Game Franchises where Character ages are sorta becoming a "problem" (Yakuza, Resident Evil)
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If my consumption of Japanese media has prepared me for a single thing, it's to completely ignore how old a character is in canon and just sorta go with what my gut feels is appropriate.
I don't care if the text says that the dragon is 10,000 years old. They look like they're 12. I don't care if a man is 55 years old, he looks like an olympic athlete in his mid-20s.
I don't care if the text says that the dragon is 10,000 years old. They look like they're 12. I don't care if a man is 55 years old, he looks like an olympic athlete in his mid-20s.
Wait, when has that been confirmed? He's still extremely popular, it's the most simple thing to bring him back in 9. I don't see any reason to assume he's not in 9. I'm also still waiting on the Judgement/Yakuza cross over game
I love the idea of a grizzled Leon. Slap a beard on that beautiful man
Give me older characters.
Kiryu feels different because it's a combination of ridiculous martial arts and they put silver streaks in his hair. He is basically a different character between cutscenes and gameplay in 8
Give me older characters.
Kiryu feels different because it's a combination of ridiculous martial arts and they put silver streaks in his hair. He is basically a different character between cutscenes and gameplay in 8
I don't know about Yakuza, but the Resident Evil characters are superheroes, and they might be face captures of people, but they aren't actual people on the screen. They can keep going until we're all dead, and why not? I want to see how ridiculous they can make it.
They can't keep giving him false finales. The end of 8 should be his exit. It completely ruins his character to keep doing fakeouts.
As others have said, if live action movies can have characters in their 50's and 60's tearing down armies, so can videogames, so it's not really a problem.
If anything, the problem is companies like Capcom refusing to age their female characters past 30, as has also been noted.
If anything, the problem is companies like Capcom refusing to age their female characters past 30, as has also been noted.
Eh, the bigger problem is the lack of older characters. See women characters in essentially every fighting game.
I think it's cool as long as they make the characters look their age. There seems to be a thing where that doesn't happen, especially with female characters.
liam neeson was like 56 when the FIRST taken came out. keanu was 50 for the first john wick a decade ago and those are still coming out. i think acknowleding it while having the story make sense, as happens in Yakuza games, makes sense.
You know what no one has ever said?
"I certainly hope this character is significantelly older in the next game"
No one cares if the characters dont age, at least dramatically. Just dont do it. Of course after you've done it with a series you fucked up and cant go back so gl to capcom.
"I certainly hope this character is significantelly older in the next game"
No one cares if the characters dont age, at least dramatically. Just dont do it. Of course after you've done it with a series you fucked up and cant go back so gl to capcom.
Unlikely, since they went out of their way to justify why she hasn't aged a day since 1998 in the most recent movie that had everyone.
That being said, despite the fact they have a excuse to use Jill without having to age her that much they still refuse to actually use her so...
But the people who went out of their way to justify that were the people who made the movie
Those same people said in an interview that they were under the impression Death Island took place only a few years after RE3make, which is why they used a version of the RE3 Jill model, and that they later discovered it was like 17 years but Capcom didn't say anything to them when they were making the movie, so they just went on with it.
I think the bigger problem might be the fan bases inability to move on from characters and unwillingness to be open to change.
I have no issue with playing with older characters. - I'm not exactly young lol - but when people are saying "more Leon or bust" I'm kinda like - really? This is why we can't move on from Skywalkers 🤣
Time marches on
Fresh blood is renewal
Gameplay evolves and so can our PCs
I have no issue with playing with older characters. - I'm not exactly young lol - but when people are saying "more Leon or bust" I'm kinda like - really? This is why we can't move on from Skywalkers 🤣
Time marches on
Fresh blood is renewal
Gameplay evolves and so can our PCs
On the flip side stress and injury can cause you to age faster and limit mobility.
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Also, you can't forget that these people are like already a PhD in physics, a seasoned helicopter and jet pilot, a physician and absolved every military combat training by the age of 22.
This is Ernie Hudson at 78 in real life.
And you expect me to believe 48 in fiction is a problem?
And the impact doubles when you point out here is Bill Murray, "younger" at 73
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I assumed and thought for sure Ernie Hudson must have be 10/15 years younger than the other Ghostbusters, but nope, he's actually older.
They don't use those dates anymore but the characters are still aging.
lean into it!
Following Kiryu through his life is pretty great, I kind of wish he was visually aging a bit more though.
Hopefully the next one he can start complaining about back problems
Following Kiryu through his life is pretty great, I kind of wish he was visually aging a bit more though.
Hopefully the next one he can start complaining about back problems
GOW Norse saga: Kratos is around 700 or more older and now he can't jump anymore and hurt his knees. XD
The series currently has a floating timeline/sliding timescale.
They already did stuff that was impossible for them to do when they were young, so who cares if they're doing it still while they're old?
Aging is great, update the models to reflect it and we're all set. We need more of it for women and men. Japan's Shonen culture is a big drag on writing quality. Everybody gotta be a 17 year old grizzled veteran.
This, and I figured this thread was inspired by the RE9 rumor thread.
Leon can still kick ass at 48. Did people not play RE7 DLC involving Jack Baker's brother ? That dude was in his 50s I believe and throwing bare knuckles with the Molded.
I like it when creators lean into it and it impacts things in the game. An example would be MGS4 where Old Snake's back would hurt or his aiming would wobble. If a game franchise isn't ready to move on to a new MC and age is getting to a ridiculous point, I would appreciate they at least make an effort to explain it with the most unconvoluted in-universe reasoning. In fantastical universes like RE, that's pretty easy (slow/deaging). In Yakuza, outside of cutscenes/side stories, it's pretty grounded so Kiryu should be graying and have more wrinkles if he's gonna be around into his 60s/70s.
