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EatChildren · Apr 10, 2015

- brooding
- grizzled
- punished, haunted by the past
- stylish left eye scar
- talks like bale batman
- short, mildly unkempt facial hair
- semi-receding hairline
- play by their own rules, problem with authority
- bad relationships
- final mission to right wrongs

is this the true power of next generation video games???

are there / will there be more??

G-Fex · Apr 10, 2015

23qwerty · Apr 10, 2015

did you just make a thread about half of all video game protagonists?

Yagharek · Apr 10, 2015

Big Boss precedes bale batman

xxracerxx · Apr 10, 2015

Finally a protagonists that reflects me!

injurai · Apr 10, 2015

and augment their body

Boney · Apr 10, 2015

it's just white power fantasy with a tint of homoeroticism. No different to stuff like He-man back in the day. Although I do suppose it's become more homogeneous this past years.

Love the radioactive sign you made though

Dez_ · Apr 10, 2015

Are bald space marines no longer popular anymore?

That said, I don't really mind the grizzled, bearded protags.

Defuser · Apr 10, 2015

I take that over pretty boys,bald space marines and dudebro soldiers.

Owzers · Apr 10, 2015

I wish I could grow a proper brooding beard.

CrazyMoonTalk · Apr 10, 2015

EatChildren said:
- brooding
- grizzled
- punished, haunted by the past
- stylish left eye scar
- talks like bale batman
- short, mildly unkempt facial hair
- semi-receding hairline
- play by their own rules, problem with authority
- bad relationships
- final mission to right wrongs

Sounds like an angsty adolescent power fantasy.

JobenNC · Apr 10, 2015

As a grizzled, bearded person, I guess I take my sense of agency for granted sometimes.

Chezzymann · Apr 10, 2015

sillymonkey321 said:
I wish I could grow a proper brooding beard.

chug a bottle of testosterone

WickedLaharl · Apr 10, 2015

ethan thomas was just the beginning

ElBoxyBrown · Apr 10, 2015

Toxi · Apr 10, 2015

The bald space marine grew a beard and stopped shaving his head.

Also became all angsty and broody because DEEP.

LycanXIII · Apr 10, 2015

MARIA!!!!

Jeff Stephen · Apr 10, 2015

Joel?

Ninja Scooter · Apr 10, 2015

Renekton · Apr 10, 2015

pizzacat · Apr 10, 2015

There's another thing they have in common.

They never asked for this

Salsa · Apr 10, 2015

you are too proud of your creation eatchildren

BBboy20 · Apr 10, 2015

I'll admit, I went holy shit with a chuckle when I first saw the image and noticed the scaring, I mean, those 3 characters have been around for a while but to be part of a new prism of white, male protagonist...

Neff · Apr 10, 2015

Barry Burton gets a pass, the rest can GTFO

Pretty boys for life

seat · Apr 10, 2015

Surprised there's no Joel mention yet.

The Lamonster · Apr 10, 2015

Toxi · Apr 10, 2015

Renekton said:

Nah, it has to be a full beard for the guy to be truly dark and grizzled and troubled. For example, Max Payne 3.

Creaking · Apr 10, 2015

Toxi said:
Nah, it has to be a full beard for the guy to be truly dark and grizzled and troubled. For example, Max Payne 3.

Max Payne is a special case, in that the more troubled he becomes, the fuller his beard gets.

Eventually he adopts the left-eye scars and a supreme bald of shame.

Lime · Apr 10, 2015

You forgot 'White'

Citizen_Insane · Apr 10, 2015

I'm surprised Joel wasn't in the OP.

Mexen · Apr 10, 2015

seat said:
Surprised there's no Joel mention yet.

But...

Jeff Stephen said:
Joel?

ChawlieTheFair · Apr 10, 2015

The Lamonster said:

Head like a fucking cinderblock.

Lime · Apr 10, 2015

And this has nothing to do with next generation. This tired, risk-averse bullshit has been going on for years. You're ten years late. Because video game developers and publishers are unimaginative as fuck and seem to think their audience can only relate or be appealed to if its a white grizzled dude with a troubled past.

Again, this is nothing new.

injurai · Apr 10, 2015

Lime said:
And this has nothing to do with next generation. This tired, risk-averse bullshit has been going on for years. You're ten years late.

edgy, thanks for pulling the covers off of everyone's eyes

ChawlieTheFair · Apr 10, 2015

Lime said:
And this has nothing to do with next generation. This tired, risk-averse bullshit has been going on for years. You're ten years late. Because video game developers and publishers are unimaginative as fuck and seem to think their audience can only relate or be appealed to if its a white grizzled dude with a troubled past.

Again, this is nothing new.

Joke thread duder.

Creaking · Apr 10, 2015

I haven't played The Order yet, so I don't know if he broods or has a troubled past, but Galahad has the grizzled appearance and the left eye scar down.

Gestault · Apr 10, 2015

I'd better make a thread in reaction to this! Oh wait...

LurkerPrime · Apr 10, 2015

The next Witcher game, after Wild Hunt, is heavily hinted at being the very opposite of this trend. No more Geralt of Rivia.

I'll miss ol' Geralt. He's the best of the bunch.

Toxi · Apr 10, 2015

Creaking said:
I haven't played The Order yet, so I don't know if he broods or has a troubled past, but Galahad has the grizzled appearance and the left eye scar down.

Sir Gallahad doesn't have a troubled past, but he broods a lot and rebels against authority and has bad relationships with those close to him and sets out to right his previous wrongs.

rhandino · Apr 10, 2015

EatChildren said:
- brooding
- grizzled
- punished, haunted by the past
- stylish left eye scar
- talks like bale batman
- short, mildly unkempt facial hair
- semi-receding hairline
- play by their own rules, problem with authority
- bad relationships
- final mission to right wrongs

is this the true power of next generation video games???

are there / will there be more??

Ezio Auditore during Assassins Creed: Revelations?

Toxi · Apr 10, 2015

rhandino said:
Ezio Auditore during Assassins Creed: Revelations?

Haven't played the game, but isn't Ezio supposed to be really charming and fun? Not really the right character type.

injurai · Apr 10, 2015

it's that 20-35 lumbersexual demographic

making it hard for all us smoothcheeks

RadioHammer500 · Apr 10, 2015

i laugh everytime at this image...I can't get over it

Orayn · Apr 10, 2015

rhandino said:
Ezio Auditore during Assassins Creed: Revelations?

Definitely fits in some ways, but Revelations is also where he's recovered from a lot of trauma, matured emotionally, and is getting his life together. Over three games, Ezio actually experiences character development and it's some of the only decent writing in the AssCreed series.

RadioHammer500 · Apr 10, 2015

is there any non-white male protagonists that have the bearded, rugged look....

Squishy3 · Apr 10, 2015

RadioHammer500 said:
is there any non-white male protagonists that have the bearded, rugged look....

Surely Jetstream Sam counts, right? Since he has DLC dedicated to him.

I mean, he's more on the prettyboy side, situation depending but I'd still consider him rugged.

Toxi · Apr 10, 2015

RadioHammer500 said:
is there any non-white male protagonists that have the bearded, rugged look....

Non-white male protagonist? In video games?

Surely you jest.

Zalman · Apr 10, 2015

Too many Batmans to count

SiegfriedFM · Apr 10, 2015

I don't know why, but it's great.

<- Became 205% cooler when older and slightly grizzled with a little beard.

rhandino · Apr 10, 2015

Toxi said:
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Orayn said:
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Yeah... he got his happy ending and character development.

Toxi said:
Non-white male protagonist? In video games?

Surely you jest.

Adewale? Too bad Freedom Cry is short T_T

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