What is the worst party member ever in your opinion

Yuzu Tanikawa from SMT: Devil Survivor was the biggest waste of space to ever exist in an SMT game. She just constantly whines about wanting to go home and for things to go back to normal, and while the rest of the group sends you reasonably intelligent emails at the end of each day, Yuzu's are full of dumb textese and IM short forms. IT'S A FUCKING EMAIL, GODDAMMIT!

Ian from Fallout 1, he is legendary for his skills at spraying you and your other allies in the back with whatever weapon you give him

@reisz said:

Man, you guys are nuts. Wakka's change from an asshole racist cultist into a respectable gentleman is one of the best things about X and X-2. How can you not love a dude that decides the most effective way to defeat a gigantic ancient evil is to throw a volleyball at it? Plus the fact that he has a weapon that gives him a 100% chance to dodge all physical attacks and then counter-attack.

I am having no problems with this.

I cast my vote for....the pirate guy from Tear Ring Saga whose growths are essentially zero across the board?

I don't think I've ever cared about any video game character enough to really hate him/her.

I hope this is not a serious question.

-random member of congress' name here-

Get it? Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha.

Probably the gay elf from Dragon Age. I forget his name and never actually had him in my party because of how much I hated him just from the event you meet him during in the game (right before I murder that fool).

God he's obnoxious. I watched a friend play a bit with him in the party and I wanted to reach through the TV and strangle him. WHY COULDN'T THE CHARMING, MASCULINE, AND ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS ONE BE THE GAY ONE?

@laserbolts: I hope that's not a serious retort. The dude kills mythical beasts with a rubber ball.

I'm going to name a few from Star Ocean: The Last Hope.

First off we have Lymle Lemuri Phi, probably the only child that I want to see get hit by a bus so hard she goes careening through the air into a vat of acid. Plus she's supposed to be 15 but acts like a retarded 3 year old.

Then we have Meracle Chamlotte, who is this weird hyperactive human cat hybrid there for the furries. Unlike Lymle I just wish she'd be shot and her pelt turned into a coat.

Finally we have Sarah Jerand, a thing that looks like an angel, but is completely socially retarded and friendly to the point of making you physically ill. I'd like to see her wings cut off and her thrown out of a plane.

The cast of that game is fucking AWFUL. Really really terrible.

To quote the truth. That man is probably the most uninteresting person in the whole universe.

Man, am I the only one here who likes Carth? But that's not the point. Fuck Alistair from DA:O. I hate everything about him, from his skills to his constant whine. Never has any good input, just a bitch or a moan.

Whatttt? Alistair was awesome. He was built to be a super great tank (which he was), he has funny quips constantly, and he's like your dudes best friend. I've played through DA:O like 4 times and everysingle time Alistair never leaves my party, ever.

Jacob Taylor, Mass Effect 2. Blandity bland man. Plain oatmeal would be more interesting to have conversations with. Also he totally cheats on FemShep. Boo!

Anders in Dragon Ager II when he does the thing that makes the least sense of anything in video games ever.

I honestly can't believe it took this long for someone to say it. Seriously, Edward's defining battle traits are singing and running away. He's like a combination of Brave Sir Robin and Robin's minstrels in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

@thebluthcompany: Good point, I can't recall one moment I used Jacob in ME 2 besides the beginning of the game and his loyalty mission. And he was so boring to talk to.

The Adoring Fan.

That wouldn't surprise me in the least. After Basch and Ashe join the party in earnest, Vaan's presence kinda drops off a cliff while they carry the plot.

It's a shame, but I like the game nonetheless. It's just some missed opportunities...

@kristov_romanov: Earth First!!

She's definitely the worst character in BG, at least.

@endurancefun: Triple wrong, Tellah is the man. Clearly we need to fist fight to decide the winner.

WHAT ABOUT THE PRETTY BLUE LADIES?!

Whaa...

Is he an asshole because he's too good at killing EVERYONE?

@bisonhero: To be fair, Yuzu is pretty much the epitome of the SMT coward character, and things never, ever go the way that the coward wants.

@andrewb said:

@kristov_romanov said:

This space-racist:

Virmire is a glorious planet.

I laughed out loud!

Ashley's not quite irredeemable, but man, given the choice between her and Kaiden and his wonderful voice actor, come on. It should have been her, not Jenkins...

Thank you! I thought I was the only one who didn't hate Kaiden. I don't understand why everyone thinks he sucks. Sure it got a little awkward when he thought I was into him but whatever man, buddies for life.

Im gonna have to go with whoever said any survivors from Dead Rising. I've never seen people so eager to die.

Alittle TOO good if you ask me. Plus he has a disgusting habit of standing in EVERY GOD DAMN DOORWAY THAT EXISTS

he's terrible in 13 but I can't call him teh worst because he becomes mr. science time travel president in 13-2.

he also turns really hot.

Are you talking about Fallout 3? I immediately though of Fallout 1's Dogmeat, who really kicked ass. He could attack 4 times in a row, chewing through enemies. Sadly, he didn't know to not step into radiation pools, so he couldn't make it to the endgame with you if you went anywhere irradiated.

The Adoring Fan loves you so much though! I thought he was hilarious and - i'm just gonna say it - adorable.

Can we include Rico from the Killzone games? Because any excuse to say... Fuck that Piece of Shit!

Besides that, Vanille in FF13 is an unbearable manic pixie anime spaz. Edward in FF4 has a worthwhile character arc, but he's USELESS in battle.

@hailinel said:

Yuzu is basically the Ben of the game. God, if the game had ever given me the option to leave her behind/leave her to certain death, I would've taken it in a second.

Ben, on the other hand, deserved a second chance, even if he is a bit of a fuckup.

I have cleansed my memory of all horrible Jrpg memories, so while there is probably someone worse among the things I've played, I'd rather not find out.

But yeah, for now. Space-Racist bitch Ashley wins out. Maybe even combined with Kaidan since I consider both a massive waste of space and would've gladly left them to die together.

I mean seriously, I get that human characters might look a bit uninteresting next to the aliens, but make them at least A LITTLE interesting. Or likeable. Or not-shitty.

oh wait, all you people saying wakka from FFX are forgetting one person.

KIMARHI. He is literally worthless. He adds nothing to the game, gameplay wise or story wise; at least Wakka has character growth.

@bisonhero said:

@hailinel said:

@bisonhero: To be fair, Yuzu is pretty much the epitome of the SMT coward character, and things never, ever go the way that the coward wants.

Yuzu is basically the Ben of the game. God, if the game had ever given me the option to leave her behind/leave her to certain death, I would've taken it in a second.

Ben, on the other hand, deserved a second chance, even if he is a bit of a fuckup.

I was going to go with Ben but both of his deaths were so satisfying to watch ;)

Think i'll go with Vanille instead.

@thesoutherndandy said:

@andrewb said:

@kristov_romanov said:

This space-racist:

Virmire is a glorious planet.

I laughed out loud!

Ashley's not quite irredeemable, but man, given the choice between her and Kaiden and his wonderful voice actor, come on. It should have been her, not Jenkins...

Thank you! I thought I was the only one who didn't hate Kaiden. I don't understand why everyone thinks he sucks. Sure it got a little awkward when he thought I was into him but whatever man, buddies for life.

Im gonna have to go with whoever said any survivors from Dead Rising. I've never seen people so eager to die.

I really liked Kaidan (with an A, not an E. Knowing that shows my fanboyism) and not just as a gay fella. He just seemed to be somewhat of a change from the typical meathead bro guy you get in most scifi games. He thought about stuff and was open to humanity interacting with other species.

Also, does anyone find it off-putting that Ashley's chest is higher res than her legs in that picture?

Playing Nier right now and I'm inclined to go with Kaine. Yes, she swears like a sailor and that's kind of awesome, but it's hard to take her seriously when she's fighting in a skimpy, fuck-me nightgown and lace-up, open-back panties: holy fuck Japan! Also she's constantly knocking bad guys away with her weak-sauce attacks just as I'm about to one hit them.

Jennifer Love Hewitt. She was awful in "Party of Five."

To be fair everyone was awful in Party of Five

Kaine owns bones, sorry bro.

(also there is a reason why she dresses the way he does)

dragon age 2 fuck that game to hell forever.

Eh, a few reloads didn't matter to me. Fawkes did the heavy lifting with that minigun and I was free to loot all day long with my dog off to the side. I felt like a mafia boss ordering hits on random raiders.

Carth

@believer258: I literally just booted up to check if my memory was wrong, but nope! Set her to healing/tactics and guess what?

MARIN KARIN!

It's about the most common complaint in regards to Persona 3, so both you and @video_game_king have been lucky, apparently.

@kristov_romanov: Ashley is turrible, so add my vote to the pile. I don't hate Kaidan, but he always came off as one-note and somewhat bitchy.

Nobody gives a shit about Ken and Koromaru. I remember playing through one of the dungeons in The Answer, only to have the story payoff at the end of it be about Ken. I DON'T FUCKING CARE.

Hey Niko let's go bowling!

Baby fucking Mario.

Even if you really like Yoshi's Island, you've got to admit that he is just the worst.

Yo, I love Tellah, but he gets worse as he levels up.

Also Cait Sith's got the mad instant-death button as his limit break and Quina has instant-death moves as well, on top of many other really useful blue magic. Though I will admit I really, really like both those characters as well.

Alistair sucks. It is known. You can tell by how he whines through the entire game and by how he is called Alistair.

@yummylee: Karol's got a decent arc, it's the voice actor that really kills it.