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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jul 20, 2011 2:29:46 GMT 1
Since I've been playing Mercenaries, I've got to mention Sergei Voronov and Colonel Zhao Peng. Sergei is a complete idiot who has delusions of being a Mafia boss while Peng is your typical arrogant, Little-Red-Book-waving ChiComm prick.
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renegadepoint
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Lets all take a step back from the weird alien impaling devices...
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Post by renegadepoint on Jul 21, 2011 11:51:38 GMT 1
Since I've been playing Mercenaries, I've got to mention Sergei Voronov and Colonel Zhao Peng. Sergei is a complete idiot who has delusions of being a Mafia boss while Peng is your typical arrogant, Little-Red-Book-waving ChiComm prick. Zhao Pang is my buddy. Actually any one willing to give me a nuclear missile sits high on my friends list. Your English accounting lady in Mercenaries 2, however, irritated the shit out of my. Every time you entered a new region she'd tell you something useless about it. I don't mean every time you enter a new region for the first time. I mean EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU CHANGE REGIONS!! Sure this game was so far below par it was just sad. But she's what finally ruined it for me. I was perfectly happy to nuke every think in sight for years but she just wouldn't shut up. I even tried to find the 'VOICE' volume slider but there wasn't one. Aria from ME2 kind of irritated me too. He dramatic "I'm queen of Omega" speech made me want to push her over the balcony while her back was turned. That and the way she tries to be all ominous about stuff. "You've got all the time in the world. Archangel? Not so much." -snide smirk Really? Because he's been doing alright for a while now. And I'm not just saying that because I know nothing will happen until I choose to start the mission. That and I didn't like how she said she liked Mordin because "He's as likely to heal you as he is to kill you." A better way to say that would have been "He's as likely to take a bullet out of you as he is to put on in you." You're a gangster. Learn how to imply violence better. And she's all talking down to Shepard like she even matters. The first time I talked to her I was waiting for the renegade interrupt. Or at least a good renegade dialog option. And yeah Na'vi. I kept looking for a fly swatter. Then when you ACTUALLY need her (final boss) she bails. OH and that Owl who always shows up with a wall of text. And if you try to skip through it to fast you just end up having to sit through it twice. What a jerk.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 21, 2011 12:56:35 GMT 1
Aria from ME2 kind of irritated me too. He dramatic "I'm queen of Omega" speech made me want to push her over the balcony while her back was turned. That and the way she tries to be all ominous about stuff. "You've got all the time in the world. Archangel? Not so much." -snide smirk Really? Because he's been doing alright for a while now. And I'm not just saying that because I know nothing will happen until I choose to start the mission. That and I didn't like how she said she liked Mordin because "He's as likely to heal you as he is to kill you." A better way to say that would have been "He's as likely to take a bullet out of you as he is to put on in you." You're a gangster. Learn how to imply violence better. And she's all talking down to Shepard like she even matters. The first time I talked to her I was waiting for the renegade interrupt. Or at least a good renegade dialog option. I know! And judging by the fact she's starred in two comics and a book, I dare say BioWare have plans for her. Plans that probably don't involve an Omni-blade to the throat, sadly. Mentioning Chinese communists, though, you know who was awesome? Omen Deng from Alpha Protocol. Then again, nearly every character in that game is.
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Post by jklinders on Jul 21, 2011 13:56:25 GMT 1
Hell not only did Omen Deng have a badass longcoat, he took it off too. But hell yeah most of the characters in Alpha Protocol were awesome. Even the ones I hated.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jul 21, 2011 16:14:48 GMT 1
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 21, 2011 21:12:34 GMT 1
Hell not only did Omen Deng have a badass longcoat, he took it off too. But hell yeah most of the characters in Alpha Protocol were awesome. Even the ones I hated. They certainly were! I went into the game knowing bits and pieces about it, so I thought I was gonna hate SIE, thinking she just an Isabela-type fanservice character, but I ended up thinking she was hilarious (if only for the camp value.). You Know Who I Hate? Joshua Gram, the god-damned burned Man! I was doing the bit where you first talk to him, and I asked him which tribe Zion Valley belongs to and he said: "The valley belongs to God." WHAT THE HELL? He's even more of a bible-basher than Ashley Williams?! I thought we were going to have awesome, burned man adventures together!
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jul 21, 2011 22:26:42 GMT 1
He the guy who repairs like a zillion guns when you talk to him?
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 22, 2011 3:37:13 GMT 1
Yes, though I'll go out a limb and say he wasn't repairing them, he was just doing maintenance.
I actually don't hate him, either. There are nowhere near enough religious characters in video games, who aren't priests or adherents to a fictional religion.
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jul 23, 2011 22:30:38 GMT 1
Since I've been playing Mercenaries, I've got to mention Sergei Voronov and Colonel Zhao Peng. Sergei is a complete idiot who has delusions of being a Mafia boss while Peng is your typical arrogant, Little-Red-Book-waving ChiComm prick. Zhao Pang is my buddy. Actually any one willing to give me a nuclear missile sits high on my friends list. Your English accounting lady in Mercenaries 2, however, irritated the shit out of my. Every time you entered a new region she'd tell you something useless about it. I don't mean every time you enter a new region for the first time. I mean EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU CHANGE REGIONS!! Sure this game was so far below par it was just sad. But she's what finally ruined it for me. I was perfectly happy to nuke every think in sight for years but she just wouldn't shut up. I even tried to find the 'VOICE' volume slider but there wasn't one. Aria from ME2 kind of irritated me too. He dramatic "I'm queen of Omega" speech made me want to push her over the balcony while her back was turned. That and the way she tries to be all ominous about stuff. "You've got all the time in the world. Archangel? Not so much." -snide smirk Really? Because he's been doing alright for a while now. And I'm not just saying that because I know nothing will happen until I choose to start the mission. That and I didn't like how she said she liked Mordin because "He's as likely to heal you as he is to kill you." A better way to say that would have been "He's as likely to take a bullet out of you as he is to put on in you." You're a gangster. Learn how to imply violence better. And she's all talking down to Shepard like she even matters. The first time I talked to her I was waiting for the renegade interrupt. Or at least a good renegade dialog option. And yeah Na'vi. I kept looking for a fly swatter. Then when you ACTUALLY need her (final boss) she bails. OH and that Owl who always shows up with a wall of text. And if you try to skip through it to fast you just end up having to sit through it twice. What a jerk. Meh, I can tolerate Fiona's chattering, but Peng just rubs me the wrong way. Aria's not that bad. I see her attitude as keeping up appearances more than anything.
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Post by Mister Buch on Jul 25, 2011 20:08:13 GMT 1
Obnoxious characters - what about that guy who was always on the phone at you in Dead Rising?
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jul 25, 2011 23:42:10 GMT 1
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Post by Cali on Jul 26, 2011 1:43:44 GMT 1
Brucie Kibbutz from Grand Theft Auto IV
While Bruce is a good parody on the douchebaggery within the bodybuilding hobby, as well as obnoxious males who have to constantly compensate for their diminishing ego and sense of masculinity, the problem is I've known so many of these steroid abusing, irritating, embarrassing boobs that I just don't seem to find him as funny as everyone else thinks he is. Knowing these people just makes me incredibly sad, in a non agitating way.
For those who played The Ballad of Gay Tony, it becomes clearer that Brucie is suffering from the after effects of steroids. While I understand they were aiming for a dark comedy aspect, it just hit a little too close to home for me, considering that I've seen poor fucks like Brucie in real life that succumbed to this. Perhaps I'm taking this whole thing too seriously, but it still ain't pretty. During high school, the jocks didn't exactly treat me kindly, but I didn't loathe these guys. I felt for those poor buggers, because of how ignorant they were, and it pained me to see how their deluded outlook on life eventually gave them the boot.
While Brucie can make me crack a smirk and just rouse a chuckle out of me every now and then, Brucie's overall just an insane, misguided jackass. A suburban white guy who moved to the city and acts gangsta. A guy who injects shark testosterone into his veins to feel tough.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 31, 2011 21:25:06 GMT 1
I'm sure he's been mentioned several times in this thread, but Anders, ANDERS, ANDDDDDDDDERRRRRRRRRRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!1
*The way he's clearly the writing team's pet character *The way his voice actor portrays him as this ever-so tragic hero, trying to evoke our sympathy with every word. *The way the VA flubs the few sarcastic lines the character gets. *The way the character does nothing but sit on his arse in Darktown until he decides to dabble in terrorism.
The list could go on and on and on. Oh, and the Justice subplot is Narm-y as all hell.
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Post by jklinders on Jul 31, 2011 21:37:04 GMT 1
I'm sure he's been mentioned several times in this thread, but Anders, ANDERS, ANDDDDDDDDERRRRRRRRRRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!1 *The way he's clearly the writing team's pet character *The way his voice actor portrays him as this ever-so tragic hero, trying to evoke our sympathy with every word. *The way the VA flubs the few sarcastic lines the character gets. *The way the character does nothing but sit on his arse in Darktown until he decides to dabble in terrorism. The list could go on and on and on. Oh, and the Justice subplot is Narm-y as all hell. Seconded, Anders hits every note on the Gary Stu checklist in order. This was such an overwhelming problem I had completely overlooked what a complete and utter failure the VA for him was.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Aug 1, 2011 4:36:31 GMT 1
Thrided, but not to that extreme. Just picture me giving pissed off comments about Anders in Cinema Snob style and you get the idea. Let's not even started the awkwardness with the writers, especially with Gaider's constant habit of defending his character, in light of the recent events. You know what I'm talking about.
Speaking of that, I loss what's let of my liking for him after that event. It hits too closer to home imo.
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