Rank the Characters?


Seeing as it's finally out, was curious how everyone ranked the characters best to worst and who they liked/disliked.

Mine:
1. Mike - Most developed (starts off as an immature douchey jock and ended my game as a flawed but fiercely brave and loyal hero), well acted, genuinely funny at times, insanely badass, non-stereotypical lead. Really, not a whole lot to dislike here.
2. Chris - Really funny. Also fairly well developed and a pretty easy-to-like guy. But he's mainly here for providing laughs, and plenty of them. Though it was fun to watch the goofy comic relief nerd have to toughen/brave up and take things more seriously. And man.. The mental abuse.
3. Josh - The goofy fratbro being the one with trauma due to dead sisters is already pretty original and enough to make me like him, but he's also funny, starts out as a pretty nice guy, and I liked the twist involving him. Plus, somehow still sympathetic despite everything
4. Emily - Was NOT expecting to like her much at first. She was entertaining enough as a love to hate bitch, but. She mainly won me over for her sheer will to live and surprising competence. She seemed kinda ditzy and shrill at first, but then she gets the mine sequence and chase and gives it her ALL to get out alive. Wasn't expecting that from the girl who used her boyfriend as a bellhop. All that said, I do wish we had the possibility to CHOOSE for Emily to have an arc about becoming a better person. I mean, we can choose to make Matt a selfish d-ck or Ashley a near total bitch, and we can even downplay Mike's redeeming features. Don't see why we couldn't help Em be a nice person
5. Jessica - What we got of her was pretty fun, but she's criminally underused. She just didn't have a chance to shine while the four above her TOTALLY did. That said, I did like some of the depth they have her
6. Sam - Solid and likeable final girl with some sass. Hayden's a plus. She and Jess are pretty close, but I was more drawn to Jess's bitchery in the first two acts than I ever really was to Sam.
7. Ashley - She's sweet, and I did like her, but..... Ashley is a bit... Shrill at times. I get why they included a shrieky girl archetype, it's totally a horror staple. That said, it is an annoying one. And we already have Emily covering that base initially before taking on a level in badass and saving herself. Something Ash... Does not do.
8. Matt - Honestly, he's a really likeable guy. Quite possibly the nicest of the bunch. And I like that he can potentially have a short temper and how dynamic his and Em's relationship can be. He mainly suffers because he died really early in my playthrough before I could get too much of a feel for him. And he's arguably more shafted in screentime than Jessica (at least if we gets a hook to the mouth) I want to do another playthrough where he lives to see if he's featured more. I feel like there was a lot of potential here, but it just wasn't fully realized due to a screentime thing, like Jessica

How about you guys?

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Here you ranked Emily 4th lol, Did you just change your mind?

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Yeah. I didn't realize she'd lie about Matt abandoning her to die if she didn't like him. That's a total dealbreaker. Plus, Emily stopped causing any drama whatsoever in that play through post-mines. So I thought she'd actually developed rather than not getting an opportunity to be obnoxious

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1. Mike - Nathan Drake, yeah!
2. Sam - Claire Bennet! GF material #1 (dat ass)
3. Jess - Fun, hot... def GF material #2 (dat ass)
4. Ashley - Meh
5. Chris - Annoying nerd
6. Matt - Mr. Pussywhip
7. Josh - Issues much?
8. Emily - Psychotic bitch

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1. Mike
2. Ashley
3. Sam
4. Emily
5. Chris
6. Jessica
7. Josh
8. Matt

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