HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR HERO?

I like the ones that always say what they are thinking and try to act cool. Basically the anti-cloud.

Omg dude, Zell is definitely going to be my favorite character in FF8. I've never played it until now 0_0

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I agree, it's stupid. What's the point of giving the player a choice when saying NO isn't going to really do anything?

"zomg it's a talking frog"

"I have to go now, my planet needs me."

"1 - Wait, I'll go too!
2 - Have fun!"

*Select 2*

"It might be dangerous alone..."

"1 - Wait, I'll go too!
2 - Have fun!"

*Select 2*

"It might be dangerous alone..."

I think the second or third time I'd enter 2, it'd say, "Fine, have it your way, but I warned you." And then the player would be alone. Why would I go with a talking frog, anyway? All they ever do is save your game or hop across traffic!

post=94319
Rare.

If you choose well done, then your heroes are reduced to 1/4 of their max hp so...

It was down to 1 HP in the SNES version of Breath of Fire II.

The hero archetype i've always hated for some reason was the whole "Hero chosen from birth" thing.
Y'know, like Link, the warriors of light, etc...
It's not that i hate the characters themselves, it's that they're automatically destined to win from the get go.
I like it when the hero isn't a chosen boy. When they actually overcame the challenge because they worked hard towards it, not because the gods said so.
And if someone IS chosen, it's because they've proven throughout their life that they were strong enough to complete the task, not because the gods pointed at random with their eyes closed.

But, y'know, that's just me :)

post=94319
Rare.

If you choose well done, then your heroes are reduced to 1/4 of their max hp so...

And keep your weapons with you at dinner timeall times. ^.^

Actually I kind of a fan of the Silent hero - if they've got a good supporting cast. Probably the reason I love games like Suikoden and Breath of Fire so much.

I need to play that game.

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post=94149
a hero who has amnesia

GAMES NEED AMNESIA RIDDEN MAIN CHARACTERS LIKE THEY NEED ORPHANED MAIN CHARACTERS AND SEWER DUNGEONS; NEVER.

Oh, come on, sewer dungeons? That's in the other topic. ;)

But, yes, on the other hand, I agree with your statement. Please give your main chars a family, even if they're not alive. Oh, and amnesia is generally looked down upon because it usually makes the developer seem lazy. So think it over before you make the char forget everything but their name.

However, if it's only temporary, it's fine. Like in my current project the main character is confused, doesn't necessarily forget everything, but some things, after a serious injury. Finally, after gaining consciousness, he starts remembering the few key things he forgot at a steady pace, and is back to normal status before the end of the first quarter of the game (even though it skips a lot of time). That aside, the same character's history is the most detailed (probably) in the game, and has a lot of twists, so it makes up for it.

post=95369
In fact those two children over there? They're yours.

Devices besides amnesia can accomplish this unfortunate result.

I always seem to like the side characters for some reason. In many jRPGs I could care less about the main character, but then there's the side characters I really like.

In one of the games I had sort of worked on a couple years back, there was no distinct main character. It was the story shifting over about 4 groups of characters and they would run across each others' path from time to time. Each one had a goal, not a grand goal but just something they were going to do. Nothing epic like SAVE TEH WORLD but definitely a goal each one had.

post=95447
I like my heroes Persona style, where you choose who you are through dialogue choices.

:D