Day 9 - Most Annoying Character
There are a couple of gimmes in this category. Everyone knows about Navi from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Her constantly popping up with a shout of "Hey!" and annoying you with "Hey! Listen!" and then saying something obvious gets on a lot of gamers' nerves. I mean, check out this awesome 10 hour video of her greatest hits. On the other hand, she was super useful for some things.
Yep....I'd go nuts, too.
A recent one, too, is Hope Estheim from Final Fantasy XIII. Oh, Hope. Not only is he the best caster in the game, but he gets the supremely awesome Alexander summon. This would make him top shelf in my opinion except for one tiny little problem. He's a whiny bitch. Not just a little, a lot. He constantly cries about his now dead mother and how he hates his dad. It's not weird for teens to be this way. It is super annoying listening to it over and over and over again. He gets better, I'll admit that. But damn... Oh, how I hated Hope.
However, the cream of this crappy crop is Bentley from the Sly Cooper series. Side-kicks are usually annoying in some form (Daxter, for example), but Bentley takes it to a new level. First off, he sounds like a stuffed-up, sickly Jewish stereotype. Second, he brags about how smart he is and talks down to Sly whenever Sly cannot fathom what Bentley is blathering on about. But what really pushes him into the ranks of reviled characters is the fact that you have to play as him. Starting in Sly 2, Bentley becomes a playable character. So, not only do I have to listen to him whine and act like a bitch, but now I have to play as him? And he's terrible compared to Sly? ...dammit, Sucker Punch! Why?!?! The first time you play as him, he is slow, terrible and has a crossbow. Then, you get to play as him in a wheelchair for Sly 3! Oh, we're PC! We've got a strong handicapped chap! Great...if he wasn't a stereotype otherwise, you might win. I hate this obnoxious waste...
This is an awful video (with some spoilers). Fits this **** perfectly.
However, the cream of this crappy crop is Bentley from the Sly Cooper series. Side-kicks are usually annoying in some form (Daxter, for example), but Bentley takes it to a new level. First off, he sounds like a stuffed-up, sickly Jewish stereotype. Second, he brags about how smart he is and talks down to Sly whenever Sly cannot fathom what Bentley is blathering on about. But what really pushes him into the ranks of reviled characters is the fact that you have to play as him. Starting in Sly 2, Bentley becomes a playable character. So, not only do I have to listen to him whine and act like a bitch, but now I have to play as him? And he's terrible compared to Sly? ...dammit, Sucker Punch! Why?!?! The first time you play as him, he is slow, terrible and has a crossbow. Then, you get to play as him in a wheelchair for Sly 3! Oh, we're PC! We've got a strong handicapped chap! Great...if he wasn't a stereotype otherwise, you might win. I hate this obnoxious waste...
I cannot even find an annoying video of this annoying jerk
Never played a Sly Cooper, but Bently sounds an awful lot like Filburt from Rocko's Modern Life.
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Similar idea, for sure. Bentley is just more wheezy and condescending. He's just a jerk!
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