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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

There are characters that you know what their IQ is, that do ridiculous things or due to programming problems, you see that in a video game they are dumb.

For example, Pacman has an IQ of 40.


Crash has an IQ of 78

While Miharu of tekken is always failing exams, she has an IQ less than 85.

Demonstrated to Paul as one of the dumbest characters. of IQ 84 or less

Or the protagonist of Kingdom Come Deliverance Henry, his IQ is lower than that of a cucumber.

 

[GymWolf]

I'm too low iq to understand what op is asking or what?

Kat looks pretty dumb tho

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[Men_in_Boxes]

OP, what is your IQ?

 

[FoxMcChief]

I think Cloud might be right there with Paul.

 

[March Climber]

I'm to dumb to understand what op is asking or what?

If I'm reading the OP correctly, here's an example:

Hal Emmerich in the MGS series is said to be incredibly smart, but in nearly every game he's in he either does dumb things or says dumb things.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

OP, what is your IQ?

In my last test, which was years ago, I had 137 of IQ.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Chris Redfield went from a field agent with some good perception skills and intelligence to a complete fucking knuckle dragger.

 

[GymWolf]

If I'm reading the OP correctly, here's an example:

Hal Emmerich in the MGS series is said to be incredibly smart, but in nearly every game he's in he either does dumb things or says dumb things.

Yeah but he made that tlou ingame ia example that threw me off.

It seems like he is mixing various things, from look to actual ingame ia to plot stuff...

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I'm too low iq to understand what op is asking or what?

Its like this graphic

 

[GymWolf]

Its like this graphic

So random numbers assigned by youtubers? Got it.

 

[kanjobazooie]

Who ate his donuts?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I'm too low iq to understand what op is asking or what?

Kat from Gravity Rush is very intelligent, but she has great nobility and heart.

 

[Alebrije]

IQ on videogames is useless, at the end NPCs. Do stupid stuff or behave below it's supposse IQ because programmers know would be imposible for players to kill them.

 

[SHA]

 

[March Climber]

Kat from Gravity Rush is very intelligent, but she has great nobility and heart.

I think he is saying your in-game AI videos are what throws him off, because that technically shouldn't count due to too many factors(like difficulty and glitches/mishaps).

In which case I would agree and therefore did not count it myself.

 

[T4keD0wN]

So random numbers assigned by youtubers? Got it.

I dont get that list at all anyway, Dante and Trevor are total dumbasses. And the call of duty dude being smarter than wesker and sci-fi doctor are certainly a choice.

 

[March Climber]

Chris Redfield went from a field agent with some good perception skills and intelligence to a complete fucking knuckle dragger.

That's just the side effect of whatever enchancements/steroids he used to achieve his RE5 gains.

 

[Black_Stride]

 

[SHA]

 

[DonF]

Im so retarded that when I was a kid and didnt understand english at all, I thought that Neo Cortex was Napoleon.

so to answer OP's question, Link, from the zelda series, must be a dumbass.

 

[N0S]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I think he is saying your in-game AI videos are what throws him off, because that technically shouldn't count due to too many factors(like difficulty and glitches/mishaps).

In which case I would agree and therefore did not count it myself.

Rather, it is what the characters are like, the sentences they make or knowledge.



Otacon is one of the most intelligent characters of MGS

 

[Bartski]

In my last test, which was years ago, I had 137 of IQ.

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I mean I'm sure it's way higher

 

[Denton]

I estimate that Heimdall_Xtreme has IQ of 37

 

[tommib]

Astronauts have the higher IQ, of course.

 

[SHA]

Not sure if he's having fun.

 

[tommib]

Not sure if he's having fun.

His dealer is.

 

[SHA]

Wolfenstein and The Doom Guy.

 

[Kurotri]

I don't mind when girls have low IQ since I subscribe to the following school of thought:

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Reading this thread made me significantly dumber. Thanks, OP. I can now apply for a job at IGN.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

This dude is probably in the 60s

- somehow gets made captain of the Calnus because the actual captain broke his arm

- accidentally flies his space ship into a black hole

- gives away the antimatter crystal that powers his ship to some obviously evil nazi lady

- blows up planet Earth

 

[IAmRei]

I wont dare to ask link IQ...

 

[SHA]

Im so retarded that when I was a kid and didnt understand english at all, I thought that Neo Cortex was Napoleon.

so to answer OP's question, Link, from the zelda series, must be a dumbass.

Couldn't tell actually, they started talking after 20+ years. But swordsmen historicaly speaking aren't stupid, it's the opposite, they just don't talk much or communicate more often.

 

[TGO]

If I'm reading the OP correctly, here's an example:

Hal Emmerich in the MGS series is said to be incredibly smart, but in nearly every game he's in he either does dumb things or says dumb things.

Most people confuse knowledge with Intelligence.
In this case Snake is more intelligent then Hal, but Hal is more knowledgeable in his field.
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) has an IQ of 178
Zuckerberg has an IQ of 152
you wouldn't think it
IQ numbers mean nothing

 

[SHA]

Rather, it is what the characters are like, the sentences they make or knowledge.



Otacon is one of the most intelligent characters of MGS

4 eyes.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Otacon is one of the most intelligent characters of MGS

He likes anime, so he can't be that intelligent.

 

[SmokedMeat]

All of the cardboard standees in Musou games that stand around waiting for you to put them out of their misery.

 

[SHA]

I'm too low iq to understand what op is asking or what?

Kat looks pretty dumb tho

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It's not about being predictable, watch Dr. Jordan Peterson, he said they're totally different persons, there is nothing wrong or right about either of them.

 

[SHA]

Most people confuse knowledge with Intelligence.
In this case Snake is more intelligent then Hal, but Hal is more knowledgeable in his field.
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) has an IQ of 178
Zuckerberg has an IQ of 152
you wouldn't think it
IQ numbers mean nothing

Yes, it has nothing to do with QOL.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Gordon Freeman is supossed to be this super smart theoretical physicist, even wears glasses, yet the dude spends 2 games and 3 expansions just following orders, pushes a cart with some rock into a laser beam sending mankind to it's doom in the process, and the dude can't even fuck Alyx when it's clear that the gal goes wet the moment she sees him.

I think he's retarded.

 

[Orenji Neko]

they are fiction。
do you understand this ?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

they are fiction。
do you understand this ?

We speak hypothetically

 

[March Climber]

Most people confuse knowledge with Intelligence.
In this case Snake is more intelligent then Hal, but Hal is more knowledgeable in his field.
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) has an IQ of 178
Zuckerberg has an IQ of 152
you wouldn't think it
IQ numbers mean nothing

Yes, it has nothing to do with QOL.

Very true, I wasn't sure how else to answer OP's question though. He's essentially asking for characters who don't physically and verbally reflect their stated IQ level.

 

[Hudo]

Every JRPG protagonist is denser than a black hole when it comes to romance.

 

[SHA]

Very true, I wasn't sure how else to answer OP's question though. He's essentially asking for characters who don't physically and verbally reflect their stated IQ level.

There are given facts about IQ like in incent or modern sagas, there is absolutely no doubt about their wisdoms. If you take every playable character and see how they get through all their complex problems, then the character is obviously smart 'like in western RPGs for example'.

 

[Nankatsu]

All Kingdom Hearts characters have a big fucking IQ.

Imagine making sense of that plot

 

[kiphalfton]

In my last test, which was years ago, I had 137 of IQ.

Sure you did.

This is the Internet though, where everybody is purportedly a genius.

 

[CGNoire]

Where are Stormtroopers on this IQ scale?

 

[SportsFan581]

There are tons of seemingly stupid characters in video games along with the normal folks and the geniuses. I think they have a good, relatively believable mix going.

When you are the dim bulb / underachiever type you gravitate to the characters that seem absurdly smarter than you because there is hope in that. The characters that seem dumber than you scare the crap out of you because it doesn't seem like that should be possible.

 

[Toots]

In my last test, which was years ago, I had 137 of IQ.

Are you sure you aren't mistaking your IQ number with your GQ number again OP ?

Anyway Nate Drake seems a good candidate for supposedly high IQ (all the knowledge he amassed while not going to school, his expertise in numerous fields, etc.) who takes all the wrong decisions. Sure it only really works for Uncharted 4 because Neil Druckman simply cannot tell a coherent story, but still.