Steve isnt even the default character of minecraft
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JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Are you saying Steve isn’t a videogame hero?
RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
…?
What am I missing here?
Thorry84@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
CHICKEN JOCKEY
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Flint and steel!
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Steve is a blank canvas, even more devoid of autonomy than, say, Link. Even though Link never speaks or expresses ideas of his own, one can get an idea of what he’s like based on certain clues given in the games, and we know at the very least that he’s a classic hero who sacrifices himself for the common good.
Steve is a pure avatar, if he has his own name just because even objects have one. Steve is everything the player wants him to be, hero, explorer, slaver, exploiter… and there will never be a conflict; contrary to Link, who cannot stop being a hero.
My point is that, in my opinion, a hero must have his own character and autonomy, however minimal it may be, so that one can see in them an ideal to which to point to (Link’s bravery, Sonic’s love of freedom, etc.).
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Link also has a personality via other media.
“Excuuuuuuuse me, Princess!”
One of my favorite things in TOTK is how several NPCs talk about Link’s activities and life from between BOTW and TOTK and they very much make it seem like the one in the games has the same kind of personality as the one from the TV series.
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Just to add to this, for a very long time, he wasn’t even called Steve - he was called “Steve?” for the precise reason that they’re not really a character at all.