User blog comment:Damac1214/Some Zombie Polls/@comment-4122733-20130424130406/@comment-3967954-20130426142614

I'm not saying you have to like the new characters - I understand that they're not exactly great - what I'm saying is that if you genuinely liked the old characters, as in, you actually thought that they were brilliantly-written and amusing, then you might want to consider what you actually consider a "good character".

All of the original four were lazily-written, unfunny stereotypes. Of course, humour is subjective, but vodka, wife-murdering and rapey tendancies just makes for lame humour. Like, they're the sort of things that pre-teens find hilarious. The original four repeated similar quotes in all the maps they starred in, and towards the end, it was clear that the characters were just getting lazier and lazier in terms of character development. Heck, even Dempsey constantly made reference to how bored he was getting, and he was one of the fucking characters.

I think I've come to the conclusion that the only reason people want the original four back is purely for nostalgic purposes or just for the familiarity. There's nothing special about their quotes or their role in the story as a whole; it's got to the point where they could just be killed off now. I suppose you could say the same about the new characters, but no-one's really given them a chance yet. Maybe they'll turn out to be as shit as the previous gang. But judging from their quotes in TranZit and Die Rise, their quote sound as if they're a little more intelligent than the previous gang's, and that's good enough for me. Vodka jokes are fine for 13-year-olds, but some of us would prefer a little more sophistication when it comes to scriptwriting.

And yeah, Richtofen does appear to be the current favourite, and I've no idea why. He never struck me as funny or intelligent, just a lonely old man who made cheesy innuendoes and had a fetish for blood. Great character, right there.