This this this, and not just in videogames, why can't a character be serious/dark/whatever without a random tragic past? It's so painful.I don't believe your character's stupidly tragic backstory for a second:
I usually don't care about the story(but i appreciate the good ones) because i play videogames to "play" them, i don't care if the main character is good, bad, the center of the universe or an average dude, but i really can't stand the random tragic past.