CGI-Quality said:
AndrewWK said:
selnor said:
I mean generic.
Max Payne, any GTA character, Kane and Lynch etc. Any game that just has a normal human person is hard to portray as an icon. Especially in a world where the real icons are eiither faceless ( Masterchief ) or catooned up. For example Link although a person dresses radically different than jeans and tshirt. Or suit. Or jacket. Link looks iconic.
Marcus Phonenix is a bit different. Because the character stands out. Muscle overload. Thick armour, etc. Its alot more memorable and iconic.
I never remember characters that are plain after finising the game unitl the neext title is announced unless the character looked radically different from the guy next door.
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What about Kratos? He looks as unique as it gets. And he is the only guy who managed to destroy the whole world. That should mean something.
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Some would argue that Kratos is more generic than Drake. Before the boom of the Uncharted series, he was probably Sony's most memorable character (behind once PlayStation-only heroes like Crash and Spyro, and still behind PlayStation exclusive character Cloud), but since Among Thieves, I'd say Kratos is eclipsed already.
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I disagree. Crash, Spyro and the like would have all been good icons for Sony. Unfortunately they arent. Cloud kinda is, but FF jumping ship as pretty much made people consider it as yesterdays exclusive character.
Drake will never be iconic unless hes changed drastically from how he looks now.
