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Originally posted by the_artist
Personally, it annoys the hell out of me. Its just one of those things that stands in the way of games ever becoming recognised as an acceptable artform. Generic, made to fit characters. It'd make a nice change to not play as a white guy for once as well.
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amen to that.
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Originally posted by Qjij_jijQ
You really believe that the majority of female gamers want a baby-faced boy that looks somewhat feminine? Tidus was too much of a 'big baby', but I didn't really dislike Zidane, Squall or Cloud. They were all pretty original and had a different mentality and that made it fun. ( They weren't 'pretty boys' )
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to be honest even looking back at cloud in ff7 he fits the profile mentioned by the_artist. maybe not completely but certianly psychologically he broke down, all ff's spawned from the same kind of idea think about it - squall in ff8 was just one completely messed up kiddie who had his fair share of mental breakdowns throughout the game. granted the characters were very different but they were also the incarnation of what was believed to be the target audience. and audiences have a tendency to change