I had been wondering why they gave the other marines such distinctive well developed personalities (Anderson, Bidwell, Cortez, Morris, Rhodes, Strauss, Voss... did I miss anyone?) but left out Kane, but then I somehow got to this article on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_protagonist
"Silent protagonists allow the player to create their own interpretation of a game character. By not being prompted by scripted character dialog, the nature of that character and what they say is left up to the imagination of the player."; "the silent protagonist is generic enough so that the player (usually silent himself while playing) feels no clash of personality or opinions during the game, or at least minimizes such a shock."
I could never work out why I never felt like "I" was the Master Chief in Halo, perhaps this is why.
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