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Worst Protagonist

Okay, let's go. I couldn't think of a runner up since most games i've played have nice protagonists, but there is one that bugs me.

AND THE WINNER/LOSER ISSSSS....

Henry Townshend from Silent Hill 4: The Room

For all the things this game did right with the story, it did have one gapping flaw: its main character. The big problem with Henry is that he is presented with such little personality that is impossible to feel anything for him. Horror stories need to have characters that are deep, not necessarily with troubled pasts, but that relate with what is going on. Henry seems to be just a random guy the just happend to get caught in everything. We also don't know anything about him besides him being a photographer, but we don't even know if this is his job or only a hobby. A common criticism of him is that he shows no emotion, and while he has some moments of really caring for the characters, he has such little dialoge and character development. Also, there are a lot of scenes where he is just silent, whereas he could have said something.

While he could have been a nice but forgettable protagonist in any other game, the fact that he is in a horror story makes him a bad and forgetable protagonist.

I just wanna say that the next post I will make, of the Most INteresting characters will take a while. KTHNKSBAI