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4 Most Unlikable Video Game Characters From This Gen

GP writer Jared discusses four of the most unlikable characters from video game this generation.

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Eamon4001d ago

Ben is not unlikable at all you muppet.

The point of his character is to force the player into difficult choices. Since TWD game is trying to show the realistic and emotional side of surviving in a post-apocalyptic world, there has to be a character like Ben who is cowardly, idiotic and useless. The point is not to get mad at him for being an 'inept' character but to get frustrated by him and pity him at the same time. He fulfilled his role perfectly there.

I agree with Hope as an unlikable character. Badly written. He hates the guy who his mum willingly volunteered to help and died for. And wants to kill him but is too chicken to do it and we have to bear this painful illogical angst for 30 hours.

Jack Marston - well, I don't remember if I hated him.

Cooke And Mack - The last time I played LO was so long ago, so I can't remember as well.

BanBrother4001d ago

Agreed, I liked Ben. He was funny. I love it how Kenny shoots down Ben's idea so quick; "That's Fu***ng stupid Ben".
Ben fulfilled his role perfectly. He was the one who made you question loyalties and such as you said.

Jack was a cute boy. He started off cool when you first meet him, although I thought his older self was a bit "eh". He was all right though.

Cooke and Mack were good. They were sometimes annoying, but overly I thought they brought a child element into an otherwise very adult game. Some funny moments too, although Cooke knew how to be an A-grade bitch.

dgonza404001d ago

What made me like Ben was that his heart was in the right place. He wasn't a jerk or anything. He tried his best but he was just a complete fool when it came to decisions.

HammadTheBeast4001d ago

The only really unlikable person is the new Dante.

Bimkoblerutso4001d ago (Edited 4001d ago )

It is not "unrealistic" to dislike a real person for being an idiot, so why would it be "unrealistic" to dislike a character in a game for being an idiot?

I understand his role in the game...but I still despise him for his cowardice and idiocy.

No reason to get all elitist.

Pyrrhus4001d ago

I dunno, I feel like Snow was worst than Hope and should realistically be on that list over him. His 'Hero' complex pissed me to no end.

WildArmed4001d ago

Hope beat Snow on the annoyance scale for me. Mainly because Snow had use outside of his annoying character.

Coz at least Snow was a badass tank lol Hope spent most of the time dying w/ his wittle hp. I'd swap in Snow often for boss battles, but never swapped in Hope (unless it was required)

dendenmooshi4001d ago

Snow gets punched in the face. No one, unfortunately, punches Hope in the face.

He deserved several punches to the face.

Pintheshadows4001d ago

Hope deserved to be set on fire as did Vanille.

legionsoup4001d ago

Nah, I had no problem letting Ben die at the first opportunity. He WAS annoying!

omi25p4001d ago

I really really HATED Ben. Literally task he is given he fails at, He never stops complaining and he gets people killed.

Only character i killed in WD and i pressed the button to kill him in about 5 seconds of it poping up.

Mutant-Spud4000d ago (Edited 4000d ago )

Lymle from Star Ocean and Heller from Prototype 2 are my least favourite characters of this gen. I actually liked Cooke and Mack, I thought Hope was a pussy but he didn't bother me so much, didn't play Walking Dead and didn't finish Red Dead Redemption so no opinion on the others.

SonyPS3604000d ago

Anyone who just sees ben as dislikable mustn't have very good people skills at all.

He was just a kid.

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I_LOVE_MYSELF4001d ago

Rico from Killzone. He may not be a new character from this generation, but I still hate him with a passion.

Zeke from Infamous. Words can't describe how much this character irritates me.

IIC0mPLeXII4001d ago

I let Ben die like the piece of shit he is.

itz_zombies4001d ago

Bastard got what he deserved, leaving poor little Clem-Clem all alone to face a horde of walkers.

SonyPS3604000d ago

I'm sure in his situation you never would have screwed up.

PygmelionHunter4001d ago

The bastard from Demon's Souls that you freed and went on to kill everyone in the Nexus while you were away... FU** HIM! But the game at least lets you get revenge after you reset the game so it's not too bad :p

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15 PS3 Games That Would Absolutely Shine as PS5 Remakes

GB: "With this feature, we talk about 15 games on the PS3 that should be remade for the PlayStation 5."

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kenpachi8d ago

You left out The Darkness games bring those back

fan_of_gaming7d ago

The head of Nightdive Studios has posted that The Darkness is on their list of games they want to do, so hopefully something comes from that

Yi-Long7d ago

Little Big Planet 1 and 2 deserve a mention, IMO.

Good call on Motorstorm, a game released 2 gens ago but still looks and feels so good. Motorstorm 2 and Motorstorm RC were gems as well. They followed up the Motorstorm games with the brilliant Driveclub, which still manages to put modern racing games to shame. Imagine closing down a studio as talented as that ... (!) Incredible.

A little 'arcade-gem' back then was The Last Guy, a top down 'follow the leader' snake-like game where you had to find and lead survivors to safety during an alien invasion, on terrible looking 'Google-earth' maps. Graphics were poor, even back then, but would love that same gameplay with modern maps and graphics.

Street Fighter 4, once it finally had a full roster, was quite good, but it was always an ugly game, sadly. Imagine bringing that back while using the current SF6 engine.

fan_of_gaming7d ago

Good suggestions, I'd be in for
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Motorstorm: RC

purple1017d ago

God damn I love motorstorm so much

At the time I had a low-mid range sony 40” tv, The latency to the controller was waaaay too high, would to play a modern version

In saying that later I got a 3d lg tv and playing the 3d motorstorm in my bedroom with the environment crumbling around the track, was something special, specially compared to what others were playing at the time, will always remember that

Skuletor7d ago

Some good choices here and Resistance: Fall of Man is my most wanted PS3 remaster/remake. Not sure about their claim it was Sony's answer to Gears of War though.

CrimsonWing697d ago

I’d rather have sequels than remakes. Look at Dead Space 1 Remake. Would’ve been cooler if we got a new entry and it failed with sales sealing the fate of a sequel rather than just replay the same game and it fail in sales and we never get a new entry.

Remakes are great for things like PS2 and earlier games to really get a crazy new graphical coat, but I think we should ease up on all these remakes and actually do sequels.

fan_of_gaming7d ago

Yeah for sure, sequels would be ideal. But in the current market environment where many big publishers are risk-averse, I'd rather get a remaster or remake that a developer can do on a budget that will be approved, rather than nothing for an IP.

Inverno7d ago

I rather they remaster and port over to PC and current gen all the games permanently stuck on PS360. Those games don't need remakes, they need to be given a chance to live again outside of their confined consoles and then give a few proper sequels. Like Sleeping Dogs, Motor Storm, LA Noir, should get another entry.

fan_of_gaming7d ago

Yeah I'd be fine with remasters of PS3 games too, they don't have to be remakes.

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For just $6 you can play the Red Dead Redemption port on Xbox and PS5

Rockstar Games’ shiny new Red Dead Redemption port is now on GTA+, and you can play it while claiming some tasty GTA Online benefits.

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Profchaos21d ago

Rockstar still strying to make GTA plus work
Should be $6 for the rdr game on sale not 6 bucks for a months playtime

Exvalos21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

I hear ya, 49.99 or whatever the price on that game is, is a bit stiff seeing as it's just a port.

anast21d ago

Why would anyone rent this game?

jznrpg21d ago

One of my favorite games from PS3 generation. I have the remaster as there was a buy 2 get 1 free deal a while back but the price they are charging for the port is way too high although not surprising at all.

CobraKai20d ago

Still tryna milk a dried up cow

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Red Dead Redemption Title Update 1.04 Notes (PS4 / Switch)

Improvements have been made to the stability of the game

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OtterX37d ago

I still think this release was a big waste of time. I would have been a day 1 purchaser if they had redone the game w RDR2 graphics. I still own my PS3 copy, so don't see the point in picking this up if it's minimally improved.

CobraKai37d ago

I bought the game cheaper than the remaster on 360. There’s no reason in releasing the game at that price with so little improvements if any.

Profchaos36d ago

It's nice to have it as a handheld game I guess if you travel a lot but yes the ps5 release was a joke

kaos8937d ago

It plays at 60 fps on PS5 and a higher res if you value that.

OtterX36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Yea, PS3 graphics at 60fps and 4k doesn't warrant the price. It was severely disappointing considering they already created so many of the assets north of the San Luis River (New Austin) in RDR2 and could have reused a lot of things, or reworked things bc they are the same area at different times in a fairly close history. It's friggin' Rockstar - you know they have the money and resources to have done it.

jznrpg21d ago

I like that I can play the game on current generation console but it would have been nice if they did more to make it look better.

Profchaos36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

They should have released the game in its current state not the state it launched in. Obvious we all wanted this to be a expansion to rdr 2 given that the original map was already remade in the game lots of people though this was just going to be added in later as paid DLC.

Now the game runs at 4k 60 fps on ps5 and can be brought on sale it's actually worth playing.

At launch the game was priced far to high and was a ps360 era game that couldn't run at 60 fps.

I'm in no way a frame rate snob I defended games like tears of the kingdom in the past for being 30 fps experiences but rdr was a joke at launch