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js71
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| Nodtveidt wrote: | | How many RPGs feature a scrawny little useless twerp as the lead? Not many. |
Well, maybe not 'scrawny little useless twerps,' but there's plenty of skinny, makeup-drenched pretty boy leads in modern JRPGS (...that the women still swoon over etc etc so your point still stands :p Plus as I understand it the Japanese definition of male beauty is somewhat different than say, America's).
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tcaudilllg
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Being an indie certainly does allow us to make things as we see fit. The lead in my main RPG is neither a sex symbol nor a twerp; he's self-centered and filled with rage from the start; he's not going to save the world from some androgynous pretty-boy, he's going to murder someone (a woman, no less) in cold blood. Yeah he's strong but he is never portrayed as some kind of macho man that women will swoon over. Such characters do of course exist like that in the storyline, but not the lead. A game marketing department would look at my game design and try to fill it with boobs, muscle-bound he-men, and runts-turned-heroes because its current state is not "marketable" in their eyes. |
They'd be right: it's not and probably never will be. Most people who'd be into that kind of story wouldn't want to play an RPG. You could do it as an anime, but not an RPG.
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Mattias Gustavsson
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Nodtveidt
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| LordGalbalan wrote: | | They'd be right: it's not and probably never will be. Most people who'd be into that kind of story wouldn't want to play an RPG. You could do it as an anime, but not an RPG. |
Well, I merely scratched the surface of the story; it's vastly more complex than just that. I have thought about doing a film about it but have never had the time.
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just a guy
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Hmmm.....Somewhat old topic I guess but sounds like to me this person hates JRPGs (the person making flare).
And from the responses I've read on here I'll admit some of them just sounds..well phony to me. It's like some of the posters here are just saying what they are saying just to not offend anyone.
I'll re read it again just for clarification but so far this is no different than what I see on mainstream forums. If anyone whant to jab at me feel free to. I would like to get a different perspective on this.
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