: This new character archetype bothers me because it's one-note and annoying.
: It simply is not good characterization. If they're the heroes of the story
: then we, the audience, should, like, care about them in some way. With the
: S-IIs (which are arguably also examples of bad characterization), we may
: not be able to identify with them all the time because of their lack of
: humanity. But with the S-IVs, I don't even WANT to identify with them.

: The fact that we're able to categorize all of these characters with a single
: word is extremely telling. It means they lack depth. They don't have
: conflicts. I don't know what their wants or needs are. I don't know how
: those wants or needs conflict with each other. I don't know how those
: wants or needs conflict with other characters'. I don't know how these
: conflicts change the character. I don't know how these changes affect the
: other characters. This is drama 101 stuff.

: You might argue (and you'd be right to) that none of this matters in
: multiplayer. And it absolutely doesn't. But I'd prefer no characterization
: over bad characterization any day.

That all makes sense and I can't really argue with it, except to nitpick about how characterized and how well-characterized the S-II's are, which I don't feel like doing at the moment, so, good points.