Let's settle this. Is the dude boring or actually an interesting new Star Wars character?
Poll results will make it official law.
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Is Cal Kestis boring?
- Thread starter BossAttack
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He's fine, and that's probably about as much as Respawn wanted him to be. It's Star Wars, you don't go to Star Wars for compelling character work.
Tragic backstory does a lot of heavy lifting.
I think he's more interesting that other white star wars guys like Luke in the OT for example.
I think he's more interesting that other white star wars guys like Luke in the OT for example.
It's kind of a waste to get Cameron Monaghan as your protagonist and not write the character to be more "out there". Cal felt like a blank slate quiet protagonist type, even with the backstory. Like he was designed to be as out of your way as possible, so you can live off your Jedi fantasy. Which is probably the point, but... yeah.
I didn't really find him boring, he just never got a chance to be a full-fledged Jedi. I don't know, I don't feel like you get to see characters in video games that often who are kind of naive optimistic types. I feel like they did a good job showing his backstory and growth throughout the game. That being said, he was a pretty standard character within the world of Star Wars archetypes, though.
Honestly I think the game was a but rushed, which probably played a bigger part in why things were light in that dept. I think the game surprised EA tbh, so hopefully they will have more resources
To me, he's another Starkiller/Galen Marek: I like the actor and performance, he pulls off some good feats, but I wish Respawn had done something a bit more original with their Jedi protagonist. Saying that, I don't actively dislike playing as Cal, and Jedi Survivor is one of my most anticipated games next year.
What a coincidence, I'm like 4-5 hours into the game right now.
He doesn't have any outstanding qualities, to say the least. At least until now. He's... inoffensive? Ticks all the boxes to be a video game protagonist and not much more. Not a bad character by any means, just a dude trying his best.
He doesn't have any outstanding qualities, to say the least. At least until now. He's... inoffensive? Ticks all the boxes to be a video game protagonist and not much more. Not a bad character by any means, just a dude trying his best.
He's okay. I found him likeable enough even if pretty non-distinctive. He could have been a lot worse, which I know sounds like damning with faint praise, but I don't think it's all that easy to get these characters right, where they have to do a lot of heavy lifting at the start of a new series. It'd be easier to judge him after the next one.
I mean I find most main characters to be meh and the characters around them make the story, this is no different.
Tbh, I haven't seen the Andor show. Will get around to it eventually
Cal is excruciatingly dull and so is the entire story. I played around 60 games over the last year. Fallen Order was only one of two with a story dull enough that I actually wanted to skip the cutscenes. I couldn't though, because Fallen Order sadly does not have a cutscene skip button.
Oh god they made him look even more boring. How????To all of you saying he's boring:
You still calling him boring now? I bet you won't fucking say that to his face. He's cute and you're not. Jealousy.
Take that.
He gets the job done, I enjoyed playing through that flashback sequence
Maybe I'm shallow but the beard makes him at least 20% more interestingTo all of you saying he's boring:
You still calling him boring now? I bet you won't fucking say that to his face. He's cute and you're not. Jealousy.
Take that.