It's all Headphones and Fingers Here: A New Frontier Character Rankings
Okay, so normally I'm very stingy about making topics and PYFs are pretty limited to begin with. However, I couldn't help but notice that there is no/little sign of a thread dedicated to favorites and least favorites in regards to A New Frontier so far. So, I'll break out of my comfort zone and provide a place for everyone to post your favorite here.
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So, I think I'll start off by recaping my general thoughts of ANF itself so far:
Let that second to last line speak for the tone of my choices here
Like
Ava
Kate Gabe Max
Okay/Meh
Javier Conrad Francine
Eli Rufus Lonnie Jaja Hector
Eleanor Paul Tripp
Dislike
Mariana Badger
Like
Clementine
Jesus
Okay
Javier
Eleanor
Tripp
Dislike
Gabe
Conrad
David
Kate
Ava
And most of the dislikes aren't even because of the characters as people. Really the only one I truly dislike is Gabe. I just don't give a shit about the others so I dislike them because of how poorly written they are.
Like
Clementine
Meh
Tripp
Max
Mariana
Dislike
All others.
Like
Clementine
Max
Tripp
Okay
Javier
Gabe
Dislike
Kate
Ava
Mariana
David
Loathe
Elenor
Conrad
Badger
The only characters I like is Javier, I really liked Mari, and Kate is okay, everyone is bland and I could care less about.
tfw Telltale makes me not care about Clem
If we're going by the new characters introduced in ANF, as of now I'd this would be where I stand:
Like
David
Garrus
Tripp(on the fence)
Indifferent
Francine
Max
Badger
Mariana
Eleanor
Ava
Dislike
Javier
Gabe
Kate
Conrad
Like
...
Okay
...
Dislike
Everyone.
You and falling in love with the characters who get shown for 1 scene lmao. Michelle, Jolene, now Ava.
A bit of misanthrope, eh?
You know it.
Like
Clementine
Jesus
Max
Lonnie
Eh
Marianna
Tripp
Eleanor
David
Ava
No thanks
Gabe
Conrad
Kate
Javier
Badger
LIKE
Clem
Max
David
Kate
Ava
Conrad
Badger
Jesus
Okay
Javier
Tripp
Francine
Dislike
Gabe
Mariana
Like:
Mariana
Tripp (even though he feels like an Abraham 2.0)
Edith (she seemed like she would've been an interesting character to know more about....)
Kenny (not how he looks, though, lmao.)
Okay/Meh:
Javier
Gabe
Jesus
Dislike/Don't give a shit:
Everyone else, lol.
Like
Jesus Clem The Introduction/First few minutes of Javi's family life before it split
**
Okay/Meh**
Javier Jaja Hector
Paul Tripp Kate Mariana
David
Dislike/Don't Care
Badger Gabe Ava Max
Conrad Francine Eli Rufus Lonnie Eleanor
Flashbacks, Half-baked Romance Attempts
I love how you like the parents but don't like the kids.
...Explain.
Who?
Looks like you're mostly here for the old stuff.
Like
Clementine
Ava
AJ
Javier (On the fence)
Mariana
Tripp
Okay
Kate
David (Gonna wait until Ep. 3 to decide whether I dislike him or not)
Gabe (Gonna give him some slack)
Meh
Max
Francine
Eleanor (I personally think she's hiding a NF symbol under her scarf...)
Dislike
Badger
Lonnie
Conrad (Whether you agree with him or not about Clementine, holding a 14-15 year old boy at gunpoint to emotionally manipulate his uncle is low)
Yeah, I've seen that goin around. It's gotten quiet, but it was still a thing.
I think they mean Jesus because his voice actor voiced a character called Garrus in one of the Mass Effect games
He's also known as Space Batman and Earth Jesus.
https://telltale.com/community/discussion/110671/question-about-jesus
Oh, okay.
Like
Conrad (cause hes got character, something thats rare in AnF)
Javier
Okay
Clementine
Kate
David
Urgh...
Tripp (I dont care about him)
Eleanor (I dont care about her)
Gabe (annoying)
Jesus (Comic Jesus is better)
The Rest is either nameless, dead or just some guy. And in opposite to the just some guys in Season 1, they dont have any character development.
Yeah, I'm hoping agreeing to his plan will lead to something interesting, as well as some further development for him.
I should really considering replaying to observe him.
Yeah, I know.
Like
Clementine
AJ
Kenny(Not the way he looks)
Jesus
Marianna
Gabe
Eleanor
Okay
Javi
Kate
Tripp
Francine
Eli
Conrad
Edith
Hector
Rafa
Ms. Garcia
Hate
Jane
David
Max
Badger
Ava
Rufus
Make me...
OW! OW! OW!
Ok fine, just put away the blowtorch and the pliers, jeez.
Let's start with Eleanor. She is just way too untrustworthy, maybe even Bonnie levels of untrustworthy. Clem and Javi had just basically executed that guy in the bar and she was willing to bust them out of the holding cell right away. Sure I made excuses for Clem, but I'll make excuses for her while she is selling heroin to small children. But I have a reason to do that for Clem, why would Eleanor? That just sends up a big red flag, no one who is trustworthy or operating on the up and up would be willing to do that. She is basically selling out her community for two strangers. Also Clem doesn't trust her, so that's strikes 2 through 456.
Now as for Ava, she was trying way to hard to be all buddy buddy with the Clemster right away. I don't trust people who are overly nice in this world. Nobody who surrvived this long should be willing to befriend anyone within the first minute of meeting them. Unless they have ulterior motives. I told Ava that we were not a team and that AJ was my team. But she persists with the buddy buddy stuff. I told her I didn't want to join her group, but apparently she informed on Clem to the New Frontier and they "persuaded" her to join. I just saved that womans life and in repayment she gives up my location which results in Clem joining a group of branded assholes.
All of this could change, Ava could turn out to be all right, but Eleanor, no way, that woman is super shady.
They do my nut in I mean Mariana is a little telltale and Gabe's just a Carl wannabe
Ah, logic! Okay then.
Is she? Cause busting out two temporary prisoners and escorting them to help their family is more like a favor than anything else.
What? Why?
But that's just it, why would she help them? Basic human decency doesn't really exist in this world, she has an ulterior motive of some sort. Couple that with Clem's warning and I don't like her one bit.
In this world I'm more apt to trust someone holding me at gun point then the person who shoots a smile at me when I first meet them.
Like:
Ava
Ok/Meh:
Clementine
Kate
Dislike:
All the others, but mainly:
Javier
Gabe
Well, from what little characterization she has so far(which is barely any more than Tripp somehow), she seems to be a bit loose despite her kind demeanor. The fact that she literally says "Why is it always the pretty ones who cause trouble?," casually mentions that she and Tripp for "like, 5 minutes," and was offering to help Javier directly in spite of Tripp's orders with Clementine even saying"Wow-didn't think she had it in her." definitely lends to that idea.
I can definitely get the apprehension though, since the character designs are, with one or two exceptions, pretty realistic with mostly decent looking people compared to the previous seasons. So, for all you could know, someone as nice acting and looking like Eleanor, who definitely would've been on Carley's level of good in the previous artstyle, could. I just really don't want that to happen myself for a few reasons.
Like
Clementine (of course)
Javier (I disliked him at firts but he's not so bad)
Tripp (He reminds me of Kenny)
Jesus ( No explanation needed)
Gabe (I don't understand why you all hate him , everybody is a prick at that age)
Dislike
Conrad (Nobody can point a gun at Clem)
Ava (Because she made Clem join TNF)
Badger ( He shot a little girl...this guy deserves to be killed in the most brutal way)
David (He's got anger and drinking issues)
Meh
Elenor (I don't know how i feel about her...)
Kate (Because I hate drugs, but everything else about her is cool)
Mariana (She barely had any screen time )
Francine (She was only there to give Conrad a reason to go crazy)
Max (I tought he was a complete asshole at first , then I found out that Badger was the bigger problem)
(Only ranking the ones with significant screen presence compared to others, so no Max, Kenny, Jane and several others)
Like:
Javier
Mariana
Gabe
Leaning towards meh but still kind of like:
Clementine
Kate
Conrad
Tripp
Eleanor
Lol I knew you would be the author of this thread..such creative names..equally conufsing to me too.
LIKE:
Clementine
Mariana
Tripp
DISLIKE:
Ava
David
Gee, thanks! Anyway, it's supposed to be something sickenly good and something sickenly bad.