10 Most Annoying Video Game Characters Ever

WC writes: Throughout gaming history, we have been blessed with some wonderful characters, but everything must have its opposite. For every character we grow to love, there will be one who gamers just wish had never been thought of. Bosses that seem to be invincible, worthless allies who cannot do anything for themselves, supposed sidekicks who we just want to kick up the backside – followed by a swift beheading… they’re all there, and they all annoy the ever-loving crap out of us.

From the infamous to the much lesser known, get your stress ball out, because this motley crew just do not know when to leave you alone.

[AIndoria]

As a Final Fantasy Lover, Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII.
I rest my case.

[Godmars290]

Definitely should be on a list like this instead of Elena. More so because of the reasons they give.

@MilkeCosgrove:
Yeah, just considering #3 on the list, nevermind #1, the list fails.

[Campy da Camper]

I really liked Elena. She's one of those "good girls" but when you get some alone time with her she will grab you in the busciuts a little extra hard.

[MysticStrummer]

Using Elena's pic for the article assures I won't be awarding a hit to the actual website, because there's no way she should be on a list like this.

[MysticStrummer]

Opinions have replaced the news. FOX News... 'nuff said.

[zeeshan]

Elena???? No way I am going to read the entire article.

I can't stand RICO from KZ2 and KZ3. Also, please don't kill me for this but I could never stand Mario!

[pixelsword]

Rico was cool in Killzone 1, Liberation, and 3.

I didn't like the way GG shifted his personality in 2.

3 he was a little annoying at first, but in the end he got a lot better, and he was right about attacking that MALR in the air instead of on foot like Sev did and got all those people killed; even Narville realized that, that's probably why he told Rico that he would follow Rico's lead in the assault. That, and Rico saved just about everyone a once or twice over in Killzone 3.

I hated Narville for being such a moron and Sev was kinda a jerk because he didn't tell Narville to wait for Rico when he when after those troops. Plus, he was telling Rico to try to follow orders when the orders were stupid, then all of a sudden when he wants to break the rules it's okay.

That, and he basically ripped off Rico's little speech to make his own; that little explosion at the end didn't make it better lol. Oh, yeah; everything could have been squashed between Rico and Narville, but you see that Narville is just a jerk because he talked crap about Rico behind his back to Sev.

Narville needs to get shot in the butt.

[Awesome_Gamer]

WTF! Why is Elena on this, she is the only femlae character that isn't sexualized and have big ass boobs or just plain stupid, she is actually an amazing character

[dead_eye]

If your gonna fail by having Elena in may as well go totally wrong and add Alyx Vance from half life

[Marceles]

*looks for the snot-nosed kid from Wind Waker on the list, doesn't see him, stamps FAIL on article, leaves thread*

[ABizzel1]

Shao Khan

Kicks your @$$ during the fight and mocks you at the same time.

Rage inducing.

[sobekflakmonkey]

Yeah, theres no reason Elena should be on this list, he said "annoying voice" he actually stated that her voice was annoying, besides her having one of the best female voice actors ever, her voice was definitely not annoying, I think Elena and Alyx Vance are my two favorite female characters of all time, they aren't sexualised in any way, they dress like normal females do, and I actually appreciate that...and I'm a guy....

[CanadianTurtle]

The sole reason I stopped playing FF13 was because of the character Vanielle. Who thought it was a good idea to add someone like that in a game?

[Treian]

that's pretty pathetic.

[ThanatosDMC]

HAHAHAHA! I thought it was just me. I swear those characters were stupid especially how she acted all happy after the kid's mom just died and all those other people.

Heck, that kid was annoying too.

[pixelsword]

Maybe she's like Laughing Octopus...?

[colonel179]

I found Hope much much much more annoying than Vanille. Vanille annoyance was the voice, but she was kind of good. Hope on the other hand, spent all the game complaining about everything and crying for everything! That was more annoying than Vanille's voice!

[TheLyonKing]

I find hope more annoying than vanille but I wanted to smash both of their faces in none the less.

[Kin23g]

Most annoying? It's hands down Carver from Dragon Age 2.

[Lockon]

Oh come on Vanilles orgasm was her saving grace..

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[pixelsword]

@ what time? No offense, I just don't want to go through eight minutes of fighting to see something that's probably six or seven seconds.

[Lockon]

@pixel if you click the link it takes you right to the moment..

[pixelsword]

Ok, thanks; I got it.

When I first went there, It took me from the beginning and I was watching they guy's motorcycles and other stuff thinking "that's not an orgasm... well, maybe a threesome when his bike became two girls" lol.

[TomSawyer187]

I would say Hope was more annoying than Vanille, although she is a close second IMO.

[ScytheX3]

Hope was 5x worse than vanille, but felt like shooting them both =p

[Eyeco]

I might get allot of flak for this but my PERSONAL pick goes to the entire Gears of War cast, just a bunch of blockheaded, 2 dimensional, cocky, jock , stereotypical neanderthals, it's essentially a Football team , but with much less personality all they do is bitch, cry, gloat and trade bad jokes and puns. And these are the people who carry humanity's fate? boo. Don't get me wrong i love the Gears of War games but the characters and story really pi$$es me off.

[Reverent]

I kinda have to agree (Don't kill me Gears fans)... I think the games are extremely well made and fun, but my god... All of the characters just get on my nerves.

[jrbeerman11]

i would agree if you didnt lump the cole train in that blanket statement.

maybe im biased towards cole train because the VA in my favorite commercials

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[ToZanarkand86]

That little bitch Lymle from Star Ocean 4 'kay?'
Most annoying EVOOOR

[kanetheking]

no the other girl in star ocean that went on about friendship every 10 seconds kay

[kanetheking]

no the other girl in SO that went on about friendship every two seconds

[DW74]

Edge! Edge?!....Edge! Edge! Edge? Edge! Edge?! Edge.........Edge! Edge? Edge?! EEEEEEEdge!

Edgie.

Done

[Da One]

LOL WOW, and yes she was totally ****ing annoying.

[Aceman18]

i have a crazy question, what ever happened to that thing we call actual gaming news? you know the ones that either talk about a previews upcoming games, features, and things like that.

articles like this is what made this generation horrible when it pertains to gaming articles :(

[ToZanarkand86]

Quit yo jibber jabber!

[MysticStrummer]

My FOX News comment above was supposed to be right here. O.o Not sure wtf happened...

[rezzah]

I disagree, Snow is the worst.

[Bon Scott]

Well if Sony Fanboys ever became video game characters they would be number one for this article

[unknownhero1123]

yes because every other fanboy is a saint.

[kariyanine]

aww... I liked Vanille. Found Snow and Hope far more annoying.

[sjaakiejj]

Agree on this lol, and Hope wasn't just annoying, he was completely worthless in battle as well. Made him all the more annoying..

[ElitaStorm]

"How to get hits"

1.make a list of annoying video game characters
2.throw in a character from a videogame that ppl love
3.???????
4.profit

[Amplitude]

Lawl puts Elena in the article for hits.

Probably worked too.

[Heavenly King]

I hate every FFXIII character with the exception of Fang.

Lighting the most, because one thing is to be a tough woman, and other completely different is to act like a man.

Snow looks badass, but is a fucking sissy (and maybe a bit pedophile, dont know how older Serah was lol).

Hope screams to much. Annoying as hell.

Vanille is way too happy even if people just died some moments ago. Really Stupid.

Sazh looks like a complete idiot with his chocobo in his hair. He also behaves stupidly.

[ame22]

Oh boy, number two is gonna generate a lot of heat.

[PersonaCat]

lmao Elena... number 2 spot, yet the photo of this article has her in it :p No hits for you silly man!

[GribbleGrunger]

I'm not saying anything. Just keep your eye out for the pics on a lot of articles about general gaming. That's all I'll say on the matter.

[lociefer]

elena ? lol gtfo

[smashcrashbash]

Agreed. In what way was Elena annoying? And you say she is number two above everyone else. This BS pure and simple.

[Robotronfiend]

I heard a lot of people hated Claptrap from Borderlands. I loved him, but I could see how he would irritate some folks.

Most annoying character for me: The stupid Goth classmate kid in Lollipop Chainsaw.

Otherwise i'd say the girl from Ico. I hate escort missions unless it's a different type of escort game, like we play in Vegas. :-)

[majiebeast]

Wow Ashley from resident evil 4 didnt even make the list. Elena being on here is bullshit. Where is Vanille on this list everytime she had any dialogue in FF13 i would mute my tv and emo Hope.

[jghvhv]

Your rival wasn't that annoying.That little kid with the Rattata that phones you every five minutes was worse :)

[Genmu]

elena ? seriously dude....

[telekineticmantis]

but why'd you have to talk about my wife Elena? lol The dog from Duck hunt should of been Number 1. not a even question

[terrorofdeath]

The "annoying man" from Fallout 3 isn't there? Facepalm.

[Nocturne147]

Lydia -.-

[Sizzon]

I disagree with Elena.

She's a great created female A.I character this gen and is there for Nate.

[InTheLab]

Wonder why they chose Elena for the pic instead of the #1. Wonder why Elena is even on the list. I can name 5 people in a single game that are far worse than Elena...

Dragon's Dogma

All pawns...most notably, Rook. Strength in number Arisen. I'll strike it with FIRE!!! holy shit...please stfu.

Lady Aelinore- a secreting meeting in her room for a bit of terrible dialog and a bit of a beating in a dirty dungeon afterwards.

Madeleine- Begs you to walk her up the street then has the nerve to beg for 1k gold...then 50k to open her shop that sells crap strider weapons...then she leaves town never to be heard from again.

Valmero- Most probably don't even know this guy is in the game. This bastard goes wondering about and gets into trouble and of course only your herbs will help. He does this three times...comes back to the starting hub...then begs for a bunch of s*** you can't give him till late game. Should have let him die..

Fournival's daughter- Just do the quest and you'll see why she's one of the worst characters in gaming. Good luck getting a gold statue off her. What's a kid doing with it anyway?

[wenaldy]

Dude, elena is the most down to earth female character ever, replace that with Ashley from RE4 or Vanille or Rosemary

[Darrius Cole]

I want to say that Mike Cosgrove's post should not be covered up as spam. It was not spam. His point was spot-on, and should be made visible at once.

I would add my own point that it is the site itself that is trolling for hits.

[MattyG]

People probably disagreed, so instead of using the proper button they decided to just cover it up as spam. The users on N4G have a bit too much power when it comes to comment removal.

[laxbeav]

I think that Slippy Toad has a special place in Hell reserved for him. He died every mission!

[Relientk77]

dont know how he isnt on the list

[Oschino1907]

Was waiting for someone to mention him, he was the most annoying ever that I can remember.

This is from a website - Critical opinion of Slippy has been generally negative; criticism has been leveled primarily at his voice. An article from IGN calls Slippy "an annoying croaking pest", also noting his "high-pitched cries for help".[2]
 In an April Fools article IGN's Levi Buchanan epithetized his voice as "the sound of the earth cracking open just as the four horsemen visit plague and pestilence on humankind."[4]
GameSpot writer Glenn Rubenstein noted the excessive use of voice acting in "Star Fox 64", highlighting Slippy's voice as androgynous
.[5]
Slippy has also been criticized for his inadequacy as a pilot. IGN states that "he can never seem to help himself out of any kind of tight situation."[2]
 The IGN team and Colin Moriarty ranked him third on their list of ten video game characters who should die, rationalizing that "[w]e can't decide what makes him more annoying: his inadequacy in the cockpit or his ear-splitting voice."[6]
 In contrast to negative reception, GameSpy
journalist Bryn Williams called him "that froggy legend".[7]

[sashimi]

Elena on that list = invalid and looking for hits

[SheenuTheLegend]

She is the sweetest character ever

[SheenuTheLegend]

10 pages to read 1 article is more annoying than 10 Most Annoying Video Game Characters Ever

[ado908]

Ashley is never on these lists. Also this list is pretty pathetic.

[Philoctetes]

LEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!

[OllieBoy]

Wait, why is Elena in the picture? Did they actually list her???

[forever_milan]

They did (smh) that too at no. 2 LOL

[FadedWolf13]

Why even make these articles? they're all opinions not everyone will agree with them not that expressing your opinion is wasteful just that telling people your top ten of anything isn't really news.. I personally think characters are necessary no matter their plavored personalities

[wanieldiik]

most of the characters from final fantasy 13 are way more annoying than Elena.

I'd also add Sunny from MGS4. Loved that game, but i really disliked that character.

[Getowned]

"Theories abound that she is in fact in love with Bowser himself, and that every time you are controlling Mario, you are in fact carrying out another high-profile kidnapping yourself: Bowser’s traps are merely ever-increasing levels of security against the persistent plumber. Even so, maybe Peach could give Mario some kind of hint that she just isn’t that into him?"

If only that where so, but I agree I hate princess peace! stop getting kidnapped damn it!

Elena never bothered me, I don't find her annoying at all.

Your Rival (Pokémon Red/Blue- never bothered me back in the day I liked beating him and all of his worhless pokemon :P

Roman Bellic only drove me crazy because of his phone calls 24/7 but other than that he was alright imo

[Relientk77]

What did Elena Fisher do?

She isnt annoying

[forever_milan]

If anything, she is lovely

[acemonkey]

they should remove the twins on Dead Rising 2 and replace it with Otis because he was way more annoying

[biRdy]

you beat me to it

[Kratoscar2008]

Th Whole FFXIII cast (Except zasch and Fang).

[Hanuman]

I think Belethor has one of the best voices in all of Skyrim. The problem is the repetition. Last genration we had this "solve puzzles with your group, switching between charachters." game, wich is the only game to date I stopped playing because of the bad re-voice acting done by someone with talent but with a bad direcrer\producer. The storyteller in Kameo also gave me the creeps after a while and made me feel like a little kid. (Mmmm...Maybe Kameo intentionally was made for a younger generation) I must sawy he had a nice dwarfish accent.

[JellyJelly]

Elena is probably the best character ever created.

[barb_wire]

What about Dr. Madison Li from 'Fallout 3'? Has a voice like a nail across a chalkboard.. I hated that escort mission with her and her constant 'What is it!'.. wish I could have fed to the ghouls.

[mobiusoneac4]

Every character that needs to have its hand held to make it from point a to point b without being utterly destroyed.

So basically every escort quest in any title.

HELP!!! LEON!!!

[Kratoscar2008]

Yorda from ICO dissaproves your comment.

[Balcrist]

I don't understand why Belethor (#10) is on this list... he's not that annoying... In fact, there's another character in Skyrim that is at least 100 times more annoying.... Yes i'm about to say it.... Ciciro...

[SpinalRemains]

Every character in FF XIII except Fang.

Vanille, Hope and Snow are the most over the top, ludicrous, whiny bitches ever. In that order, in that order.

Also a big disagree on Elena being on this list. She's the love interest in the story and she's important. Her and Drake's relationship is essential to the story.

[Xman1231]

am im the only one that did not find Vanille that annoying i mean there was times she did try a little hard on the Australian voice but overall i liked her and she was not that bad of a character if you want to find a annoying voice play persona 4 and listen to teddies English voice.

[Knightofelemia]

I still say most annoying ever is Slippy the Toad from Star Fox and the annoying fairy from the Zelda Ocarina of time when she says hey hey listen. Still annoying to this date. And I'll throw in ET from the old Atari game he was just retarded.

[oldfriend86]

I saw Roman Bellic and closed the page.

The rest of the list is just a rehash of most lists out there.

[Rjs37]

I think it's pretty obvious that Elena's on the list simply to provoke a reaction. Which it has done.

[MattyG]

Excuse me, imma let you finish, but ELENA FISCHER IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

[TukkerIntensity]

Elena??!? That doesn't even make sense.

[Chris558]

Mud from gothic 1

[FFXI101]

One annoy character I can remember now is "Sgt Rico" from the KillZone series. Then the characters from WKC.

[kariyanine]

Can't say I agree with much of this list. Some of them are bad characters but aside from Navi, I don't find them annoying.

[byrnezy]

Sheva RE5, that is all!

[Max-Zorin]

Ashley is worse than her.

[g5bay]

i never like Elena she is annoying as hell Chloe should have been the main chick she so sexy

[Knushwood Butt]

Rico in Killzone 2. Not only is his character incredibly annoying, but he's also a near-useless NPC that just gets in your way and you have to spend most of the game reviving him.

[NeoTribe]

Funny how using elena's picture made this article get mega hits.

[MWH]

if there was a shitlist yours would be in it.

[MWH]

for the most of its parts.

[Xenomorph]

The dog will always be #1 in my heart. God damn you to the infernal pits of hell! Laugh at ME will you!!!

[Kin23g]

Ashley from the Mass Effect series was kinda off annoying at time.

[AlienFodder]

I'm so glad to see that I'm not the only one who doesn't like Elena. That being said, I don't find her THAT annoying but I could never understand why so many people like her so much and find her sexy. Chloe is soooooo much better. :)

[Max-Zorin]

It was all fun and games until everyone saw Elena.