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Originally Posted by standardman
Unfortunately, that's what developers seem to struggle with most. The Uncharted games are probably the best example of well defined, believable characters and Alyx from Half-Life 2 and it's episodes springs to mind. I felt that Rockstar did an interesting job with Niko Bellec in GTA4 too, he wasn't a good person but you could see how he got there and how his choices were affectiving him.
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Valve are great with characters that arent the player. Just watch Portal. Fair enough, the gameplay is sickeningly addictive, but would have been the same without the genius that is GlaDos? The turrets? They managed to make people fall in love with a cube.
I think that NIko is more interesting than CJ. Fine CJ is the quintessential cool gangsta, but Niko is a complex, tragic, being.
By the way, i speak of compelling characters and i do not mention April Ryan... Shame on me.