Top 10 Most Overrated Videogame Characters

[Squilliam]

Quickdraw McGraw said:

kowenicki said:
@quickdraw

I have to say, again, the list is stupid.

On reflection, ALL videogame characters that are rated highly are over rated. There isnt a deep one amongst them.. If anyone mentions Snake I'll laugh.

Well, obviously those that are rated highly can be - that's more or less the definition.

However, there are many instances when a popular film/game/book has a solid plot and/or character (Despite it being less likely than it should be). Snake, despite your preemptive trolling, is a complex character. Are the storylines in MGS completely unrealistic, over-the-top, and lacking in the writing department? Yes. Is Snake a complex and intriguing character? For the most part, yes - and far more so than most in the industry.

Master Chief, and the others on the list, are simply not good characters. So, because they are popular and regarded highly, they are by definition overrated. Is Sev from Killzone 2 an equally bad character? Yes, but no one said otherwise.

How can you compare a character who by design barely says anything - along the same vein as Gordan Freeman to a character who was created with completely different goals/objectives.

The reason why Gordan Freeman doesn't say much is because its meant to be a representation of yourself and heck even the viewing perspectives are different. In third person games you an entirely different character/player interaction. Halo follows the Half-Life model, the Master Chief didn't even say a single word until Halo 2.

Theres also a reason why Marcus doesn't do much more than grunt, Dom is the one who does all the exposition and stupid "So thats the xxx place we heard about" type comments