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[ghostlyjoe]

Gaming is riddled with bad characters. Good, interesting protagonists are hard to find nowadays. The most popular characters (Snake, Master Chief) are little more than archetypes. Then there are endless clones (Jak, Daxter, Kameo, Banjo, Vexx and Gex, Ratchet and Klank, Banjo and Kazooie and Rayman and .... oh my, it's like an endless parade of blandness .. and that's just platformers (Mario gets a pass cause he was original in 1982, he's kinda stale nowadays).

My favorite characters this gen are the princes -- The Prince of Persia ("Sands of Time") and the Prince of All Cosmos ("Katamari") -- and Viewtiful Joe. Everything else has seemed pretty generic.

 

[GrimReaper]

 

[Unison]

So hideous!

My nominee is Blinx's gay S&M pig sidekick:

 

[Kuramu]

the grabbed by the ghoulies guy is so bad, it blows even his own mind

 

[robot]

What about Genus from Tales of Symphonia?

Hell, a bunch of people from Tales of Symphonia and a bunch from Baten Kaitos.

Remember:
"Watch out for the magic!"

BK had some of the funniest battle lines ever:

"I'ma roll you up!" (i think thats what he says)
"I'm chompin at the bit here."

Theres many more that I cant remember.

 

[Xkiko]

Maybe the latest version of this game can be considered this gen.
NetHack 3.4.3

"Image:"

@

 

[Suburban Cowboy]

No one has mentioned F.L.U.D.D.?
What about every character appearing in a sonic game other than sonic, tales, and knuckles?

 

[Operations]

The last time this thread was made, this character (from The Con for the PSP) caught my eye.

 

[SpiffyG]

The last time this thread was made, this character (from The Con for the PSP) caught my eye.

Holy crap. Is that a woman?!

Anyway, Genus & Collete were friggin' annoying in Tales of Symphonia. The voice actor for Collete does Mist's voice from FEoR, so I think I'm going to start hating her pretty soon. Kratos annoys the shit out of me. Master Chief is too generic. Baby Bowser/Bowser Jr. whatever the fuck his name is from Super Mario Sunshine... SOOOO annoying. Bowser wasn't exactly very cool in SMS either... Ashley from RE4, she annoyed me on occasion. I would say Ramon Salazar, but he was so fun to laugh at. I hated quite a few characters from BG&E but I can't remember exactly who. Pay'j was sort of a douche bag sometimes. I didn't like Kevin from Killer 7... come on, you have to have a catch phrase!!

 

[Sapiens]

Stop with all of the Raiden bashing. I can't takes it! I love him! Just look at his ass:

Yeah, yeah. kinda effeminate...but I'd take him over Kratos any day of the week...at least.

 

[CreatureX3]

I agree that the "design by committee" characters, Jak, Prince of Persia, Kratos, are the worst.

 

[Snaku]

The last time this thread was made, this character (from The Con for the PSP) caught my eye.

Holy god, so thug life does lead to twinkies!

 

[citrus lump]

*insert any Hot Shots Golf: Fore! characters here*


Really I like the game and its mechanics, but the character design is awful.

 

[GitarooMan]

*insert any Hot Shots Golf: Fore! characters here*


Really I like the game and its mechanics, but the character design is awful.

Great choice, I agree, the character design in HSG4 is terrible

Although, I think Blinx and all related characters are the true "winners" of this thread...

 

[cvxfreak]

Arnold from Resident Evil Outbreak File# 2.

Stupid moron who can't tell a zombie from a human being who is obviously trying to run the hell away from his sniping ass.

 

[Taichu]

 

[typhonsentra]

For the guy wondering about the Bubsy cartoon: Just check the source of the image.

 

[typhonsentra]

Wow, they only seem to have screenshots and no info. Hmm....

 

[argon]

Absolutely without a doubt the Generic Rage (tm) Prince of Persia.

 

[Geek]

The last time this thread was made, this character (from The Con for the PSP) caught my eye.

I can't believe I forgot about her.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA! The Con! HAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol

 

[KingJ2002]

 

[FightyF]

I think you're all retarded, everyone in this thread except me should be banned for posting the likes of Tork and Blinx as bad characters.

Xavier Fox all the way.

 

[Ash Housewares]

and every character from Devil Kings

 

[Zer0]

dante worst design? wtf XD

 

[C- Warrior]

dante worst design? wtf XD

Morons indeed

At least thats better than 21st century ninja techno loving tight balls crunching leather eh Ash? :lol