While I like the first game (only one I've completed), I'm struggling to continue with the rest because I just dislike Rufus that much. I just really hope he would grow as a character, but everyone I've talked about the games are saying it's not a thing that happens... :/
That's us. Played the first game with my wife but while the artwork was and still is fantastic, I just couldn't get over how the characters were written. Rufus wasn't just goofy, he was an utterly unlikeable brat. And calling his love interest and the female protagonist "goal" and have her split up into her different personalities which consist of a baby, a jerk and another jerk was just too much. All persons in that game were horribly written imho and it really keeps me away from the sequels.
at least the other characters' attitude towards Rufus was (imo) justified, cause and effect and all that.
I did start the second game in the series, but was so put off by the tutorial - where Rufus tries to get some tool from a box, but fucks up so hard that he pushes a grandma's pet parrot through garbage disposal. It was played for comedy, sure, but I hated every moment of it.
Sure, main characters of point & click games tend to cause all kinds of mischief along the way, but Rufus' actions just feel ... wrong?
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Godort@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 300d
Purple Tentacle
Protoknuckles@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 300d
The ghost pirate LeChuck
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 300d
It's gotta be lechuck
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 300d
Lechuck
toe@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 300d
Larry laffer.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com · 7 pts · 300d
Henry Stauf from The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, The 13th Doll, and (with a different actor) The 7th Guest VR
Nima@leminal.space · 3 pts · 300d
oooooh that's a good one. he has such a fantastic voice as well.
DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 300d
Leisure Suit Larry.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 300d
Stan?
Do people love him, or just his neat coat? 🤔
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 300d
Sephiroth?
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com · 4 pts · 300d
this community doesn't really cover RPGs
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 300d
Oh. Then purple or lechuck
Delta_V@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 300d
The Bard from The Bard's Tale
usrtrv@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 300d
Rufus from Deponia
Asetru@feddit.org · 2 pts · 300d
Rufus is as unlikeable as you can get. Still hate him with a passion.
Malix@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 300d
While I like the first game (only one I've completed), I'm struggling to continue with the rest because I just dislike Rufus that much. I just really hope he would grow as a character, but everyone I've talked about the games are saying it's not a thing that happens... :/
Asetru@feddit.org · 2 pts · 300d
That's us. Played the first game with my wife but while the artwork was and still is fantastic, I just couldn't get over how the characters were written. Rufus wasn't just goofy, he was an utterly unlikeable brat. And calling his love interest and the female protagonist "goal" and have her split up into her different personalities which consist of a baby, a jerk and another jerk was just too much. All persons in that game were horribly written imho and it really keeps me away from the sequels.
Malix@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 300d
at least the other characters' attitude towards Rufus was (imo) justified, cause and effect and all that.
I did start the second game in the series, but was so put off by the tutorial - where Rufus tries to get some tool from a box, but fucks up so hard that he pushes a grandma's pet parrot through garbage disposal. It was played for comedy, sure, but I hated every moment of it.
Sure, main characters of point & click games tend to cause all kinds of mischief along the way, but Rufus' actions just feel ... wrong?
usrtrv@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 299d
He does gain some redemption by the end of the third one, but yea I agree the vast majority of the time he's a twat.
Malix@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 299d
well. So far you're the first to claim that, but it does give me some strength to muster through the series. I kinda do want to know what happens
Malix@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 300d
I'd say he'd fit better on "opinions are divided" row.
Quite a few peeps loathe the character
SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 300d
Simon the Sorcerer
passenger@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 300d
Guybrush is a good person??? Get outta here. You must hate Wally. You guys should start from scratch
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 299d
I didn't agree with that choice either lol but the people have voted
DosDude@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 300d
Mark Hopper from Teenagent.
AceTKen@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 300d