aris
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Well, it does feature a cast of colorful and outspoken characters to be sure. But that is also the strength. The fact that you find characters obnoxious and annoying, is proof that the game really engaged you, which in most cases is good (with Deekin in NWN, it's not). A common fallacy is that a character has to be likeable to be well written, that is absolutely not the truth. I got really angry with Kenny some times, a guy willing to step over corpses to ensure the safety of himself and his family, but at the same time has sympathy for others and is an idealist; wanting to save others if they can, even if you don't have the resources for it readily at hand. Larry is a guy with a lot of painful emotional baggage, and shields himself by being, well... a prick. Lilly will do what is best for the group, and like kenny, and for his family which is her dad. Unlike Kenny however, she is a realist, and don't want to reach out to others in need when they don't have the resources necessary at hand.
I feel that pretty much all of the characters in the story were strongly written, and that I could relate to all of them in some way even if I didn't agree, the only weak points being Ben and the parkour girl which I feel could have had more work, though the latters was really only a minor character.
I feel that pretty much all of the characters in the story were strongly written, and that I could relate to all of them in some way even if I didn't agree, the only weak points being Ben and the parkour girl which I feel could have had more work, though the latters was really only a minor character.