Well, I've had L4D2 for about a month now, and even though my laptop can barely handle the game, its still fun to play from time to time. But there's been one VERY consistent theme concerning the game.
Everyone hates Rochelle.
The thing is, I can't understand why. From a "design" point-of-view, she definitely works. Her color scheme and figure definitely help to differentiate her from the rest of the L4D2 gang. And she also fits in well enough with the others to not stand out like a sore thumb (other than being "the girl" I suppose).
I also don't see how any of the more common reasons for hating a character could apply (i.e. - Irritating voice, terrible dialogue, annoying personality, offensive beliefs, etc.) considering that we never delve too deeply into ANY of the characters. We see and learn just enough about them to get an idea of who they are and what they're about, and then we get right to the zombie killing.
Admittedly, she does have some cheesy lines here and there ("AXE" me a question, I dare you!"), but then, so does just about every other character, and like I said earlier, its not as if we're having loads of back story dumped on to us about these characters or anything.
And of course there's nothing to hate about her from a gameplay stand-point, considering that every character plays exactly the same. Valve could have had us playing as a group of mobile-gun-toting-cardboard boxes and it wouldn't of made any difference in the gameplay. But, fortunately, they decided to add some flavor and personality to our characters, so yay.
I also don't want to think that it's because she's black, and also happens to be replacing a somewhat generic white-female-video-game-protagonist from the previous game. I definitely think we're better than that.
You could say that she's hated because she's nothing more than "the girl", but then again so was Zoey.
But ah well, I was just curious is all. If you don't mind, why not share the reasons behind your hatred? Enlighten me!
P.S. The reason why the poll is worded all funny is because it's referencing to this funny little video here. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc9f-VVQK3k]
Also - Moar LULZ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9nAbL3TzQo]
Everyone hates Rochelle.
The thing is, I can't understand why. From a "design" point-of-view, she definitely works. Her color scheme and figure definitely help to differentiate her from the rest of the L4D2 gang. And she also fits in well enough with the others to not stand out like a sore thumb (other than being "the girl" I suppose).
I also don't see how any of the more common reasons for hating a character could apply (i.e. - Irritating voice, terrible dialogue, annoying personality, offensive beliefs, etc.) considering that we never delve too deeply into ANY of the characters. We see and learn just enough about them to get an idea of who they are and what they're about, and then we get right to the zombie killing.
Admittedly, she does have some cheesy lines here and there ("AXE" me a question, I dare you!"), but then, so does just about every other character, and like I said earlier, its not as if we're having loads of back story dumped on to us about these characters or anything.
And of course there's nothing to hate about her from a gameplay stand-point, considering that every character plays exactly the same. Valve could have had us playing as a group of mobile-gun-toting-cardboard boxes and it wouldn't of made any difference in the gameplay. But, fortunately, they decided to add some flavor and personality to our characters, so yay.
I also don't want to think that it's because she's black, and also happens to be replacing a somewhat generic white-female-video-game-protagonist from the previous game. I definitely think we're better than that.
You could say that she's hated because she's nothing more than "the girl", but then again so was Zoey.
But ah well, I was just curious is all. If you don't mind, why not share the reasons behind your hatred? Enlighten me!
P.S. The reason why the poll is worded all funny is because it's referencing to this funny little video here. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc9f-VVQK3k]
Also - Moar LULZ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9nAbL3TzQo]
