Here we are going to talk about those guys that are just plain awesome, but never get the spotlight. Yes this is a late Community Writing Challenge, but it still needs to be said! From leading us with high expectations with characters and hiding them to characters that are never talked about again!
10. Tai (Gears of War 2)
Literally give to us for about 10 minutes of getting to know the character and is never seen again! Well, until he kills himself when you rescue him. And don't give me that spoilers crap, because this is a long since released game! Anyways, this character is very mysterious. Not in a way that has you wondering what he's going to do next like Zer0, but in a way that just makes you feel you missed some thing about him. I mean, Marcus tells you off the bat that he is one of the bravest and most bad ass COG Marines out there, but never gives us insight on how he was know to be that way. Yes there is comics that tell you his past mission, but it was only one of his missions. Missions that made him know to be the most bad ass COG Marine to fight! To me, they missed an opportunity of a great character creation.
9. Eri (Metal Slug series)
She is one of four characters you can be in the Metal Slug franchise, but is never appreciated for what she really is. She is was gang leader in New York, was a foster child and was taken by the government to be apart of the infamous team, the SPARROW's. How bad ass is that? What is very strange is that the cuter and less hardcore character Fio took her thunder.
Fio became more of a fan favorite while Eri was always pushed aside. Only is they prove their worth in the battle to the death... I think that could be established in Metal Slug 3 if you play as Fio in the beginning.
8. McCreedy (Fallout 3-4)
Did anyone else know he was in Fallout 4? I didn't know until I heard his story. The game was what no one really expect: a better Fallout 3, but isn't that how sequels usually work? That's a conversation spoken on a different day. Anyways, he tells of what happens to him after he becomes a teenager and has to live without his friends in Little Lamplight. Sounds a bit familiar...
Well, no really cares about him. I mean, I understand if you don't want to be seen as a helping thief, but this guy has gone through some crap! Fought a deathclaw and almost died, had his only ghoul buddy die by raiders, and a gang is hunting him down! That is some story that almost everyone has heard, but you never get to help them with the problem. He even asks you if you want to go kill the gang hunting him down and relieve him from the dept. He is underappreciated character in the game that is the only companion that has troubling problems then emotional problems.
7. Dan Hibki (Street Fighter)
I know what you might be thinking. This guy is a moron that is trying too hard to be cool! Well, let me tell you his back story. No, not his real back story, how he became the infamous doofus. His first appearance was in a game called KoF. He had a hadouken like move and looked too much like Ken or Ryu. After Capcom hearing their enemy, SNK, having a character that resembled too much like their own characters. I mean they could have gotten the guy that looks like Ryu names Ryo, but they chose this guy. The claimed a lawsuit and took the fighter as their own. Recreated his character just resemble how they looked at SNK. Sucks to be the guy that is suppose to resemble one of the greatest gaming companies in Japan as a moron that has a horrid back story and stupidly hard to master moves.
6. Mordecai (Borderlands series)
After hearing about the death of bloodwing, you just want hug this poor guy. They tell you what he likes, what he does for a living and that's just about it. What was his past life like? Why did he choose the Vault Hunting life? They never tell you everything about the entire cast from the first to the second entry of the game, but they never go deeper on why Mordecai is there in that watchtower! What does do up there! And we only see that other trash hole he lives in. There is a lot that needs to be said about him and no one is interested!
5. Luigi (Mario series)
A character we all know has the hard feeling with Mario and having his princess cheating on him with his own brother. A lot of people favor Mario, but what about the green older bother? Yes, Older. I can see someone choosing him for a second player because who the hell wants to be the toad that flipped you off and told the princess was in another castle!
Anyways, I always play as Walawigi when I play Mario Kart, but some give this guy some attention! I know there's a game all about him saving his brother, but it's basically Super Mario with only 90 seconds on the clock.
4. The Marine (Alien vs. Predator)
I know you play as him, but you hardly ever get to know the character! It's not like in Halo 3 ODST where all you know of him is that he's rookie, but this guy has a low status of who he is. I mean when they reveal yourself, you wouldn't have known he was African-American! Let alone his rank! Maybe they thought you would know? Or maybe that was suppose to be the case of playing as this character. I don't know!
3. Monster Kid
In the game, you see him very frequently, but never really get to know him. I mean all you know about him personally is that he's a monster and is a kid. He also has no arms, so he might idolize Meteton? You talk with him to get a glimpse of his character, but don't really get his real name. Imagine his name is Nathan and we don't even know.
2. Jack (Bioshock series)
This guy is mysterious. Yes I mean it like Zer0! You don't know anything about him! I mean you have nothing, but a present to know his name. I mean you hear him in the plane scene, but people believe it was the person next to you talking. Who knows! Maybe it was your thoughts! Anyways, in the game, it made you wonder why you're on the plane and what was in that present that was from you? Were you jack? And he's another character you play as! And the most iconic symbol in this game is the chain tattoos, but it still doesn't explain this crazy protagonist!
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Now for some honorable mentions
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1. You (Call of Duty 1-3)
In the game Call of Duty classic, as people are calling it, you are a hero of which has completed the most impossible missions, but all you know about who you are is that you're learning the ropes. Of course you're in WWII and your either in Berlin or in Nazi Germany to complete a mission. That's literally all you and I can know about this character you're playing as. Of course you're never ranked up so everyone calls you private or rookie. But it really makes me wonder who are in this game? A legendary hero? Or just another Average Joe? I know at the time, characters weren't really presented as full humans or sentient beings, but look how the game was played: everyone had the emotions of a soldier at the time, you were meant to feel the sadness of the fallen in the beginning.
Well, what do you think was my list good? Or was it bad? Were the facts correct? I know it was great! I can see it in your face!
Well, 'till next time...
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