Why is Kaiden Alenko so popular?

[Sanguinius- The Angel]

He was Carth, that's why people like him.

Then again, I only liked him because he wasn't a racist fuck like Ashley was. Not to mention he was actually useful. Hell, he seemed to actually have a personality, too. So, Ashley got nuked.

Also: kaiden alenko is pretty cool he kills geth and doesnt afraid of anything

 

[Polaris19]

We'll break it down here....

For girls he's just that guy. You know, it's a girl thing.

For longtime RPGers it's because he's essentially Carth Onasi in a different wrapper, voice included.

For most though, its because its someone, at least from my point of view, I can actually see myself hanging out with in real life. He's an average guy with average tastes and average skills (minus the biotics). I could ask him what his favourite meal is, and he could easily answer pizza, garlic bread, roast chicken, or turkey, wheras with any alien on the ship it'd be something i've ever heard of.

At least thats what I say...

 

[Lonan]

If you're asking why girls like him, that's kind of a girl thing. Just don't bother. You're better off that way. Even if you got an explanation, would you understand it? No. You don't know what you're getting into. Why don't you just propose a Sasuke/Hinata coupling on Youtube? You would get flamed into a crisp. The only reason you're safe is because you're putting this on the Escapist. I would just drop it. The Fan-girls are deadly outside of these walls.

Also, I didn't even know who Kaiden was until shortly before Virmire. I went down into the Normandy and saw this random guy called Kaiden, and didn't know who he was, until I remembered he was that guy on Eden Prime.

Are fangirls really that savage and stupid? I was merely on a quest for knowledge and understanding(though due to the fact that it was about Kaiden, its not as awesome as I'm describing it). Are they really that blinded over something as stupid as a video game character?

Not all, but haven't you heard of the wrath of fan-girls? I thought it was legendary. Maybe I'm wrong. I think it's mostly people being passionate about something. Also, I have a deep rooted fear of woman because I was completely surrounded by girls who were older than me for most of my childhood, and generally thought I was a nuisance and put fear into me. So I could be overreacting.

 

[bluebrino]

Because he has the same voice actor as Carth Onasi, and frankly, that's enough.

You mean that because Kaiden is voiced by Carth "Bitchboy" Onasi, he's cool? Are we even talking about the same character here? Here's a link that will fill you in on who exactly Carth Onasi is. http://darth.wikia.com/wiki/Carth_Onasi

 

[lacktheknack]

...Wow, I feel so alone. As in, I loved every character in Mass Effect, bar none.

 

[ultrachicken]

I didn't know he was popular. Huh.

 

[carpathic]

i only liked him because he killed that turian with a round house kick to the face. He must be a descendant of Chuck Norris or something.

I just seriously LOL'd at that.

Brilliant. Kaiden Alenko-Norris.

 

[kickyourass]

kickyourass: If you go to fanfiction.net, go to the Mass Effect section, choose Kaiden for the first character slot, then put shepard in the second character slot, you realize that the 2nd most amount of fanfic posts come up. 1st being Garrus and Shepard of course, and third being Tali and Shepard.

Word to the wise, when you want to respond to someone's post, quote them, that way they know you're talking to them. It's just easier.

Anyway, I don't take fan fiction writrs very seriously, more often then not they are an extreme minority within that particular fanbase. But still I haven't seen anything to get excited about with Alenko, he is probably the only character in all of Bioware that I didn't fall in love with.

 

[ThePizzaGuy556]

I forgot he exsisted when i played ME1 a few hours in so when i had to pick between him and Ashley i saw it as a "Save Ashley or kill Ashley and get nothing" button

 

[Lord Krunk]

I do hate Alistair though. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Now I never got everyone's hate for Prince Ali (Glorious He). He was one of my favourite characters, the others being Shale and Sten.

Carth and Kaidan, however, are really boring examples of the 'Generic Male Sidekick' trope that Bioware likes to milk. Alistair, to be honest, was a breath of fresh air.

 

[I Max95]

i hate both him and ashley
when virmire comes along i just wing it i never cared not even the first time

 

[Polaris19]

...Wow, I feel so alone. As in, I loved every character in Mass Effect, bar none.

Your not alone. I like them all as well.

 

[Zhukov]

I didn't particularly like him. Didn't hate him, just found him rather bland when compared to, say, a talking space-crocodile badass. Same goes for Ashley. Not bad, just kinda boring.

I suspect that most of those who really liked him were female. Obviously the nature of their interest is rather different to yours.

I suspect that he was designed specifically to be appealing to female players. From what I hear, they did a pretty good job of it. Same goes for Alistair in Dragon Age.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Lieutenant Alenko had arguably the most interesting backstory (excepting Urdnot Wrex) of the Normandy SR-1 crew.

Plus, he's hot

 

[ecoho]

I didn't like him at all. I never spoke to him, and killing him was a really easy choice (A guy's gotta have someone to bone right?) although joke's on me because I cheated on Ashley with Miranda (Much hotter, less annoying and DAMN THAT ASS)

lol i cheated on her with miranda for 2 reasons
1)she was alot hotter,smarter,and usefull then her
2)i know theres gonna be a cat fight later and i didnt want tali involved and lets face it if jack got involved with me shed kill me with her

OT i hated him and not because i liked ashley he always came off as just a prick.......

 

[dawdarsd]

I dunno, he was Shepards 2nd in Command, and since it was either him or Ashely... I chose Ashley.
Although he sounded liek a wife in ME2, I thought he was a pretty cool guy

well for me he was badass in mass effect 1 he explains that he kicked a full biotic kick into a biotic instructor's(i think)face and his neck snapped

 

[Odegauger]

Kaiden Alenko's popular?

 

[Nylis]

Kaiden Alenko's popular?

Haha, that's what I said when I first saw the title for this thread. Just go on the Bioware forums and you'll see how popular he is compared to the other characters.

 

[Spoonius]

As with Alistair from Dragon Age, I suspect that he was designed specifically to be appealing to female players. From what I hear, they did a pretty good job of it.

For the record: I'm Commander Spoonius, and Alistair is my favourite generic male character in a Bioware game.

 

[MICKnight1]

I just never used him.
Sure he has Raphael Sbarge's voice, but I didn't find his character as necessary as Carth.
Carth was needed in KOTOR because there was need for a character early on with enough wherewithal to move the plot along, because Revan was clueless, and your relationship developed out of that.
With Mass Effect Shepard moves the plot, so the whiny supporting male character becomes a npc. At least that's my experience.