Worst character in a popular adventure game?

[Woosh]

So I am replaying Grim Fandango for the first time since it cameout back in the day. I really hate Glottis. Seriously. I HATE HIM! So it got me to thinking. What are the worst characters that you just can't stand in a more popular adventure game?

[Venkman]

April Ryan and Crow.

[QFG]

I loved them...

and Glottis, too...

yikes!

I would vote for that damned purveyor of previously-owned worm-infested half-rotten "ships," Stan from MI1.

[D.C.]

I really hate Glottis. Seriously. I HATE HIM! Are you some sort of crazy person? ;)

[numble]

We shoot you now like an arrow into the wind. May you pierce the heart of the wind itself, and drink the blood of flight. Speed is the food of the great Glottis. Speed bring you life. Come back to us some day.

[Bobske]

I also never liked Glottis, but then again I'm not a big fan of Grim Fandango... <hides>

Anyways, the worst character in a popular adventure game is Kate Walker! My God! She has got to be the most boring heroine ever!

Most annoying: Stan (MI) and Nilo (Pandora Directive).

[daikatana_]

I also never liked Glottis, but then again I'm not a big fan of Grim Fandango... <hides>

Anyways, the worst character in a popular adventure game is Kate Walker! My God! She has got to be the most boring heroine ever!

Most annoying: Stan (MI) and Nilo (Pandora Directive).


No, most boring and annoying is Nina Kalenkov from Tunguska :)

And when I was watching Gundam Seed, I absolutely hated Flay, she was so horrible, that I was glad when she died in the end.

[MuyaMan]

I'd go for Oscar, the robot-automaton from Syberia. Stan from MI is also hard to look at for more than one minute straight...

[Larry Emmo]

Well the closest I've come to encounter an anoying carachter I suppose would have to be Brian Basco, mostly in the first Runaway just cause he talked way too much and he allways tries a little to hard to be funny and Joshua as well, come to think of it, I didnt care much for Rincewind in the first Discworld game either, but then I guess it's because I've never understood that kind of humour, he was allright in the second game though just like Brian!

[SnorkleCat]

That stupid main character from Fable (the AG not the RPG)...why the heck can't I recall his name now? ...Blond, irritating, nasty, mean spirited, puerile, and yet somehow very very boring too. He never had anything witty to say and I hated him so much that I abandoned the game part way through.

...Ooooh! But how could I forget Ann from Paradise? She absolutely deserves the crown for dullest, drabbest, most apathetic heroine ever.

[jacog]

Quickthorpe - the worst character ever.

And both leads in Tunguska were annoying.

[serious guy]

April Ryan and Crow.

This is blasphemy!!

[RLacey]

The entire cast of Runaway.

[Hysteria]

Yeah, I didn't like Brian from Runaway, too... Like he is trying to be funny or something.. For example in first chapter he's like gay when trying to walk in another window, like he was scared to look down...I mean, wtf...
Also, I didn't like how main charater from Still Life runs...like a sheep ffs. :D

[Larry Emmo]

Bosco in the Sam and Max games are pretty bad compared to the other carachters he seems very lame, he's just not funny!

[Harald B]

That godawfully whiny sidekick from Keepsake. Also from Keepsake, that silly stereotype Mustavio who's always accompanied by that cringing background tune.

[stepurhan]

That stupid main character from Fable (the AG not the RPG)...why the heck can't I recall his name now? ...Blond, irritating, nasty, mean spirited, puerile, and yet somehow very very boring too. He never had anything witty to say and I hated him so much that I abandoned the game part way through.I have to agree with you on that one. You really didn't miss much by abandoning the game. In fact, the ending feels a lot like the programmers did much the same.

I'd also have to put a vote in for Kent, the PC in Normality. There's just too much effort to make him the cool spaced-out hippie fighting against the boring establishment. It just gets irritating after a while.

[TangentBlack]

Brian Basco. He is way to normal for his own good. Also, Joshua. Oh, boy, I despise Joshua. I can't believe HE was the character they had to bring back in the second...

[Crapstorm]

I really hate Glottis. Seriously. I HATE HIM!
Yup, I agree. Didn't like Glottis either. His gags were predictable, overdone and I mostly cringed and waited for them to end. He seemed out-of-place in the dark, quirky world of Manny. Glottis would have fit better in a children's TV show, like Barney the Dinosaur.

Worst character ever? Man, that's a tough question. So many awful characters to choose from. So many adventure games put in characters whose role is simply to annoy you. I'm going to vote for the mysterious Latino shaman in The Longest Journey who knows exactly what's going on the whole time, but decides for no reason other than dramatic irritation to inform April Ryan in a series of wordy, idiotic riddles.

[SnorkleCat]

That godawfully whiny sidekick from Keepsake. Also from Keepsake, that silly stereotype Vittorio who's always accompanied by that cringing background tune.

Oh mah Gawd. How could I forget that dude!? Mustavio I think his name was.

"Oooh! Leeeee-di-ahhhh! My FAV-o-reet CUST-o-mair!" :pan:

[Harald B]

Hmm, yes it was Mustavio. I'll edit my previous post.

[daikatana_]

Oh and Eloy in Lost Eden, it was a boring game and Eloy was pretty crappy storyteller...

[tsa]

...Ooooh! But how could I forget Ann from Paradise? She absolutely deserves the crown for dullest, drabbest, most apathetic heroine ever.

You took the words right out of my mouth SnorkleCat. That woman was so not likeable, I didn't even want her to get home. Luckily she ran away from me (http://forums.adventuregamers.com/showpost.php?p=388567&postcount=8) somewhere in the mine, so I don't have to finish the game anymore :)

[cwapitm]

I would have to go with Cedric from KQ5. Also Arthur from Journeyman Project 3 was pretty annoying, but at least you could make it so he was less annoying.

Glottis is one of my favorite characters. :frown:

[Woosh]

Some really interesting replies here! I didn't know there was so much hate for Runaway and it's cast. I really love everyone in Runaway games. I agree with one of the posters before saying that Glottis doesn't fit the dark world of Grim Fandango. That's 100% how I feel. I liked every other character in that game, so he just seemed really out of place.

[Terramax]

I'm going to vote for the mysterious Latino shaman in The Longest Journey who knows exactly what's going on the whole time, but decides for no reason other than dramatic irritation to inform April Ryan in a series of wordy, idiotic riddles.

Nail on the head. Further more I'd put just about every character in The Longest Journey for annoyingly long dialog and voice acting.

Al Emmo for his voice.

I think Glottis was a terrific character, but I can see why some would find him irratating. About him feeling out of place, I believe this is because Glottis is essentially the symbol of good in the Grim Fandango universe. Yes, he's naive, but he's the only character who never feels or shows negativity to anyone (whilst even Meche turns at one point). He's the binary opposite of Manny who's cunning, cynical and quite selfish (to begin with).

[Pulsar_t]

I was annoyed by Raiden in MGS2 at first but as I progressed through the game I became sympathetic. In contrast Brian Basco I wanted to give him a chance but couldn't persevere with the game, despite it being a mainstream PC adventure title.

Oh and Monkey Kombat made me prejudicious against MI monkeys for a while ;p

[MdaG]

Oscar from Syberia.

[Wouter]

Most annoying characters in recent adventures: the main characters in Runaway and Nina in Secret Files.

[JemyM]

Another vote for the dreadful Mustavio in Keepsake. Seriously, I can take alot of bad voice acting, but even my girlfriend who sat in the other side of the room begun to laugh. A friend said that Keepsake is ok, if there just was a way to mute the voice acting. :D

[Crapstorm]

Nah. Keepsake sucked in more ways than one.

[Sotaria]

Yeah, I didn't like Brian from Runaway. :D

You're just jealous because he got Gina Timmins :9

I didn't like April Ryan. In fact, I never finished the game because she was so abnoxious and foul mouthed like a child who needed her butt spanked. The same was true of the girl from Still Life. Why are rude foul mouthed characters supposed to be fun? It is almost as bad a television these days!

[Melanie68]

I'll take an intelligent, reflective (albeit rude sometimes) character over the fake T & A chick with one firing neuron any day. :)

[Kolzig]

The entire cast of Runaway.

Seconded, but I have to add Nina Kalenkov (and some others of the cast in Tunguska)

Also Kate Walker, but not as much as the others I mentioned.

[JemyM]

Nah. Keepsake sucked in more ways than one.

It's the longest game I have played in one single sitting.

[Gonchi]

Sam Vimes' portrayal in Discworld Noir was a bitter disappointment.

[Pulsar_t]

What about the cast of Isabelle? :P

[Gazzoid]

I like Glottis from Grim Fandango. But i have to be honest there were moments during the game where he did annoy me. Especially when he made those driving noises on the Bone Wagon.

I didn't really like Nina from Secret Files either, he voice was annoying and i didn't have any interest or care for her character.

[jp-30]

Brian "I won't put my hand in mud to retreive an important tool" Bosco

[LeisureSuitedLooney]

I would have to go with Cedric from KQ5.

AMEN to THAT!!!!! Cedric is easily the most annoying character in adventure game history. I actually high-5'ed someone when he appeared to be gravely wounded in KQV, gawd I was sooooooo happy to see him die...only to have him live, grrrrrrr.

[Psychocandy]

Every last damned character from Mystery of the Druids, and "Archduke Fifi Le Yipyap" from King's Quest VII... God almighty, he's the best argument for canine distemper I've ever seen.

[Crapstorm]

Brian "I won't put my hand in mud to retreive an important tool" Bosco

He must be related to Kate "I won't touch the dirty rope but I'll make the retarded kid do it" Walker

[WeeJee]

Every last damned character from Mystery of the Druids, and "Archduke Fifi Le Yipyap" from King's Quest VII... God almighty, he's the best argument for canine distemper I've ever seen.

I second a resounding vote for Fifi Le Yipcrap! Every time I consider replaying KQ7 I just remember that insanely high-pitched ear-piercing "yip yip yip yip yip yip"... then I lose my lunch and play KQ6 instead :)

Oscar, the "Ticket, Please" Automaton also bugged me; although I think he redeemed himself in Syberia II.

[Hysteria]

He must be related to Kate "I won't touch the dirty rope but I'll make the retarded kid do it" Walker
http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/lachen/laughing-smiley-001.gif
Yeah, that with Kate was so unbelievably illogical. :D

[jimsta]

Keith from Police Quest 2. He didn't do *anything* and kept smoking in the car. :frown:

[pointandcliklover]

i agree with vimes in discworld noir but someone who really annoyed me was rosella's mum all that whining. i still have not finshed that game.

[GhaleonQ]

*King Graham walks into pantheon labelled "Adventure Game Legends"*

Cedric: "If you're going in there, Graham, I'm staying out here!"

[Askobar]

Oh mah Gawd. How could I forget that dude!? Mustavio I think his name was.

"Oooh! Leeeee-di-ahhhh! My FAV-o-reet CUST-o-mair!" :pan:

What's wrong with Mustavio? He was so overdone, that he was actually funny. :) But the wolf/dragon/boy, what was his name again? My god, he was BADLY acted.

My vote for dullest and the most annoying character goes to... Umang from Aura: Fate of the Ages. Congratulations, Umang, how do you feel? Well, maybe I'm not being fair. The game was so bad in so many levels that maybe Umang was just the topping, the dot on the i, if I may say so.

So I'll choose again. This time I choose Joshua from Runaway 2. He was very annoying (as somebody said already).

[Not A Speck Of Cereal]

I have to go with the main character of Sanitarium. Man, that whiney voice acting was terrible.

[daikatana_]

Speaking of acting... Gabe in GK2, it was unbearable :)

[MuyaMan]

It's kinda strange, a lot of people are complaining about the acting in GK2... Objectively, I can understand why (especially when Gabriel does the more funny/stupid things) but it really didn't stop me from enjoying the game, or liking Gabe's character, maybe I just got used to the acting quickly enough to 'suspend the disbelief'.

(great game btw, I finished replaying it a few days ago, and now I consider moving it above GK1 in my top games list :D )

[vivasawadee]

Not the worst but weirdest is the red haired protagonist in Voyage. I just didn't feel compelled to continue playing the game and felt it was fitting that I stopped playing the game and left him to rot on the moon.

Oops, I didn't see the word popular in the thread title :)

[Trader]

The Hardy Boys in Nancey Drew games, mind you Nancey can be abit annoying at times..thats why I like the option in the games that you can get her fired by doing stupid things like leaving on an iron and burning a hotel down.

[DesNalgadOr]

Al Emmo. I hate everything about that character. But then again i don't know if it fits in "popular" AG

[saucyminx]

You're just jealous because he got Gina Timmins :9

I didn't like April Ryan. In fact, I never finished the game because she was so abnoxious and foul mouthed like a child who needed her butt spanked. The same was true of the girl from Still Life. Why are rude foul mouthed characters supposed to be fun? It is almost as bad a television these days!

I don't understand why people bitch so much about April's swearing. I thought it was pretty natural that most of the characters are foul-mouthed in TLJ, seeing that the future is so corrupt and bleak.

[QFG]

I also enjoyed April Ryan tremendously... so, +1 to Saucyminx on this one.

Horses for courses, they say.

I'm going to also nominate Elaine Marley in the Monkey Island series. Anyone who has played can guess why. Poor Guybrush deserves much, much better.

[daikatana_]

You're just jealous because he got Gina Timmins :9

I didn't like April Ryan. In fact, I never finished the game because she was so abnoxious and foul mouthed like a child who needed her butt spanked. The same was true of the girl from Still Life. Why are rude foul mouthed characters supposed to be fun? It is almost as bad a television these days!


I don't think she was foul-mouthed. Everyone swears sometimes, so it is only natural that even characters in games do.

[dazsin]

Worst character? I'll proably get abuse for this - but Tony Tough has to be the worst. He is SO annoying, not just his voice, but the things he says.

[Giligan]

The painter outside the asylum in Secret Files gets the Most Annoying award. His droning was unbearable.

[vivasawadee]

I'm going to also nominate Elaine Marley in the Monkey Island series. Anyone who has played can guess why. Poor Guybrush deserves much, much better.

I always thought Guybrush was the lucky one to be in a relationship with a hot governess like Elaine who is a total fox in bed :devil: (as I presume all female governesses of pirate era Carribean-like Islands should be)

[Gknight]

I know it's not an adventure game, but I hated the mayor in Fable. I mean what a conniving little shrew.

[CrimsonBlue]

Pretty much any non-playable character in EMI was annoying, but here's a list of the worst offenders:

The ship figurine (or whatever she's called)
Otis
The policeofficer (?)
The perfume salesman
The big woman at the docks on Melee Island
Ozzy Mandrill

But more or less everyone was annoying in EMI.

[maladroid]

But more or less everyone was annoying in EMI.

This is pretty much true, although -for me- Inspector Canard (the policeman in Lucre Island) was not that bad. Pegnose Pete was the one to enter my ignore list first.

Even if not altogether not likeable, the dullest one I've encountered has to be George Stobart from the first two Broken Sword games (haven't played the rest). I wasn't exactly offended by him in any way but he wasn't any fun to be with either.

Also, Laura Bow from the detective-mystery series was pretty badly done as well but that can also be said about her game(s) (I have only finished Amon Ra) so blaming her alone may not be that fair.

Last but not least, as already stated by someone in this thread, Gabriel Knight's portrayal through the image of a real actor in Beast Within was downright horrible in comparison to the pixelated figure of the first game.

[Larry Emmo]

I just realised who the most anoying carachter ever is, it's ofcourse that Rodhan guy or whatever his name is, the guy making a sculpture in Discworld Noir that spook soooooo sloooooowly, there has been some really memorable anoying carachters in Discworld over the years but that one has got to take the price as the worlds most anoying carachter!

[LeisureSuitedLooney]

I liked 2 non-player characters in EFMI, Murray and Ignatious Cheese(and Ignatious, only because I laughed at the "I. Cheese" joke), but I agree about how annoying the rest were.

[Bobske]

but I agree about how annoying the rest were.

The whole of EFMI was annoying...

Another annoying character: Malcolm from Kyrandia 3!

[Sotaria]

I must apologize to everyone who hates Brian from Runaway. I still love the first game and an in the process of enjoying the second, but I have noticed his character (that is moral character) is much lower in the second than in the first. I just played chapter two wherein he is trying to rescue his stripper girlfriend. In the process he *apparently* has sex with a Hawaiian girl. What a loyal guy! I am sure Gina Timmins would appreciate his taking time out of her rescue to score a few points!

Well, anyway, I still love and defend the Runaway series but Brian does seem much more of a scoundrel in the second than the first. Nevertheless, I would still take Runaway over rude little April Ryan anyday.

[LeisureSuitedLooney]

*drools*

Oh, wait. You said "rude" April Ryan, not "nude" April Ryan. My bad.

;)

[cygma]

some one said all the cast from mystery of druids. i totally agree. Guys avoid that game in any cost...unfortunately i didn't :) .and of course hands off to glotis!!!the cult of glotis worshipers will haunt you :) :)

[Trader]

I must apologize to everyone who hates Brian from Runaway. I still love the first game and an in the process of enjoying the second, but I have noticed his character (that is moral character) is much lower in the second than in the first. I just played chapter two wherein he is trying to rescue his stripper girlfriend. In the process he *apparently* has sex with a Hawaiian girl. What a loyal guy! I am sure Gina Timmins would appreciate his taking time out of her rescue to score a few points!

Well, anyway, I still love and defend the Runaway series but Brian does seem much more of a scoundrel in the second than the first. Nevertheless, I would still take Runaway over rude little April Ryan anyday.
I agree with you I think that the Runaway characters are fun, esp that dumb marine he cracks me up.

[cwapitm]

I must apologize to everyone who hates Brian from Runaway. I still love the first game and an in the process of enjoying the second, but I have noticed his character (that is moral character) is much lower in the second than in the first. I just played chapter two wherein he is trying to rescue his stripper girlfriend. In the process he *apparently* has sex with a Hawaiian girl. What a loyal guy! I am sure Gina Timmins would appreciate his taking time out of her rescue to score a few points!

Well, anyway, I still love and defend the Runaway series but Brian does seem much more of a scoundrel in the second than the first. Nevertheless, I would still take Runaway over rude little April Ryan anyday.

True, I was angry at Brian for doing that. I still like the Runaway games even though the characters are mediocre.

[challis3]

The entire cast of Keepsake.
Al Emmo- YICK!!

[DomStLeger]

I just realised who the most anoying carachter ever is, it's ofcourse that Rodhan guy or whatever his name is, the guy making a sculpture in Discworld Noir that spook soooooo sloooooowly, there has been some really memorable anoying carachters in Discworld over the years but that one has got to take the price as the worlds most anoying carachter!

Random post for the first time in ages, but Omg I totally forgot about him! He was incredibly annoying. Not only did he speak verrrrry slowly, but everytime you said anything to him you had to wait about 10 secs while the stupid animation of him fiddling with his damn sculpture played through from start to finish.

Any of his dialogue that was meant to be funny just fell flat. By the time he delivered his 'funny' line an hour had passed since you'd asked the character a question and you'd totally forgotten what it was you were bloody talking about in the first place! That and you were seething inside wanting to stick his damn statue in a rather sunless but personal place of his!

Aside from him I agree with Glottis from GF, Oscar from Siberia (plus most of the rest of the cast to be frank) and some of the more long winded characters in The Longest Journey (as much as I love the game overall)

[Meche]

Please don't pick on poor Glottis - he's had a hard afterlife! :devil:

As for the worst/most annoying character - I have to say Lydia in Keepsake. I know she's the main girl, but I'd found myself turning the sound way down and just reading the captions...

[jacog]

Just an observation... most of the gripes above about annoying characters seem to be a result of the voice acting. Game developers should take notes and learn here.

[Hysteria]

Hercule Poirot.

[TribeHasSpoken]

I love the Runaway series, but Joshua is simply the worst adventure game character I've ever encountered.

I know I act like I hate Cedric a lot on the TSL forums, but that's just a bit of fun.

[Larry Emmo]

Every carachter from Lula 3D! I'm ashamed to admitt I have even played that game but it's not just because I felt lonely hehe, but allso because it seemed like a nice humoures adventure game, I hoped it would be like LSL but boy was I wrong, nice graphic though but all the dialogue just got lost in translation somehow.

[Cloud88]

The main character from the Syberia Series, so lifeless

[träum_was_schönes]

I totally agree with Challis.
The entire cast of Keepsake.

I actually really liked all the puzzles in Keepsake but Lydia, the dragon/cat/wolf/boy, mustavio, her dying friend, and obnoxious headmaster, all made me want to scream. I literally dreaded the cut scenes but I was so happy to be playing an adventure game that wasn't just inventory puzzles that I stuck it out till the end. I actually wanted all the characters to die by the end though. Really terrible.

[Crapstorm]

Yeah, Keepsake was a real sigh-inducing game. There were a few puzzles that were top-notch, but the dialog, cutscenes and endless backtracking took tedium to bold new levels.

[MerryMint]

All time most annoying character was the main character from the Black Mirror. I kept hoping he would be the next to die. He almost made an otherwise decent game unplayable.

[Terramax]

I don't understand why people bitch so much about April's swearing. I thought it was pretty natural that most of the characters are foul-mouthed in TLJ, seeing that the future is so corrupt and bleak.

You kinda answered your own questions there. The thing is, all the characters in TLJ bitch and none of them are particularly likeable. No-one is polite (including April) and no-one seems like the kind of people I'd want to save. Kinda like the real America actually.

April Ryan was also the worst animated character in ANY cutscene EVER. Her frame in the bed scene at the beginning and when she's working on her painting - her stick figure makes Kate Moss look obese in comparison.

[Ninth]

The entire cast of Runaway.

Yep.

Also, I hate George Stobbart and his stupid american accent, who say things like "Searching a garbage can? What a stupid idea.". Die, George.

[saucyminx]

You kinda answered your own questions there. The thing is, all the characters in TLJ bitch and none of them are particularly likeable. No-one is polite (including April) and no-one seems like the kind of people I'd want to save. Kinda like the real America actually.

April Ryan was also the worst animated character in ANY cutscene EVER. Her frame in the bed scene at the beginning and when she's working on her painting - her stick figure makes Kate Moss look obese in comparison.

Well, she was a poor art student :D Maybe she couldn't afford good, nutritious food :frown:

[mariusmal]

the main char in nightlong. i hated him.

[SnorkleCat]

Yep.

Also, I hate George Stobbart and his stupid american accent, who say things like "Searching a garbage can? What a stupid idea.". Die, George.


So...curious...you hate American accents in general? Or just his?

[Ninth]

So...curious...you hate American accents in general? Or just his?
His. In my version (the french one, that is), he speaks french perfectly, but with a very heavy accent, which is usually not compatible, and is mostly heard in radio commercials.
And the use of the past tense is pretty weird, too.

[MikaelS]

April Ryan was good in The Longest Journey, but for some reason in Dreamfall she annoyed me a lot.

[Dasilva]

April Ryan was good in The Longest Journey, but for some reason in Dreamfall she annoyed me a lot.

She seemed emo-fied, IMO. She was so witty and and a great attitude in TLJ, but in Dreamfall she was like deprest all the time. :P But its probably part of the character development. ;)

[fredmania]

April Ryan and Crow.

Blaphemy! ;) Joshua from Runaway 2 is the WORST and definately most annoying character in ANY game! Its not only that he has one of the most annoying voices Ive ever heard. He also messes up everything you do in the game, and he talks all the time! Neverending dialogue with that highpitched whining voice! I actually had problems continuing the game every time he was around.

[MikaelS]

She seemed emo-fied, IMO. She was so witty and and a great attitude in TLJ, but in Dreamfall she was like deprest all the time. :P But its probably part of the character development. ;)

Yeah, I understand she mustn't not be the same April as in TLJ and it was part of her character development...but she was now adult, yet she acted often like annoying, angry little girl. :)


EDIT: speaking of Runaways...mind me, I forgot the name of that guy, but that "funny reggae pothead" in my opinion never really was funny but annoying. I thought he was overdone. And yes, Joshua was annoying too.

[eXo]

wow... looks like runaway characters take the cake here with April in second.

Funny how both of those games are either on the top of a persons recommended list or at the top of their 'worst adventure' list.

Very polarizing games.

[MikaelS]

Also that guy from Dreamfall , Damien who helped Zoë out. In my opinion awfull and annoying voice acting.

[mariusmal]

His. In my version (the french one, that is), he speaks french perfectly, but with a very heavy accent, which is usually not compatible, and is mostly heard in radio commercials.
And the use of the past tense is pretty weird, too.

ohhhh. now i forgive you :P

[Larry Emmo]

I never noticed that April was particularly rude in TLJ, Crow on the other hand! Ofcourse there hasn't been a good leading lady on the adventure scene since Zanthia in Kyrandia Hands of Fate but April is harmless I thought. Besides rude is fun that's why everyone loves Simon The Sorcerer!

I would allso like to add Ace Ventura to the list of annoying caracthers!

[SnorkleCat]

ohhhh. now i forgive you :P

Yeah...I was mystified too. I thought the English version George was quite good; it didn't occur to me that he might suck in another language.

[TangentBlack]

I second Joshua. He should not have been in the second game at all.

[mysfit]

ok, since I can't come up with my own MOST annoying character, I'll just reply to all of your's:

The entire cast of Runaway.

Yes! Brian is a particularly annoying twit. So much so, that I have absolutely no urge to platy the sequel.

I just realised who the most anoying carachter ever is, it's ofcourse that Rodhan guy or whatever his name is, the guy making a sculpture in Discworld Noir that spook soooooo sloooooowly, there has been some really memorable anoying carachters in Discworld over the years but that one has got to take the price as the worlds most anoying carachter!

I'd forgotten about him!!! made me want to reach through the screen and throttle him!!

But I liked April - attitude, dress, everything, at least in TLJ. Dreamfall was well, Dreamfall. I've made my opinions on that particularly clear elsewhere.

[ssa]

Must conclude that Al Emmo wasn't a "popular" game or else he would be the most hated character (I can't stand Woody Allen either).

Seconded by Tony Tough. HE'S NOT FUNNY!!!

I think there where two versions of Keepsake (correct me if I'm wrong) cant remember wich one I played, but I dont recall being bugged by any character. All I do remember from that game is the magnificant scenery.

I agree about the char. in Runaway - except for Joshua and the artist. But kill Tony Tough and dismember Al Emmo.

[MikaelS]

I recently finished "The Secret File: Tunguska" and OMG! I'm surprised this topic severely lacks that game! XD Or maybe so many here simply hasn't played this game?

Voice acting, throughly was awful! ( and awful voice acting tends to make characters annoying to me)

Nina Kalenkov? LMAO her character's voice and way of speaking reminded me of those stereotypical cheerleader mega-bitches from high school movies! Always when there was serious situation in game, and Nina opened her mouth it just always felt so out of place.

As a matter of fact, the voice acting in general in this game was so awful that it actually started amuse me. Instead of annoying me, I started take amusement and laugh at the result. Especially Nina. So it depends on the angle you look at it, whether she's annoying or not. :P

[taxguru]

If you have played Keepsake, you know that every character needs acting classes (or reading lessons). It is so annoying. The dialogue lacks the emotion you would expect...it just doesn't match the words. It is sad considering this is an amazing game with great puzzles. They put so much time into the story and graphics, you would think they would have done the same for the acting. Does anyone know if there is a DX to this? Someone mentioned another version?????

[jacog]

"Liiidiaaaaaah... my fuuuaaaayvourite cus to maaaaahr !!!"

[ssa]

Someone mentioned another version?????

hm...that would be me.

The copy I was playing wasn't mine, it was borrowed, so I can't check it for you. But I know I read about two different english releases somewhere.
Voice acting was ridiculous on my copy also. Mustavio was so over the top it was actually funny, but I think some was slightly toned down in mine.

Did a little search and found a voice patch: http://wickedstudios.com/keepsake/

[Dale Baldwin]

But I know I read about two different english releases somewhere.
Yeah, the North American release had new voice acting for several of the key roles, but as you've now spotted, that patch is available to update the other English release.

[eXo]

The owl from KQ5. hands down.

i hate that $%&! son of a %$&! retarded @$$ piece of $&!%!

and he's annoying too :shifty:

[zurichfaust]

Oscar from Syberia wins it for me and also Sherlock Holmes from "The Awakened" as he goes on a bit!

[Larry Emmo]

I'm going to nominate the Owl from Simon the Sorcerer 1 that gives you clues of what to do if you can stand to listen long enough and make the misstake of clicking on him and Swampling can be a bit annoying too but he's still okay.

[Nelza]

Blaphemy! ;) Joshua from Runaway 2 is the WORST and definately most annoying character in ANY game! Its not only that he has one of the most annoying voices Ive ever heard. He also messes up everything you do in the game, and he talks all the time! Neverending dialogue with that highpitched whining voice! I actually had problems continuing the game every time he was around.

OH MY GOD! He only helped Brian with ONE thing in Runaway 2 and then hung around like a bad smell. I HATED it when you needed so many items on the ship, and friggin' Joshua had TAKEN them ALL!

Not only did we hate him but all the Runaway chars did too, so that says something about how REALLY UNLIKEABLE he is!!!

[Shany]

...I HATED it when you needed so many items on the ship, and friggin' Joshua had TAKEN them ALL!

I actually thought that part of the game was pretty funny:
While you were doing your usual adventuring/taking everything that isn't nailed down, so was Joshua. And if he had finished his device five minutes earlier, he would've actually been of some help!

He was extremely annoying in the rest of the game though.

[sand maester]

I really didn't like that mole-man guy who lived in a tree in TLJ. It took him about 2 minutes to get up and down the stairs, and every time he talked it would wind out for about a minute per sentence. And Cortez from TLJ annoyed me. If you asked him a question he'd give you the longest possible answer, complete in riddle-form and stupid words.

[QFG]

I understand and fully commiserate with the Mole-Man Guy from TLJ. His conversations were a bit... laborious. Cortez I didn't mind so much, except that he knew everything in advance and yet told you nothing, deliberately.

[Melanie68]

Cortez was.... mysterious.

[QFG]

Ha! :)