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Games where the Supporting Character should have been the Main Character
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edit - and Tingle in Zelda.
I loved that little guy ... just floating around and cracking wise until his tragic end ...*sniff*
Because he was more interesting. That says a lot, because Zidane was a non-stereotypical main character.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
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and zelda is the princesses name
But I found the Arbiter tons more interesting than Master Chief in Halo 2 and he should have been the main character because he had the better voice.
wait, what are we talking about again?
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Nah. Vivi gets about the same screentime as Zidane, and shows up pretty much wherever he is. Besides, if Vivi's ending was the last thing we saw in the game....:(
And this, ultimately, made Snake a better character, which most people fail to attribute the change in perspectives.
I still would've loved a Snake scenario to see everything he did (he's the only one who even fights the Ninja.
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Bah! I was gonna post that & you beat me to it
PS. Why does it say "Balflear"?
The Professor in Contact. Come on, best supporting actor by far.
Heartbreak One and Pops in Ace Combat 5. Especially Heartbreak One, a prequel should expound upon his history.
Thats not really fair, starting the thread with the best example ever :rotate:
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Imagine running with a sprite of Alucard in a swank suit! I was so disappointed when I found that Julius was the only other playable character. It just seemed so obvious, you know?
Actually, he was fine in a supporting role.... I just wanted him to be a bonus character so bad...
I agree with you, we saw more about the Covenant side. Master Chief's part just lacked narrative in my opinion. You really didn't learn anything.
The game was called Apocalypse. I found it.
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Apocalypse for the ps one. Wasn't bad at all when I played it originally, but it probably hasn't aged too well in the gameplay department.
Well played.
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FF9 is one of those games though where I don't really view Zidane as the main character. There's lots of sections where he's not the lead, the party splits up into two or three groups all the time and generally everybody in the game gets fairly equal screentime (except Amarant and Quina, who are kinda different anyway.)
FF9 I think is more about the ensemble than the "main" character. Kinda like FF6 in that respect.
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I think Amarant and Quina are optional anyway?
You know thinking about it, I kinda agree with you. But I hated playing as the Arbitor. The Sarge, Cortana and all the other soldiers were far better side characters, I kept getting confused over the Arbitor storyline because I could never remember who was who. That and Master Chief's story had two of my favourite video game lines in it.
"Thanks for the tank, he never gets me anything."
"Oh I know what the ladies like."
and
"I'm gonna give the Covanent their bomb back."
Satans..... hints.....
Seifer.
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Sid Meier doesn't appear in the game and Alpha Centaur A, B, and Proxima (the stars) play only minor roles when compared to Planet, itself.
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Zidane is my favorite RPG hero.
I really liked Zidane because he was really upbeat and he genuinely cared about the others. ALL OF THEM. Not just the one with tits. He really cared about Vivi, secretly because he identified with him. Freya was one of his homies. He clashed with Steiner because his attitude was dangerous. When Amarant wants to know WTF is wrong with him, Zidane is prepared to give answers. He knew exactly why Eiko was so clingy.
Hasn't someone actually tried to create a game where you influence external elements by playing as "the world"?
Or maybe I'm getting confused with some bullshit Molyneux made up about Black and White.
Yeah, I meant to say in my post above that I disagreed that Vivi should have been the main character. Zidane really did function as a lynchpin for the entire cast of FF9--it couldn't have centered around Vivi in the same way.