Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4236081-20140624112006

Needless to say but Shadow the Hedgehog is one of the most overrated character of all time.Personally, I don't see what it is about him that is so "cool". He had a depressing back story, that seems to be nothing more than an inability to get over the mourning of a lost loved one. We've all gone through it, at least once in our own lives. Saying he's an animal isn't an excuse either. After a while animals will soon begin to overcome it, sometimes remembering it. After he got over it, he becomes bland, having no personality outside of folding his arms. His "ultimate life form, can beat anything" mentality annoys me too.He was amazing back in SA2 but now he became my most least favorite character.Sonic has beaten him and done a whole lot more than Shadow, yet he still talks in an arrogant fashion. Personally, I don't really like him in terms of personality or character development. Playing as him is fun though. He just seems like your typical anti hero. Look at Vegeta from DBZ. No matter how many times he has his butt handed to him, he still thinks he's "the ultimate". In Shadow's defense, his giant ego and "I will win" confidence mentality is very similar to many other characters in Sonic, even Eggman who pretty much always loses I would call his "power level" overrated though - fans frequently overrate him as being soooo much more powerful than other Sonic characters when he is canonically not.Give me your opinion, I'd like to hear it (it makes conversations and threads more interesting that way) 