you know who's not lame? the pyro in team fortress 2, apparantly it's a chick and she's suppose to be hotter then princess peach which is hard to do

LOL, complete fail on this one

it is because Nathan drake doesnt look badass that he does not sell that much with the first game
and it is the massive review push that allowed the second game to do better

For the average teen :

Bayonetta : not enought badass (a girl cant be badass) = bad sales like uncharted 1

Darksyder : badass big sword/penis character = big sales like Gears

I actually kinda get what twesterm is saying.

That said, it's harder to appreciate Kratos because he's meant to be as inhuman and out-of-his-mind-with-rage as possible and so we can't really relate to him or see much depth to his character in the way that you can with Drake or Snake.

marios is the lamest one but who cares?

I think that we shud let this thread fade of into the sunset

Yo that gif is sick.

That would defeat the purpose of the Kratos Character. A sense of humor has absolutely no place in the God Of War games. 

Well he showed a little emotion when he killed some people.Can't say who and when because i will spoil it for someone.But he was sad for about 5 seconds.Then he got angry again :P

Anyway. Kratos is an Anti-hero.Anyone who wants a humorous,joyfull or emotional character has plenty of games to chose from.I always loved Anti-heroes so Kratos is on the top of my list.Was a bastard to begin with,sold his soul to win a war,did something by mistake that made him change his perspective and then ,while he could have been a completely different man the gods denied him his rightful payment.Everything he cared about is gone and revenge is the only thing on his mind.he's so stubborn that he won't stop until everyone pays even if that means the end of the world.And he fears nothing.

Does this guy sound boring to you?

I get what you're saying, but I can relate to how Kratos feels and he does the type of things I could only dream of doing...he's interesting to me because I play video games to take a break from reality and have a good time in a fantasized. Kratos delivers the fun factor.

Really Twesterm?  Really?

I actually agree with you that Kratos is a pretty one-dimensional character.  I think you probably meant one-dimensional rather than generic, since as Torillian pointed out, if you're using the word correctly, there would have to be a few other characters very similar to Kratos before you can give him the generic badge.

But despite the fact that I think I agree with you, I have to say, that list you made could be picked apart by any grammar phobic twelve year old fanboy on this site.

Unless you were trying to prove that every character on that list is actually as generic or more generic and one-dimensional than Kratos?  Marcus Fenix is unique because he has guns?(??)  He's in a world that could be any other space-marine-against-the-insects sci fi world, he has classic and undeveloped problems with authority, he's the white guy who keeps his cool when his uber tough ethnic sidekicks get completely broken by the bad guys on his journey to becoming a hero.  That's the freaking guide book on making a hero for a groan-worthy action movie.  I'll give you the chainsaw bayonets, though.  Completely awesome.  (We'll ignore the fact that the main melee weapon in Warhammer 40k, which has been around for over two decades, is a chainsword.)

I also think this thread is in questionable taste when you've readily admitted that the frustration with other people's hype has led you to say how much you hate a character based on trailers and animated gifs.

(So all that hate for Kratos isn't coming from playing the actual game.  It's coming from getting annoyed at people who are talking about and posting gifs of him on a message board.  Which you've got to admit sounds pretty lame.)