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Supporting Characters who outshine the Main Character.
- Thread starter West Texas CEO
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Ezquimacore
Banned
Way better than Mother Miranda and every other fucker on that game. Sadly she was a marketing machine instead of the real deal.
It doesn't just feel like they are along for the ride. Vaan literally expressed that was pretty much what he was doing and just used the sky pirate dream as an excuse.
That game had the everything it needed to be so much better, than it was.
Yoboman
Member
Im 99% sure is was Basch who was meant to be the main character not Balthier
I would give anything for the Matsuno cut of FFXII
Esppiral
Member
If Capcom is smart enough they will make a spin off telling her story.
Way better than Mother Miranda and every other fucker on that game. Sadly she was a marketing machine instead of the real deal.
cherry2000
Banned
The Cole Train!
The Cockatrice
Member
They did Jackie dirty. Hopefully, they add actual story choices and allow us to change the outcome.
Sleepwalker
Member
Kratos from tales of symphonia
Dom and Cole train in gears of war.
Officer tenpenny in GTA SA.
Dom and Cole train in gears of war.
Officer tenpenny in GTA SA.
Captain Toad
Banned
FFXII - the entire cast
Javthusiast
Banned
They didn't know what they had on their hands. Once she blew the fuck up all they could use her was for marketing.
Way better than Mother Miranda and every other fucker on that game. Sadly she was a marketing machine instead of the real deal.
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Javthusiast
Banned
Will be probably the upcoming Village dlc if they are smart.
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Doom85
Member
I prefer 2B slightly over 9S, but I will say A2 is my favorite of the three.
ParaSeoul
Member
she was the most boring to me
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Cumbucket
Tiamat2san
Member
Majima.
Majima.
Playing Y0 first made it quite disappointing of what a small role he plays in the rest of the series.
ParaSeoul
Member
big mistake
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Noel was much more compelling than Serah to me, who's entire character arc was missing her sister. On that same line of thought, Lightning's segments at the beginning and end were more compelling just because of how the plot Obi-Wan'd her.
Kingdom Hearts I & II
Riku. The most interesting part of Sora's character (why he has the keyblade) is only relevant because of the dark horse Riku, who has all the cool abilities, weapons, and an actual character arc that remains consistent through the entire series.
Metal Gear Solid 4 - Act II
Raiden breakdancing with Gekko and having a cyborg ninja anime sword fight with a bisexual Romanian immortal vampire in a South American market full of mooing mechs? I love Snake's arc in this game, but come the fuck on. Raiden wins here. All other acts, where he's either a couch decoration or a double amputee, Snake wins, though.
Metal Gear Solid V
Big Boss. Once you actually finish the game and find out the twist, it all feels sort of hollow, and the intrigue for what the fuck Big Boss was doing and how he really holds all the cards goes up.
The Last of Us, Part II
Joel. When a character who barely appears has a more compelling arc than your two main characters, you may to fix some Gross plot negligence. Fuck golf.
Silent Hill 2
Pyramid Head definitely won the popularity award over James. It's one of the few examples I can think of where a VERY renowned piece of media has a more recognizable villain than a protagonist. Darth Vader and maybe Revolver Ocelot and Sephiroth is all that's leaping at me.
Noel was much more compelling than Serah to me, who's entire character arc was missing her sister. On that same line of thought, Lightning's segments at the beginning and end were more compelling just because of how the plot Obi-Wan'd her.
Kingdom Hearts I & II
Riku. The most interesting part of Sora's character (why he has the keyblade) is only relevant because of the dark horse Riku, who has all the cool abilities, weapons, and an actual character arc that remains consistent through the entire series.
Metal Gear Solid 4 - Act II
Raiden breakdancing with Gekko and having a cyborg ninja anime sword fight with a bisexual Romanian immortal vampire in a South American market full of mooing mechs? I love Snake's arc in this game, but come the fuck on. Raiden wins here. All other acts, where he's either a couch decoration or a double amputee, Snake wins, though.
Metal Gear Solid V
Big Boss. Once you actually finish the game and find out the twist, it all feels sort of hollow, and the intrigue for what the fuck Big Boss was doing and how he really holds all the cards goes up.
The Last of Us, Part II
Joel. When a character who barely appears has a more compelling arc than your two main characters, you may to fix some Gross plot negligence. Fuck golf.
Silent Hill 2
Pyramid Head definitely won the popularity award over James. It's one of the few examples I can think of where a VERY renowned piece of media has a more recognizable villain than a protagonist. Darth Vader and maybe Revolver Ocelot and Sephiroth is all that's leaping at me.
ReBurn
Gold Member
who is that
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Wasn't it Basch instead of Balthier? Batch has more ties to the royal family, and more of a relation with Archades because of Gabranth. And also, Balthier is only 21, iirc.
ParaSeoul
Member
9S
Boss Mog
Member
Yeah you're right, it was Basch, though he was originally different and some traits from the original Basch ended up going to Balthier while others went to the Basch we got.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
FFXII was such a good game, but it definitely had a hectic dev cycle.
Ebidramon
Banned
The Boss from Metal Gear series.
Before MGS3 happened, Big Boss was kind of legendary figure - it seems like Kojima thought that the only worthy person of being his mentor should only be a woman soldier Jesus.
The way she was written, it was like she was a better person than the entire human race put together.
And she was a supporting character.
Before MGS3 happened, Big Boss was kind of legendary figure - it seems like Kojima thought that the only worthy person of being his mentor should only be a woman soldier Jesus.
The way she was written, it was like she was a better person than the entire human race put together.
And she was a supporting character.
SlimeGooGoo
Banned
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West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Aye, Tenpenny was awesome, and it didn't hurt that the character was voiced by Samuel L Jackson.
I would also say that Catalina in her brief appearance outshined CJ.
Tiamat2san
Member
Yeah , I was so happy to play him in Zero.
It fleshed the character soo much.
He should have a dedicated game.
I know Kiryu chan is the main character but still.
I actually find Kiryu kind of bland, but to be fair, that was likely by design to let players immerse themselves into the world - which then was corrected with Y0 and onward into Judgement and Y7.