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Here are my Top 3 Supporting Characters of 2010. Keep in mind that I only include characters from games I've played, so if your picks are not on the list it's because I did not play your choice games.
3. Mass Effect 2's Joker
When I heard rumors back when Mass Effect 2 had just been announced that Joker wouldn't survive the destruction of the Normandy, I couldn't believe it. Those said rumors turned into rumors of early game choices, of which I was determined to save him. Joker may not be the most important character of the Mass Effect universe and his status of comedic relief may also be diminished with new members of the cast, but Joker still stands as to me as one of the most important characters of my crew, being the only one that never really gave up on me. Upon mission endings he was the first one I would talk to and a late game sequence had me swearing alongside him. To me, Joker is the representation of true humanity on the Normandy, showing me what we are really fighting for.
2. Red Dead Redemption's Marshal Leigh Johnson
When I first began to decide on my choices, I originally put Joker over the Marshal. But when it came to writing this blog, I changed my mind, remembering what had made me purchase my first GTA style game, when before I had had snobbish distain for the name Rockstar through its GTA series, which I did not like. The reason I decided to buy Red Dead Redemption was the fact that it looked like a fully realised Western with compelling characters. I had based my initial opinion entirely on the released clip of Marston's first meeting with the Marshal--a decision entirely made on the Marhsal's reaction, a laugh. My only complaint about this character, like many of the characters of Red Dead Redemption, is that I felt he was underused in the game. And because of this character when I hear about new Rockstar games I am prepared to scan the internet for any information of the new game to see if it has the spark that made me buy Red Dead Redemption.
1. Enslaved's Pigsy
I was worried playing this game. I was halfway through the game and still the character of Pigsy had yet to be introduced. There was no way that he could be as compelling as Trip and Monkey with barely any of the game left to play. I was so wrong. Pigsy's introduction to me outshown the performances of even Andy Serkis as Richard Ridings' sold me on his character in little time flat. Just the range of emotion, he displays on his introduction was amazing, selling me on a character I had had my doubts about for a long time. Coupled with the conclusion, Pigsy to me outshines my other two choices. While likewise, I was impressed with the Marshal with just one scene, Pigsy impressed me more, my doubts shattered due to the excellent performance that Richard Ridings preformed.
This is a list of miscellaneous 2010 moments that don't fit into my forthcoming character blogs (Female, Male, and Supporting) and Top 3 games. And forgive me for trying out pictures in a blog (and for my bad formatting and perhaps spelling, it's late).
Best Watched Game
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Game My Friends Were All Playing
Civilization 5
Apparently it's very good, as I could see by the countless hours they were on Steam playing. If I had any capability in strategy games, I may have bought it.
Best Co-op Experience
Blur
I don't often playing anything co-op with friends since I don't have Xbox Live and frankly they never really are on when I am. However, Blur at a friend's house turned into my one of my best gaming moments of the year. Simply creating house rules with a deathmatch like scenario was amazing, especially when we got around to Nitro and Barge only game. From a gamer who is mostly into single player games, it is nice to play with friends once in a while, even if you get your ass handed to you.
Most Annoying Moment
Red Dead Redemption: Bad Dead Eye and a Hanging Women
So I was riding along when a man runs up to me, begging me for help. I race over to save his hanging wife, hit the dead eye and prepare to take down the outlaws. My dead eye is in the second stage, where I paint over things. Problem is the aiming is jerky with dead eye on my controller for some reason. I watch in horror as I target the woman's head instead of the rope. #@$@$!
Runner Up: Realising that Enslaved was in fact not saving and having to lose my progress so I could figure out what was going on.
Saddest Moment
Red Dead Redemption: Death of a Horse
There were a lot of sad moments in the games I played this year, but nothing bothered me more than the death of the stallion Bonnie gave me. It was a tragic moment, as I had just saved my first hanging woman and proudly leapt off my horse to secure the loot. Then my horse toppled over. Any joy at my accomplishment I had was replaced by sadness and frustration at my inability to kept my faithful steed alive. And every other horse I manage to tame just isn't the same.
Runner Up: While I never took the route, seeing the renegade ending to Miranda's loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2 merely strengthened my happiness that I allowed her to go see her sister. There was the right decision and there was being a douche. This was also the scene that strengthened my likening to the character when before she had been rather uninteresting.
Most Disappointing Moment (Other than no announcement of a Prince of Persia 08 sequel)
Splinter Cell: Conviction: Avoidance of Character Development and General Bad Story
I've been through is already in my first blog, but this game still is a big dissapointment to me. I felt like there was going to be a good story and character development to be had for Sam Fisher as he avenged his daughter and gained closure. For some reason, they decided not to go that route, and Fisher never went through any character development, beginning with the third level. Since that blog, I have watched the rest of the game and remained uninterested in returning (though there is one emotional scene that I admit that the right idea going on for it) and was even more annoyed with the justification of the Big Bad. Really? That's why you decided to do all of this? Yeesh...
Most Tense Moment
Mass Effect 2: The Final Act
Without really spoiling anything, the final act started with the retrieval of a certain device really got me tense. Knowing that my actions and my timing would cost people lives (I had a few things spoiled) really got me, a goody-two shoes, crossing his fingers that everything went fine. Every choice I made I was holding my breath and every action sequence I was biting my lip, hoping not to screw up something and lose a squad mate. I held my breath once everything was over and for the first time in my gaming with the Xbox 360, was happy when the achievement came up telling me that I had saved everyone.
Runner Up: While Enslaved at a few moments that had me sweating (not really, mostly cursing in fear and mild frustration) but Red Dead Redemption's mission of Hanging Bonnie was tense. As told in a few moments above, hangings are not my rescue speciality so making that shot was terrifying.
Most Epic Moment
Enslaved: First Encounter with the Dog
While this moment had its tension, I found it in the end for me to be much more suitable for my epic moment. Jumping and swinging my way down to save Trip was tense, but in the end one of the best moments in the entire game. We may normally assume epic means fighting in video games, but I found something much more epic in making my way down a crane and saving the girl in less time than it took me to get up there in the first place.
Runner Up: The tense and epic are mixed together. Mass Effect 2's Final Act takes runner up due to my ability to save everyone. I went there to save people and I told myself I won't let anyone to be left behind from my crew. I fulfilled that promise and it felt good. The Reapers have no chance.
Most Anticipated 2011 Game that isn't an RPG or Bioware made
Tomb Raider
I've touched on this in another blog. I'm very being interested in sex symbol Lara before, but this upcoming year could be different with the new design ideas behind the reboot. I like characters to be interesting and show emotion and this looks like it will definably have that. Though that's what I thought about Splinter Cell...forgot I ever mentioned that game again. In fact with this, Deus Ex Human Revolution, and Thief 4 in the works, Eidos could be making a 2011 comeback.
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