I don't know who has more friends but those friends live in the same areas (Girlish boy-Asia,Marine-NA and Europe)rossatdi post=9.69967.677884 said:
Power armoured marine or girlish boy with big sword?
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Just a thought that popped into my head.
Under that helmet Masterchief could be wearing thick mascara and eyeliner, have a huge fringe and cries every time he fires his gun.
Also actually thinking about it, the main offender in one catergory shares a lot of traits with the other side.
Take good old Cloud Strife.
His hometown was burned down and most of his friends and family were killed in that.
He's been severely fucked around with by the military corporation; being genetically modified, memory is completely screwed and he suffers from strange attacks in which a voice speaks to him and he falls to the floor and almost completely loses it.
Theres probably more I can't think of off of the top of my head, but it's been a while since I played FFVII.
Under that helmet Masterchief could be wearing thick mascara and eyeliner, have a huge fringe and cries every time he fires his gun.
Also actually thinking about it, the main offender in one catergory shares a lot of traits with the other side.
Take good old Cloud Strife.
His hometown was burned down and most of his friends and family were killed in that.
He's been severely fucked around with by the military corporation; being genetically modified, memory is completely screwed and he suffers from strange attacks in which a voice speaks to him and he falls to the floor and almost completely loses it.
Theres probably more I can't think of off of the top of my head, but it's been a while since I played FFVII.
Pokeman and Naruto fail, even as anime.khululy post=9.69967.677304 said:
If I had to choose, I would choose big-sworded girly-man, because I'm not really into FPSs.
Unless of course you read the books/see the freeze frame in Halo 3 announcement.Splitter post=9.69967.677921 said:
oops my bad.shatnershaman post=9.69967.678179 said:
i've never played halo myself but all my friends that have have always insisted that you never find out what he looks like.
evidently I was mis-informed.
Edit: I didn't really think that, you know just in case, it was a joke.
if you want totally lack of background story... read the manual of gunstar future heroesEnosh_ post=9.69967.677726 said:wuhu first post (been browsing here for quite some while)
1. I am from Slovenia (hah who knows where that is?) so english isn't my first language, it isn't even my second one but the third one, so pardon for all the grammar mistakes
the one thing I will never really understand about some people is why does every game has to have a character with a long backstory, a story with a 100 twist and similar story related stuff. O.k. I undesrtand it in some games where it is nice and makes you love the game so much more (legacy of kain is the first thing comming to my mind when talking about a good story). But not every game needs it.
Gear of War is perfectly fine as it is, it's made of the things that made Universal Soldier, Predator, Terminator and similar movies great, they don't care about the story to much but cut right to the action, Predator tried with some story about the chinese thing and the black guy betraying arnold, but in the end it came down to "dude did you see arnorld kick the crap out of that alien?" And if that is gone in a great way (like imo in gears of war) the game/movie doesn't need some heavy and deep backstory and trying to solve the meaning of life but just some mindless brutal violence.
Just like I watch movies with a deep backstory about them, I also like to watch some mindless ass kicking done by men with a clear stereoid addiction it's just about balancing the two. Same with games, sometimes I want to imerse myself into a great story and interesting characters but sometimes I just want to kick some alien ass^^
obviosly everyone got his own preferences about the two, I personaly don't like JRPGs and anime (well I love Hellsing (the OMV) and like Vampire hunter D but thats about it).
oh and I agree with the "for the emperor"
Indeed, just seems every time people seem to overlook everything about him and hence come the typical bashing.Ares Tyr post=9.69967.677928 said:
Anyways i would rather be using a big sword instead of power armor and guns. I like guns and cool armor but I find swords a whole lot more fun to use, that and the Arnold type character rather bores me as I have seen too much of it in my life in different media facets. I would rather be a Cloud than a Fenix any day...unless I am just plain pissed off at everyone...then being a fenix with a lancer will do just fine.
Fine. A power armoured girlish boy marine with a big sword.shatnershaman post=9.69967.678328 said:
Space/Non-Space Marines, all the time. Just love to be 3 metres tall and have a gun specifically designed for either an amazingly good butcher or some form of tank.
Wingy Little Japanese character"My life is bad, Why don't you love me?"
Space/Non-Space Marine "*Bang* (Insert hilarious catchphrase)"
Emotional depth can go to hell, i wanna blow stuff up!!
Wingy Little Japanese character"My life is bad, Why don't you love me?"
Space/Non-Space Marine "*Bang* (Insert hilarious catchphrase)"
Emotional depth can go to hell, i wanna blow stuff up!!
Marines use guns not swords and the stereotype girlish boys do not use power armour or are in the marines.The Iron Ninja post=9.69967.678332 said:
Raz, Snake, Raynor? he isn't bald though, Kerrigan, ZeretulM0rp43vs post=9.69967.676402 said:
WHAT ABOUT TASSADAR!?
Kei was awesome ^__^minoes post=9.69967.678259 said:
Anyway both cliches are annoying. I absolutely hate the macho egotism I see in western, though that's mostly shooters. Western games also seem to feature leading characters who are entirely forgettable from their physical appearance, they all seem to be a guy with brown hair with some sort of gun. On the other end we have andro males with huge weapons and a dress code that borders on illegal. They usually always have an emotional breakdown at some point in the game, which gets grating at times.
For the most part these cliches are actually true, but the east and west seem to have an entirely different ethos in how they make games. The west seems to create games that are based in some sort of realistic world, while eastern games tend to be like plays where everything is exagerated and arguably more artistic.
People complain about western characters being too manly? Check out what we are fed through the military and what we see in local bars and pubs. People complain that eastern characters are too pretty and groomed? Check out Shibuya and the lifestyle surrounding their culture. People also have to keep in mind what sort of characters developers are trying to represent. A remorseless killing machine with a gun would (I imagine) look like a grizzled military veteran, while a tormented teen would be emotionally unstable.
But for all my explanations and reasoning, it is still up to the person to decide who they like or don't like. These type of debates are usually rather fruitless and spiral into name calling because people do have a bias. Still I see no reason for one person to call out someone else because he/she thinks their idea of a good leading character is stupid, it's childlish and just plain stupid to try and assume you can alter someone personal opinion because you think yours is superior. Hmmm I think I went off on a tangent there. Bottom line, like what you like.
