Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Visually striking characters in games

Nathan Drake (uncharted): One of those everyday heroes, the kind that is unrealistic without spikey hair (Oh wait, he does). A plain grey long sleeved shirt and a pair of blue jeans he really is normal but with those chiseled good looking features in his face. IT may also be part of his voice acting and his lines that complete the character but he's still one of those top normal characters to me.


Neku Sakuraba (twewy): Drawn by Tetsuya Nomura so he looks like an stick with a 0.5 waist size but then that is just the style of the game. His character design is pretty striking, not many characters can pull off wearing purple and yellow, not that many even really try. The collar he wears covering his face and his large headphones point out how much he hates others.  

Vyse (SoA): Vyse the Sky pirate. Its pretty rare to see pirates that don't try too hard to look like pirate cliches. Then again he still has an eyepatch but not because he only has one eye but instead it is a glass eyepatch with a zoom feature. Har Har, they sure turned that around. The also his blue top with the separted sleeves attached with buckles. I wish i had a top like that, and his red kneckerchief. Lets also not forget his dual wielding cutlasses especially the one he holds on the handguard. 

Roxas/Final Form Sora (KH2): Roxas gets a vote from me for once aagain being a relatively normal character.  A mostly white and black costume  with offsets of red to keep it interesting. A jacket that looks alot like a shirt and a shirt that looks a bit like a wetsuit (to tie in with sora). And being first shown in the game trailers, he was also dual wielding is also a big plus for me.

Final Form sora has the main form of sora but using a strong use of white on everything and using black elements for the details and seperate designs. These are taken from Roxas. It seems I'm mostly drawn to any characters that have strong white elements. It's a colour that can be powerful if used well but not all over like an Ice maiden. And once again dual wielding but instead the blades are kept in orbit of him and attack with mind control.


Bayonetta (Bayonetta): Bayonetta is the product of the Devil May Cry creator not doing DMC. So she is a bit like Dante that she uses pistols and they both star in Hack and Style games. What makes a change is that B is not a 18 year old chest and high skirts character. Well she is sexy but she is definitely in her late 20s which makes loads of difference. A funky hair accessory keeps her hair tidy (It transforms into things like dragons and i think I read that her hair is her leather suit). Those pistols of hers are pretty ornate and special too. Kinda rare to see pistols with two barrels and they certainly add to the look. Lets not forget the pistols in the heels of her boots that she fires while doing handstands.

Orpheus (Persona 3): Not even an important character in the series, hardly even a character at all. He is the Main characters first summoned monster in the game but visually he is a strange character. A jet black face with two glowing red eyes topped with pure white hair. A body of pale sea green and white arms and legs. A strange organic face and a mechanical body also make him seem strange, paired with his non existent feet. (keeping with the old jap robot style). Orpheus also has a red scarf/necktie that breaks up the monotony of his costume. Finally his giant lyre, his weapon, is linked to his greek mythology.

Zack (Zack & Wiki): There is something charming about Zack. He leaps off the page being a small child in large clothes. His colour scheme being the 3 primary colours helps show how child friendly he is. His yellow coat  flies around him as he runs. His giant red hat seems to be made of paper as it only covers the front of his head, with a nice rounded skull on it. He's a very cool character, he is bold, out there, eats chocolate all the time and is of course a pirate.

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