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Stoic. Typical silent protagonist.
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An unfeeling machine that tricked everyone into thinking it cares.
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He's a KILLER ROBOT.
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He's emo.
The maker of Curly and Quote ran out of personality parts, so split the two. Curly got the happy and sacrificial parts. Quote got the depressed and realistic parts. This forces them to work as a team, otherwise they will fail. But the synergy works.
And typing that felt like a waste of time.
The maker of Curly and Quote ran out of personality parts, so split the two. Curly got the happy and sacrificial parts. Quote got the depressed and realistic parts. This forces them to work as a team, otherwise they will fail. But the synergy works.
And typing that felt like a waste of time.
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I actually like that idea.
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Partially neutralized by having both a face and a gender (technically), but close enough.
Partially neutralized by having both a face and a gender (technically), but close enough.
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Quote? Well, the best way to figure that out is ... Look at the ending pictures!
(tell me if these images don't show up for you, I direct linked from the cavestory.org site)
First and most importantly, Quote acts human enough to fool most people that don't know exactly what they look like. Even Misery and Balrog who has fought with similar robots like Q and C couldn't recognize him as a robot at first.
Quote is the easy to talk to type. He says the right things, but he doesn't stand out. Somehow he earns everyone's trust.
In the beginning he is probably pretty blank in his objective.
He takes the gun, falls on his face; and I guess is just wandering aimlessly.
Only seems to target anything that is hostile towards him.
He must have recognized King as friendly, and said something nice; since King opens up to Quote immediately, even though he clearly thinks of Sue as an outsider and has a grudge.
Whatever Quote says apparently earns him more trust than Sue was able to all the time she was there!
....
In the beginning he does not take sides. He sees Toroko getting taken and does nothing. He sees Sue taken and does nothing.
Does he act good or bad? I don't know; that's up to you. Do you help Kazuma? Do you tell Curly you will kill the Mimigas?
It isn't until the Labyrinth that Quote decides his path. He has probably gathered enough information to figure out what kind of robot person he wants to be.
Typically pretty friendly, but probably quieter (but not mute!) than Curly. There are a few dialogues where Quote must speak for it to make sense, but it usually shows Quote speaking by : "....." Look for spots that say "......" and that's usually where you say something. [That and at the beginning and end of conversations]
Personally, I always thought of Quote and Curly to be kind of like the characters :
Chrono and Rosette from the Chrono Crusade anime...
Chrono is a bit more serious, brooding, friendly, has a dark side, but is quite the warrior.
Rosette is the outspoken, smiling, strong-willed character, has seen dark things, but quickly finds that smile with friends.
(tell me if these images don't show up for you, I direct linked from the cavestory.org site)
First and most importantly, Quote acts human enough to fool most people that don't know exactly what they look like. Even Misery and Balrog who has fought with similar robots like Q and C couldn't recognize him as a robot at first.
Quote is the easy to talk to type. He says the right things, but he doesn't stand out. Somehow he earns everyone's trust.
In the beginning he is probably pretty blank in his objective.
He takes the gun, falls on his face; and I guess is just wandering aimlessly.
Only seems to target anything that is hostile towards him.
He must have recognized King as friendly, and said something nice; since King opens up to Quote immediately, even though he clearly thinks of Sue as an outsider and has a grudge.
Whatever Quote says apparently earns him more trust than Sue was able to all the time she was there!
....
In the beginning he does not take sides. He sees Toroko getting taken and does nothing. He sees Sue taken and does nothing.
Does he act good or bad? I don't know; that's up to you. Do you help Kazuma? Do you tell Curly you will kill the Mimigas?
It isn't until the Labyrinth that Quote decides his path. He has probably gathered enough information to figure out what kind of robot person he wants to be.
Typically pretty friendly, but probably quieter (but not mute!) than Curly. There are a few dialogues where Quote must speak for it to make sense, but it usually shows Quote speaking by : "....." Look for spots that say "......" and that's usually where you say something. [That and at the beginning and end of conversations]
Personally, I always thought of Quote and Curly to be kind of like the characters :
Chrono and Rosette from the Chrono Crusade anime...
Chrono is a bit more serious, brooding, friendly, has a dark side, but is quite the warrior.
Rosette is the outspoken, smiling, strong-willed character, has seen dark things, but quickly finds that smile with friends.
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I agree with X-Calibar about the pictures showing his personality.
However, those pictures only show Quote showing the emotions and reactions that most humans would in those situations, regardless of their personality.
He's tired of climbing bricks in the Outer Wall, he looks down below when flying on a dragon, he takes the key to the old Clinic to save his friend.
None of those things are a particularly unusual or distinct way to act.
But then again, you have a point about King opening up and such. This at least means he's not a total jerk to strangers, which most people aren't, so it still reflects the player's personality as you play.
It's like The Great Gatsby. The main character travels to a totally new environment, meeting most of the characters for the first time. He doesn't develop much throughout the story, or react much to dire situations. Despite at other characters think of people, he develops his own thoughts about them, based only on the experiences he sees. In essence, both Quote and Tom Buccanan are the player or reader.
However, those pictures only show Quote showing the emotions and reactions that most humans would in those situations, regardless of their personality.
He's tired of climbing bricks in the Outer Wall, he looks down below when flying on a dragon, he takes the key to the old Clinic to save his friend.
None of those things are a particularly unusual or distinct way to act.
But then again, you have a point about King opening up and such. This at least means he's not a total jerk to strangers, which most people aren't, so it still reflects the player's personality as you play.
It's like The Great Gatsby. The main character travels to a totally new environment, meeting most of the characters for the first time. He doesn't develop much throughout the story, or react much to dire situations. Despite at other characters think of people, he develops his own thoughts about them, based only on the experiences he sees. In essence, both Quote and Tom Buccanan are the player or reader.
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^I share Yakker`s opinion.
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I always though of him as overly kind, going out of his way for others, and quite cute. But attacks anything that's hostile toward him.
I dunno, that's just my twisted head-cannon.
I dunno, that's just my twisted head-cannon.
Aug 3, 2011 at 2:04 PM
I wouldn't say Quote is "I am QUote, Insert personality..." character as much as a "Generic silent character".
He never talks, you're never given space to talk and at no point is your personality mentioned or seem to affect other characters.
Like a book, you're forced to move forward without being able of changing things.
Saving or not saving Curly is more of a limitation than a choice.
These kind of characters are by no means bad, when done well, like in Half-Life and Half-Life 2, a Freeman character is very enjoyable, but it's not really left open to fit your personality.
He never talks, you're never given space to talk and at no point is your personality mentioned or seem to affect other characters.
Like a book, you're forced to move forward without being able of changing things.
Saving or not saving Curly is more of a limitation than a choice.
These kind of characters are by no means bad, when done well, like in Half-Life and Half-Life 2, a Freeman character is very enjoyable, but it's not really left open to fit your personality.