I have to say though, that some of the points people are mentioning as to why they don't like certain characters seem a little silly, but hey each to their own.
Modifié par Reverie, 23 octobre 2010 - 04:23 .
Modifié par Reverie, 23 octobre 2010 - 04:23 .
davidshooter wrote...
-Harbinger was complete campy nonsense "I know you feel this"
Modifié par Water Dumple, 23 octobre 2010 - 07:27 .
Water Dumple wrote...
1. Jack. Her swearing, unnecessarily violent attitude, and lack of shirt are far too obvious and noticeable to be easily overlooked in light of her good qualities. Just about every ME2 character is brilliant, as far as video games go; but compared to other squad members, I don't think Jack improves the game much. Also, I've never much been a fan of the space magic telepathy and whatnot that seems to come up in sci-fi settings a lot (biotics for ME). Definitely prefer tech.
2. Miranda. I don't particularly care for Cerberus' brand of ends-justify-the-means ideas and whatnot, and...alright, I hate Cerberus, and MIranda is a damn Cerberus apologist. Also used quite clearly for generic-class sex appeal, which I don't think is very representative of ME2 as a whole, so she feels out-of-place.
3. Samara. Once again, a great character by video game standards, but in this case she is rather bland by ME2 standards. Part of it is just personal opinion, as Asari are my least favorite race, and the space magic again.
4. Grunt. He has the potential to be hilarious, but his entire design is simply paper-thin. His relevance to the plot is severely stunted, as opposed to characters such as Mordin and Legion which are noticeable related to the major issues throughout ME2.
GuardianAngel470 wrote...
Water Dumple wrote...
1. Jack. Her swearing, unnecessarily violent attitude, and lack of shirt are far too obvious and noticeable to be easily overlooked in light of her good qualities. Just about every ME2 character is brilliant, as far as video games go; but compared to other squad members, I don't think Jack improves the game much. Also, I've never much been a fan of the space magic telepathy and whatnot that seems to come up in sci-fi settings a lot (biotics for ME). Definitely prefer tech.
2. Miranda. I don't particularly care for Cerberus' brand of ends-justify-the-means ideas and whatnot, and...alright, I hate Cerberus, and MIranda is a damn Cerberus apologist. Also used quite clearly for generic-class sex appeal, which I don't think is very representative of ME2 as a whole, so she feels out-of-place.
3. Samara. Once again, a great character by video game standards, but in this case she is rather bland by ME2 standards. Part of it is just personal opinion, as Asari are my least favorite race, and the space magic again.
4. Grunt. He has the potential to be hilarious, but his entire design is simply paper-thin. His relevance to the plot is severely stunted, as opposed to characters such as Mordin and Legion which are noticeable related to the major issues throughout ME2.
Again, someone complaining about her cussing. That is so far down there in importance and honestly, I expected more.
Zurcior wrote...
I hate that mechanic, Delan, from Horizon. I bust my ass to save the colony while he cowars in a corner like a child, and he has the nerve act like he knows it all. I also don't like how he's so quick to blame the Alliance for his problems. He shouts to the hills about how he doesn't need the Alliance's help, yet he's the one lock in a garage scared for his life. He's a useless piece of trash if you ask me.
Water Dumple wrote...
GuardianAngel470 wrote...
Water Dumple wrote...
1. Jack. Her swearing, unnecessarily violent attitude, and lack of shirt are far too obvious and noticeable to be easily overlooked in light of her good qualities. Just about every ME2 character is brilliant, as far as video games go; but compared to other squad members, I don't think Jack improves the game much. Also, I've never much been a fan of the space magic telepathy and whatnot that seems to come up in sci-fi settings a lot (biotics for ME). Definitely prefer tech.
2. Miranda. I don't particularly care for Cerberus' brand of ends-justify-the-means ideas and whatnot, and...alright, I hate Cerberus, and MIranda is a damn Cerberus apologist. Also used quite clearly for generic-class sex appeal, which I don't think is very representative of ME2 as a whole, so she feels out-of-place.
3. Samara. Once again, a great character by video game standards, but in this case she is rather bland by ME2 standards. Part of it is just personal opinion, as Asari are my least favorite race, and the space magic again.
4. Grunt. He has the potential to be hilarious, but his entire design is simply paper-thin. His relevance to the plot is severely stunted, as opposed to characters such as Mordin and Legion which are noticeable related to the major issues throughout ME2.
Again, someone complaining about her cussing. That is so far down there in importance and honestly, I expected more.
When swearing is repeated, it loses its entire sense of extreme expression, and ultimately can damage a character. If somebody such as, say, Garrus or Tali shouted "F*ck!" it would actually be surprising and accurately depict their feelings, because normally they are more reserved. Jack does that repeatedly, however, and thus there isn't much range for character expansion. She can be angry and she can be angry in a different way, the main exception being the romance, in which she settles to "not angry". Still, that's not really a wide range of development.
dgumb wrote...
Zurcior wrote...
I hate that mechanic, Delan, from Horizon. I bust my ass to save the colony while he cowars in a corner like a child, and he has the nerve act like he knows it all. I also don't like how he's so quick to blame the Alliance for his problems. He shouts to the hills about how he doesn't need the Alliance's help, yet he's the one lock in a garage scared for his life. He's a useless piece of trash if you ask me.
OMFG I can't believe I forgot Delan lol. I wish you could kill him, or at least renegade interrupt him.
GuardianAngel470 wrote...
Water Dumple wrote...
GuardianAngel470 wrote...
Water Dumple wrote...
1. Jack. Her swearing, unnecessarily violent attitude, and lack of shirt are far too obvious and noticeable to be easily overlooked in light of her good qualities. Just about every ME2 character is brilliant, as far as video games go; but compared to other squad members, I don't think Jack improves the game much. Also, I've never much been a fan of the space magic telepathy and whatnot that seems to come up in sci-fi settings a lot (biotics for ME). Definitely prefer tech.
2. Miranda. I don't particularly care for Cerberus' brand of ends-justify-the-means ideas and whatnot, and...alright, I hate Cerberus, and MIranda is a damn Cerberus apologist. Also used quite clearly for generic-class sex appeal, which I don't think is very representative of ME2 as a whole, so she feels out-of-place.
3. Samara. Once again, a great character by video game standards, but in this case she is rather bland by ME2 standards. Part of it is just personal opinion, as Asari are my least favorite race, and the space magic again.
4. Grunt. He has the potential to be hilarious, but his entire design is simply paper-thin. His relevance to the plot is severely stunted, as opposed to characters such as Mordin and Legion which are noticeable related to the major issues throughout ME2.
Again, someone complaining about her cussing. That is so far down there in importance and honestly, I expected more.
When swearing is repeated, it loses its entire sense of extreme expression, and ultimately can damage a character. If somebody such as, say, Garrus or Tali shouted "F*ck!" it would actually be surprising and accurately depict their feelings, because normally they are more reserved. Jack does that repeatedly, however, and thus there isn't much range for character expansion. She can be angry and she can be angry in a different way, the main exception being the romance, in which she settles to "not angry". Still, that's not really a wide range of development.
Swearing has all sorts of uses, just like any aspect of language. What some see as exclamation, others see as flavor. To some, these words are simply adjectives, used to accentuate a point. What you and I view as exclamatory words others see as just another word.
You may not think it is good character, but real people talk like that. There are real people that use swear words like that, and if Jack was based on those people then her character is realistic and well written.
Modifié par Water Dumple, 23 octobre 2010 - 08:14 .
It does say "characters" in the subject line, not "posters".For various reasons, I detest Tali and Garrus these days. I kill them both each time to keep them from my ME3 squad, in the off chance that the devs once again "serve" those two fandoms over everyone else. I can no longer completely separate the "in-game" characters from the loathsome fanon pin up constructs worshipped on these boards. I used to tolerate Tali and actually like Garrus back in ME1, before I started participating in the Internet fandom. But as I suspect the writers will be indulging those two fandoms again in ME3 above others, I simply don't want that s#!t in my game if I can avoid it. And thanks to the suicide mission mechanic, I can. Sometimes you get lucky... And still, it isn't necessarily the fault of the writing (or by extension, the fault of the characters themselves). The critical overload and volume of fanservice and fan worship just killed those two for me, and made me focus on their faults rather than on their good qualities.
It works the other way too sometimes... I don't think I'd be as positive about Miranda without having read her fan thread, where I found some rather thoughtful analysis and people who had much more coherently stated their likes about her than my own vague feelings. I always sort of liked her, but these days she is one of my ME2 faves.
I suspect that if my biggest ME2 favorite, Mordin, had a cult around him similar to what (the rather shallow in comparison) ME2 Garrus has, I would sour on him too. Did people worship Wrex back before ME2, like the way they now do with Garrus? Thank the stars I missed that, if it happened.
Mox Ruuga wrote...
Sometimes I wonder if the whole Internet fan meme culture that builds up around these characters detracts from what the writers intended. Some, like Garrus and Tali, clearly became more popular due to it. "Turian Batman", "the only loyal squaddies", "dem hips", and all that.
Some, like Ashley and poor little Kelly Chambers suffered, due to endless overblown repetitions of their perceived faults. You don't need to do much else than bring up either of them up anywhere online, and there's a reasonable chance the first reply will be something like "lol racist" or "lol scale itch". I confess I've indulged in the "scale itch" meme myself, before I truly realized just how toxic the phenomenon was. The thing is, the character is no longer widely taken seriously due to an offhand unrelated joke that grew into a meme. Not that the character isn't suspect in other ways, but the scale itch thing is a convenient bludgeon you can just slam down without any further thought, or the need to backup your words. The same thing with the "bigot" and "racist" slams Ashley has to endure. Just go and make a Youtube video or a piece of fanart about Ash, and at least one of the first three comments tells you "she was a racist who I Virmired lol". Just look at the posts already on this thread: there's already one such "bigot, 'nuff said" dismissal there.
It becomes hard to separate the "fanon construct" from the canon character without the excess Internet fandom baggage, the character as s/he is presented in-game.
Modifié par dgumb, 23 octobre 2010 - 08:59 .
Water Dumple wrote...
Because Mass Effect is clearly intended for realism, with the race of sentient starships harvesting civilized life in the Milky Way every 50,000 years, an element that gains mass when a positive charge is applied or loses mass when a negative charge is applied, a giant Terminator robot, space magic telepathy, self-aware autonomous machines, and the likes.
Most of the characters in Mass Effect are clearly written to be liked by certain people; they're more clean-cut and appealing than real individuals, even behind their three-dimensional development designs. Jacob, for instance, is a failure as a character because he is supposed to be likeable but isn't. Garrus is a successful character because he is supposed to be likeable by many players, and he certainly accomplishes that goal (the same could be said of most if not all characters with large threads and followings). A character attempting to fit reality, therefore, is out of place because the rest were crafted to be appealing--and I don't think Jack is attempting to fit reality at all. She remains a success given the number of people in the demographic she appeals to; I am simply not one of those people, for several reasons.
turian councilor Knockout wrote...
I have an intense hatred for the Turian Councilor (as the name suggest) because he seems to do everything that annoys Shepard like asking if he takes pleasure in comitting genocide (rachni queen), pointing out that Shepard have a fragile mental state, saving Feros because humans lived there and much more.
Modifié par V-rex, 23 octobre 2010 - 02:38 .
GuardianAngel470 wrote...
You may not think it is good character, but real people talk like that. There are real people that use swear words like that, and if Jack was based on those people then her character is realistic and well written.