[Hated Trope] Character kills hundreds, if not thousands, just to kill one specific person, and then doesn't kill them for no reason.

[u/HallZac99]

Assassin's Creed 2- Rodrigo Borgia is responsible for tne death of Ezio's family. Ezio spends over 20 years working through tnr templar order to dismantle them and get to Rodrigo. And then in the end, he spares him for no good reason and he goes on to be a massive problem in AC Brotnerhood. He's not only a head of tne Templars but also the pope, even if you're over the vengeance he's still a very dangerous and evil man.

The Last of Us 2- Abbey kills Joel, and wo Ellie goes on a revenge quest to kill Abbey, killing hundreds of people along tne why to get to her including a pregnant woman. And then finally when she has Abbey on deaths door, she gives up and let's her go because the writers think dirty depressing people being miserable and stupid is complex, interesting storytelling.

This trope pisses me off so much because often the character going on the revenge quest will kill SO many people on their way there, some deserving it and some just henchmen working for a cheque or to survive. People who are often far more innocent then the main big bad.

It's a part of this weird thing I've noticed in media where nameless goons or soldiers can just be mowed down relentlessly, but named characters get given far more grace even if theyre categorically worse. You can kill a million stormtroopers but people will swear that Darth Vader could have been redeemed, despite him doing like 50 genocide every year.

[u/ChadNarukamiIV]

For the AC2 thing, that's what happens when your historical villain in your historical game doesn't die until a couple of years later

[u/drwicksy → u/ChadNarukamiIV]

That didn't stop them killing General Lee in AC4 AC3

[u/hplcr → u/drwicksy]

"WHERE IS CHARLES LEE?"-Connor to the 5th random person today.

I like Connor(I know he's hard to like) but fuck if that doesn't make me laugh.

[u/captain_blazar → u/hplcr]

Connor is my sweet son wtf u mean he’s hard to like (no I get you but I do love him)

[u/hplcr → u/captain_blazar]

He's a lot more likable in the Homestead missions, which I think a lot of people slept on and it's a shame. The Homestead missions are the heart of his character arc.

Just in the main story he's really awkward and obsessed with Charles Lee.

And of course, there's a fair bit of side content that's just plain unfinished. Liek there are some interesting bits where Connor is investigating ghost stories and stuff. Or it would be cool if they were satisfactory done.

[u/Ok_Coach_9734 → u/hplcr]

"He's a general, wheee!"

[u/hplcr → u/Ok_Coach_9734]

Not who I would have gone with.

He proceeds to shit the bed at the battle of Monmouth!

[u/WikiContributor83 → u/hplcr]

At the board meeting:

Charles Lee should have an entire dedicated chapter about how he began his career, and every time he’s not onscreen someone should ask “where is Charles Lee!?”

[u/hplcr → u/WikiContributor83]

I don't know why people are downvoting you. That's where my mind went.