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Character Archetypes - Psychospacecow - 12-08-2013
Alright, its more a random thought than anything else, but I'm going to put up a list of character archetypes, and people fill it. I'll try to update this depending if it picks up or not.
Thing is, there are so many stories that grab from or are inspired from each other that I figured it might be interesting just HOW common a trait it.
Lets try to keep this in gaming, as in there is a game with this character. (Anime games etc. are fine)
Example:
Hero of Time
Link : Ocarina of Time
Crono : Chrono Trigger
If you have a suggestion for archetypes that are seen a lot in games, throw them out there.
Also, you can add to other archetypes.
Klutz
Avan : Valkyria Chronicles 2
Martyr
Shepard : Mass Effect
Mother Figure
Aerith : Final Fantasy 7
Anti-Hero
Shadow : Sonic
Leader
Avan : Valkyria Chronicles 2
Traveler
Keiji : Pokemon Conquest
General
Zead Elger : Front Mission 4
Hunter
John Marston : Red Dead Redemption
Princess
Dagger : Final Fantasy 9
Loner
The Kid : Bastion
Cloud : Final Fantasy 7
Hero of Time
Link : Ocarina of Time
Crono : Chrono Trigger
Serge : Chrono Cross
The Foreigner
Zulf : Bastion
Alpha
Gene:God Hand
Dante : DMC
Garcia Hotspur : Shadows of the Damned
Mad Scientist
E. Gadd. : Luigi's Mansion
womanizer
Vashyron : Resonance of Fate
Mondo Zappa : Killer is Dead
Can only talk in one tone with no emotion
Cloud : Final Fantasy 7
Lightning : Final Fantasy 13
RE: Character Archetypes - retrolinkx - 12-08-2013
Alpha
Gene:God Hand
RE: Character Archetypes - CosmykTheDolfyn - 12-08-2013
Insane scientist:
E. Gadd and whoever they guy is in LoL that screams if you can't curium, you barium, among others.
RE: Character Archetypes - Psychospacecow - 12-08-2013
What was E. Gadd from?
RE: Character Archetypes - Mass Distraction - 12-08-2013
(12-08-2013, 11:40 AM)retrolinkx Wrote: Alpha
Gene:God Hand
Just throw in Dante from DMC and Garcia Hotspur from Shadows of the Damned in there too.
As for a new archetype, womanizer
Vashyron : Resonance of Fate
Mondo Zappa : Killer is Dead
RE: Character Archetypes - CosmykTheDolfyn - 12-08-2013
(12-08-2013, 11:59 AM)Psychospacecow Wrote: What was E. Gadd from?This creepy old dude from Luigi's Mansion who has since appeared in numerous Mario games.
![[Image: EGadd1.jpg]](http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081128224104/nintendo/en/images/2/24/EGadd1.jpg)
RE: Character Archetypes - BumblebeeCody - 12-08-2013
Can only talk in one tone with no emotion
Cloud
Lightning
Kristen Stewart.
RE: Character Archetypes - Psychospacecow - 12-08-2013
(12-08-2013, 03:53 PM)BumblebeeCody Wrote: Can only talk in one tone with no emotion
Cloud
Lightning
Kristen Stewart.
That's not so much an archetype as an artistic choice isn't it?
RE: Character Archetypes - CosmykTheDolfyn - 12-08-2013
(12-08-2013, 04:16 PM)Psychospacecow Wrote:No, I agree that it has evolved into a full archetype. Although, one could say Cloud fits well into the Loner archetype also.(12-08-2013, 03:53 PM)BumblebeeCody Wrote: Can only talk in one tone with no emotion
Cloud
Lightning
Kristen Stewart.
That's not so much an archetype as an artistic choice isn't it?
RE: Character Archetypes - Psychospacecow - 12-08-2013
Alright, so what game is Kristen Stewart in?