The Iron Ninja:

Then what the fuck to you call this? (no anger implied, I just like saying fuck alot)

Marines used katanas? Didn't know that there were marines in 1600 Japan.

Thats a Sith not a marine (an example is at the bottom of the page "Heart and Seoul")

Indigo_Dingo:
where did you get that picture?

I just searched google for "girly power armour"

shatnershaman:
Marines used katanas? Didn't know that there were marines in 1600 Japan.

That is a united states Marine's dress sword. as in the modern united states marines.

And the darth vader thing is power armour. It's electronicly powered to make his frail and burnt body be able to move. That would make it power armour, not the same as that blatant rip off of a warhammer 40k space marine you can see down the bottom. But power armour all the same.

US soldiers picked up the Katanas of death Japanese officers and kept them as trophies.

The Iron Ninja:

That is a united states Marine's dress sword. as in the modern united states marines.

And the darth vader thing is power armour. It's electronicly powered to make his frail and burnt body be able to move. That would make it power armour, not the same as that blatant rip off of a warhammer 40k space marine you can see down the bottom. But power armour all the same.

Dress Sword. As in not used in real combat like a gun. By all means then some girlish boys count then since some have guns just they are never used/picked up/useful (FF7!)

Not a marine.

rossatdi:
Who are you more likely to play a game starring - a pumped up badass with a killer suit of armour and an attitude that would sour milk or...

You mean like a Big Daddy from BioShock? ;-D

The title doesn't say "Power armoured marine or girlish boy with big sword used like a gun" does it?
Besides I'm not sure what you mean by not a marine. If you are refering to the sword then yes, it is a marine's sword, if you mean that darth vader isn't a marine, then I suppose you're right. but what about this

The Iron Ninja:

hmmm?

The image isn't showing... Also some text to accompany it would have been nice.
(I appreciate the little things like that)

M0rp43vs:
personally,
1)A dog whose world is a canvas
2)A psychic acrobat who goes to a psychic camp
3)A gruff man with a beard, a cig and in a skin tight suit and a lot of character
4)A bald headed motorcyle and battle cruiser driving marine in green
5)A mutated female telepathic super soldier who is now evil and ruler of a giant alien swarm
6)A humanoid mouthless alien with an awesom psychic blade and [psychic ability to bend light] that makes him invisible

1) Okami
2) The dude from Psychonauts
3) dunno
4) Jim Raynar (starcraft)
5) Kerrigan (a.k.a. Queen Of Blades) (ruler of zerg swarm) (starcraft)
6) Zaratul and the Dark Templar (starcraft)

The Iron Ninja:
The image isn't showing... Also some text to accompany it would have been nice.
(I appreciate the little things like that)

Damn gremlins
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/1194910174/gallery_11038_597_117889.jpg

Aha! Now it just needs to be coloured pink and we'll have our hybrid. Of course then It will need to be put into a game...

Ughh, I like JRPG's more than the typical muscular dude badass game but looking at the characters in most JRPG's and most Badass Games, It boils down to a pick of wimpy girlish guys, or bruting hulks wearing next to no clothes...

I don't play shooters, but I think I play the Fantasy equivalent of the Armed-to-the-teeth space marine. In the elder scrolls games, I play an enchanter. I enchant everything I own until i'm just a giant walking war crime.

Gauntlets that shoot fireballs the size of small houses. Pants that let me fly. Rings of invisibility. Swords that also shoot fireballs of improbable size. THE HAMMER OF ULTIMITE SMITING!!

I don't go in for the girly man with his giant sword. I'm more of a "Bring more guns than the other guy" style of fighting.

The Iron Ninja:
Aha! Now it just needs to be coloured pink and we'll have our hybrid. Of course then It will need to be put into a game...

Well I guess the official games workshop model (you know the guys who made Warhammer 40K in 1987) doesn't count and even then it is in a game. Dawn of War.

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8827/chaosarmydealco6.jpg

http://exe.gotfrag.com/files/upload/galleryimage_15831_t.jpg

Simon_TR:
Armored girly space marine with a huge sword!

You mean master chief? Think about it: he's armored, he's a space marine, at times he has a (plasma) sword, and he has emotions (for cortana, I guess), which are girly (I hope you saw the irony of that last part).

Although I'd like to say I don't care, I have to say space marine, but not invincible ones like Master Chief. Rather, ones who still seem human, who can do wrong, but still serve the greater good, like Shepard from Mass Effect. Given more choices than the two, characters like Raz and Amaterasu would be at the top of the list.

Indigo_Dingo:
I have some emotions about him too - most of them disgust. At least the Japanese guys aren't arrogant.

Really difficult to agree with you on the Japanese guys part.

i like people who are believable characters. Japaniese girly warrior boys just annoy me. The marines in power armour how ever at least add the fun factor. Who doesnt like absorbing a sea of bullets and dishing out enough firepower to turn china into a ghost-town

Eldritch Warlord:

M0rp43vs:
Knew no one would get the last three.
Heres a tip, blizzards other rts besides warcraft

tsk, amateurs.

James Raynor
Sera Kerrigan (infested)
Zeratul

I prefer the buff dude in power armor, I don't see why every Japanese hero needs a sword nearly as big (if not bigger) than themselves.

Compensating for something, perhaps;)

The Blue Mongoose:

Raz, Snake, Raynor? he isn't bald though, Kerrigan, Zeretul

WHAT ABOUT TASSADAR!?

raynor ain't bald? in the first he is. plus I was woulda edited in tassadar(rest in peace warrior) but then there was a thunderstorm :(

also, cookies to all who got the last three, I didn't think anyone would get them

Hey, since that which character are they kept this forum abuzz, what say I create a game thread?

Do the character from gundam Count? Most of them are girly marines in mechanized armor with swords.

PedroSteckecilo:

hamster mk 4:
I want my in game avatar to have as little character as possible. That way I can put my own character into them. That is why Gordon Freeman and Master Chief don't say much. After all I'm pulling the trigger, I should be decide weather the character is happy or not about what they are doing.

I bet your also one of those people who don't like "story" in your games right? *sigh* I don't know why I bother.

Bioshock?

i would be like a 40k marine that would be sweet

DarthNader26:

GodsClown:

[quote=xitel post=9.69967.676994]I have to say, I like Dante from Devil May Cry 3. I don't care what they look like or how big their sword is, so long as the character is a good character with good dialogue. Plus, for all you folks yelling that Cloud's sword is too big and unrealistic, I have two things to say. First of all, according to classical texts, a sword is supposed to measure "from the base of the pit of your arm to the ground". Second, Marcus Fenix has a chainsaw on a gun and is shooting giant sentient bugs. How realistic is that? You're playing a video game, not real life. It's not supposed to be reaistic, that's not fun.

First, I'd like you to source that text. Maybe a longsword, but those were expensive and only lords and knights owned them. Claymores were supposed to be roughly the height of a man. Most common swords (they were anything BUT common, however, because they were very expensive) were about as long as the owners arm from the shoulder to his wrist. Shortswords, broadswords, arming swords, etc all fell into this catagory. Dirks and the like were even shorter. Bastard swords fit in between claymores and longswords, and were meant to give knights on horseback the flexibility once they were knocked over. Cloud's sword was twice his size. No sword in HISTORY has ever rivaled that.

Second, my favorite games are firmly grounded in reality. The characters look and act like real people in extraordinary situations. Sure, zombie invasions or militaristic alien regimes may not be very realistic, but the characters look and act like REAL people would under the situations. Look at STALKER. Most of the NPCs are just ordinary guys looking to make some money or to escape from something. In Half Life, you are an ordinary (abiet very smart) guy who gets thrown into an extraordinary situation. Shoot, even in games like Mechwarrior there is an air of realism. You feel like you are actually a part of this universe, and while it may be very different from ours, it is still firmly grounded in reality with people acting and reacting like they should. And anyone who denies the popularity of games like Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell need to have their heads checked. Realism in games is DEFINITELY fun.

I don't remember what text it was, but it was referring to rules for fencing. The measurement reffered to the regulation length of a sabre. And as to your second statement, the games you reference may be realistic, but they are fantastic as well. A common person in those sorts of situations would likely go insane or into a state of shock. What makes characters interesting is that they are NOT common. The fact that they are different, that theu are not just another bevery-man, but rather a hero, is what makes it fun to play a game. The element of fantasy is what makes a game enjoyable.

Gotta go with pumped up badass, just because you can't beat a bit Egotistical fueled Machoism, (Machoism isn't the bondage kind is it).

-A humanoid mouthless alien with an awesom psychic blade and a wispy cloak that makes him:
ZERATUL, you non-starcraft-playing infidels!

Singularly Datarific:
-A humanoid mouthless alien with an awesom psychic blade and a wispy cloak that makes him:
ZERATUL, you non-starcraft-playing infidels!

Zeratul the thread necromancer? >.>

-- Alex

Given those two choices I'd much rather play as Master Chief/Duke Nukem/Marcus Fenix than some bishounen wuss whose prime purpose in life is to be the star of gay slash fanfiction involving the game's main villain and/or Sephiroth, Harry Potter, or Dave Coulier.

The marine for sure. Its the guy I grew up with killing demons from hell and blasting the Zerg to bits.

zombiepandaman:

rossatdi:
Who are you more likely to play a game starring - a pumped up badass with a killer suit of armour and an attitude that would sour milk or... a tormented 'male' protagonist full of enthusiasm and a carrying an improbably weapon?

Just wondering. Personally I find the whole Japanese stereotypical hero character in games completely insufferable. Marcus Fenix is a dickhole but at least I've got some strong emotions about him.

Why can't we have a pumped killer who is a girlish boy with a big sword.

... Have you met Fei Fong Wong from Xenogears? I mean that guy's got issues but he's also one of the strongest fighters in the world, he just doesn't know it until later in the game.

Why is it everyone uses FFVII as the benchmark for "JRPG's" when just as many have a guy who's somewhat likable and relatable as the protagonist and he doesn't even look female? Fei, Citan, Jr, and Yuri all don't look like women and don't have stupidly sized swords, Cloud doesn't look like a girl (he just looks like he got smacked with enough jell to choke the local monkey) and he's a genetically modified human, they probably gave his muscles the strength equivalent to a freaking ant.

I would want to be a hero like 'Tom Hanks' in 'Saving Private Ryan' wearing half a car!

The latter if I had to choose, but I'm playing Beyond Good & Evil right now and that's idyllic, protagonist-wise.