Which game has the most stereotypical story/characters this gen.?

Which game do you think has the most stereotypical story/characters this gen.?

Thanks.

Probably every Shooter that deals with the Russians/Random Terrorists in the middle east being the bad guys.

Gears of War or Uncharted.

Super Mario Brothers, I surprised no one has tried a lawsuit yet.Fightingfan

lolwut

Any shooter with Russians or Terrorists or Intergalactic Fascists as enemies.

Runner-up is Heavy Rain with its "I don't care if there's no evidence, I just wanna get some guy jailed so we can claim this as a success" cops.

Why don't you tell us what you think?

Gears of War or Uncharted.

Shirokishi_

I can understand Gears, but Uncharted? please explain. TC said MOST sterotypical characters/story this WHOLE gen. You could've went after COD, Halo, Dead Space, Saints Row, etc, but you decided to point out Uncharted:?

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Gears of War or Uncharted.

1Stark1

I can understand Gears, but Uncharted? please explain. TC said MOST sterotypical characters/story this WHOLE gen. You could've went after COD, Halo, Dead Space, Saints Row, etc, but you decided to point out Uncharted:?

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[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Gears of War or Uncharted.

Anjunaddict

I can understand Gears, but Uncharted? please explain. TC said MOST sterotypical characters/story this WHOLE gen. You could've went after COD, Halo, Dead Space, Saints Row, etc, but you decided to point out Uncharted:?

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"][QUOTE="1Stark1"]

I can understand Gears, but Uncharted? please explain. TC said MOST sterotypical characters/story this WHOLE gen. You could've went after COD, Halo, Dead Space, Saints Row, etc, but you decided to point out Uncharted:?

Respawn-d

why is everybody catching a fit about uncharted?

thats the guys opinion Drake is a very stereotypical character but IMO theres more stereotypical others.

Heavy Rain. The only two black people in the game were either a criminal or a gravedigger. mrmusicman247

[QUOTE="Respawn-d"][QUOTE="Anjunaddict"] Average joe going after treasure? Hardly the most original idea.Mario1331

why is everybody catching a fit about uncharted?

thats the guys opinion Drake is a very stereotypical character but IMO theres more stereotypical others.

all shooters

[QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]Heavy Rain. The only two black people in the game were either a criminal or a gravedigger. Respawn-d

probably gears killzone and everyone in halo outside of master cheif cortana and the covenant, so basically the marine troops :P

probably gears killzone and everyone in halo outside of master cheif cortana and the covenant, so basically the marine troops :P

dragonfly110

Oh and like I said. He doesnt talk. Which adds zero character development

[QUOTE="dragonfly110"]

probably gears killzone and everyone in halo outside of master cheif cortana and the covenant, so basically the marine troops :P

suitmypants

uhm, yes. he does. and the concept of the game is generic, but master cheif as a character might sem generic now but when halo was first made 11 years ago he really wasnt all that generic at all tbh with you.

Gears of War from what I've played.

[QUOTE="dragonfly110"]

probably gears killzone and everyone in halo outside of master cheif cortana and the covenant, so basically the marine troops :P

suitmypants

Oh and like I said. He doesnt talk. Which adds zero character development

Red Dead's Irish.

[QUOTE="suitmypants"][QUOTE="dragonfly110"]

probably gears killzone and everyone in halo outside of master cheif cortana and the covenant, so basically the marine troops :P

dragonfly110

uhm, yes. he does. and the concept of the game is generic, but master cheif as a character might sem generic now but when halo was first made 11 years ago he really wasnt all that generic at all tbh with you.

Too many ot list. In fact, I'm having trouble thinking of a game that really impressed me with its story/characters outside of the Mass Effect titles (and even then BioWare doesn't exactly have to worry about being compared to Dostoevsky).

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[QUOTE="suitmypants"] I agree with you on KZ2. But not MC? You have to be joking because that's bull. MC doesnt talk and he is your typical protagonist that has to save our galaxy from the brink of destruction against an alien race. (yup doesnt sound generic at all lol)suitmypants

uhm, yes. he does. and the concept of the game is generic, but master cheif as a character might sem generic now but when halo was first made 11 years ago he really wasnt all that generic at all tbh with you.

show me these action movies, id love to watch them :|

[QUOTE="suitmypants"][QUOTE="dragonfly110"]

uhm, yes. he does. and the concept of the game is generic, but master cheif as a character might sem generic now but when halo was first made 11 years ago he really wasnt all that generic at all tbh with you.

dragonfly110

show me these action movies, id love to watch them :|

To be honest, every single action game or film copies heavily from Aliens.

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[QUOTE="dragonfly110"]

probably gears killzone and everyone in halo outside of master cheif cortana and the covenant, so basically the marine troops :P

Ninja-Hippo

Oh and like I said. He doesnt talk. Which adds zero character development

[QUOTE="Mario1331"]

[QUOTE="Respawn-d"] Thats a very broad description of a game. and drake is no ave joe. suitmypants

why is everybody catching a fit about uncharted?

thats the guys opinion Drake is a very stereotypical character but IMO theres more stereotypical others.

What game doesn't?

[QUOTE="suitmypants"][QUOTE="dragonfly110"]

uhm, yes. he does. and the concept of the game is generic, but master cheif as a character might sem generic now but when halo was first made 11 years ago he really wasnt all that generic at all tbh with you.

dragonfly110

show me these action movies, id love to watch them :|

Sure bro, here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_films

or here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_action_films

Let me know if you find any hidden gems

[QUOTE="suitmypants"]

[QUOTE="Mario1331"]

why is everybody catching a fit about uncharted?

thats the guys opinion Drake is a very stereotypical character but IMO theres more stereotypical others.

AAllxxjjnn

And even to further your point. If uncharted has stereotypical character chemistry, why is it considered such a great game? Oh yeah, developers tend to take the time to make an actual story with characters before they make their games with marine soldiers saving humanity --yet again--- from the brink of destruction.

Stereotypical character chemistry.AAllxxjjnn

I'm starting to wonder whether the people defending Uncharted have seen Indiana Jones, which makes me fear for the future (everyone should see Indiana Jones). UC2 is a great 'popcorn' game (for lack of a better term), but it's a hat and a whip away from a copyright suit.

other than the mumbo jumbo about "what's our ETA?" "When are we landing" "How many aliens are there" bull **** than yeah, he doesn't talk. He has zero character development

suitmypants

[QUOTE="dragonfly110"]

[QUOTE="suitmypants"] 11 years ago over 500 action movies were made that could fit MC description and Halo's plot. Yeah buddy, he's been generic since Theseus, except Theseus is more bad ass and would make way of a better protagonist than MC in the Halo Universe.suitmypants

show me these action movies, id love to watch them :|

Sure bro, here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_films

or here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_action_films

Let me know if you find any hidden gems

Any game that features an ex-marine or another military-related 'badass' with a hoarse voice, and any game that lets you shoot nazis/Arabs/communists/aliens that try to take over Earth.

So that's just about every shooter ever.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"][QUOTE="suitmypants"] Its just trolls getting a kick out of people. Everyone knows Uncharted has character chemistry which is severely lacking in 90% of games this generation. Which is sad because zero developers seem to grasp this

suitmypants

And even to further your point. If uncharted has stereotypical character chemistry, why is it considered such a great game? Oh yeah, developers tend to take the time to make an actual story with characters before they make their games with marine soldiers saving humanity --yet again--- from the brink of destruction.

In games? No. In general? Yes. Indiana Jones, Romancing the Stone, etc.

Because you don't need original characters to be able to be considered a great game.

GTA4

The muscle-headed idiot. The Jamaican that smokes weed. And the guy that does bad things to protect his family.

And the whole "coming to America" thing isn't original either.

Uncharted - I am correct.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"][QUOTE="suitmypants"] Its just trolls getting a kick out of people. Everyone knows Uncharted has character chemistry which is severely lacking in 90% of games this generation. Which is sad because zero developers seem to grasp this

suitmypants

And even to further your point. If uncharted has stereotypical character chemistry, why is it considered such a great game? Oh yeah, developers tend to take the time to make an actual story with characters before they make their games with marine soldiers saving humanity --yet again--- from the brink of destruction.

Responding to the bolded section: Any plot can be made to sound one-of-a-kind if you focus on certain features and not the bigger picture,

As for your other points, even some games with paper thin stories are considered great games, so your point about it being considered such a great game is not all that valid.

You say that "they made a game with actual characters instead of a game with marine soldiers save humanity yet again," yet you seem to ignore that Uncharted 2 has a pretty generic "race a fairly generic bad guy to a magical device that will help bad guy conquer the world" plot arc.

GTA4

The muscle-headed idiot. The Jamaican that smokes weed. And the guy that does bad things to protect his family.

And the whole "coming to America" thing isn't original either.

Shadow4020

In movies and literature, I'd agree. It's pretty damn original in a game though. Most games storylines involve saving the world from a stock bad guy with no shades of grey whatsoever. The American Dream plot arc and all the themes that come with it makes for something quite different from the video game norm.

If GTA IV was a movie or novel instead of a game, it would lose pretty much all of its originality. However, its novel/artsy crime film sort of material sets is apart from the majority of games plot-wise. The plot has more of a sense of "focusing on a character's life in general" than many games that focus more on an event.

Also, I'll agree that the first two are stereotypes. But the whole "the guy that does bad things to protect his family" does a harsh disservice to Niko.

shooters where the russians/naz's are the enemy. why can't it be the opposite? or why not like asian enemies? theres a lot of talk of noth korea these days, so it would be fun to see the enemy(I can think of crysis and warhead that has korean enemies but thats it). And the fact I was mad that china wasn't playable in EndWar but russia,Europe, and the US are. l

Im surprised noone has said Punch-Out!! :P

And Master Chief was genre defining, to a certain extent. The impact Halo has had causes him to be seen as generic now, but his character was an early pioneer, at least for games.

Besides, TC is asking for the most stereotypical, not the most generic. MC is hardly that.

For reference;

"A stereotype is a commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals... Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions."