05-03-2013, 08:34 PM
(05-03-2013, 06:32 PM)BumblebeeCody Wrote: Probably Toon Link as well. Links is one of those odd silent protagonists like Samus (pre-Other M), Master Chief or Gordon Freeman that can get away with doing nothing other than being a blank box, but for the reasons you stated (and more) is why I like Toon Link. The most expressive and lifeful(word?) Link we've had.
I wouldn't consider Masterchief a silent protagonist, just a protagonist who happens to not talk much. In Halo 4, however, that kinda ceases to exist because Chief talks in seemingly every moment he can get.
Samus was kinda weird for me, too, because Until Prime 2(and especially Prime 3) I had assumed Samus was not a silent protagonist, but a protagonist who was silent, only due to there being no one to talk to. In Super Metroid, she even goes as far as to talk about how she and some scientists talked about Metroids and whatnot before going back to bounty hunting. I was never a fan of Nintendo's choice in silent protagonists. I'm part of a minority of people who actually outright dislike silent protagonists.
...Er. Back to the subject at hand. I think I prefer Toon Link as well due to his expressiveness.