Power armoured marine or girlish boy with big sword?

[Gapperjack]

I still think Earthworm jim is the best character in a super armor

Agreed. Earthworm Jim was the Don. Where oh where have all the Earthworm Jim games gone?

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Being firmly against transhumanism and cybernetic bodily enhancements, and also being a fairly thin, girly-boy, I have to go with the big sword wielder.

Unless it was made out of styrofoam you'd need cybernetic implants or superdense muscles to use such a weapon.

I just thought the irony was funny.

 

[Ares Tyr]

Being firmly against transhumanism and cybernetic bodily enhancements, and also being a fairly thin, girly-boy, I have to go with the big sword wielder.

Unless it was made out of styrofoam you'd need cybernetic implants or superdense muscles to use such a weapon.

I just thought the irony was funny.

And I appreciate the irony. Though personally I'd toss the sword and just use super sweet karate. I AM THE WEAPON!

 

[hamster mk 4]

I bet your also one of those people who don't like "story" in your games right? *sigh* I don't know why I bother.

I think games should let the player control the story. If the player's avatar has too much "character", the player is forced to act as the character is expected to act. Perhaps Half Life is a bad example since the player is locked on a path to a degree they might as well be on rails.

My point is that a good game tells a story. A great game lets the player tell the story. If I wanted to be told a story I would watch a movie or read a book.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

I prefer games where the men are men, and the women are women. In JRPGs, more often than not, the men and the women are both women.

 

[SteinFaust]

i prefer power-armor the size of 4 brick sh1thouses.
i don't have to hear anxty whining or chase any cardboard love interests that way.
i just get to rake people with sheets of lead, and maybe some rockets ^_^

 

[Ares Tyr]

I prefer games where the men are men, and the women are women. In JRPGs, more often than not, the men and the women are both women.

I'm gonna give a very hard look at you and then point to Auron and Barret. And I'm not even a big JRPG fan.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

I prefer games where the men are men, and the women are women. In JRPGs, more often than not, the men and the women are both women.

I'm gonna give a very hard look at you and then point to Auron and Barret. And I'm not even a big JRPG fan.

That's why I added in the 'more often than not'. After all, the title of the thread doesn't account for those types of JRPG characters.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

As much as I like them...

Auron is a Samurai Stereotype and Barret is basically Mr. T

 

[CancerDog]

This smells greatly of two of yahtzee's typical gripes combined. Way to be original.

 

[windfish]

Meh. The only reason FPSes feature big men in huge suits of armor is that the concept and gameplay of most FPSes makes absolutely NO sense without them. In real life, people are generally out of the battle, or at least seriously inconvenienced, after getting shot. Even a non-lethal shot kinda hurts. So you need either a really tough military type, or some kind of crazy armor that makes gunshots not so scary anymore, or both, in order to keep with the modus-operandi that is "you need to get shot like 5 or 6 times before you really need to start worrying. Or just 2, if one was a headshot."

I generally call JRPG swords "compensation swords", but that's mainly because I think Marth was a cheap fuck in Melee, and I think that Cloud looks hilarious. But seriously. It's the style. In Japanese games, things need to be larger than life, especially in JRPGs. If we can suspend our disbelief long enough to accept that when combat happens, both sides line up and take turns hitting each other, or that it is reasonable for 2 wyverns and a grizzly bear to set aside their differences and join forces to take you out, then we can accept a sword the size of a small municipality. If it's fun, there shouldn't be a problem.

In other news, I've spent long hours accepting a mushroom-eating plumber who occasionally eats a flower so he can summon fire, or a carrot to become a were-rabbit, or a striped mushroom to become a Bee. After that, a Zanbato isn't too much of a stretch, especially in a world where ostrich-chicken is the primary method of transportation.

All in all, this whole topic screams "Fanboy bait"

 

[minoes]

Sly Copper is pretty good character, also Nathan Drake if it wasn´t for his crapy name.

 

[ElephantGuts]

I like playing as nameless, faceless cannon fodder fighting in a huge war he doesn't understand.

 

[minoes]

the first guy to fight in a war he didn´t understand was Solid Snake

 

[TheBadass]

LI feel that the desperation to buy a game because the main character looks like he has a big cock is someone saying they're missing something in their life..............

It's funny because it's true.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

There are some decent JRPG characters out there that don't really fall into the "girly man" category, don't judge EVERY game by Final Fantasy...

Yuri Volt Hyuga
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Shadow_Hearts_2_Yuri_Hyuga.jpg
I suppose he fits the Japanese Male standard of not being "uber manly" but he's not whiney at all, he's awesomely sarcastic and swears alot.

Fei Fong Wong
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/xenosaga/images/thumb/2/24/Fei_Fong_Wong.jpg/180px-Fei_Fong_Wong.jpg
The main character of Xenogears, he's an amnesiac, but he's a badass Martial Artist, he's not girly and he's not that whiny about his amnesia.

Shion Uzuki
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/xenosaga/images/thumb/b/b9/Shion1.jpg/150px-Shion1.jpg
Now granted Shion IS girly, but that's because she's a girl, and a scientist, and pretty awesome as she uses clever gadgets instead of strength to fight.

Geddoe
This is Geddoe, he's one of the 3 main characters of Suikoden 3, he's an alchaholic Mercenary... and not remotely a girly man.
http://scythecastle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/s3-geddoe.jpg

Chris Lightfellow
Another one of the main character's from Suikoden 3, she's a general and knight, and incredibly badass.
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3500/chrislightfellow01nw6.jpg

Chrono
Here's a classic, oh yeah, he's definately a girly man... right...
http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/crono.jpg

Laharl
Now keep in mind that he is supposed to be still a kid, definately not a girly man though.
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/disgaea/art-001.jpg

That's all I've got for now, but I'm pretty sure there are more.

 

[BlueMage]

I think I sum up my feelings with the following:

FOR THE EMPEROR!!!

 

[Tom5672]

You cant really start a discussion wit this because youll end up with all the bloody sony fanbois banging on about how much "depth" and "style" JRPG characters have, and lashing out like children at anyone who disagrees.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

And that's worse than "JRPG characters are GHEY! You're GHEY for liking JRPG'S! If it doesn't have GUNS and SPACE MARINES and SHOOTING it's GHEY!"?

Both sides have their idiots Tom, JRPG fans just feel more oppressed on this forum 'cause Yahtzee hates JRPG's with an unreasonable fervor.