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[Ainem Enamas]

someone who tells you how to solve fucking puzzles

 

[ecosse_011172]

Almost all sidekicks are lame*



*Clank excluded obvs

 

[Kupfer]

crybabies

 

[MagiusNecros]

Poorly written ones. Covers every field in one fell swoop.

 

[Nintendo's Witch]

boi

 

[reinking]

WNBA players.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

someone who tells you how to solve fucking puzzles

Protagonists that don't shut the f up

 

[diffusionx]

 

[kevboard]

someone who tells you how to solve fucking puzzles

this... generally characters that constantly commentate what is happening. "Oh that was close!", "LOOK OUT! BEHIND THAT COVER!"

basically, any side and most main characters of any Sony game of the past decade... aside from Astrobot and Ratchet/Clank I guess.

 

[deriks]

 

[Danjin44]

Almost all sidekicks are lame*

I disagree.

 

[Plies]

Spiky hair

 

[Dr Cowley]

One who buggers kids...
Especially if it's part of the gameplay.

I wouldn't want to play that.
Then again I didn't enjoy the last of us so it might actually sell.

 

[R6Rider]

Poorly written ones. Covers every field in one fell swoop.

Literally the only thing that matters.

 

[Durin]

The protagonist that keeps apologizing for crap other characters blame you for, that wasn't your fault.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Almost all sidekicks are lame*



*Clank excluded obvs

Hey, don't talk that way about Kakarot.

 

[lughnasadh123]

A mute one when everyone else around them is talking.

 

[semiconscious]

any protagonist that you're simply supposed to automatically identify with / relate to, without ever really giving you any reason as to why. this includes 'chosen ones'...

 

[Banjo64]

There's only 2 types of protagonist that count in this world:

A chiselled, rugged, top-shagger like Nate Drake. Women want him, and men want to be him.

And Banjo the bear.

 

[Wildebeest]

Some annoying get with imposter syndrome.

Oh no I don't think I can do this one thing which is the only thing I can do.
Do you ever feel like it is fake news that you are the chosen one when you are literally starring in a game that only makes sense if you are the biggest mary sue overpowered chosen one possible?

It isn't relatable because the player in real life doesn't really have imposter syndrome they really are someone bog standard asswipe who can't jump five times their own height and isn't the chosen one of fate who can save the world. It's supposed to be fun escapism.

 

[ungalo]

it's obvious, a woman

 

[March Climber]

Do you ever feel like it is fake news that you are the chosen one when you are literally starring in a game that only makes sense if you are the biggest mary sue overpowered chosen one possible?

It isn't relatable because the player in real life doesn't really have imposter syndrome they really are someone bog standard asswipe who can't jump five times their own height and isn't the chosen one of fate who can save the world. It's supposed to be fun escapism.

On the other hand this is why I enjoyed certain games, like Zombi. In that game there is no 'main character'. You are one of many basic humans trying to make it out alive with the same set of tools. If your character dies, he's dead and you move on to the next character that not only has to go off of the previous character's context clues, but you also have to try and find the previous character's zombie so that you can get all of the loot he took. However, any backstory the previous character might have had, all gone

You can even fail the ending of the game but I won't spoil what happens.

 

[Treasure Hunter]

The ugly ones. Who the actual fuck wants to play games with ugly characters, they must be really deranged fetishists.

 

[Wildebeest]

On the other hand this is why I enjoyed certain games, like Zombi. In that game there is no 'main character'. You are one of many basic humans trying to make it out alive with the same set of tools. If your character dies, he's dead and you move on to the next character that not only has to go off of the previous character's context clues, but you also have to try and find the previous character's zombie so that you can get all of the loot he took. However, any backstory the previous character might have had, all gone

You can even fail the ending of the game but I won't spoil what happens.

But I'm talking about a game where you are literally Superman and the first half the game is just him talking to his therapist about his fear of flying.

 

[March Climber]

The ugly ones. Who the actual fuck wants to play games with ugly characters

Spoiler

You missed out on a good game

 

[bender]

Human

 

[March Climber]

But I'm talking about a game where you are literally Superman and the first half the game is just him talking to his therapist about his fear of flying.

Wait, which game is this? Narratively it kind of sounds interesting, like when Spiderman lost his powers for a bit in Raimi's Spiderman 2.

 

[Wildebeest]

Wait, which game is this? Narratively it kind of sounds interesting, like when Spiderman lost his powers for a bit in Raimi's Spiderman 2.

The game was called Superman bass fishing on the Atari Jaguar.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

 

[Sephimoth]

Ones who say "BIGOT SANDWICH"

 

[GudOlRub]

Thick latinas. How does Rockstar expect me to concentrate on gameplay with this in front of me??!!

 

[Ainem Enamas]

this... generally characters that constantly commentate what is happening. "Oh that was close!", "LOOK OUT! BEHIND THAT COVER!"

basically, any side and most main characters of any Sony game of the past decade... aside from Astrobot and Ratchet/Clank I guess.

It's because the industry is now for more people. Remember the old PS1 Tomb Riders, it didn't have that, and people loved the games That's why I'm always emphasizing that gaming is from the Holy Trinity, but greed fucking ruins this...no fun allowed in this the Last Times, fuck the greed

 

[Beechos]

The silent one

 

[TintoConCasera]

Weak dudes and fat chicks.

 

[DeVeAn]

Look at the little homie! Not all sidekicks suck.

 

[RagnarokIV]

WOKE ONES BECAUSE THEY SUCK

 

[March Climber]

To answer the thread's question I'll say 9 times out of 10, the comic relief being put into the main character's position has a very high potential to end up a disaster.

Comedy is subjective and one can very easily make a comic relief main character who will either age out or tell too many jokes to the point of annoyance. Case in point:

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I've started to fucking loathe characters who talk to themselves to the point I'll eventually stop playing. These games are already designed like you're ten, have a phone in one hand and have been partially blinded by a toxic discharge of Mountain Dew so I truly do not need to have the captain of the asshole parade babble "HMMM MAYBE I SHPULD TRY THE ONLY FUCKING LEVER IN THIS ENTIRE GAME EVER" to themselves within 1.26 seconds of entering a room.

The ubiquitous "HMMM" that always starts it pisses me off to an absurd degree.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Never say "never". Did you learn nothing from Justin Bieber?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Almost all sidekicks are lame*



*Clank excluded obvs

I really don't like sidekicks in single playr games. I want to go through the game at MY pace not somebody hanging around suggesting what to do and always as soon as possible.
The puzzle solving sidekick is really bad.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

On the other hand this is why I enjoyed certain games, like Zombi. In that game there is no 'main character'. You are one of many basic humans trying to make it out alive with the same set of tools. If your character dies, he's dead and you move on to the next character that not only has to go off of the previous character's context clues, but you also have to try and find the previous character's zombie so that you can get all of the loot he took. However, any backstory the previous character might have had, all gone

You can even fail the ending of the game but I won't spoil what happens.

Zombi is great and tragically underrated. It's not a masterpiece or anything but the whole is way better than the sum of its parts. That systen of getting to your previous corpse before it zombifies was cool.

 

[March Climber]

Zombi is great and tragically underrated. It's not a masterpiece or anything but the whole is way better than the sum of its parts. That systen of getting to your previous corpse before it zombifies was cool.

Agreed, and I'd even argue that with the Metroid-like level design it had, it should have been the one to get all of the accolades instead of Dead Island.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Agreed, and I'd even argue that with the Metroid-like level design it had, it should have been the one to get all of the accolades instead of Dead Island.

I like it way more, yea. The level design is great and that nursery is an all-timer Horror level. If they had tightened up the combat a bit, oh boy. Still a really great game.

 

[Generic]

Old people.

 

[kiphalfton]

Thick latinas. How does Rockstar expect me to concentrate on gameplay with this in front of me??!!

Imagine the chaffing.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

The ugly ones. Who the actual fuck wants to play games with ugly characters, they must be really deranged fetishists.

Unless they are the cool kind of ugly like the Toxic Avenger, Swamp Thing etc.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

i mean...we all know the answer right?

 

[CLW]

i mean...we all know the answer right?

Beat me to it

 

[FoxMcChief]

Men that act and/or look like women.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The ugly ones. Who the actual fuck wants to play games with ugly characters, they must be really deranged fetishists.