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[QUOTE="blueboxdoctor"]
Not Elena, she's just the annying love interest that never gets much more interesting and barely has a personality.
Chloe is by far a better character, at least I think so.
Though, I think it's safe to say that Jeff the Cameraman is the best character.
blueboxdoctor
I respect your opinion, but I think you're wrong about Elena barely having any personality. I think she has a rather interesting personality, she's not a ditzy bimbo or slutty dominatrix like most female characters in video games. She's pretty tough but has a compassionate heart and she knows a lot of interesting skills from her career as a TV reporter. She also doesn't put up with other people's crap in a realistic way, not a "I am woman! Hear me roar!" kind of way.
Don't get me wrong I don't hate Chloe, but I think the overly-sexualized femme fatale is too common for female characters. I just feel that Elena was a nice change from the usual female stereotypes we get in video games.
True, she's not horrible, but I think she reminds me too much of the girl from National Tresure, who can get kind of annoying (though I do like the movies, she doesn't add much to them). I think the problem with Elena is that she didn't have an overly important role in the 2nd game, while in the first game her role was a lot more useful since she was there for a lot more of the game and the character relations between her and Drake were able to build and change. I didn't really see much of that in the 2nd game, and I think that's what kind of annoyed me about her, it's like they felt compelled to put her there for no real reason (yes, she had a part, but the game could have went on without her just fine). I'm not very far in the 3rd one yet, so I don't know if she comes back and if she does how her role is in it.
Well I'm kind of glad they've added her in three games, I would have hated it if Naughty Dog pulled a James Bond on us and have Drake end up with a new lady in every single game, to me it gave her a chance for her character to stand out as an important leading lady and not just be a pseudo throw away Bond Girl. But I can respect that you didn't like her because she reminded you of a certain character from a certain movie. :)
For the person who listed Eddy, he's probably my second favorite character. "Don't mess with Eddy Raja!" :P
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