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The most insufferable characters in the history of video games
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There's a reason Kaiden never makes it off of Virmire alive in my ME play throughs. His spiritual ancestor also deserves mention:
And I always think it's amazing that people would prefer to keep around a SPACE RACIST than a guy who's not good at feelings
PseudoViper
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brickwalker0
Member
This is the one to beat.
Dion Blaster
Member
Time doesn't change how bad those two are.
God I hated Alan Wake. He's such a complete douchebag.
The game itself was pretty bad too so that didn't help.
I couldn't finish it because it was a drag to play as him. I think I'm halfway through the game.
i can't believe nobody vote for her
http://grandia.wikia.com/wiki/Alfina
stupid b*tch make me stop playing the game
very annoying voice
SO4 Lymle not even close against her
http://grandia.wikia.com/wiki/Alfina
stupid b*tch make me stop playing the game
very annoying voice
SO4 Lymle not even close against her
There are a lot of things I like about Skyward Sword, Fi is not one of them. She had the potential to be fine if they let her be a bit funnier and less boring, or maybe if other characters acknowledged her more (could other people even see her?), but none of that matters when Nintendo used her as a vessel for 1000s of pointers and guidelines on how to play the damn game.
I mean, if you get on low health in Skyward Sword, you have the already-annoying beeping low health indicator. THEN you have Fi lighting up and making Wii Remote sounds to get you to talk to her. Similarly to Navi too, you don't know what she has to say, so when you do talk to her, only to have your time wasted, discourages you from ever deciding to talk to her again.
Similar thing with the battery notification. Eternally flashing through loading screens and visible on the home menu, but Fi still has to tell you about it. A lot of Wii games had this issue actually. I can get up around what feels like 8 hours (?)out of a low battery Wii Remote...I'm not going to replace them until their dry.
I mean, if you get on low health in Skyward Sword, you have the already-annoying beeping low health indicator. THEN you have Fi lighting up and making Wii Remote sounds to get you to talk to her. Similarly to Navi too, you don't know what she has to say, so when you do talk to her, only to have your time wasted, discourages you from ever deciding to talk to her again.
Similar thing with the battery notification. Eternally flashing through loading screens and visible on the home menu, but Fi still has to tell you about it. A lot of Wii games had this issue actually. I can get up around what feels like 8 hours (?)out of a low battery Wii Remote...I'm not going to replace them until their dry.
manfestival
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This guy right here. I was so glad when I got to put a bullet in his dome. The best moment in Mass Effect 1 easily.
Honorable mention: The entire cast of FF13 except for Sazh (cause he is literally the only good character the entire game).
Honorable mention: The entire cast of FF13 except for Sazh (cause he is literally the only good character the entire game).
Deified Data
Banned
Yoskue from Persona 4
Major asshole to Kanji and a creep to the female party members.
Yeah, with Yosuke they really took the "guy you knew in high school" trope and ran the wrong way with it.
disastermouse
Banned
What??? Blasphemy!
GamingIsDead
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"Who is this charmless, whiny gobshite, and why am I playing as him instead of Snake?"
Gets bonus points for his skin-crawlingly embarrassing conversations with his even more whiny girlfriend. They were made for each other.
It's impossible to like this character. He was even worse in mgs4. Even his arch villain is insufferable.
JaseMath
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What's wrong with Rise?
I can understand why some people hate her. Her voice is on a different level of annoying sometimes.
I thought she was a decent character though.
CyanideFuse
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Trip from Enslaved. Seeing her getting piggy-backed by Monkey was enough to (almost) make my blood boil.
That bitch from the Killzone games.
This guy.
Yup. Horrible character.
Sir_Crocodile
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Asbel from Tales of Graces
I'm faiiiiiirly sure his IQ is in the negative range
I'm faiiiiiirly sure his IQ is in the negative range
DC1
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Trip was horribly writing.
You would think that she woke up in her world as a nonchalant 12 year. She had no concept of time and place.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Hey that's cheating!
J-Roderton
Member
That chick from Halo 4.
No. STFU already.
Boyfriend is on a stealth mission amongst enemies. Perfect time to talk about our relationship.
this guy:
Fixed.
Okay, I give you Claptrap (although I find he has his moments) but Handsome Jack?
I love that dude. He's such a major Dick/Douchebag/Asshole that it's hard not to. Almost every single line he utters is gold.
Then again, I'm one of "those" that think Tiny Tina is funny. Don't see why people hate on that insane little bombmaker so much.
Anyway, my vote goes to Rico. By the end of Killzone 2 I actively hated him.
themindkillah
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Just about every character from Final Fantasy XIII.
Kodiak said:
Fixed
Arthur Gies?
Hey, don't hate on Raiden. He's pretty cool in his other games.This ninja clown from ME3.
It's the style of humour. I also didn't like Tiny Tina but at least she was done once you were finished her section. Jack, alas, goes right from the start all the way to the end.
That son of a bitch.
If you play Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, you will love her* by the end.
*
appropriately, like a stepbrother in law
truestatic
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Bruce Kibbutz from GTA4. Every time this guy opened his mouth was like nails on a chalkboard.
GTA actually has a long and storied history of unbearable NPC's. Another personal
favourite would be Truth from GTA: San Andreas.
There are others, but both of these guys are just the worst.
Would not be MGS without some Love on the Battlefield.
GTA actually has a long and storied history of unbearable NPC's. Another personal
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There are others, but both of these guys are just the worst.
Would not be MGS without some Love on the Battlefield.
Outright Villainy
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Well it's him or Ashley. It's like when it's the day to collect the rubbish, the bin is almost full, and there's only room for one more bag. I'd leave them both if I could, but Ashley was more annoying so she has to go.
John Marston RDR
Now hear me out, because I know this seems like a weird choice. I like Marston, he's a relatable character and I really liked playing him as a good guy. He has mostly good morals and is overall a pretty enjoyable protagonist, but he's so insufferable sometimes.
Random: "Do this thing for me and then you have what you want."
Marston: "I dono..... I kinda want it now...."
Random: "Do it or our deal is off."
Marston: "Fine, I'll do it. But then you better let me have what I want!"
Cue Marston doing an arduous task and getting burned in the end over and over as the NPCs find an excuse to not give you what you want. Sometimes something legit happens, but from what I recall, a lot of it was just "I can't do that anymore, but if you do this other random task for me, we might be able to work something out!" and this just goes on and on and on and on and OH MY GOD STOP.
He's this badass deadeye killer who can mow down an entire army, but he can't fucking say "No, give me what I want first or I'll kill you and everyone in this building."
It's insufferable. (For the record, almost all of Rockstars characters are gullible and like this for gameplay excuse reasons. That justification doesn't stop me from getting annoyed though.) It's been a while since I've went through RDR, but that was my experience with it.
Now hear me out, because I know this seems like a weird choice. I like Marston, he's a relatable character and I really liked playing him as a good guy. He has mostly good morals and is overall a pretty enjoyable protagonist, but he's so insufferable sometimes.
Random: "Do this thing for me and then you have what you want."
Marston: "I dono..... I kinda want it now...."
Random: "Do it or our deal is off."
Marston: "Fine, I'll do it. But then you better let me have what I want!"
Cue Marston doing an arduous task and getting burned in the end over and over as the NPCs find an excuse to not give you what you want. Sometimes something legit happens, but from what I recall, a lot of it was just "I can't do that anymore, but if you do this other random task for me, we might be able to work something out!" and this just goes on and on and on and on and OH MY GOD STOP.
He's this badass deadeye killer who can mow down an entire army, but he can't fucking say "No, give me what I want first or I'll kill you and everyone in this building."
It's insufferable. (For the record, almost all of Rockstars characters are gullible and like this for gameplay excuse reasons. That justification doesn't stop me from getting annoyed though.) It's been a while since I've went through RDR, but that was my experience with it.
AngryCanadian
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Ken Persona 3
Not the MOST annoying character ever but the worst in Persona 3 by far, can't belive we get him instead of Koromaru in Ultimax
These two and their stupid talking cat made me stop playing Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
WHINE WHINE WHINE
EMIL! EMIL! EMIL!
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
First game I've played where I hated the characters enough to stop playing.
Deified Data
Banned
Claptrap from Borderlands. I feel I might be a little biased here since I didn't like the game he's from all that much, but for the time I spent with it I don't recall encountering a less funny character in all my time spent gaming. Specifically I remember waiting to get matches in multiplayer while the robot struts across the title screen and does his "hijinx" like flipping off the camera or disco dancing or some shit. Seriously wouldn't be shocked if there were some "my exhaust looks like a fart" jokes in there, but I digress.
Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" is funnier than this shit.
scarybore
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Don't think I've played a Square Enix game where I found anyone that wasn't insufferable.
As to other games, most of my suggestions have already been mentioned, Kaidan Alenko, Karth Onassi, Raiden, Fi, Quint Cetcham, but a few more come to mind.
Dead or Alive - Kasumi, Ayane, Kokoro and Marie Rose.
Classic Japanese character tropes and mannerisms and I can't stand them.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - William Carter.
Bugger all likeable about this guy. Never want to hear the word mosaic again.
As to other games, most of my suggestions have already been mentioned, Kaidan Alenko, Karth Onassi, Raiden, Fi, Quint Cetcham, but a few more come to mind.
Dead or Alive - Kasumi, Ayane, Kokoro and Marie Rose.
Classic Japanese character tropes and mannerisms and I can't stand them.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - William Carter.
Bugger all likeable about this guy. Never want to hear the word mosaic again.
Lots of the characters that first passed through my mind had at least one redeeming quality or moment, but Adam Malkovich from Metroid Other: M has none. He's a bland, rigid, charisma-less character, and his banality is heightened infinitely by Samus's slave-like devotion to his every whim. We're supposed to believe that he's just absolutely wonderful in every way because Samus tells us so, but every single thing that we see just makes us say "what an asshole."
In summation, fuck this guy.
In summation, fuck this guy.
