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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Remembering the games of the last generation, especially the Survival Horror games, we had a cast of characters that we recognize at first glance and know their personality. Many like the following characters.

From the Silent Hill Saga, Resident Evil, Rule of Rose.

Now the characters or cast are often so generic and awful.

For example, with the characters in the last Silent Hill, who cares who they are and their story? Silent Hill Ascencion is so generic that neither the characters are important, nor do they attract attention.

I think Silent Hill Short Message has a good character but not up to par with the classics of the series.

Now there are almost no memorable or special characters in this generation.

There are few times that we will see a cast as unique as if it were part of a great story or a story from a very good movie.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

ngl I don't think most folks remember those games let alone the dogs from those games.

 

[R6Rider]

There still are plenty of memorable characters from games.

Even bad games have them from memes.

 

[Klosshufvud]

Character design went to shit. Just look at Tekken 8 and SF6. I have no idea what the hell they were smoking with those new characters. And even old characters brought back have been made worse in design. I think a part of it is that art work is being outsourced and no longer by an in-house character artist like once was.

 

[Loomy]

Lots of memorable characters, boomer.

 

[El Muerto]

No memorable characters?

 

[kanjobazooie]

These guys are memorable.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

No memorable characters?

But I emphasize survival horror games.

 

[hyperbertha]

They were forgotten.

 

[Meicyn]

Baldur’s Gate 3 is right there.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Outsourcing

New generation of zoomers addicted to coom that can't even draw on paper and read a book and their favorite anime is Adventure Time

Gacha (i.e. disposable, recycled characters)

ESG money tainting every creative process

Talented devs retiring

 

[stuminus3]

No memorable characters?

The first Yakuza game was released in 2005.

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

I think it would have been better if you specified "memorable horror game characters" (In your title)

Either way, I agree, when it comes to horror games.
Recently, besides Resident Evil 8, I can't think of any other series putting effort into making memorable or colorful characters...

In general, memorability is subjective, I think.
Someone mentioned Kiryu here, and I completely disagree.
For me, there's no difference between Kiryu and a bland, factory written Shonen Anime Protagonist. Just add stoic to the factory mix.

For me, he is memorable due to his popularity, but not as a character.

So memorable can mean many things...

 

[AJUMP23]

I know none of the characters in the OPs post.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Outsourcing

New generation of zoomers addicted to coom that can't even draw on paper and read a book and their favorite anime is Adventure Time

Gacha (i.e. disposable, recycled characters)

ESG money tainting every creative process

Talented devs retiring

And don't forget the shallow DEI consultants to assist in writing a totally wooden character.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Current generation has no artistic vision when it comes to Survival Horror games.

I prefer Fatal Frame and more recently DreadOut myself.

Silent Hill and older SH games are either niche or not very memorable. And Silent Hill IMO started to die out with Silent Hill 4.

Most memorable characters in the genre is probably Elster from Signalis.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

You don't like these super cool characters? I find them refreshing!

 

[kunonabi]

I mean peak Capcom/Konami horror designs was never going to be matched by anybody out there today. Those were also 3 generations ago. At least the Wii360 era had Francis York Morgan, Bayonetta, Travis Touchdown, and Frank West as the big highlights.

I'm currently running a blank on great characters from this gen and last outside of the chick from The Good Life.

Lol at the silent hill short message chick. She's such a goblin that it would be a miracle if she didn't get bullied.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Wait, this isn't a Kat thread?

 

[Big Baller]

Nobody remembers those characters lol.
James for sure. Same goes for Chris and Leon. Even Isaac from Dead Space.

 

[PanzerCute]

The first Yakuza game was released in 2005.

And the last episode released 3 weeks ago, a game filled with excellent characters?

OP, I dont play survival horrors that much but there are a shit ton of memorable characters in other genres.

 

[bbeach123]

You don't like these super cool characters? I find them refreshing!

Thanks my puke are rainbow now .

 

[Guilty_AI]

I don't know who most of those characters are tho

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I’ve never even seen any of the characters in the OP. I’ve been gaming for 45 years.

Jill sandwich

 

[Hrk69]

Lol

 

[Fbh]

But can you recognize those characters without seeing their face and only seeing a third of their body?

I bet you can't. But everyone reading this knows which game this image is from.

Current gen wins

 

[Danjin44]

2B is one of the most memorable characters in modern games

if you tell me she is memorable just because “sexy” we had plenty of sexy design in Japanese games but most of them never became as popular as 2B.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Wait, this isn't a Kat thread?

It threw me too

 

[amigastar]

You don't like these super cool characters? I find them refreshing!

Ah yeah, the dangerous Hipster gang. Beware.

 

[Mister Wolf]

You don't like these super cool characters? I find them refreshing!

I prefer to be able to tell if they're a man or woman at first glance.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Outsourcing

New generation of zoomers addicted to coom that can't even draw on paper and read a book and their favorite anime is Adventure Time

Gacha (i.e. disposable, recycled characters)

ESG money tainting every creative process

Talented devs retiring

Adventure Time sucks

 

[cireza]

I know none of the characters in the OPs post.

This pretty much.

 

[Faust]

Sweet baby happened.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Baldurs Gate 3, Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Psychonauts 2, It Takes 2, Control, Tears of the Kindgom, Alan Woke 2.. Tons of examples. If you mean what happened to "memorable" characters in genre's you like... Well, that's between you, Odin, and the developers of said genre to figure out.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

2B is one of the most memorable characters in modern games

if you tell me she is memorable just because “sexy” we had plenty of sexy design in Japanese games but most of them never became as popular as 2B.

You're speaking the truth danjin-san, as such you deserve a small piece of virtual gold.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Sweet baby happened.

The shite thing is, it's not just them.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

2B is one of the most memorable characters in modern games

if you tell me she is memorable just because “sexy” we had plenty of sexy design in Japanese games but most of them never became as popular as 2B.

It's funny how SquareEnix are still making money off of her due to the crossovers. But they tried so hard to push Lighting down our throats. That really must make some of people working at SquareEnix triggered lol

 

[Big Baller]

Baldurs Gate 3, Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Psychonauts 2, It Takes 2, Control, Tears of the Kindgom, Alan Woke 2.. Tons of examples. If you mean what happened to "memorable" characters in genre's you like... Well, that's between you, Odin, and the developers of said genre to figure out.

 

[ssringo]

Just want to see if I remember all these characters.

Picture 1 is Silent Hill 1-3
Harry Mason, his wife?, his daughter Cheryl, Claudia, Cybil, the asshole doctor?, Lisa

James Sunderland, Mary, Eddy, little girl who was friends with Mary, suicidal woman who was sexually abused and said "mama", Maria

Heather Mason, cop who helps her, Claudia again, only one I can't remember at all

Never played Rule of Rose but have definitely heard about it.

Picture 3 is Haunting Ground (modern release please for the love of god!)
Debilitas (sp?), Daniella, Hewie the dog (also in RE4), Fiona (RE5 Jill), Ricardo and Lorenzo (might have them backwards)

What're ya buying?

These games were formative parts of my teenage/early adult years.

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Juliette Starling, Well she’s certainly memorable.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Well she’s certainly memorable.

Too bad that Remaster is getting censored

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Too bad that Remaster is getting censored

Is it? I mean tbf I don’t really remember anything that was really worthy of censoring apart from maybe a few quips from the head on her waist.

The remake character model looks the same as she did in the og

 

[Danjin44]

You're speaking the truth danjin-san, as such you deserve a small piece of virtual gold.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Are you telling me these two characters aren't memorable?

 

[deriks]

Developers are becoming not much into characters per se and are more on social stuff

Remember this? https://www.neogaf.com/threads/leaked-insomniac-inclusivity-training-video.1665170/
Yeah. That's a thing, and that's for sure at use in other companies around the world

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Spoiler: 😢

 

[Danjin44]

Spoiler: 😢

 

[Danjin44]

It's funny how SquareEnix are still making money off of her due to the crossovers. But they tried so hard to push Lighting down our throats. That really must make some of people working at SquareEnix triggered lol

The cant beat Yoko Taro!

 

[ShirAhava]

 

[VideoGameEnjoyer]

Literally the only character from the OP that I know is the RE4 merchant.

I can post pics of Kratos, Joel, bunch of Elden Ring shit, Ellie, etc. that people would all recognize immediately. There are dozens of examples. Think you're way off base OP