Who is the most influential new IP character of the current gen?

[Jaywood2010]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

JayWood2010 said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

JayWood2010 said:

pezus said:

JayWood2010 said:

Well 4 of the characters mentioned above is not even a new IP for starters.

Influential character? None. Characters all have different personalities. Games would be different.

best characters, maybe GlaDos or Wheatley from portal. Maybe even Shephard.

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influence [ˈɪnflʊəns]

n

1. an effect of one person or thing on another

2. the power of a person or thing to have such an effect

OT: I would say Drake, because he is pretty much the only character that other devs have mentioned as a direct influence to their game.

 

Characters have been designed throughout all of life pretty much the same.  Some will be remembered while others is not.  It all depends on acting and story telling.

If thats the case then why is Super Mario famous?

simple, the gameplay and because he is immediately recognizable. Same goes to things such as Angry Birds. 

Exactly and every generation has some intangible that causes stand out characters. His point for Nathan Drake is that he set the standard for how Character driven action/adventure titles are made hence why so many devs are creating their games off of the Uncharted model.

It's a character that fits in the world of uncharted.  That is good storytelling and voice acting.  It isn't really influential.  The game it's self was influential but characters will always be different in every game.  You cant make a character exactly the same.  It is a vision.

You know what, just to make my point who has these characters influenced?  Nobody is like Nathan Drake.  Don't say the new Lara Croft either.  Games are similar but entirely different characters.

 

Nobody is similar to Ezio, GlaDos, Marcus Fenix, Shephard, etc  They are all there own character because of the vision that the team had as well as the actors.  If they influenced another character then how? A character is more than how they move or look, but the personality as well.