I certainly think it is okay for a character to have negative traits and I can still like them. Though, Jerk with a Heart of Jerk may fit it in a different way. A character with loads of negative traits that the audience can still be expected to like. All they had to do was let Kratos save the guy and have him try to betray and kill Kratos, and I would have happily murdered the guy.Īnyway, I think Jerk with a Heart of Gold is a trope that certainly fits what the OP is looking for. A bow that the guy was going to give Kratos for saving him. There was only really one moment in all three main games that I felt they messed up on and made Kratos just a little too unnecessarily 'evil'. If I met him in a dark alley, I would run and probably be hit by one of his blades in my back.īut I love God of War. It's not the characters that matters, it's how the story presents themĬlick to expand.I was actually going to bring up Kratos. I'm just answering the question in general. Not saying that this is the case in Deponia. When you're playing a game, or reading a book that seems to be doing the same, it can feel similarly uncomfortable, and makes it much harder to get invested in the story. No matter how well the characterization or story is, when it seems to be putting out a message like 'Women are weak and helpless', or 'Gay people are just men who want to be women' then you're going to enjoy it less.Įver been around someone who publicly expresses their thoughts on 'chinks' and 'towel heads'? It's incredibly uncomfortable. On the other hand, if it comes across as the author using their story to espouse some immoral shit then you have a reason to dislike it.

If the story has the former, you don't have much reason to dislike it. Usually by the delivery and the way the other characters react to them, you can get a pretty good idea which one the author's going for, and if the character is a mouthpiece for the author. There's a difference between a story that features characters that do things that you consider immoral, and a story that portrays them in a positive or idealized sense. I've never played Deponia, but it really depends on the delivery. It's probably why so many evil protagonists are so over the top, it's easy to play the overlord, but a lot of people would likely be uncomfortable if you were just playing a more down to earth neo Nazi type character.

As with anything, being actually well written is a necessity, If anything it's likely harder to get players enjoy playing a character that is a terrible person than it is to get them to play a good guy. I don't think this is one of those case though, so I'll be a bandwagoner and say that having a protagonist who does or believes terrible or straight up evil things can be fun, and should t necessarily detract from a game.

Anyone that reads military fiction has likely run into those books by authors like Tom Kratman where the protagonist is an awful person and you know the author wants us to believe the awful things the protagonist does are actually totally good and what we should be doing similar things in real life. More on topic, I can see the point the article is trying to make, but generally I give the creator the benefit of the doubt when it comes to deciding whether the protagonist is written to be awful or evil, or if the author is actually endorsing the protagonists view point. America does dumb shit, but it seems silly to get flack about cultural sensitivity from someone from a country that forced the South Park game to censor an anal probing joke.

Or you know, we can admit all countries have their hang ups when it comes to certain topics and not act like hypocrites because another country doesn't have exactly the same 'enlightened' morals as us. I mean it's not his fault us Americans are just so much more tolerant of violence in art and don't squirm like children at the sight of a little blood. The post almost reads like a parody, you could so easily turn it around by switching senran kagura with team fortress 2 or persona with Wolfenstein: the New Order. Click to expand.The smug cultural superiority is even more funny considering Musou is from Germany, the country infamous for government censorship of violence and any nazi imagery in games.

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