Who is gaming's greatest Silent Protagonist?
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Since every silent protagonist has to be indirectly characterized, I'd say most of them are poor characters. If I had to choose one though, I'd say Gordon Freeman
Well, that sucks. Although, to be honest, she talks in the GBA ones, it just isn't voice-acted.will1182 said:
The Doom Guy kicks all kinds of ass.
He's the only one still alive in an invasion from hell on Mars and he decides that intead of running, he'll stand and fight the hordes of hell.
And he has the balls to use a brass-knuckle on zombies.
He's the only one still alive in an invasion from hell on Mars and he decides that intead of running, he'll stand and fight the hordes of hell.
And he has the balls to use a brass-knuckle on zombies.
Say Master Chief really fast multiple times. Starts sounding like a name for some Chinese dish or something. XDohgodalex said:
OT: I don't know if I can really count Mario... I mean he says things like "woohoo" and "it'sa me" and such, but he doesn't really have any true sentence based dialogue, so... I dunno. He's a gaming icon anyway, no gamer is unaware of Mario's existence.
I guess I'd better make another choice, tough choice really. I have to choose Gordon Freeman. The guys fucks up and almost causes the end of the world, has to go around salvaging whatever weapon he can, and take on military troops despite being an untrained scientist, and do all this to sort his fuck up, now to me that's good storytelling, and well the HEV suit is awesome.
Master chief HAS dialogue. That disqualifies him. If he didnt have anything to say, i would go with him.ohgodalex said:
Well, the character developed into speaking. Not to mention, he would grunt when hit like link would.lord canti said:
The truly silent protagonists of the game industry are Doomguy and Gordon Freeman. While Doomguy is the fastest running hero, Gordon Freeman still wins for pure awesomeness/being a physicist in my book.
Link. I don't really see how Gordon Freeman would be a good choice. You don't see his face aside from the box art. You don't hear any reactions from him. He's pretty much the most uncharacterized character in his own game. Link at least has some facial expressions...
Overall though, it's a matter of taste I guess. I didn't care for Half-life 2, but I've loved every Zelda game I've played (except Wind Waker). And silent protagonists are kind of irritating (Gordon Freeman isn't the only bland character because of this; all silent protagonists are kind of uncharacterized).
Overall though, it's a matter of taste I guess. I didn't care for Half-life 2, but I've loved every Zelda game I've played (except Wind Waker). And silent protagonists are kind of irritating (Gordon Freeman isn't the only bland character because of this; all silent protagonists are kind of uncharacterized).
Even if you hadn't flamed me for no reason, I'd disagree with you. Anyone can save the world when they're damn well fated to. Link is born with the Triforce of Courage so he can kill Gannon. Guy from prophecy fulfills prophecy? Not shocking at all.Kingdudeacus said: