friend, at least, besides Garrus. He can take care of himself, damnit!
So I saved Ashley, let the bomb go off and heard Kaiden died.

It didn't help that I accidentally romanced Ashley. I didn't want her, but hey, achievements need unlocking!

That whole argument with her on ME2 opened up old wounds. I hoped she was dead instead of Kaiden, but instead she got another chance to whine at me during another game. Luckily, I dumped her in favor of Miranda.

Yes, I know. I could've easily gone back to a previous save and changed things around after the news came in, but mistakes like this makes my Shepard more human.

 

[Nvv]

Alistair in Dragon Age: Origins, and Niko Belik from GTA4. A lot of people find the annoying, I really liked Alistair and I found Niko's story to be quite interesting.

 

[MysteriousStranger10]

I really liked Makato from Enchanted Arms. Everyone seems to think he's annoying and camp. I like him. A lot.

 

[AyreonMaiden]

Garet and Tyrell from the Golden Sun games.

 

[uttaku]

navi

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Wakka from Final Fantasy X. IMO, he is one of the most realistic and likeable characters in FF history. If characters from GAMES everyone hates counts, then Sazh from FFXIII as well.

 

[VivaciousDeimos]

I've seen a lot of hate against Allistair in Dragon Age, but I found his lame jokes oddly amusing.

Oh yeah, I totally agree. I once saw someone calling him 'whiney'. Everyone he knows in the entire game is either dead or dying, and he remains relatively cheerful. How is that whiney?

Same goes for Kaiden. He pretty much says nothing to you unless you talk to him, at which point he tells you about his life. This makes him whiney, apparently. I just don't see the logic.

And the hilarious thing about Kaiden is he'll flat out tell you (at least when you're romancing him) that he's over his demons. He's telling you about his life because you asked him.

Aside from Alistair and Kaiden, I'd have to add Shaun from AC2 and Brotherhood. I don't care if he's an asshole, I love that snarky British man, especially the conspirator narrations in 2.

 

[ComicsAreWeird]

Squall from Final Fantasy VIII. It seems that being calm and introspective is too close to being emo. I think he´s a silent badass.

 

[PureChaos]

Link is one of my favorite video-game characters
Around here everyone hates on the guy because he didn't wear mettle armor, have a giant sword, and he was silent. But Gotta love the guy that can make the "Fairy Bow" badass

i'm with you on that one, the guy awesome and so dreamy badass. i actually like Navi yet everyone else wants her to die. i didn't find the 'hey, hey, watch out, hey' annoying and actually preferred it over Tatl's dinging noise in Majora's Mask