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StealThisSheen posted...

Basically, the point I'm making is that it's really hard to make "memorable" character designs in realistic games without giving them some kind of bizarre, unrealistic addition to their design in order to stand out from everyday people. That doesn't mean the designs are bad, and stuff like that meme seem super dismissive to that fact. People are just used to more ridiculous designs from Japanese games, but it's not really a fair comparison.

I mostly agree with this but there is some merit to the notion that western protagonists often look samey, or at least used to. I think the trend has shifted over time to making characters that look realistic while still having a memorable design. Someone like Joel is a good example of a realistic, entirely normal-looking character that still has a design with personality.

Comparing them to anime characters is dumb though, yes. Especially when a lot of modern anime characters could stand to be much less overdesigned.

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