I Hate You Already

[Sorion]

I can't name a single FF protag (in english) who isn't at least a little bit insufferable. Even the ones I like.

The thing is... Squall leans too heavily into the "edgy teenager" trope, I know Squall is more nuanced than that, but still, that trope isn't considered "cool" anymore, in fact, it has aged like milk.. that's why Squall is the most controversial Final fantasy protagonist, some people love him, some people hate him, but pretty much no one is indifferent.

 

[extermist]

I don't normally hate chatacters, and when I do, it's because they either don't shut up or lock me in a tutorial where I can't progress unless I do what they say.

But I remember hating this guy for days until I got to beating him.
Soulcalibur V - Legendary Souls

 

[Sorion]

Kratos. I ended dropping the original God of War. Not just because of Kratos being a constant dick, but also I hated all the quick-time events and button mashing.

I had to force myself to finish the game, he's truly insufferable to me as well.

 

[Far_Firmer_Peaches]

Hated having to sneak around this fuck whenever it popped up

 

[MajorMachina]

Kratos. I ended dropping the original God of War. Not just because of Kratos being a constant dick, but also I hated all the quick-time events and button mashing.

You'll probably love the norse saga if thats the case

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Of course he's a killjoy. All space marines are literally space virgins who are obsessed with religion.

true, the imperium just loves screwing its best people over.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Of course he's a killjoy. All space marines are literally space virgins who are obsessed with religion.

Even Doomguy? That's a bold claim right there xD

 

[Burzuru Burzuru]

i can't think of any. so either im overtly forgiving or i got over it and forgot!

 

[Zerohour2k12]

I can't think of any character right now but Medusa Heads sure are annoying.

 

[MajorMachina]

Even Doomguy? That's a bold claim right there xD

Doom guys too good for the Imperium. He doesn't bow to anyone

 

[Kovlak]

You'll probably love the norse saga if thats the case

Yeah, but I'm not a fan of character action games.

 

[MajorMachina]

Yeah, but I'm not a fan of character action games.

norse saga GOW is more zelda-like than character action

 

[gwardojones]

I can't name a single FF protag (in english) who isn't at least a little bit insufferable. Even the ones I like.

Not even Cecil Harvey? Honorable dude doing a dishonorable thing for honorable reasons, only to find out his honorable reasons aren't actually all that honorable, then goes to a cave on a mountain to fight his honorable self to be less dishonorable? Love that dude. Probably my favorite FF protagonist.

The thing is... Squall leans too heavily into the "edgy teenager" trope, I know Squall is more nuanced than that, but still, that trope isn't considered "cool" anymore, in fact, it has aged like milk.. that's why Squall is the most controversial Final fantasy protagonist, some people love him, some people hate him, but pretty much no one is indifferent.

Squall's edgy teenagerness is mostly due to localization. In Japanese, he's less "I'm too cool to have feelings," and more distant and unwilling to let people get close because he was an orphan. He shrugs at and says "whatever" to everything because he doesn't want to get caught up in it if it's just going to leave anyways, which plays a lot better with him falling for Rinoa and finding something worth suffering for. Instead, in the English version, he's a dick that suddenly discovers that emotionally caring about someone is pretty neato, as if he'd never felt feelings before that moment. It makes him feel like he has the emotional depth of a seahorse.

 

[Kovlak]

norse saga GOW is more zelda-like than character action

Ha! I didn't know. I saw bits of the combat on tv and thought it was kinda slow with the enemies being spongy.

 

[Anoobis]

Most characters in Saints Row 2022.