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[rabbity-thing]

Three-way tie between the ones that aren't Gordon Freeman.

I think the option 'all except Freeman' would have been popular.

I dunno, guys. I chose Gordon Freeman and would gladly do so again. I can't stand a silent protagonist where the silence doesn't follow some sort of in-universe logic. I get that Doomguy doesn't talk to people. He's Doomguy. But Gordon's just like a regular super violent scientist. People are always talking directly to him. There's no reason for him to not speak. You'd think a scientist would have a bit more verbal agency. But nope. It doesn't help that fans (and NPC's) absolutely love the guy for having literally zero observable character traits outside of murdering stuff.

 

[kyussman]

Male protag.....takes out a platoon of enemy soldiers......doesn't say a word.
Female protag.....look at me I'm sliding down a hill,look at me I'm jumping over a wall,look at me I've got a new dress,look at me......shut the fuck up,lol.

 

[Balducci30]

think its a joke

Yeah I realized

 

[The Cockatrice]

Imagine placing Forspoken alongside half Life(even as a joke), god of war, horizon. I've seen a lot of dumb topics in my life but this tops them all. Op deserves a ban.

 

[Spyxos]

Imagine placing Forspoken alongside half Life(even as a joke), god of war, horizon. I've seen a lot of dumb topics in my life but this tops them all. Op deserves a ban.

 

[digital_ghost]

All of em. Modern garbage

How dare you say something bad about the Holy One Half Life.

Legions of Steamers shun the non believer shunn.

 

[Denton]

I hate silent protagonist, horrible trope. That said, badly written protagonist is even worse.

 

[brian0057]

I dunno, guys. I chose Gordon Freeman and would gladly do so again. I can't stand a silent protagonist where the silence doesn't follow some sort of in-universe logic. I get that Doomguy doesn't talk to people. He's Doomguy. But Gordon's just like a regular super violent scientist. People are always talking directly to him. There's no reason for him to not speak. You'd think a scientist would have a bit more verbal agency. But nope. It doesn't help that fans (and NPC's) absolutely love the guy for having literally zero observable character traits outside of murdering stuff.

Maybe.
But when the point of the game is to give every living thing in your immediate vicinity a 12 gauge coffee break, talking becomes kind of unnecessary.

 

[The Stig]

Kratos should not be on this list. Atreus, sure

 

[RafterXL]

I picked Horizon FW, simply because Aloy wasn't nearly as annoying in the first game, so it just amplified it in the second. God of War can't be the pick because HFW and Forspoken exist, but fuck Atreus anyway. Forspoken isn't the pick because who really cares about Forspoken at this point? It's a shitty, forgettable game all around.

 

[kiphalfton]

Days Gone.

Deacond won't shut up.

 

[Freeza93]

Days Gone.

Deacond won't shut up.

I liked his voice(german dub) but yes he won’t lol.

 

[bitbydeath]

Clementine, that snarky bitch always says ‘she’ll remember that!’

 

[kiphalfton]

At least that is meant to be annoying (as is the case with all his characters).

I think the devs thought with the other characters, it would create some sort of emotional connection. However, they were dead wrong and the only emotion it illicited is being annoyed.

 

[Gamerguy84]

Weeb stealth threads are up pretty hi

 

[nikos]

Didn’t play Forspoken or HFW, but Aloy was insufferable in the first game which is the reason why I never finished it. The characters in TLoU are just as bad, maybe worse.

 

[Jaybe]

Here’s my write-in vote for Hugo, especially A Plague Tale Innocence Hugo.

 

[Robbinhood]

Sony hurt Op

 

[John_Ryder]

"Hello, I'm Hugo and I'm very obnoxious. Do you want me to annoy you to death with my little voice?"

This is a good one. Fucking little shit.
"I want to find that island"
They find the island.
"I'm scared and want to go home"

Killing thousands in the process and having his sister tortured every 10 steps.

 

[OZ9000]

The constant dialogue in these type of games pisses me off a lot.

God of War 2018 was way better than Ragnarok, which is a game clearly catered to the tiktok generation. I thought the quality of writing in Ragnarok was horrendous and a huge step back from the previous game.

 

[existensmaximum]

Haven't played Forspoken but from what I've seen in videos the conversations seem atrocious.

God of War Ragnarök is by far the worst game in that aspect, that I've played. Atreus and all his teenage friends really ruined the game for me, I can't believe this hasn't brought the scores down significantly.

The dialogue and much of the storytelling is astoundingly bad.

 

[N0S]

And the award goes to... A Sony exclusive!

 

[Danjin44]

Haven't played Forspoken but from what I've seen in videos the conversations seem atrocious.

God of War Ragnarök is by far the worst game in that aspect, that I've played. Atreus and all his teenage friends really ruined the game for me, I can't believe this hasn't brought the scores down significantly.

The dialogue and much of the storytelling is astoundingly bad.

My problem with God of War Ragnarök’s dialogue is the game has this mythological setting and yet most characters and especially the kids talk as if they are school kids from our world.

 

[GymWolf]

Father you are on fire! But you probably already know that.

It can't be beaten.

And you can't turn that shit down like in forspoken.

 

[Filben]

Liked Aloy. It was more that I needed to constantly collect things that was annoying. Neither fish nor fowl; for a survival sim it's too arcady, for an action game the pace suffered due to the collecting.

As far as goes Forspoken, tried the demo and she wasn't as annoying as in the trailers but I also reduced the banter in the options. But from the trailers, yes, she's the most annoying.

But so was Boy in God of War. Or Hugo in A Plague Tale.

 

[N0S]

Liked Aloy. It was more that I needed to constantly collect things that was annoying. Neither fish nor fowl; for a survival sim it's too arcady, for an action game the pace suffered due to the collecting.

As far as goes Forspoken, tried the demo and she wasn't as annoying as in the trailers but I also reduced the banter in the options. But from the trailers, yes, she's the most annoying.

But so was Boy in God of War. Or Hugo in A Plague Tale.

Horizon a survival game?

 

[existensmaximum]

My problem with God of War Ragnarök’s dialogue is the game has this mythological setting and yet most characters and especially the kids talk as if they are school kids from our world.

Exactly. It's unbearable and really breaks the immersion.

 

[Filben]

Horizon a survival game?

Yes, exactly what it's not. Yet it wants you to gather resources in the wild "for the trail", as Aloy puts it, to live of of ressources found in the wilds and craft what you need in order to survive (which is mostly traps and ammo).

Just let me refill my health items when I rest somewhere, like refilling potions in TW3 when you mediate.

I think it adds very little to experience beyond the first two or three times.

 

[unlurkified]

Atreus is pretty annoying in both games and the interaction between his and Kratos’ characters really isn’t that interesting imo. Not sure why the story is so lauded.

Played HFW for 85 hrs and loved it, but man the way they made Aloy so emo and one-toned was baffling. Every other word was a sigh.

“Ahhh, I guess I should collect those herbs for that medicine to help that person.”

“Ahhh, here you go.” (with a constipated smile)

 

[AV]

I've no interest in Forspoken so I have no idea but I wish Atreus had a mute button

 

[Freeza93]

Horizon a survival game?

Sim?

Na hes right you do hardly survive aloys mental talking with herself.

 

[DragonNCM]

I'm playing Forspoken right now and after 4-5 hours the conversations are getting on my nerves. The last time I was so annoyed by the conversations was Horizon Forbidden West.

Where is High of Life on the list ?

 

[Iced Arcade]

One of the best additions to a sequel was Marcus hollering "zip it" to Anya with the skip option in Gears 2

 

[Spyxos]

Where is High of Life on the list ?

I like it. I was not aware that many do not like it. I thought it was well received.

 

[Vick]

Transparent OP for a transparent Thread.

That said, based on Trailers I would never buy Forspoken. Definition of a cringefest.

Atreus was supposed to be annoying because of who he really is, and I was by far more annoyed by the inferior writing compared to GoW 2018.
Aloy in FW is a huge upgrade in every way compared to her infallible, stoic, smartass character in Zero Dawn, so not sure what the hell some posters are smoking.

 

[01011001]

the top 3 are all so very very bad.... it's really hard to decide.

 

[DonF]

Kinda old now, but I hated Nathan drake's unlimited comments. The guys is most of the time alone yet talks way too much. And it's very useless dialogue... that and all the "wowow no nonoonoNONO" etc. It was very annoying.

 

[SweetShark]

Gordon Freeman?
Don't you know the saying 'Actions Speak Louder Than Words'?

 

[j.k.2021]

Forsaken.

 

[sainraja]

I don't mind talking or conversation in games generally, but yeah, High on Life was pretty annoying! lol