"One thing about (NPC's), you can do whatever you want to them and never feel bad."

Yeah, he was pretty much useless...but that was a piss poor variation of the game anyway.

Lunar6:
Any Sonic character named after a size or with an actual human name.

My vote goes out to Cream the Rabbit.

Trace2010:
Rock on...she never paid for her two-timing with Seifer anyway.

I don't know if it was just me, but playing through it, i felt like she was using Squall as a replacement for Seifer. I liked Squall's character enough I felt irritated that she was pushing him to become more like Seifer (then again, the others should've eased up with that whole pushing Squall to open up in stupid ways mission they had going).

Yeah, it was a great day when I lost her in space. XD; She looked like a big glimmering rock from far away! Honest.

smokeraven:
Kimahri in FFX, i've never used him once

Yeah, I thought the same and then there was that part where it was just him fighting. Weak ass hell and I couldn't even go backwards to try and level him up beforehand.

squid5580:
Noober from Baldur's Gate.

noway, After I found out talk to him enough and he gives you free XP "AND" goes away (unlike that goodie-goodie bitch from Skies of Arcadia)

QuadrAlien:
Accurate as the statements about the Microsoft Paperclip may be, surely if you're considering Microsoft Word a game then your standards are beginning to slip rather seriously?

(Edited for overuse of the word "surely")

Anyone who thinks "Microsoft Word" isn't a game has never gambled on how long they can make typing sounds on a keyboard till your boss figures out you're not actually working (I'm going for 4 months :D )

CasualZombie:

squid5580:
Noober from Baldur's Gate.

noway, After I found out talk to him enough and he gives you free XP "AND" goes away (unlike that goodie-goodie bitch from Skies of Arcadia)

QuadrAlien:
Accurate as the statements about the Microsoft Paperclip may be, surely if you're considering Microsoft Word a game then your standards are beginning to slip rather seriously?

(Edited for overuse of the word "surely")

Anyone who thinks "Microsoft Word" isn't a game has never gambled on how long they can make typing sounds on a keyboard till your boss figures out you're not actually working (I'm going for 4 months :D )

That or switching the screen between Word and a game online.

Navi from OoT. "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Listen!" "Hey!" SHUT THE FUCK UP NAVI! god damn.

The Arbiter. Him and his missions sucked ass in Halo 2, he does sweet F A for you in Halo 3 except stand there and fire the occasional badly aimed burst, and when picked in the multiplayer he's far too easy to headshot compared to the Chief and therefore completely redundant unless you like dying.

Rock in SC4. His story in pathetic, and he's a clone of better characters.

Spacelord:
My vote goes out to Cream the Rabbit.

... which, incidentally, could well be the most awesome and sexually ambigious Name ever to be in a game, if you view it as an imperative *whistles innocently*

Ashley in RE4
survivors in Dead Rising
Carth/Juhani in Kotor

I wouldn't consider the majority of the Tekken characters pointless, maybe ancillary to one of the storylines, but not pointless, as the main storyline is it's a fighting tournament.

It's pretty difficult to put on a fighting tournament with only 3 people, a grandad, his son & grandson, even if it is organised by the grandad's company.

If it wasn't for the other characters, it wouldn't be the "King of the Iron Fist Tournament", but more like an episode of Trisha or Jeremy Kyle, The Mishima Family Feud.

The game's a fighting game based around a tournament, so you have to have more than 3 characters, 3 generations of the same guy. Every character has a legitimate reason to be there since they're all invited to/enter the tournament.

If it were a JRPG about the Devil gene & the Mishimas, then maybe the rest of the roster would be pointless NPC's, but it's not, it's a fighting game.

Baldur from too human
i hate that game!

Princess Peach. God damn, I can't believe anyone mentioned her yet. Always getting her ass captured, and whenever she gets saved, shes like, bargbarg ok barg thanklessness ima go get captured again. Almost reminds me of my ex in a strange way.

Lady Grey from Fable. Like Yahtzee, I expected a diabolical duo of sorts after the marriage, but she just broods in her manor and walks around aimlessly all day. I guess if you treat her well enough she'd routinely give you a Solus Greatsword which is nice for some extra gold, but by that time I already figured out the glitch for infinite gold.

Edit: This is based on just the original Fable experience, not Lost Chapters.

TaborMallory:
Princess Peach. God damn, I can't believe anyone mentioned her yet. Always getting her ass captured, and whenever she gets saved, shes like, bargbarg ok barg thanklessness ima go get captured again. Almost reminds me of my ex in a strange way.

Peach being captured gave Mario a reson to travel around collecting stars and the sort although, one could argue it would be reletively easy to create a new character to be captured.

Jamash:
I wouldn't consider the majority of the Tekken characters pointless, maybe ancillary to one of the storylines, but not pointless, as the main storyline is it's a fighting tournament.

It's pretty difficult to put on a fighting tournament with only 3 people, a grandad, his son & grandson, even if it is organised by the grandad's company.

If it wasn't for the other characters, it wouldn't be the "King of the Iron Fist Tournament", but more like an episode of Trisha or Jeremy Kyle, The Mishima Family Feud.

The game's a fighting game based around a tournament, so you have to have more than 3 characters, 3 generations of the same guy. Every character has a legitimate reason to be there since they're all invited to/enter the tournament.

If it were a JRPG about the Devil gene & the Mishimas, then maybe the rest of the roster would be pointless NPC's, but it's not, it's a fighting game.

I agree with your statement about needing the rest oof the characters to make the game more than 2 battles long but my point is nobody will play as Steve Fox the boxer or Panda etc etc.

smokeraven:
Kimahri in FFX, i've never used him once

:O kimahri was my best character, it easy to make him do anything you wanted, how could you not love that feline mute(well, almost mute)

Oh got another fighting game one; Olimar, Lucas, Ness, Dedede, Snake, Mario, Luigi and Peace from SSBB.

leefos in viva pinata, yes she teaches u about the controlls and stuff but when uve learnd it all she stays in the garden getting in your way and giving advice ud never need to use

Elezebeta from GTA IV. She just serves as Niko's walllet for a while and that's it.

Otis from Dead Rising, though he isnt with you.. .he decides to call you during the worst situations.

Squad mates in any Halo game

RAIDEN.

That sniveling twatmonkey.

nathan-dts:
Oh got another fighting game one; Olimar, Lucas, Ness, Dedede, Snake, Mario, Luigi and Peace from SSBB.

Sorry but I have to disagree with you there. Olimar, Snake, and Luigi are all great chartecters if you learn to use them right. Also it always feels good wiping the floor with other people as they use to laugh down on spacesuit wareing radish throwing man.

nathan-dts:
Oh got another fighting game one; Olimar, Lucas, Ness, Dedede, Snake, Mario, Luigi and Peace from SSBB.

u forgot the ice climbers

Goofy and Donald from Kingdom Hearts... could they BE anymore useless?

Your goalkeeper in FIFA 98 Road to World Cup. Playing that game I often believed I'd have a better chance of stopping a shot with Plank from Ed, Edd n Eddy back there.

Dragonfall:
That new character in Half-Life 2, Ep 2. Morrison, I think. Where the hell did he come from?

Yeah...Doctor Arne Magnusson another survivor of the Black Mesa incident. Why cant they find anyone that isnt remotely connected with that place? Its either cousin of the brother of the father of Barney or something.

I really think Rose from MGS2 was really useless..unless making the codec calls long and about thier lovelife was their point.

Would it be legit to list all of the playables in chrono cross? I mean, I suppose at least three of the carbon copies are necessary to finish the game, but if you're going to have so many characters then at least give some back story. All you have are identical characters with different speech impediments.

Now, it's prequal...no complaints there.

NLK4711:
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I really think Rose from MGS2 was really useless..unless making the codec calls long and about thier lovelife was their point.

Yeah Rose sucked

most pointless character ever: The Superintendant from Silent Hill 4: The Room.

tries to open your door once, says a comment or two, leaves. Later, look outside your room and he'll be standing there looking puzzled at your door...And is never seen again.

SomeBritishDude:
That new guy in Half-Life 2 episode 2...I forget his name. He came out of nowhere, theres no point to him, he's not even a patically good charcter. I just don't understand it, we probley won't even see him in episode 3, what the hell?!?

Magnusson actually played a pretty big role in HL2 Episode 2. Unfortunately valve didn't develope him like the rest of the characters, they just kind of threw him at us.

PS Navi would have to be at the top of my list.
HEY! LISTEN!

D2wontdie:
id say more than half of the AI in oblivion

i mean they have the same voice all over the map with the exact same thing to say

over and over and over again

Think you got it. Most (if not all) the Ai in oblivion were the most annoying and pointless things i can think of in a game. Going on a killing spree though the imperial city is a good way of reliving stress though.