MSN's '20 Most Annoying Video Game Characters of All Time'
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It's funny really.
We, as a gaming community persistently annoy, destroy and argue about almost all of the characters their "writer" has described in that article...
And yet I am compelled to call him a Dick. With a capital D
Sure, ill call all CODBlop players shambling prickmeisters until proven otherwise, but when some useless and untalented bastard does it on none other than msn, i just have to call him a dick.
We, as a gaming community persistently annoy, destroy and argue about almost all of the characters their "writer" has described in that article...
And yet I am compelled to call him a Dick. With a capital D
Sure, ill call all CODBlop players shambling prickmeisters until proven otherwise, but when some useless and untalented bastard does it on none other than msn, i just have to call him a dick.
This list is full of stupid choices Tails, Luigi, Spyro, Pikachu, Niko.
I will never take MSN seriously ever again.
I will never take MSN seriously ever again.
You know who really grinds my gears? The thimble from Monopoly. Always hated that guy.thedeathscythe said:
Pretty piss-poor list. A player is not a character, (CoD:BO players.) A weapon is not a character, (Blue shell.) "Cowardliness" is not a word. Bioware made Mass Effect not Bioshock. The opinions I suppose are subjective so I can't really criticise them but they certainly seemed out of touch. I mean was he talking annoying as in annoying or annoying as in "has obvious character flaws" I mean Jacob Taylor, while certainly a pretty shallow character, certainly didn't get in the way or anything. Luigi's, ahem, cowardice was meant to be for it's comedic value and certainly didn't define the character. I don't quite know what this guy was getting at.
Yeah... not what I'd call a persuasive list.
Yeah... not what I'd call a persuasive list.
I almost stopped on the first page seeing Jacob there. The guy was just dull and mostly uninteresting, nothing to bash your head against the wall and go "YOU SHOULD NOT EXIST!" Now the Council on the other hand....
But I read that list and I get this weird vibe that the author writing it has no real idea about what he's talking about. Especially with hating Pikachu. Yeah, Pikachu's garbage, but it seemed like the author's never played a game at all claiming all their cries are high-pitched or some-such.
The list is just chock full of shit.
But I read that list and I get this weird vibe that the author writing it has no real idea about what he's talking about. Especially with hating Pikachu. Yeah, Pikachu's garbage, but it seemed like the author's never played a game at all claiming all their cries are high-pitched or some-such.
The list is just chock full of shit.
Really, don't listen to these people. It's like the folks at Yahoo proclaiming a new Wow-killer every five minutes. They don't know what they're talking about and there are way better places to go for gaming opinions. It is a little annoying that they call themselves experts in the field of gaming though.
Itemized list time!
1) Bioshock =/= Bioware. I'm pretty sure we've all caught that one by now. 
2) Agreed with him here.
3) So his problem is that an AI... a COMPUTER... has no emotion in its voice? Wow. Never let this guy get anywhere near GLaDOS, HAL, or Data.
4) A quick google search, and I found out that there's a way to turn the commentary off. Moving on.
5) Eh, I could go either way on this one.
6) Annoying, yeah, but not THAT annoying.
7) In the same sentence, he asked "who would want to play" a game, and stated that it was "commercially successful." Question answered, moving on.
8) I wasn't ever a huge Starkiller fan in the first place, so I can't really judge that one.
9) Never got to play it, so I can't judge. But I hope for the author's sake that there's more to this than a British accent.
10) Never got to play this, either. Still, I hear Roman is a contender to the throne of annoyance.
11) Yes. Yes. Oh, goodness, yes. Agreed. Though I wouldn't say "Almost everyone." More like "The vocal minority."
12) ...and this one made me nerd-rage. Fear =/= cowardice. The likable thing about Luigi is that he's afraid, but he does what needs to be done anyway. Plus, he's not really that cowardly in most games (I count SSB Brawl, Luigi's Mansion, The Mario & Luigi series as his points of cowardice.) Besides, I think it's enjoyable to watch him flip out, because in all honesty, that's probably what the average person would be doing when faced with a giant fire-breathing turtle.
13) The repeated "Shoryuken" is annoying, but I didn't think it was that bad. Your mileage may vary.
14) I don't agree, but I understand that most people will. Personally, I thought Navi was helpful in the game (voice acting and all,) and the real hate should have been directed toward that stupid owl and his unskippable speeches.
15) I can see this one. Newer MK games have lessened its power a bit (you can mushroom-boost out of the blast if you have good timing,) but still irritating. Unfortunately, it's not exactly a character.
16) The author is going back and fourth between faulting a character due to a franchise and faulting a character due to a single game. By this logic, Mario is a terrible character because of "Hotel Mario." In games where you could control him independently, I think Tails was pretty great. He was just as fast as sonic, and could FLY. Yeah.
17) The first line of the paragraph is "I've never really 'got' Pokémon." Clearly, he is in a position to judge the characters. To be fair, you don't have to be involved in a medium to see its annoying characters, but to condemn an entire franchise that you haven't really gotten in to?
18) I need to go back and replay this. YMMV, from what I gather.
19) That's not true! She was in "Super Princess Peach..." oh, never mind. Yeah, I agree with this one.
20) Ah, the character that made the term "Escort mission" into something hateworthy.
2) Agreed with him here.
3) So his problem is that an AI... a COMPUTER... has no emotion in its voice? Wow. Never let this guy get anywhere near GLaDOS, HAL, or Data.
4) A quick google search, and I found out that there's a way to turn the commentary off. Moving on.
5) Eh, I could go either way on this one.
6) Annoying, yeah, but not THAT annoying.
7) In the same sentence, he asked "who would want to play" a game, and stated that it was "commercially successful." Question answered, moving on.
8) I wasn't ever a huge Starkiller fan in the first place, so I can't really judge that one.
9) Never got to play it, so I can't judge. But I hope for the author's sake that there's more to this than a British accent.
10) Never got to play this, either. Still, I hear Roman is a contender to the throne of annoyance.
11) Yes. Yes. Oh, goodness, yes. Agreed. Though I wouldn't say "Almost everyone." More like "The vocal minority."
12) ...and this one made me nerd-rage. Fear =/= cowardice. The likable thing about Luigi is that he's afraid, but he does what needs to be done anyway. Plus, he's not really that cowardly in most games (I count SSB Brawl, Luigi's Mansion, The Mario & Luigi series as his points of cowardice.) Besides, I think it's enjoyable to watch him flip out, because in all honesty, that's probably what the average person would be doing when faced with a giant fire-breathing turtle.
13) The repeated "Shoryuken" is annoying, but I didn't think it was that bad. Your mileage may vary.
14) I don't agree, but I understand that most people will. Personally, I thought Navi was helpful in the game (voice acting and all,) and the real hate should have been directed toward that stupid owl and his unskippable speeches.
15) I can see this one. Newer MK games have lessened its power a bit (you can mushroom-boost out of the blast if you have good timing,) but still irritating. Unfortunately, it's not exactly a character.
16) The author is going back and fourth between faulting a character due to a franchise and faulting a character due to a single game. By this logic, Mario is a terrible character because of "Hotel Mario." In games where you could control him independently, I think Tails was pretty great. He was just as fast as sonic, and could FLY. Yeah.
17) The first line of the paragraph is "I've never really 'got' Pokémon." Clearly, he is in a position to judge the characters. To be fair, you don't have to be involved in a medium to see its annoying characters, but to condemn an entire franchise that you haven't really gotten in to?
18) I need to go back and replay this. YMMV, from what I gather.
19) That's not true! She was in "Super Princess Peach..." oh, never mind. Yeah, I agree with this one.
20) Ah, the character that made the term "Escort mission" into something hateworthy.
Farah? seriously? she was one of the better sidekicks in gaming imo. She could actually kill shit and she took care of herself most of the time.
Utterly ridiculous, he skipped over the annoying characters in favour of their better, less annoying but better known allies. About three on that list aren't even characters, and have no purpose there.
The Spyro one was just petty. Had nothing to do with the character, he just doesn't like the series. And Tails? Seriously? He's completely controllable and is identical to Sonic in terms of gameplay, but is invincible and can fly...
It's just pop nonsense. I'd call it trolling, but I'd guess the author is completely unaware of the subject manner. Most likely he just googled popular characters and mimicked whatever complaints he came up with first.
The Spyro one was just petty. Had nothing to do with the character, he just doesn't like the series. And Tails? Seriously? He's completely controllable and is identical to Sonic in terms of gameplay, but is invincible and can fly...
It's just pop nonsense. I'd call it trolling, but I'd guess the author is completely unaware of the subject manner. Most likely he just googled popular characters and mimicked whatever complaints he came up with first.
Spyro as annoying? What the hell? Also i didn't know a blue shell was a character, it's a weapon.
Godamn msn can go die for all I care...
Godamn msn can go die for all I care...
I think MSN just wanted to have a "video games" section, so they got the first guy they could find who knew a little about games and gave him a column. :/LawlessSquirrel said:
OT: Also, I don't know anyone who still uses the phrase "joypad."
He.. dissed... Pikachu!?!?
Someone is fucking going down for that one!
Also, if this author really can't tell the difference between Bioshock and Bioware, then I fear for his intellectually well-being writing these articles. Fuck, a retarded monkey could have done better than this guy. Sheesh.
Someone is fucking going down for that one!
Also, if this author really can't tell the difference between Bioshock and Bioware, then I fear for his intellectually well-being writing these articles. Fuck, a retarded monkey could have done better than this guy. Sheesh.