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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Top 10 Most Overrated Game Characters...

Voted on by the readers of IGN. Master Chief is #1, but yet somehow people still go gaga over this guy....
Posted by at 8:20 AM

6 comments:

  1. JuniperRedJanuary 14, 2010 at 8:32 AM

    Sounds like a certain writer hates the jock, muscled type guys... or silent protagonists...

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  2. AmateriaJanuary 14, 2010 at 8:43 AM

    @JR - So, most every videogame protagonist?

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  3. I 3N3MY IJanuary 14, 2010 at 8:44 AM

    I guess I just feel less of a man when I play them...

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  4. Lead SaladJanuary 14, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    I don't really understand the list. What is the criteria for making the list?

    Most of these are the silent protagonists, which I agree are boring and should be done away with. However, most old-school games didn't have speaking characters, so does that make every game/character on the NES, SNES, Genesis, etc. lame? I don't know.

    I think I might take Altair and Chris Redfield off the list and replace them with Mario and Link. Those two never speak and do the same thing in every game. Also, what makes Leon Scott Kennedy so much better than Chris?

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM

    Mario in his GBA & DS remakes: "Woo hoo! Just what I needed!" How's that for engaging dialogue?

    I read this list the other day and the only ones I agreed with were Pac-Man & Sonic, both of whom I've always had a strong distaste for.

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  6. JuniperRedJanuary 14, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    @ Amateria - yeah, pretty much, haha... I was thinking of Gordon Freeman (silent but a scientist with x-ray glasses), Vaan from FFXII (athletic but not on steroids and chatty), etc, etc. I definitely enjoy when they mix up some of the stereotypes.

    Two of my close friends are scrawny little dudes but the both spent time over in Iraq. You don't have to look like the Hulk just to weild a machine gun...

    I digress...

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