I was searching around online and found this interesting little theory on Left 4 Dead:
The characters fufill very obvious Zombie Apocalypse character archetypes - the zombie movie nerd, the Action Survivor normal guy, the Jerkass biker dude and the military guy. However, these also fufill video game player archetypes. Who are the kinds of people who play action games and FP Ss like this? Nerds who love geeking out over the backstory. Normal people who want to blow off steam. People who want to do and say things they could never do or say in Real Life. And military/gun fanboys/girls. Next time you play it with friends, have a look at who they keep playing as...
And another one on Left 4 dead 2:
...characters of Left 4 Dead 2 are archetypes of Left 4 Dead players. Rochelle is the player who always gives other players health and pills, and generally helps newbies out. Coach is similar - he's the person who rallies the team and gets them motivated to get to the next safehouse. Ellis is The Loony who sets off car alarms and hordes as often as possible. And Nick is the asshole who mocks and teases other players for screwing up, and tends to make fun of the setting as they play through (the guy who, when a Tank appears, yells "Of course! It couldn't be easy, could it?!")
Tell me Escapists, do you believe this is the case? I certainly do since I'm something of a military nut and practically fight to play as Bill and I'm an asshole so I constantly try to play Nick because I love his snark.
So, share your thoughts and for those wondering the two selections were taken from some page on TVTropes, I won't link because I don't want anyone getting lost there.
The characters fufill very obvious Zombie Apocalypse character archetypes - the zombie movie nerd, the Action Survivor normal guy, the Jerkass biker dude and the military guy. However, these also fufill video game player archetypes. Who are the kinds of people who play action games and FP Ss like this? Nerds who love geeking out over the backstory. Normal people who want to blow off steam. People who want to do and say things they could never do or say in Real Life. And military/gun fanboys/girls. Next time you play it with friends, have a look at who they keep playing as...
And another one on Left 4 dead 2:
...characters of Left 4 Dead 2 are archetypes of Left 4 Dead players. Rochelle is the player who always gives other players health and pills, and generally helps newbies out. Coach is similar - he's the person who rallies the team and gets them motivated to get to the next safehouse. Ellis is The Loony who sets off car alarms and hordes as often as possible. And Nick is the asshole who mocks and teases other players for screwing up, and tends to make fun of the setting as they play through (the guy who, when a Tank appears, yells "Of course! It couldn't be easy, could it?!")
Tell me Escapists, do you believe this is the case? I certainly do since I'm something of a military nut and practically fight to play as Bill and I'm an asshole so I constantly try to play Nick because I love his snark.
So, share your thoughts and for those wondering the two selections were taken from some page on TVTropes, I won't link because I don't want anyone getting lost there.
