But Cool Spot was the only one who had a bad A bonus stage theme track. =)Originally Posted by agbulls
But Cool Spot was the only one who had a bad A bonus stage theme track. =)
The blob from A Boy and His Blob. Much like a dog, you have to feed him just to make him do anything.
Aside from that, the Ottawa Senators from the early EA Sports NHL games (93-95) are a particularly inept team to attempt a playoff run with. All of their skaters, even the best ones, are slow as mud and the goalies are like a siv (spelling?). They were bad back then. Since the game got really easy after awhile, I had to use them all the time just to face a challenge from the computer. I ended up becoming a fan of the Senators over time, which is odd given my locale.
Finally... I opened this thread instantly thinking "Bubsy" and it took that many posts to finally get there. As maybe the most bashed anti-Sonic (read: complete opposite of badass) of all-time, I would think he would be mentioned instantly. Other people were just thinking way too far out of the box (e.g. Cloud Strife). Close rivals include Punky Skunk from his self-titled PS1 game and Vinny Testeverde from Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES.
As for Cool Spot, there were a few similar games like that at that time (Yo Noid! comes to mind). I think Cool Spot just gets more recognition for it's product placement because it was actually a decent game for its time and had decent sales. Thankfully, people don't pay $60 for games like that anymore.
Any Star Wars game with Luke Skywalker. Let's be honest here; until the boy grows up a bit and gets his 1337 Jedi skillz, he's a complete wuss.
Now Han Solo was a real man......
Not only that but he can get killed by touching a mushroom.
He gets my vote as well.
Bubsy must have manned up, though, because I think in some of the later games he could take more than one hit before dying.
If you cross a couple of bridges a little too early in NES Dragon Warrior, those damn Wyverns can make your Level 2-3 character look like cannon fodder. Big difference between fighting Ghosts who do two HP of damage and walking 5-6 steps across a bridge, wearing 70 gold piece armor, to meet those ugly birds that can do 30 HP of damage in one hit. Since I never read the manual or talked to many townspeople, I used to do that a truck load of times before it sunk in that crossing a bridge too early is "bad." So your early Dragon Warrior character is far from a bad ass.
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Bubble & Squeak.
Also, all 4 protagonists from Quattro Adventure.
Ronald McDonald
Glover
I tried to think of one yesterday and came up with a blank. One that wasn't listed is Commander Keen! Little boy with a football helmet, how did he even shoot the laser gun?
Huh? So would you get near a reptile thing running around spitting out bubbles and popping people?
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I don't know if I missed it but nobody said Dart from Legend of Dragoon he was the worst main character I have ever played as. I mean he was just uniteresting and less cool than his comrades.
The character from CV Cabbage Patch Kids AITP game.
Golly gosh- can you get less impressive than that?
I can't just decide on 1, so I have to make a list of 10.
10-Albatross from Rolling Thunder.
If an enemy agent hits him twice or shoots him once, he's dead.
9-Dan Hibiki from the Street Fighter Alpha series.
His special moves leave a lot to be desired. (Yes, I know he's a parody of a KOF fighter, shut up.)
8-Pip from Chrono Cross.
A-He's small, B-He's not very strong, and C-He's "funny that way."
7-Hao from Mystery Quest.
If he runs out of vitality or takes a dip, he cries like a baby. Game heroes should die with a little dignity.
6-Rafael from CastleQuest. (AKA Castle Excellence.)
Same reason as Hao, only he dies a lot easier.
5-Frodo from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings.
"One ring to rule them all." Put it on at the start of the game and see what happens.
4-Bub (Presumed) from Rainbow Pop.
Interesting game, but he was better off as a dinosaur, if that was him in Bubble Bobble.
3-Alex Kidd from the Alex Kidd series.
Granted, he's got a good offense, but a piss-poor defense.
2-Sherry Birkin from Resident Evil 2.
They should've at least given her a knife to fend off the dogs, for Christ's sake.
1-Jim from Hydlide.
He can die in 2 seconds. No other hero dies that fast.
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Gimmie a game, I'll either love it, or pimp-smack it.
I would have to say Luigi from Luigi's Mansion.
My vote - Sonic's little bitch, Tails.
They should have never introduced him, in the first place.
Then you might want to try then-Cowboys quarterback Chad Hutchinson in NFL 2K3 on the XBox. His overall stats fall somewhere around 30-40 out of 100, if memory serves, and he is the worst (or second worst) QB in the entire game. Even on rookie mode, that boy can throw more picks in one game than you'll throw with most "star" quarterbacks in an entire season. No matter how good you are at the game, with its siv-like computer defense, nobody can dominate with Hutchinson under center.
To put this in perspective, I can be among the league leaders in NFL 2K3 passing with Rick Mirer under center but finish near the bottom of the league when using Hutchinson.
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