Let's put up or shut up, shall we?

Theophenes

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Alright, I am constantly hearing how the gaming industry has been on a repetitive streak. So let's give this a shot. Let's make our own, non-repetitive, non-cliche characters. Let's make some people who aren't the thick, bearded manly men of this generation, or the muscled action movie rejects of the last.

I'll try and start:



Name: Gal-ka-Set
Gender: Male
Game Genre: RPG/Adventure
Role in game: main character/party member

Appearance: Standing at about 5'4" and weighing at 208 lbs, the venerable leader of the Ka tribe of the western sands is about as unassuming as it gets. His clean-shaven head and thin stubble make him look like a wandering old vagrant more than a fighter. His clothing tend to be a mixture of shabby and uninteresting.

The only noticeable equipment usually see around him is a few books and some cooking gear.

Personality: As a former elder who has left his tribe in more capable hands than his own, he wanders around, getting into trouble and fights for fun. He is also a cook .always looking for recipes, and people to share them with. He has a bit of a paternal personality type.

He is moderately flirtatious, and will usually be motivated either by pretty women or food.

Abilities: Gal-ka-set, is mostly a close-range brawler with mild spellcasting skills. his evasion is low, his speed is terrible, and he's incompetent at healing. His main weapon is his bare hands, although he will occasionally utilize special moves involving his cookbook. His ultimate attack is known as the "secret recipe" were he proceeds to mix items at random from the inventory and pour them into a pot, with highly unpredictable effects. He can also create items by combining them on his own time outside of combat, but the result are strange at best and require recipes to unlock.
 

Leorex

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awsome mcawsome is awsome at everything. he is a mid range sniper, but he can do any thing. he is an orphan. and had a bad parent.
 

Undeed

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Create a world like Top 10, where everyone has some super power, and proceed to make the protagonist the only non-powered individual in the game.
 

Internet Kraken

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Name: Abnormal growth
Gender: None
Game genre: Any
Role in game: An abnormal growth on the back of the main characters head.

Appearance: A large shriveled bump.

Personality: None.

Abilities: Causes brain damage

Best character ever, right?
 

BolognaBaloney

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Mine is a middle aged plumber.
Slightly overweight.
Mustache.
Italian Accent.
Overalls.
Short.
He is the Protaganist.
Speaks in very broken english.
 

SharPhoe

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Internet Kraken said:
Name: Abnormal growth
Gender: None
Game genre: Any
Role in game: An abnormal growth on the back of the main characters head.

Appearance: A large shriveled bump.

Personality: None.

Abilities: Causes brain damage

Best character ever, right?
I'll admit, I'm sold on this character's sheer uniqueness.
 

randommaster

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How about one of those girls you have to rescue in every JRPG that holds the key to saving the world, but instead, she has no special powers while everyone thinks she does. Also, she would be capable of defending herself. Think of Samus, but without the whole saving the galaxy shtick.

The entire game would be more and more powerful people trying to kidnap her while she tries to convince everybody that she has no special powers. Meanwhile, another girl saves the world from an ancient evil with little trouble since everyone is bothering you.
 

Halfbreed13

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MUWAHAHAHAHA
This is no challenge for... ASPIRING AUTHOR #2385!!!11!!1

Name: Taegan
Gender: Female
Game Genre: 3rd person game
Role in game: Sidekick/supporting character

Appearance: About 5'7" and weighing 120(? I am awful at weight) lbs, Daughter of a fairly rich family, trained in military tactics and history since childhood. Strategic genius, and is not too bad of a shot. Short red hair and green eyes. She wears nothing in particular, but whilst on task force missions, she wears the black and red uniform.

When in combat, she utilizes her acrobatic skills, and wields an Uzi.

Personality: Being raised in a rich setting, she is fairly ruthless and unforgiving. She loathes being told what to do, and has many enemies. She does however have a weak spot for human rights, but attempts to hide any emotion while on duty.

Motivation is her own goals, she does what helps her.

Abilities: As stated before, strategic genius, and can use an Uzi and an arsenal of knives.
 

NeutralDrow

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I'm inclined to agree with Ask That Guy With the Glasses. Characters or story, the only movie with no cliches whatsoever would be an hour and a half nonstop of blowing up babies.
 

randommaster

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NeutralDrow said:
I'm inclined to agree with Ask That Guy With the Glasses. Characters or story, the only movie with no cliches whatsoever would be an hour and a half nonstop of blowing up babies.
gratuitous explosions are already a cliche thanks to Mr. Bay.
 

NeutralDrow

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randommaster said:
NeutralDrow said:
I'm inclined to agree with Ask That Guy With the Glasses. Characters or story, the only movie with no cliches whatsoever would be an hour and a half nonstop of blowing up babies.
gratuitous explosions are already a cliche thanks to Mr. Bay.
How many of them target nothing but babies?
 

Mr0llivand3r

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John Smith Frothenkeist

~ looks and smells like a pancake.

~ speaks in non-sequitors

~ rapes dolphins by fucking their blowholes

~ has no fingers. instead, he has plywood nails

~ can speak braille
 

randommaster

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NeutralDrow said:
randommaster said:
NeutralDrow said:
I'm inclined to agree with Ask That Guy With the Glasses. Characters or story, the only movie with no cliches whatsoever would be an hour and a half nonstop of blowing up babies.
gratuitous explosions are already a cliche thanks to Mr. Bay.
How many of them target nothing but babies?
Thirteen-and-a-half.
 

Mr0llivand3r

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Internet Kraken said:
Name: Abnormal growth
Gender: None
Game genre: Any
Role in game: An abnormal growth on the back of the main characters head.

Appearance: A large shriveled bump.

Personality: None.

Abilities: Causes brain damage

Best character ever, right?

isn't that the green brain slug from Futurama?
 

traceur_

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name: Alex Mercer... oh wait he already exists and is totally epic and non-cliche.
 

riskroWe

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You take control of a deranged cannibalistic fanatical muslim albino living a reclusive life in renaissance-era Egypt who feasts on the flesh of the local villagers at night. Your goal is to catalyse the apocalypse by fulfilling the prophecies you were indoctrinated into by your slightly less deranged father who was publicly executed for blasphemy when you were a prepubescent boy. The prophecy dictates that you must ritualistically sacrifice people of certain appearances and creeds in particular ways at specific places within a given time frame, the specifics of which are determined purely by your interpretation of a cryptic text. The gameplay is spent stalking and kidnapping the 'chosen' people in the night so that they can be sacrificed, as well as murdering normal people to feast on (cannibalism is a core tenet of the philosophy, no pussing out and eating animals). The longer you take to perform the sacrifice, the more people you will have to feast on to continue your secret residence in that town, and the higher the chance of the people forming a mob and finding you. You can move to the next town once all the necessary sacrifices in the present one have been performed.

The main character does not go by a name, but uses various pseudonyms when manipulating the locals. He is not highly intelligent, but very charismatic. He does not have any knowledge of weapons or fighting, and as such you are not given the controls; you must work them out yourself. He is of low fitness and strength due to an unbalanced diet, he is not very tall or attractive, and must rely on surprise and manipulation to claim victims. When he hasn't feasted for a long time, he will become slow and fatigued and less persuasive. It's easier to feast on women and children, but you might find that reprehensible. Having morals just makes the game harder.

Once all the sacrifices have been made, and it turns out nothing happens (because we're living in the real world people), you can then choose what to do - go on a killing spree, commit suicide, or reinterpret the prophecy and try again.

And as a purely promotional stunt, the first person to complete the game correctly wins a cash prize!