It makes no sense at all and just comes off as protagsexual.
Haha
Originally Posted by Rack
One thing that personally annoys me is the evil characters are so far into chaotic stupid territory
Many games show evil characters as acting basically 'stupid' because it's simply easier and more convenient. It's hard to write a good evil character. You have to come up with good reasons why he acts exploitative or egoistical. You have to take viewpoints which you maybe don't like yourself and don't agree with. You have to challenge your own world view. Many people don't like that.
Take for example Alpha Centauri: Chairman Yang is a brutal dictator - and his faction is one of the best at war and higher difficulties. Or Sister Miriam: She is completely fundamentalist and absolutely devastating with espionage. While the nice and kind UN and Gaians struggle to maintain an army.
Yeah there's definitely a history to it if there wasn't I wouldn't be so tired with it. But these types of games have had evil companions for a while and so few of them are worthwhile it's a huge waste. It's especially weird since anti-heroes in fiction are generally really fun characters. There's so much room for them to be practical and snarky, saying the kinds of things the heroes wouldn't but still would enjoy. Instead it's just wall to wall unlikeable psychopaths and idiots because people might forget they're evil if they aren't being evil 100% of the time.
