GLaDOS, not only because she put me through cryptic puzzling hell, but also because her voice reminds me of a teacher I had
Your most hated game character
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Gordon Freeman is an example brilliant character creation for exactly those reasons.FargoDog said:
Valve understands that the best thing you can do with a story element is to let the players fill some of the holes with their own imagination or personality, so they created a Hero that makes it very easy for the player to feel that they actually ARE Freeman himself. For example, when Alyx (or any other NPC) is talking to Gordon, the players feel that they are actually talking directly to them instead of to their character. When Freeman is referred to as "The one free man", players automatically think "_I_ am the one free man". The more personality the developers put on a character, the less the players imagination get to work.
Gordon isn't popular because people are just jumping the bandwagon. Gordon is popular because he allows players to BE him when they play, filling the blanks with their own personality and imagination. The fact that you don't catch how this works is why you guys would make terrible game designers. Gordon is an ingenius demonstration of the fact that, sometimes, less is more.
Edit: Oh and on topic, probably Jack in Mass Effect 2. Or Noober in Baldur's Gate!
No, he didn't Magatha Grimtotem poisoned Cairne and that's why he's dead. Garrosh actually leads a campaign with Baine to take back Thunder Bluff from the Grimtotems. Stop your hating on the best faction leader this instant.Olorune said:
OT: Vaan from Final Fantasy XII instantly comes to mind. That thing does not deserve a character slot in Dissidia.
Saw this today after reading your post. Just thought I'd add this, personally I don't see the appeal of him either.FargoDog said:
"The big appeal of Half-Life's Gordon Freeman is that he's an everyman and, more importantly, a geek. He's a scientist. He's quiet to the point of literally being mute, and he's socially awkward. He's designed to be just like a whole lot of us in the game-playing demographic. This particular geek just has to pick up a crowbar and kill off a swarm of aliens to save the world."
[sub]http://www.cracked.com/article_18870_6-video-game-heroes-made-useless-by-supporting-characters.html#ixzz170IMjW9H[/sub]
They manage to pull that vibe off without him saying a word.
Your not playing at a proper tourney if Meta Knight isn't banned, just saying. He's broken as fuck.PowCoJG said:
This is true, why hell if itweren't for the fsct that he's an absolute asshat I would of been tempted to do more evil, if just purely because he made it sound so innocuousRouse said:
I've only played FF VIII once, and I can hardly remember anything. I have watched thespoonyexperiment, though.MrhalfAwake said:
Still, I don't think Squall is any worse than Edge Maverick from Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Maybe that's because Squall hasn't got a voice.
You're not playing a proper fighting game if you need to ban a standard character.Daystar Clarion said:
She's a girl?Dfskelleton said:
OT: Master Chief, partially because he has no character at all, no emotions, or anything redeemable. And the kids at my school think that halo is the best game ever(and so is Black ops).
Nathan Drake pops into mind...after thinking a little, though, I'll have to rest on Elizebeta from GTA IV. What. A. *****.
EDIT: Nevermind, its deffinately got to be.
EDIT: Nevermind, its deffinately got to be.
Kendra. Never have I enjoyed watching a character die such a terrible death before.
Frank West from Dead Rising, he was just an ass the entire game, even when he was trying to save people he came across as a dick.
