Selfsurprise
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(There isn't much happening in the games subforum right now, is there? I hope nobody minds if I leave this small and inconsequential topic here for your worthy consideration.)
I think it's safe to say that we've all come across the occasional character, minor or major, friend or foe, that has made us pause and wonder what manner of aberrant mindset would of conceived of such an individual. I always have a soft spot for obscure game characters with bizarre appearance, strange personalities and memorable voice acting. Would you kindly rack your brains and share some of the more peculiar people you have stumbled upon in computer games from any era or system you like. I'll share two examples of the kind of outré weirdness I'm fond of, but don't let my particular taste for monstrous and decidedly non-human characters deter you - anybody who just seems a little off and strangely articulated is welcome on this thread too.
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The aptly titled Yellow Monkey from Ape Escape 2 is an acquired taste, but one I can't help loving in some perverse and utterly unspeakable way. There's something inherently appealing about a furiously mincing simian sumo wrestler with an almost offensively camp accent - the sort of accent that might've raised eyebrows even in the Carry On... films - who describes himself as "the sparkling gem of the freaky monkey five" to the game's protagonist. You're watching the European version of the game where the characters have noticeably British sounding voice actors. There is an equally fabulous American version of Yellow Monkey but to my English ears he sounds more Sean Hayes and less Kenneth Williams, so it might just be national bias on my part but I prefer the Yellow Monkey in the video provided. There's also something irresistibly repulsive about the way he seems to be constantly fondling himself. If I knew anything about modding PC games I would have made a Fallout 4 dialogue replacer for Super Mutants in order to give them YM's boss battle lines.
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I'm not sure why I'm so forgiving of awkward overacting in games, maybe the medium is just more conducive of the sort of unreal personality quirks that you rarely see outside of the most autistically inspired fiction. When I was first beset by the unnervingly animatronic owl-headed character called Olcadan from the Soul Calibur games, I almost died of a chuckle induced cardiac event upon simply seeing him. Then he spoke, spoke with that unnaturally generic "man hero" voice that one could easily overlook if it were emitted from another more mundane character. Other than the more obvious fact that Olcadan was one of the series stock "character who has the other characters moves" option for players, I genuinely don't know what Namco were trying to achieve or express by creating him - though I'm ineffably and inexcusably pleased that they somehow felt the need to. I'm looking forward to the day he gets his own spinoff open-world RPG.
P.S. Why isn't Olcadan a meme yet?
I think it's safe to say that we've all come across the occasional character, minor or major, friend or foe, that has made us pause and wonder what manner of aberrant mindset would of conceived of such an individual. I always have a soft spot for obscure game characters with bizarre appearance, strange personalities and memorable voice acting. Would you kindly rack your brains and share some of the more peculiar people you have stumbled upon in computer games from any era or system you like. I'll share two examples of the kind of outré weirdness I'm fond of, but don't let my particular taste for monstrous and decidedly non-human characters deter you - anybody who just seems a little off and strangely articulated is welcome on this thread too.
zQBA4NpFEPo
The aptly titled Yellow Monkey from Ape Escape 2 is an acquired taste, but one I can't help loving in some perverse and utterly unspeakable way. There's something inherently appealing about a furiously mincing simian sumo wrestler with an almost offensively camp accent - the sort of accent that might've raised eyebrows even in the Carry On... films - who describes himself as "the sparkling gem of the freaky monkey five" to the game's protagonist. You're watching the European version of the game where the characters have noticeably British sounding voice actors. There is an equally fabulous American version of Yellow Monkey but to my English ears he sounds more Sean Hayes and less Kenneth Williams, so it might just be national bias on my part but I prefer the Yellow Monkey in the video provided. There's also something irresistibly repulsive about the way he seems to be constantly fondling himself. If I knew anything about modding PC games I would have made a Fallout 4 dialogue replacer for Super Mutants in order to give them YM's boss battle lines.
hTY_VbmNG_s
I'm not sure why I'm so forgiving of awkward overacting in games, maybe the medium is just more conducive of the sort of unreal personality quirks that you rarely see outside of the most autistically inspired fiction. When I was first beset by the unnervingly animatronic owl-headed character called Olcadan from the Soul Calibur games, I almost died of a chuckle induced cardiac event upon simply seeing him. Then he spoke, spoke with that unnaturally generic "man hero" voice that one could easily overlook if it were emitted from another more mundane character. Other than the more obvious fact that Olcadan was one of the series stock "character who has the other characters moves" option for players, I genuinely don't know what Namco were trying to achieve or express by creating him - though I'm ineffably and inexcusably pleased that they somehow felt the need to. I'm looking forward to the day he gets his own spinoff open-world RPG.
P.S. Why isn't Olcadan a meme yet?
