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#1 Kocelot
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In your opinion?

I think Ryu from Street Fighter series.

looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.

Also,

compared to..

^you can't even see his whole face and he looks more interesting.

What's yours?

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#2 Black_Knight_00
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Ryu from Street Fighter series looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.Kocelot
That's because Ryu is a bulky guy in a karate uniform. Do you expect him to dress in a clown costume so people won't call him "generic"? Also, he made that look popular and iconic, call him geneic is like saying that Tetris is "just another puzzle game"
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#3 The_Stand_In
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I LOVE Mass Effect, but Commander Shepard is one generic looking space marine.

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[QUOTE="Kocelot"]Ryu from Street Fighter series looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.Black_Knight_00
That's because Ryu is a bulky guy in a karate uniform. Do you expect him to dress in a clown costume so people won't call him "generic"? Also, he made that look popular and iconic, call him geneic is like saying that Tetris is "just another puzzle game"

couldve made his head look more interesting at least.

wtf? clown costume? Lol

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#5 BlendThree
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Though Nintendo gets mad props for creating some serious icons throughout the years, I gotta say Kirby is pretty damn generic in my opinion. Some decent games though.

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#6 AcidSoldner
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Kocelot

That to me looks like a generic weaboo anime character.

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#7 hippiesanta
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Most generic.... all FPS character ..... because u only can see guns
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#8 OrianaDorta
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I have to agree with you on the InFamous character, His face is so boring.

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#9 xWoW_Rougex
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Sorry I guess I am tired, who is the japanese character?

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#10 Tazzman1000
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I found the main character from red faction gorilla to be very generic (although boring might be a better word) he made travelling to mars and fighting in a rebellion tedious.
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#11 Black_Knight_00
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red faction gorillaTazzman1000
Can't tell if typo or hilarious humor

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#12 wiouds
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The most of the team mates in Mass Effect 2.

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#13 Tazzman1000
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[QUOTE="Tazzman1000"]red faction gorillaBlack_Knight_00

Can't tell if typo or hilarious humor

I'll take the hilarious humor XD nah if you ask people on fuse I speak "Irosh" so expect a lot of words to be spelt incorrectly.
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#14 Black_Knight_00
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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]

[QUOTE="Tazzman1000"]red faction gorillaTazzman1000

Can't tell if typo or hilarious humor

I'll take the hilarious humor XD nah if you ask people on fuse I speak "Irosh" so expect a lot of words to be spelt incorrectly.

It's all good, me and my friends always call it "gorilla" too, for the lolz. We also refer to the sequel as "Red faction Armadillo" We are weird people.
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#15 Venom_Raptor
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Although I like the character, I think Isaac Clarke from the Dead Space series looks generic. There's nothing distinct in facial features that makes him look interesting, unlike a character like John Marston for example.

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#16 kfjl
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Tough to pick just one. More of them are generic than not, especially male characters.
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#17 koospetoors
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I have to agree with you on the InFamous character, His face is so boring.

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He's still a fantastic character though, especially in the second one with the better voice actor and all. Anywho, generally any overly gruff character from a military shooter gets my vote on being generic.
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Nathan Drake. ever have I seen such a one dimensionally stupid character. That and some of the co stars in the uncharted games are rather dull and dumb. The games are great but I wouldn't say they have the best characters

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#19 OneInchMan99
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The gears of war dudes,I presume they are like that on purpose but they are still rubbish.

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#20 PetJel
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Any character from Killzone. I love the games but the characters have as much personality as a blank piece of paper.
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#21 Justforvisit
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Any character from Killzone. I love the games but the characters have as much personality as a blank piece of paper.PetJel


I'd say you never have played Killzone 1 ._.

But it's true it's a shame what has become out of the amazing potential that 1 was...2 and 3 indeed have very bland and boring characters.

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#22 deactivated-61cc564148ef4
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I hate how these kids think they are the hot sh!t and just call everything generic.

Seriously, the word is so overused nowdays.

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#23 Kocelot
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[QUOTE="Kocelot"] Still looks way cooler than Cole from Infamous. Looks like they just grabbed a random dude from Downtown with barely any hair and made him a superhero. Video games have the possibility to create ANYTHING, yet... yeah.

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

I hate how these kids think they are the hot sh!t and just call everything generic.

Seriously, the word is so overused nowdays.

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I hate how kids call others kids when they don't like what others say.


Sorry I guess I am tired, who is the japanese character?

xWoW_Rougex

I don't even know lol. Found it lying in my folder from who-knows-when..

The gears of war dudes,I presume they are like that on purpose but they are still rubbish.

OneInchMan99

They all remind me of Brock Lesnar in 'rock heavy' suits.

Not as generic as some other characters, but damn.. they remind me of those arrogant meatheads at the gym that grunt extremely loud. Lol

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#25 OrianaDorta
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He's still a fantastic character though, especially in the second one with the better voice actor and all. Anywho, generally any overly gruff character from a military shooter gets my vote on being generic.koospetoors

I wouldn't know, I have only heard his Spanish voice(I don't like it), but I really liked InFamous it's very entertaining game and makes you feel powerful. :)

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#26 MirkoS77
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I LOVE Mass Effect, but Commander Shepard is one generic looking space marine.

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Well, considering the player decides what Shepard looks like, that's kind of the point...

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#27 deactivated-61cc564148ef4
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Nathan Drake. ever have I seen such a one dimensionally stupid character. That and some of the co stars in the uncharted games are rather dull and dumb. The games are great but I wouldn't say they have the best characters

seanmcloughlin

What.

I always hated the criticism that Uncharted characters aren't deep or anything. It's because they didn't attempt to make them deep. Uncharted is meant to be this great fun adventure. Do you think Indiana Jones was a deep character? No. And yet it's one of the most enjoyable films on earth. There is a bit of history between characters; both in UC and IJ, but it never stops being fun.

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*Insert image of shaved or bald male protagonist from the last decade here*
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#29 Ricardomz
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Any guy from Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield...

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*Insert image of shaved or bald male protagonist from the last decade here*SciFiCat
*who's also Caucasian and in his 30s*
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#31 Celldrax
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The simplicity of Ryu's design is part of why he's such an iconic character. Just throw on a white outfit, black belt, add a red headband for contrast, and there we have ourselves a badarse who can beat you to a pulp with his bare fists.

Anyway, I'll just go with Snow from FFXIII since I can't think of anything right now.

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#32 23Jarek23
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The dudes from gears

The ginger from Infamous

Nathan Hale from Resistance

Commander Sheppard

All the characters from Halo Reach,Killzone and Dragon age 2.

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#33 Pvt_r3d
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The main character of almost all Japanese RPGS.
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#34 Ilovegames1992
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[QUOTE="Kocelot"]Ryu from Street Fighter series looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.Black_Knight_00
That's because Ryu is a bulky guy in a karate uniform. Do you expect him to dress in a clown costume so people won't call him "generic"? Also, he made that look popular and iconic, call him geneic is like saying that Tetris is "just another puzzle game"

Technically they are both correct statements.

Ryu is the archetype generic guy and tetris is a puzzle game.

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#35 Ilovegames1992
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The dudes from gears

The ginger from Infamous

Nathan Hale from Resistance

Commander Sheppard

All the characters from Halo Reach,Killzone and Dragon age 2.

23Jarek23

Shepard is wrong but i agree with the others.

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#36 Kocelot
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The main character of almost all Japanese RPGS.Pvt_r3d
True to an extent, but hey! they have hair at least, right? Lol xD
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#37 Black_Knight_00
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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="Kocelot"]Ryu from Street Fighter series looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.Ilovegames1992

That's because Ryu is a bulky guy in a karate uniform. Do you expect him to dress in a clown costume so people won't call him "generic"? Also, he made that look popular and iconic, call him geneic is like saying that Tetris is "just another puzzle game"

Technically they are both correct statements.

Ryu is the archetype generic guy and tetris is a puzzle game.

No. You can't say the archetype of a genre is generic, at least not with the negative connotation to the term OP implies.
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#38 Kocelot
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[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] That's because Ryu is a bulky guy in a karate uniform. Do you expect him to dress in a clown costume so people won't call him "generic"? Also, he made that look popular and iconic, call him geneic is like saying that Tetris is "just another puzzle game"Black_Knight_00

Technically they are both correct statements.

Ryu is the archetype generic guy and tetris is a puzzle game.

No. You can't say the archetype of a genre is generic, at least not with the negative connotation to the term OP implies.

Thread title says (In your opinion).

My reason is this:

just take a blackbelt from a dojo.add muscle and put him in a game.

Nothing is wrong with this, but its not all that interesting to me.

Why not?

it's a VIDEO GAME.

Why would anyone purposely limit their creativity?

Simple is nice, and that's fine.

But does it look and feel generic to me? yes it does.

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#39 Black_Knight_00
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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

Technically they are both correct statements.

Ryu is the archetype generic guy and tetris is a puzzle game.

Kocelot

No. You can't say the archetype of a genre is generic, at least not with the negative connotation to the term OP implies.

Thread title says (In your opinion).

My reason is this:

just take a blackbelt from a dojo.add muscle and put him in a game.

Nothing is wrong with this, but its not all that interesting to me.

Why not?

it's a VIDEO GAME.

Why would anyone purposely limit their creativity?

Simple is nice, and that's fine.

But does it look and feel generic to me? yes it does.

It looks generic to you because you must have grown up in a time when there are a million Ryu wannabes. You should have been around in the 1980s
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#40 El_Zo1212o
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[QUOTE="koospetoors"] Anywho, generally any overly gruff character from a military shooter gets my vote on being generic.

Funny, I was just about to say Marcus Fenix, too. Doo rag, check. Neck the circumference of a 700 year old oak, check. Curiously apt family name, check.
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#41 PetJel
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[QUOTE="PetJel"]Any character from Killzone. I love the games but the characters have as much personality as a blank piece of paper.Justforvisit



I'd say you never have played Killzone 1 ._.

But it's true it's a shame what has become out of the amazing potential that 1 was...2 and 3 indeed have very bland and boring characters.

I bought KZ1 on release day. I hated the characters. :p
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#42 MirkoS77
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Funny, I was just about to say Marcus Fenix, too. Doo rag, check. Neck the circumference of a 700 year old oak, check. Curiously apt family name, check.El_Zo1212o

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[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"]Funny, I was just about to say Marcus Fenix, too. Doo rag, check. Neck the circumference of a 700 year old oak, check. Curiously apt family name, check.MirkoS77

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#44 deactivated-57ad0e5285d73
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In your opinion?

I think Ryu from Street Fighter series.

looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.

Also,

compared to..

^you can't even see his whole face and he looks more interesting.

What's yours?

Kocelot
It's definitely NOT Ryu. Ryu is based on this bad@ass  I'd say 95% of this gen is generic. Crisis is a standout though.
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#45 El_Zo1212o
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[QUOTE="Kocelot"]

In your opinion?

I think Ryu from Street Fighter series.

looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.

Also,

compared to..

^you can't even see his whole face and he looks more interesting.

What's yours?

Heirren
It's definitely NOT Ryu. Ryu is based on this bad@ass  I'd say 95% of this gen is generic. Crisis is a standout though.

Fei Long was based on Bruce Lee. I don't know about Ryu.
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#46 deactivated-57ad0e5285d73
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[QUOTE="Heirren"][QUOTE="Kocelot"]

In your opinion?

I think Ryu from Street Fighter series.

looks like a dull bulky guy in a karate uniform.

Also,

compared to..

^you can't even see his whole face and he looks more interesting.

What's yours?

El_Zo1212o
It's definitely NOT Ryu. Ryu is based on this bad@ass  I'd say 95% of this gen is generic. Crisis is a standout though.

Fei Long was based on Bruce Lee. I don't know about Ryu.

That's not Bruce Lee, it's Sonny Chiba in 'The Street Fighter', which the series is partially based/inspired on/by. Even the opening track of Street Fighter is very reminiscent of the classic theme from that film.
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#47 Black_Knight_00
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[QUOTE="Heirren"] It's definitely NOT Ryu. Ryu is based on this bad@ass  I'd say 95% of this gen is generic. Crisis is a standout though.

The japanese Karate master is based on the chinese Jee Kune Do master. Of course
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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="Heirren"] It's definitely NOT Ryu. Ryu is based on this bad@ass  I'd say 95% of this gen is generic. Crisis is a standout though.

The japanese Karate master is based on the chinese Jee Kune Do master. Of course

The game is based on the film. Ryu even greatly resembles Sonny, with the enormous brow and whatnot. ....or I'm confused as to what you are saying.
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#49 El_Zo1212o
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[QUOTE="Heirren"]  That's not Bruce Lee, it's Sonny Chiba in 'The Street Fighter', which the series is partially based/inspired on/by. Even the opening track of Street Fighter is very reminiscent of the classic theme from that film.

Well, that's egg on my face.
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Wow I am suprised that no one has yet to mention Starkiller from Force Unleashed yet, or that is just me. Starkiller and his actor just annoyed me and I found him very uninteresting I would rather watch paint dry that watch his charatcer development. Same thing with Sam Worthington in Black Ops and in general with his acting and his annoying a** scream he always does.