User blog comment:Sunshineandravioli/Stuff Sunshine Likes, Issue I/@comment-2186558-20120128020259/@comment-2186558-20120128230840

I agree with you whole-heartedly- that's the main reason the Zelda series ever got so popular in the first place, for example. In every game since the series became 3D the characters have always had a ton of depth to them- the best example of this is probably Majora's Mask. There was not only a three day time limit to complete the game (which, although a lot of fans disliked [understandably], I actually thought was brilliant since it helped to make you feel that you were actually in a rush to save the world), and there were a ton of characters in it, all with a bunch of quests and depth to them. The fact that they all were unbelievably well-detailed was one of the things in Majora's Mask that gave the player even more motivation then previously that they had to save the world so all of the wonderful characters they met along the way wouldn't die. Although normally I dislike games with few characters- a lot of the time a lack of characters is mostly due to laziness to come up with different personalities so they just put a few in and try (but fail to) make them well-developed to make up for it- Portal not only has an excuse for it (you're in an abandoned science facility, how many characters could they possibly have?) and executes it well, but it actually works better with only a handful of characters.

And... Yeah, I agree with you there, I have to admit. xD But you have to give it to the Batman series, none-the less: They have some pretty kick-ass villains, my favorite of which being The Riddler (although I can understand people disliking him- seriously, when you think about it, he's an awful villain [he purposefully leaves clues behind as to where he is xD]). Speaking of Batman villains, I can't wait to see what The Dark Knight Rises manages to do with Bane- I mean, they managed to transform a character I usually hate (The Joker) into one of my favorite movie villains ever with the last film (seriously, how are you supposed to hate him after this?), I can't wait to see what they do with a villain I already like (Bane). xP

And yeah, our discussion is about half as long as the actual review. xDDD