Non-player characters! Whether they’re annoying companions, side characters, or disembodied human heads, let’s talk about some of our favourites.
John likes nice people, like Nicole Collard from Broken Sword, or Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2. Brendan likes the plucky passport forger in Papers Please who won’t take no for an answer. And Alice wants to carry around Murray the skull from Curse of Monkey Island.
We’ve also played things. John has been smashing his car up in The Crew 2. Brendan has been kickflipping and faceplanting in OlliOlli 2. Whereas Alice has been puzzling through the calm architecture of Starman: Tale of Light.
Links:
Who is Nicole Collard from Broken Sword? http://brokensword.wikia.com/wiki/Nicole_Collard
Our best friends in games podcast: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/08/podcast-who-are-our-best-friends/
Jorji Costava from Papers Please: http://papersplease.wikia.com/wiki/Jorji_Costava
James Kidd from Assassin’s Creed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUfVDcR4SmA
Solas from Dragon Age Inquisition: http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Solas
What the BioWare writers listened to while writing for their characters:http://blog.bioware.com/2014/12/12/the-sound-and-the-fury-what-we-listened-to-while-writing-dragon-age-inquisition/
HK-47 from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/HK-47
Crestfallen Warrior from Dark Souls: http://darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/Crestfallen_Warrior
Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Alyx_Vance
Dying Light Zombie who says “No! Please!”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqKo5Jmgdgg
Uncle Pey’j from Beyond Good and Evil: http://beyondgoodandevil.wikia.com/wiki/Pey%27j
Murray the skull from Monkey Island: http://monkeyisland.wikia.com/wiki/Murray
Johnny from Metal Gear Solid: http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Johnny_Sasaki
John’s review of The Crew 2: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/06/28/wot-i-think-the-crew-2-as-a-single-player-game/
John’s review of Red Faction Guerilla Re-Mars-tered: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/07/03/wot-i-think-red-faction-guerrilla-re-mars-tered/
Olli Olli 2 is a good skateboarding game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/12/olliolli2-released/
Alice’s review of Starman: Tale of Light: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/07/03/starman-tale-of-light-review/
Lydia versus a gate (again): https://youtu.be/MTMwjYgJsFQ
Trying to bring Lydia back to life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2KrgDbLwAU
Lucian Lachance from Oblivion: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Lucien_Lachance
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