Characters you disliked that improved in the sequel?

[Deleted member 437]

Was gonna say Cole Mcgrath actually. Thats funny.

Like someone else said, Sora from KH is a good choice.

 

[Kewlmyc]

Apollo Justice goes from being a boring protagonist in the worst game in the series, to being the best thing about AA6. It's a great ending for him if they decide to end his character arc there.

 

[DevilMayGuy]

Rico Velasquez.


Just kidding, he's the fucking worst.

 

[Xiyng]

I don't think I've ever seen a bad character evolve into a good character. I've seen some good characters become even better characters (e.g. Nathan Drake, Revolver Ocelot, Big Boss), some good characters become bad characters (Yuna and Rikku from Final Fantasy X to X-2, and Raiden from MGS2 to the newer games), but never have I seen a bad character become a good character.

My remark about Raiden probably deserves an explanation. He wasn't a likeable character in MGS2 but he was definitely well written. In MGS4, he was poorly written, and his only redeeming factor was coolness. I haven't played Revengeance, but I imagine he's not a well-written character even in that game.

 

[Stranger Things]

Harley Quinn in the arkham games

She's much more tolerable in the later games

 

[Dr. Caroll]

I didn't dislike him, per se, but Resident Evil 4 Leon doesn't make sense as a character when we consider that at the end of RE3, he is shown about to swallow a (metaphorical) shit sandwich in exchange for his life. In RE: Damnation, RE6, and RE: Vendetta, he course corrects into a suicidal alcoholic sinking deeper and deeper into a morass of self-loathing, hatred for America, and general apathy. I like my character to make sense. RE4 Leon just doesn't make sense.

 

[MidiPour]

The characters in Banjo Kazooie were much more fleshed out in the sequel, as there was more of an emphasis on the dialogue and narrative points.

And the most obvious, Raiden.