Highs And Lows Of Game Character Design

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Gamers.com article discussing the best and worst character designs in videogames. The author singles out his favorite designs, including Samus Aran, Solid Snake, and Sonic The Hedgehog, and then picks Ratchet, Plok, and Boogerman as examples of characters that just don't make the grade. It may not be the final word on the subject, but it's a good starting position to answer the question: "Who became an absorbing avatar with which to explore a virtual world, and who was just plain painful to look at?"

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Ratchet & Clank postmortem

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Postmortem by the team behind Ratchet and Clank available on Gamasutra, registration may be required.

Relevant problem, the main characer look "too cartoony", anyway, look for yourself!