Otakumegane
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I want to say Pikmin 3
Games Where the Main Character Should Have Been Different
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Expected a lot of ignorant posts in here claiming that Vaan was the main character of FFXII. Wasn't disappointed.
Game was an ensemble piece. There was no "main character", and if there was it would be Ashe, not Vaan.
Game was an ensemble piece. There was no "main character", and if there was it would be Ashe, not Vaan.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
Vaan and Penelo were totally superfluous to the story. It could've been Balthier, Fran, Ashe
It's so sad that a game sell poorly just because main character is a woman.
Banjo and Kazooie was fine being in Nuts and Bolts, the problems is that the game should have been given the spin-off treatment rather than being the third game in the series.
Incorrect. Basch was the original main character.
I mean, it clearly should have been Ashe.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Star Ocean 4. Red haired guy shouldve been the MC
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
It's so sad that a game sell poorly just because main character is a woman.
Banjo and Kazooie was fine being in Nuts and Bolts, the problems is that the game should have been given the spin-off treatment rather than being the third game in the series.
I'll Never forgive Rare/MS for what they turned Banjo into. Never
He's saying that the game would have sold more, which does not necessarily mean that it would have been better.
Curious_George
Neo Member
Infamous 1 & 2. Liked the games, liked the normalish dude becomes a super hero concept, didn't care for Cole MacGrath. He always seemed to me like a dated 90s character from a mountain dew commercial or something except more boring. Also, what an incredibly boring character design.
Fran is annoyingly superfluous in 12. Annoying as in why is she only important to one small area of the game
PowderedToast
Junior Member
infamous 2, curse the fans
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I seriously don't think Bayonetta wouldve done as well without Bayonetta.
Zomba13
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She's Balthiers Wookie. Every leading man needs a Wookie.
Slamtastic
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Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
I just want to hear her voice again. Sexiest voice ever.
QuantumZebra
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This I agree
let me just pm you.
Mr Fahrenheit
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Yep. Gotta wonder if everyone saying otherwise actually finished the game, or at least payed attention to what was going on. Whether you like Raiden or not, the entire game revolves around him, and can't exist without him.
I'll go ahead and throw in Franklin from GTAV. I know he isn't necessarily the "main character" because the story is supposed to be told from three PoVs, but he's just so damn boring and useless to the plot. Trevor and Michael are always the ones that have something interesting going on in the game, and Franklin just sort of meanders in from nowhere and says "Yea, I'm down for that too" or they'll be about to do something and Michael will be like "Oh yea, let me give Franklin a call." The only time he's needed is for the final choice, and really, it could have been anyone.
Benzychenz
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It's so sad that a game sell poorly just because main character is a woman.
Eh, I think it's more that she's too sexy to the point where it's uncomfortable to play the game around others. A game like Tomb Raider can sell just fine.
And I say this as someone who loves Bayonetta.
Abdul Hafeez
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FINAL FANTASY XII. Vaan should've been someone else. Panelo could've been someone else as well.
rocketskates
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I was going to say something similar but this definitely says it all. You can't have one without the other!
Ever.
Someone had to be R2D2 and C-3PO
jackissocool
Member
Now there's a good answer. But I expect we have a sequel protagonist now, and people will get their desperately wanted Helghast campaign.
Playing as her in the epilogue was one of the highlights of the campaign.
Black Door
Banned
You would not believe how badly I wanted to have adult Dajh and cool old man Sazh as party members when the trailers for XIII-2 came out and they showed adult Hope, and in the final game all of the supporting cast was basically ignored. So much potential lost because the writers had no cohesive vision (although I enjoyed the game)
Metroid: Other M. Not only was Samus mangled as a character, she was also completely superfluous to the events around her.
I don't get the hate either, because Raiden isn't anywhere close to the worst thing about MGS2.
XANDER CAGE
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Ellie should have been the player character in The Last of Us all the way through.
Point of the game be damned I wanted this too.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
To be honest, I wonder how much would have changed Xenoblade if Dunban was the main center of attention, with Shulk tagging along as his apprentice or something. Plot twists would have been very interesting to see.
Never disagreed with a OP as much as this one. Swapping out Raiden as a character with Solid Snake would amount to MGS2 being a completely different game, I'd also guess that the tone and themes would be butchered entirely. You're basically asking for a whole new game, one that would probably be worse.
I don't think I'll ever understand the feverish attitude people have over Solid Snake as a character. He's the least interesting protagonist in the entire series.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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I'm trying to imagine a reality where Sazh was Toriyama's over-hyped waifu.
This mentality is how and why MGS4 got made.
So you want Metal Gear Solid game to not be a Metal Gear Solid game?
this (though I wouldn't call him "terrible," he was just... eh.)
FFXII should've focused on basically anyone else other than Vaan. Well, Panelo wouldn't be any better and I'm not sure Fran was essential enough to the bigger picture or at least a colorful enough character, but Balthier/Ashe/Basch were all better suited for the MC role.
EDIT: Heh, I guess I wasn't the only one who thought the idea of Fran being MC was absurd. Though that wookie comment highlights it: she's definitely a sidekick-type character, so making her the lead is meaningless without a significant story rewrite. Kind of like why you don't make Robin the main character over Batman unless you make some huge changes like making him an independent super hero or taking on the mantle himself.
RealDeadOne
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I haven't played Lords of Shadow 2 yet (just started Mirror of Fate) but everything I've heard suggests Dracula shouldn't have been the main character.
Dracula is basically the most powerful being on earth at this point in the story, but because they were carrying over the combat from the first game he had to be severely nerfed.
So if that's the case, why not just make the main character Simon or Alucard or introduce Richter, and just have segments where you play as overpowered Dracula?
From wwhat I hear the game's got far worse problems than that, so a less troubled development process would have yielded something much better.
Dracula is basically the most powerful being on earth at this point in the story, but because they were carrying over the combat from the first game he had to be severely nerfed.
So if that's the case, why not just make the main character Simon or Alucard or introduce Richter, and just have segments where you play as overpowered Dracula?
From wwhat I hear the game's got far worse problems than that, so a less troubled development process would have yielded something much better.
Hell yeah it is.
Yeah but without it we wouldn't have Revengeance, so I'll let it pass. (I never played MGS...)
I personally didn't like Raiden, didn't hate him, but just got annoyed by him through most of the game and didn't want to replay MGS2 anytime soon. I liked his evolution through the game, don't get me wrong, I just wish they handled Raiden's personality a bit better since he's the main guy.
Also, it was one of the few examples I could think of to start a topic like this, arguing Shadow over Sonic in Sonic 06 could be argued since his story is more interesting than Sonic's. But that's also a worse example to start the thread off with.
scrolling past this really fast, I thought this was John Marston at first. I was going to say bad things to you.
ExitPlanetDust
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I'm disappointed this wasn't the first reply.
Sorta offtopic, but was he in any of the spin offs?
Romars202129
Member
God of War. They honestly should have switched protags/rebooted at least one sequel ago. Though that story was already run into the ground by the end of 2.
Also, Mafia 2. The sidekick[I'm bad with names] should have been your character. The main had no personality at all. A silent protagonist that talks, lol.
That's the only ones in recent memory anyway.
Also, Mafia 2. The sidekick[I'm bad with names] should have been your character. The main had no personality at all. A silent protagonist that talks, lol.
That's the only ones in recent memory anyway.
Thought this would have been the 1st post reply.
semiconscious
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ashe was a better lightning than lightning (which, of course, isn't saying much
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