Sometimes, you can love a game while secretly hoping that the main dude(tte), often your avatar, dies in some horrible fashion, never to return, while anyone else steps in to take over. It's the annoying hero syndrome, and while it isn't that frequent in gaming, it often strikes at the worst moments (like in otherwise awesome games). Worse, sometimes it can happen in the middle of an otherwise decent franchise. Sometimes it's just a sub-character (whew), but not always.But enough with the details. What playable characters that you've been stuck with have you hated?
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9-12-2008 @ 10:12PM
Alexisonfire said...
Ok to clarify:
I like Tails BEFORE Sonic Adventure era of Sonic. The Sonic 2/3 tails and what have you. And it's not that I really hate him now, I just really don't like his voice actor.
And funny you should mention those two, Mr. Khan. They are the only two characters that I liked that were new. Also, Sothe was a way more developed character this time around. I didn't like him too much in the first.
9-12-2008 @ 11:46AM
moca92 said...
Joshua!!!! I just hate that guy! (from the world ends with you)
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9-12-2008 @ 11:47AM
cnig said...
tidus & vaan were such crybaby wusses
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9-12-2008 @ 12:42PM
ga.wright said...
I hated the "wolf" character in Zelda: Twilight Princess and the darn guy who rides you the whole time. Now that I think about it, I didnt like twilight mode...not one bit.
I dont even know if that counts in this topic, but I tried to love that game and, well, just couldnt.
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9-12-2008 @ 3:10PM
Roto13 said...
Have you even played Twilight Princess? That "wolf character" is Link and that "darn guy" that rides him is not a guy at all.
9-12-2008 @ 4:19PM
ga.wright said...
yet you understood what i meant.
thanks for being overly analytical.
9-12-2008 @ 12:49PM
Red said...
Xelha, Baten Kaitos. I was fond of the plot twist in that game until I realized that it stuck me with Xelha as a lead for a certain amount of time, after which I cringed through the game. Not that the game itself was fantastic, best part was the card battle system...but still. She was such a textbook Mary Sue.
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9-12-2008 @ 5:07PM
ButtercupSaiyan said...
I don't think you quite understand what a Mary Sue is. Perhaps you simply meant she's shallow and hollow and too "perfect"?
9-12-2008 @ 12:57PM
Sephiroth_Tenshi said...
Cloud, stupid, just stupid, I meand, he was so lame...so emo...God, I hate him = ='
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9-12-2008 @ 1:32PM
chibi_wings said...
hmmm....i don't think i've ever "hated" a leading character, but there are a few that i dislike. Most of the FF leads after 6 (Cloud, Squall, Tidus, and Vaan).
Luso from FFTA2 and Sobert from Magical Starsign. There is also Nash from Lunar, and Sheba from Golden Sun (i don't know why, but i just don't like her, she rubs me the wrong way...)
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9-12-2008 @ 1:46PM
Mr Khan said...
Come to think of it, i didn't like Luso much either.
9-14-2008 @ 12:19AM
Eric said...
Well it might be because her story-arc never came to fruition; her origins were never explained. And of course the chances of a GS sequel are extremely nill. Hate it when script-writers do that.
9-12-2008 @ 3:07PM
Roto13 said...
Vaan and Tidus from Final Fantasies XII and X respectively. God, I hate them. Especially Vaan because the other characters in XII were actually really cool, but he doesn't fit at all.
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9-12-2008 @ 3:18PM
cookie said...
i hate diddy kong sooo much...i wish i could fling poo at him!
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9-12-2008 @ 4:44PM
Abscissa said...
Soma, from the first DS Castlevania.
Lan, from the Megaman Battle Network series.
All of the characters from Sonic Secret Rings, the Megaman X series, and StarFox (Including Fox, but to a somewhat lesser extent.)
All of those "tag along" characters that follow the hero around, do nothing useful, and keep yammering on about either how to play the game, trying to provide comic relief, or some other such worthless irritating nonsense. Characters like Navi/Celia (Zelda), Daxter (guess), that computer boyfriend from Metroid Fusion, that little bug from Okami, Tails (but only in Sonic Rush, he was fine in the old games), that cyber-animal-thing from Megaman StarForce, etc.
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9-12-2008 @ 11:02PM
Red said...
re: StarFox...since you made me think of it.
Normally I hate repeat boss battles, when the same guys show up again and again and again...but I was really fond of Wolf. Mainly because whenever his group showed up, the game started playing their snazzy theme.
9-12-2008 @ 5:06PM
ButtercupSaiyan said...
Thanks for not even bothering to pay attention to what you were playing, and dissing regular fans as "overly analytical" simply for noticing. Way to go!
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9-12-2008 @ 5:11PM
Garst said...
I hated Big in Sonic Heroes, and I hated the Dr. Robotnic/Tails missions in Sonic Adventure 2. I didn't care much for the Knuckles/Rogue missions either.
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9-12-2008 @ 5:23PM
digifresh said...
A LOT from super smash bros
normally id only play as like 1 or 2 characters but then it gets boring and ill click random and fight with who ever i get even though normally id hate the guy or girl
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9-12-2008 @ 6:01PM
Eric said...
Funky Kong from Mario Kart Wii. An obviously African-American stereotype portrayed by a 'Gorilla' that spews Lil' John catchphrases... I cringe every time he's in a race and gets a speed boost. Oh Japan, you're so racist.
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