What makes Gordon Freeman such a great character?

Serious question. Why do some people adore him? He's a boring blank canvas, a whole load of nothing.

He has a crowbar...A crowbar!

I see the purpose of the character, but him winning that stupid contest GS had a while back was a bit to much.

Crowbar.

Very crowbar.

Why is it that Crono, Samus or Link are considered great characters? It's the silence that makes them awesome

He killed Master Chief :P

He's geeky, devoid of personality, and mute - very easy for gamers to slip into his shoes and experience the games as Gordon Freeman.

Why is it that Crono, Samus or Link are considered great characters? It's the silence that makes them awesome

Wikipedian

Yes, because character design is out of fashion, who needs a thought provoking protagonist anymore?

His porno-like facial hair.

He's such a great character in that he's not a character at all; his greatness stims from those who believe they can put any sort of personal attachment or motive in his place since he himself is essentially a very basic template. It doesn't usually work out that way most of the time since the games are so linear...

Yes, because character design is out of fashion, who needs a thought provoking protagonist anymore?Yandere

Yeah, who needs good character development these days when you can just imagine them yourself? >_>

Why is it that Crono, Samus or Link are considered great characters? It's the silence that makes them awesome

Wikipedian

Nothing really. He is essentially a non-entity. Silent-Hal

[QUOTE="Yandere"]Yes, because character design is out of fashion, who needs a thought provoking protagonist anymore?Silent-Hal

Yeah, who needs good character development these days when you can just imagine them yourself? >_>

mysterious

not to mention he's a nerdy scientist MIT major..in other words a more human character that gamers can relate to opposed to the generic knuckle-dragging meatbag space-marines/soldiers seen in most other FPS games.

I see the purpose of the character, but him winning that stupid contest GS had a while back was a bit to much.

JonChaoZ

Actually, in a way Gordon Freeman has a lot in common with Bella from the Twilight books - they both have no personality and are (in essence) shells for the reader or gamer to insert themselves and live out their fantasies in their shoes. Except instead of fondling Edward you bludgeon enemies in the face with a crowbar. Now I feel filthy.DJ_Lae

I wouldnt know anything about that..I like good vampire fiction like Dracula or Let the right one in

he was great in the Shawshank Redemption

Actually, in a way Gordon Freeman has a lot in common with Bella from the Twilight books - they both have no personality and are (in essence) shells for the reader or gamer to insert themselves and live out their fantasies in their shoes. Except instead of fondling Edward you bludgeon enemies in the face with a crowbar. Now I feel filthy.DJ_Lae

Nothing really. He is essentially a non-entity. Silent-Hal

BEcause he's one of the greatest heroes ever made especially made by Valve.

Can samus, link, or Mario, or even Kratos kill headcrabs? No way.

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]Nothing really. He is essentially a non-entity. TurboGuru

Are people still BAAAAAAAAWING about the competition? Get over it honestly, the GFNW movement failed. Gordon Freeman won the competition over Mario, Link etc.

Are people still BAAAAAAAAWING about the competition? Get over it honestly, the GFNW movement failed. Gordon Freeman won the competition over Mario, Link etc.

Vesica_Prime

TY!!

Everyone knew Freeman was gonna win, after all Half Life was a awesome game and was a rare FPS with a great story

[QUOTE="TurboGuru"][QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]Nothing really. He is essentially a non-entity. DragonfireXZ95

i'm sure this logic don't apply to "deep, thought provoking" Characters like Marcus Fenix or Sev from killzone 2 eh? ;)

Actually, in a way Gordon Freeman has a lot in common with Bella from the Twilight books - they both have no personality and are (in essence) shells for the reader or gamer to insert themselves and live out their fantasies in their shoes. Except instead of fondling Edward you bludgeon enemies in the face with a crowbar. Now I feel filthy.DJ_Lae

He's whatever the player wants him to be.

He is a character from valve. Thats all PC fanboys need to like him.

He's whatever the player wants him to be.

Guppy507

So the characters I have in WRPGs are great characters right? How about platformers?

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

He's whatever the player wants him to be.

Yandere

So the characters I have in WRPGs are great characters right? How about platformers?

BEcause he's one of the greatest heroes ever made especially made by Valve.

Can samus, link, or Mario, or even Kratos kill headcrabs? No way.

Dark5tar1

Master Chief kills headcrabs in his sleep.

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

He's whatever the player wants him to be.

Skittles_McGee

So the characters I have in WRPGs are great characters right? How about platformers?

Because he isn't created, a character can't be great if he isn't created.

he is a Theoretical physics.malikmmm

Nothing. He is a name and a face.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

So the characters I have in WRPGs are great characters right? How about platformers?

Yandere

Because he isn't created, a character can't be great if he isn't created.

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] They can be to you, sure. Why wouldn't they?Skittles_McGee

Because he isn't created, a character can't be great if he isn't created.

Yep, just like the cake.

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] They can be to you, sure. Why wouldn't they?Skittles_McGee

Because he isn't created, a character can't be great if he isn't created.

It's what YOU imagine them as, not what they are, it's idiotic to think I can draw a character and think he has the deepest personality in the world when I never actually created it.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

Because he isn't created, a character can't be great if he isn't created.

Yandere

It's what YOU imagine them as, not what they are, it's idiotic to think I can draw a character and think he has the deepest personality in the world when I never actually created it.

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] So anything you imagine them as never happened, you never actually imagined that, it was all lie? :|Skittles_McGee

It's what YOU imagine them as, not what they are, it's idiotic to think I can draw a character and think he has the deepest personality in the world when I never actually created it.

You can't say the character that Valve created is good though, THEY created Gordan Freeman, YOU didn't. Anything you think of is not set in stone, it isn't at all associated with the character, so saying "Gordan Freeman is a good character because I think he's a crack whore born to take over Europe" is not good enough to call him a good character.

He's whatever the player wants him to be.

Guppy507

There is no character, so he can't be a bad one.InsaneBasura

Can't be a good one either.