WTF is wrong with JRPG main character designs besides FF?

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#1 Drakes_Fortune
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Really, they are all the ****ing same White Knight Chronicles Ressonance of Fate Star Ocean the Last Hope Rougue Galaxy Phantasy Star Universe Chrono Cross Dark Cloud Dragon Quest VIII How can people say anything about FF designs and not this? If any FF character had a desing like this the game would be cruxified and bashed to hell. But when it comes to other games its ok, and people have no problem with it. I hear people saying that FF13 will suck, it has the typical JRPG characters again, and then they say they will stick with WKC? WTF? FF is the only one that tries to make different characters. And thats just the design, those characters above are horrible in every way possible. They wont ever be memorable. At least in each FF thers at least most characters are memorable and we will always remember them. You see people here with many FF characters avatars. And im not even gonna bother post pics of the female characters, cause they are all the ****ing same.
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#2 ActicEdge
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No, I think they are fine.

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#3 Flipyap28
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Suppose the most unusual characters are the most unique, that seems to be the only theory I can come up with. Also take into account the time period of these games and that most are based on fantasy. Its also based on japanese art style so hair styles, eyes etc stay similar. Im surprised you didnt post Kaim from Lost Odyssey
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#4 BioShockOwnz
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Lost Odyssey ftw!

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#5 ImSwordMan
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What do you mean besides Final Fantasy, there also guilty of doing this

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#6 Drakes_Fortune
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What do you mean besides Final Fantasy, there also guilty of doing thisImSwordMan
Get that **** out of my eyes. :P And people still say Nomura is bad.
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#7 Drakes_Fortune
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Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters?
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#8 Videodogg
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Characters in jrpg's have the worst fashion sense too.

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#9 ShadowriverUB
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Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters? Drakes_Fortune

I agree, imo Auron is must bad ass characters in jRPG history

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[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters? ShadowriverUB

I agree, imo Auron is must bad ass characters in jRPG history

Not just in JRPG, hes the most badass in video game history.
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#11 Shirokishi_
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...... Yep, all twins

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#12 bad_fur_day
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ActicEdge your post is filled with win.

Also,

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#13 shutdown_202
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Theres no logic in the pictures you posted. Its just a bunch of JRPG with similar looking protagonists. You do know i could probably do the same with FPS' and a host of other genres?

Besides that, look at the pics posted.

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#14 Pdiddy105
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spikey haired 12 year olds are the style when it comes to jrpgs i guess.

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#15 kidcool189
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this pic seems suitable for this thread, same thing can be said for western devs apparently

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Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters? Drakes_Fortune

And its so very unfortunate that we rarely get to see characters like him in JRPGs.

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#17 topgunmv
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this pic seems suitable for this thread, same thing can be said for western devs apparently

kidcool189

To be fair to Mass Effect, their design is based off an actual person. So is Riddick for that matter.

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#18 Midnightshade29
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No, I think they are fine.

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the first 2 paraiste eve and vagrant story sadly are games that haven't gotten any sequels.. eve got 1 on ps1... vagrant story == zero and its a damn shame!! I bet if they ever did make a sequel to vagrant story it would be handheld only and it would have the little monster races like in advanced 2 and it would be tailored to children... totally ruining it.. but they won't make a sequel so I guess my complaints are moot. Thankfully though parasite eve is getting seqeul on psp...but it was announced 3 years ago an only 3 screenshots have ever been shown... ft hell is wrong with them?

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#19 Drakes_Fortune
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Theres no logic in the pictures you posted. Its just a bunch of JRPG with similar looking protagonists. You do know i could probably do the same with FPS' and a host of other genres?

Besides that, look at the pics posted.

shutdown_202
Yes thers logic. Every time i play a JRPG other than FF i get theset type of characters. Dont get me wrong, i was gonna say that this happens with all genres so dont bother saying JRPG suck cause i was gonna post the pic some guy below already posted. I forgot to say that. Heck FF is my favorite franchise, and KH is one of my favorite also. The only DQ i played, wich was 8, is one of my favorite ps2 games. But these level 5 and tric ace JRPG, ugh, they are always the same ****.
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#20 Drakes_Fortune
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That pic of Western games, needs to be updated with the guy from Killzone 2 and the guy from MW2, they are the same.
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#21 Drakes_Fortune
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Parasite eve 2 is one of my favorite games of all type. I dont think anyone ever did anything like it.
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#22 punkrocker163
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[QUOTE="kidcool189"]

this pic seems suitable for this thread, same thing can be said for western devs apparently

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To be fair to Mass Effect, their design is based off an actual person. So is Riddick for that matter.

And force unleashed.

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#23 deactivated-59d151f079814
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Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters? Drakes_Fortune
Its hilarious too because Auron looks exactly like Bruce Willis, which makes his ownage increase even more.. That being said, J in jrpg, means Japan.. It is a different culture that have different views on media.. Really we could make this exact same conclusion with the american characters often bieng a one man army or a steroid popping maniac who has little to no personality..

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Its hilarious too because Auron looks exactly like Bruce Willis, which makes his ownage increase even more.. That being said, J in jrpg, means Japan.. It is a different culture that have different views on media.. Really we could make this exact same conclusion with the american characters often bieng a one man army or a steroid popping maniac who has little to no personality..sSubZerOo
I know what you mean.
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#25 Dystopian-X
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Please, show us original characters then. Like Drake, right? : D
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#26 Drakes_Fortune
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Please, show us original characters then. Like Drake, right? : DDystopian-X
What about drake? You dont see many like him in games, at least not that well done. But like i said, auron is the best.
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#27 Arbiterisl33t69
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JRPG? Let's put on some long, blond or red hair, giant sword, and a bunch of useless armor, with a huge Disney world FPS/3PS? Let's put on giant 2-ton armor, huge rifle, shave his head and give him a "rugged" look WRPG? How bout a post-apocalyptic world, and put on some short hair, dirty hobo appearance or FPS look.
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#28 shutdown_202
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[QUOTE="shutdown_202"]

Theres no logic in the pictures you posted. Its just a bunch of JRPG with similar looking protagonists. You do know i could probably do the same with FPS' and a host of other genres?

Besides that, look at the pics posted.

Drakes_Fortune

Yes thers logic. Every time i play a JRPG other than FF i get theset type of characters. Dont get me wrong, i was gonna say that this happens with all genres so dont bother saying JRPG suck cause i was gonna post the pic some guy below already posted. I forgot to say that. Heck FF is my favorite franchise, and KH is one of my favorite also. The only DQ i played, wich was 8, is one of my favorite ps2 games. But these level 5 and tric ace JRPG, ugh, they are always the same ****.

I think that speaks more for the type of JRPGs you play than the genre as a whole

Looks like you're the one doing that from my perspective.

And there is no logic in the games you've chosen. You went from White Knight Chronicles to Phantasy Star Universe to Chrono Cross. Basically what you've done is pic and chose games where the main characters look alike. You didn't for example gather every JRPG from this gen or select a bunch from 1 developer. Its too random and the sample is too small. You can even look at the first page of this thread, look at the pictures posted by ther users and see alot of variety.

Your topic title says JRPGs so i was assuming you were talking about every devleoper in the field. But if you actually meant just these devs then yeah, i can see a point.

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#29 BioShockOwnz
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The pic of western characters actually look like... *gasp* ... men.

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#30 Mr_Cumberdale
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I think many of the characters have similar features, but there are lots of others that are different. I think one thing that some JRPGs get carried away with our the fashion. Some are just plain outrageous. I thought Eight from DQVIII was pretty different from many of the other JRPGS, but mabe that's just me. :P
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[QUOTE="Dystopian-X"]Please, show us original characters then. Like Drake, right? : DDrakes_Fortune
What about drake? You dont see many like him in games, at least not that well done. But like i said, auron is the best.

.. Drake is not a original character, it doesn't make him bad.. But to suggest he is some how unique is pretty ridiculous..
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[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters? shalashaska88

And its so very unfortunate that we rarely get to see characters like him in JRPGs.

the only character that actually reminds me of auron is arumat from star ocean 4. they both have that quiet personality, but you know they are badass and deadly

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#33 hip-hop-cola2
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My problem with jrpgs is voice acting and melodrama.

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#34 teh_shogun
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this guy would like a word with you.

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[QUOTE="shalashaska88"]

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters? 2uneek4u

And its so very unfortunate that we rarely get to see characters like him in JRPGs.

the only character that actually reminds me of auron is arumat from star ocean 4. they both have that quiet personality, but you know they are badass and deadly



no offense, but that guy looks like a pajaro.

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#36 Blue-Sky
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I think TC's gripe revolves around Anime-styIe characters

Which are very similar. You'd be suprised on how many game artist at one point drew manga or worked anime. I believe almost all of them are anime fans. JRPGs usually follow an Anime styIeand some of the more unique ones follow the styIe of whatever Art directer wants.

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#37 AdmiralBison
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I notice a lot of the character look quite young with an emphasis on spiky hair and feminine feaures.

I think it's a lady-boyculture thing where importance is placed more on youth, feminine beauty and emo. It's pretty big

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#39 Bigboi500
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Yep, only the Japanese developers clone main characters... :roll:

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#40 AdmiralBison
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^^

It's a cultural thing and mass market appeal. In Western Society heroes tend to be Grizzly, rugged, tough and confident.

This is just not in games but movies and music as well.

Action films- Bruce Willis, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Vin Diesel....

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#41 Arbiterisl33t69
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^Yep. And be more original next time, I've seen that pic 3 times already in this thread If only JRPGS would follow an anime-style closer to the more unique ones like Rave Master, One Piece, and Fairy Tail (I used to love FT but I'm still a huge fan of OP and its unique style that reminds me of Western cartoons and Dragonball. Hell, one of the main characters is based on Popeye, and another on Pinochio)
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#42 HavocV3
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this is why I hate JRPGs, anime, and all this stuff coming out of Japan.

Sorry to offend, but I prefer games from countries that don't go overboard with imagination. But use enough of it to make a solid game...

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#43 Megaman5364
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Nothing and don't you dare diss the DQ8 hero!!

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#44 deactivated-59d151f079814
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[QUOTE="HavocV3"]

this is why I hate JRPGs, anime, and all this stuff coming out of Japan.

Sorry to offend, but I prefer games from countries that don't go overboard with imagination. But use enough of it to make a solid game...

.. Alot of animes don't go overboard with character design.. Infact cartoons from Japan are way ahead US animation when it comes to cinema in which characters often are extremely realistic looking.. While the US version is either a characture, or is extremely simple rounded off character that could only be seen as realistic in the most base of means... (I am looking at you Marvel Comics in their animated movies they release).
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FF character design is the symbol of change

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#46 RadecSupreme
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[QUOTE="ShadowriverUB"]

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]Auron alone owns every character in a video game. This guy puts chuck norris to shame. Who says Nomura cant design male characters? Drakes_Fortune

I agree, imo Auron is must bad ass characters in jRPG history

Not just in JRPG, hes the most badass in video game history.

He is pretty badass, but IMO this guy is more badass.

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#47 Mr_BillGates
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JRPG: Sissy characters; FFXIII is changing though.

WPPG: Macho dude or Elven characters that people seems to be obsessed with. IMO I want to give them an Otoplasty surgery every time I see an Elven bastard.

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#49 Cerberus_Legion
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You can say the same for FPS with their macho, bald guys or faceless space marines. Fail.

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#50 HermitQ6600
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Some people want to play as young boys I guess