The Worst Video Game Character Ever

[Suncatcher]

You know, going into this thread I thought I would have to think long and hard about this, go through dozens of games, and finally pick out somebody I really hated.

Then I look at the first page, and there's ME3's star child. I'd actually managed to forget about him for a while. I guess I don't need to do any more thinking on the subject...


If I have to name somebody else, it's either Miranda or Kei Leng. The first is a stupid evil whore who somehow managed to insert herself in command of my ship, and the second is a hideous Mary Sue who repeatedly got curbstomped in actual combat, then entered a cutscene just to declare all my abilities null and himself the winner.

Outside of Mass Effect... dunno. Always hated Lady Aribeth in the first Neverwinter Nights. And Elanee in the second. No more Bioware? Fine...

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Spoiler: A picture is worth a thousand words.

Which means I can't be smited for a low content post.

Edit: Sure, Toad doesn't flip you off any more, or even inform you of being just slightly too slow. But he's still really, really annoying.

 

[Dr. Mongo]

Every major character in World of Warcraft. They're either warmongers, whiny bitches or just plain stupid (I'm looking at you, Thrall). And when they didn't fuck up the world they upstaged the players.

Captcha: quality time
Right. Back to playing Endless Space.

 

[dimensional]

my vote goes to:-

Spoiler: god I hate this guy so so much

Yes lets see crappy character design check, paper thin personality check, annoying as hell check, impossible to ignore check, I fail to see anything decent about this character at all his constant laughing whenever he does a move is annoying in itself but its even more annoying when its from a buff bold guy in speedos piledriving you into the ground....again.

I also have a strong dislike for Garrus from ME everytime I see him I just want to punch him in his stupid bug face. Hes not the worst character ever but I think my dislike has been heightened by having him rammed down my throat since ME3 especially since he died in ME2 (I made sure of that).

 

[zidine100]

Takumi Nishijō from Chaos;Head but he was made to be a intentionally horrible and unlikeable character so... im not sure this one counts.

Or Lester the unlikely.

 

[Xannidel]

Squall from FFVIII, i am a big fan of the series, but Squall just pisses me off. He does nothing but complain and moan and be genertally emo, and then for some reason he gets put into a position of authority. WHY?

I thought Squall matured over the course of the game. At first he is a loner and is not really used to having many people to talk to so he is probably lacking in the social skills needed to be considered normal. However, as the game progresses he starts to talk and open up to people that he trusts and figures out how to lead them (I do admit I wish they had worked a little more on that) I mean we even see him smile at the end which kind of beats someone like Tidus who has random emotions all over the place and is just so damn annoying (talking about his literal LOL moment Yuna).

 

[talker]

wheatly from portal 2. yes, i know he's a key member of the plot but he's just so annoying and stupid... although you can't really blame him since that was how he was programmed.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

well JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASON! was annoying in heavy rain or rather JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASON! made the game annoying when he made the player run around and press x to JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASON!..



Oh and Ashley "Leeeeeeon Heeeeeeelp" Graham was annoying too...

 

[bulldogftw]

And then Navi. Hey, YOU listen Navi...shut up.

Cedric from King's Quest V is a thousand times worse. At least Navi gives useful information and helps you Z-target. Cedric does NOTHING at all. He says nothing useful. He doesn't do anything useful to help Graham in his quest. He isn't brave and cowards at the first sign of danger. He warns you about danger...after it is too late to do anything about it. He has a very annoying voice. He gets captured several times through out the game and you have to rescue him. After a journey with Cedric, you would wish, no beg Navi to come back.

Cedric is useful, He warns you about poisonous snakes

 

[Liberaliter]

Roy Earle in LA Noire. He wasn't just annoying, but also a massive bastard in the context of the story. One of my biggest satisfactions in that game was running him over repeatedly when he was your partner on a case.

 

[Iwata]

The collected cast of any one Final Fantasy game.

wow can you be anymore general then that? (quite a bias I must say sir/ma'am)

I'd love to be more specific, sir, but I have played most FF games, and it's the one series I can remember where not only do I fail to connect to one single character, but usually by mid-game I'm wishing a meteor will fall on them all and replace them with someone interesting and less obnoxious.

I hate my generic avatar from western rpgs because he has no personality other than mannequin.

As much as I hate annoying characters in any video game, they are still better than my wooden doll from Western RPGs. In order for me to feel annoyed by them there needs to be something there to begin with. Those designers did not give up and say, "you do it" with characters.

I dunno... I'd rather play with a character that starts as tabula rasa and which I can define in my own way, affect the story through my own gameplay choices and playstyle, than play as a set character with an established personality which I'm effectively only guidding along on his already pre-defined path. That's not roleplaying, that's just flipping the pages on a book.

 

[Magicite Spring]

Off the top of my head, Vanille from Final Fantasy 13. There's being silly and goofy, then there's this... thing.

I certainly understand the hate for Vanille, but I think she's a brilliant character. While I personally didn't find her THAT annoying that it ruined the game for me, her personality does makes her seem stupid, immature, and annoying. But as the game progresses and you learn more about the characters, you learn that that isn't who she is at all. She actually has a normal personality, and what she is like at the start of the game is just a cover that helps her hide from what she has done. She is the one that ruins everything for everyone, and she can't handle the guilt. And acting like she does is how she handles it. Sure, its a bad way of handling it, but that is the point. She isn't perfect. And thats why I think she is a great character.

But I can certainly understand why she would rub people the wrong way.

 

[Furioso]

well JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASON! was annoying in heavy rain or rather JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASON! made the game annoying when he made the player run around and press x to JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASON!..

Press X to Jason you say? How bout some love for the press x to SHAUUUUN glitch

Spoiler: End game spoiler

OT: Every single character Final Fantasy 10, except for Auron, and everyone from FF 13. Oh and the Avatar from Ultima 9

 

[Ultress]

Ashley in Resident Evil 4. She was helpless and you should have been able to let her die. I never liked that game anyway so she was the icing on the whole cake. Of shit.

sums up my feelings when people complain

This X1000 I never got why people hated her so much when she was that easy to control


OT:Argillia from Digital Devil Saga,while she gets better in the second game her whole I can't eat people thing gets really annoying.I'm not saying it's not a logical reaction but it really kills me when the whole thing gets in the way of killing Bat. Had they killed Bat it would have saved her girl crush,made their job loads easier and saved us from some really annoying boss fights.

As for irredeemable I point to Jude from Wild Arms 4,he's a moralizing prick who pushes his one sided views on everybody,tells the girl who lost her entire town that she doesn't know what he's going through and is just plain annoying when controlling him during platforming sections. As a minor offender Armund from the same game, biggest insult to the title of Drifter ever.

 

[LadyCenobia]

Navi hands down...I just want to go exploring!

 

[putowtin]

and in an actually specific example, Cole from Infamous.

what what what!?!

Now I'm sad

OT, StarKid, ME3, any character that's introduced two seconds from the end is never a good thing, and here's another prime example of that!

 

[Fidelias]

Snow, GODDAMNED SNOW! (FF13)

Snow: "Heroes don't need PLANS!!!"

Me: "Oh god, this is going to be a theme, isn't it?"

Short answer, yes...

 

[Someone Depressing]

Sheva from RE5, every companion from Fallout 1 (Ian keeps shooting me, Tycho is so worthless - all he does is mope around, Katja can't take shit for damage without dying, and Dogmeat can't equip armour or items. By halfway, Ian and Katja were dead, and Tycho wasn't much help, and Dogmeat always hit critical condition in any fight), Oblivion (nice going, guys.. walking into walls...), and some others, that don't immediately come to mind.

 

[SpaceBat]

image

As much as I absolutely despise that character and the ending, that image would be funny if it wasn't blatantly incorrect. And people know it's wrong, but avoid that fact for some reason.

Lightning from FFXIII. She blames everyone else for everything, never takes responsibility for her actions, makes tons of mistakes but only whines when others make them, is a ridiculously generic, gloomy and distant character and is basically just a ridiculously annoying and useless character overall.

 

[Sunrider]

Selphie from FFVIII

How dare you?! I got my eye on you from now on... >=(

Alistair was very annoying in Dragon Age: Origins.

And YOU! I always considered you a reasonable person! We are now mortal enemies.

OT: Ulfric Stormcloak. I mean, come on. You basically take over the entirety of Skyrim single-handedly in his name, and he still treats you like a piece of shit. "Oh, thanks. Here, have a shitty sword from the armory. Now fuck off." No, fuck YOU, Ulfric. Characters like his is the reason I want mods like being able to kill even important quest NPCs. If there was ever a picture-book style dictionary, his picture would be right under "douchebag".
I don't know, because I haven't taken the side of the Empire, but I presume their leader to be the same. I guess the only difference between the two sides is the armor texture on their guards.