Blood Brain Barrier said:
SpectacularWebHead said:
Blood Brain Barrier said:
SpectacularWebHead said:
Blood Brain Barrier said:
SpectacularWebHead said:
Umm, Chell?
Chell was intentionally pretty rough looking, and she still has a rep as one of the best female characters in gaming.
That's ridiculous. How on earth does she qualify as one of the best characters in gaming? All she does is run around with a gun.
Because of the property she's tied to, she's awesome through assosciation.
Oh, and she beat two giant killer robots with entire military complexes to use against her whilst surviving multiple death traps, using only a portal gun to escape.
I hope that answers your question.
I don't care if she single-handedly defeated the undead armies of hell while standing on her head, the point is she has no character. She's just a face and body with a portal gun that we make do things.
Are you only here to be a buzzkill? Because you haven't bought anything to the table. I mean Really, there's just no pleasing some people. You also seem to have missed the point of the silent protagonist. They are defined by their actions because they don't speak, ergo, you invent their personality OR just judge them by all the awesome shit they do. You're entitled to your opinion, but please, think your opinion through a little more instead of just popping up and being a tool.
Why don't you attack my argument instead of me? No I'm not intending to be a "buzzkill" or anything of the sort. I just don't see how an expressionless silent protagonist can compare to someone who shows us their feelings, their thoughts. If we judge a protagonist's character by their actions and deeds, it becomes a competition between who kills the biggest demon in the game. Whoever the person that does it actually IS, doesn't matter.
Altorin said:
Blood Brain Barrier said:
SpectacularWebHead said:
Blood Brain Barrier said:
SpectacularWebHead said:
Umm, Chell?
Chell was intentionally pretty rough looking, and she still has a rep as one of the best female characters in gaming.
That's ridiculous. How on earth does she qualify as one of the best characters in gaming? All she does is run around with a gun.
Because of the property she's tied to, she's awesome through assosciation.
Oh, and she beat two giant killer robots with entire military complexes to use against her whilst surviving multiple death traps, using only a portal gun to escape.
I hope that answers your question.
I don't care if she single-handedly defeated the undead armies of hell while standing on her head, the point is she has no character. She's just a face and body with a portal gun that we make do things.
I don't think you understand how protagonists in video games work.
Why don't you tell me? I'd really like to know how Chell from Portal can possibly have more character than, say, Jade from Beyond Good & Evil.
I did attack your argument, because your argument is stupid. You just didn't agree and responded with something that makes no sense. ALL videogames are about who kills the biggest demon/alien/gang boss/space hamster, when you look back at their roots. The stories are about overcoming an obstacle, and if you had an imagination, you'd be able to work out what person they are for yourself from everything the game has already told you about her (It's all in portal 2 mate, and if you're really interested, look it up).
You can't write off silent protagonists because YOU think they have no character, because you're wrong. They have the charact that YOU Assign them. And to answer your crap about Jade, Jade is their to be gawped over for her tits. Chell is not. Chell has a backstory that most people who've PLAYED portal will know. Chell has a motivation for what she does. Jade's only backstory and motivation is again "Who cares, she has tits!" That is why Chell is more relevant than Jade, she isn't just their because she's got tits that look like watermelons.
The reason it sounds like I sound like I'm attacking you personally is because you haven't thought about anything you've written, you haven't suggested any character relevant to the forums topic, and from the sounds of it you haven't even played portal. All you've done is exasperate me, and from the look of it, other people, to the point where we get pissed off with you. Please, just stop. You're wrong. End of. The fact that people DO regard Chell as one of the best characters in gaming proves you wrong, even if you don't agree, that was what I said originally. True, she isn't as popular as GLaDOS, but she is up there.