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[DNAbro]

because his mocap actor is black? i don't think so, mocap actors are normally hired on quality. i mean, a man did the mocap for harley quinn for the arkham games

however maybe he did mocap for multiple characters and this guy is just a side character?

Pretty sure the protagonist is a black guy named Marcus. It's hard to tell if this guy's black (he looks Asian to me) but if not, maybe he's a different lead or something. We'll see pretty soon.

Not confirmed obviously but it looks like it to me.

 

[Doc_Drop]

I sense a lot of hipsters in this thread

As are a lot of squares

 

[est1992]

Only played a little bit of the first game.

Honestly thinking of paying more attention to this based solely on the fact that the main character is black. Interested to see what they do with his story and attributes. Hopefully they don't succumb to any stereotypes.

 

[Spring Drive]

In what way? Jeans, jacket, t-shirt, and cap?

Wearing a cap, a gun in each hand and covering their face

 

[SoulUnison]

From a purely visual standpoint, Aiden was several times better than this character.

This looks like an NPC enemy design, or the generic online player skin, or something.

 

[sjay1994]

because his mocap actor is black? i don't think so, mocap actors are normally hired on quality. i mean, a man did the mocap for harley quinn for the arkham games

however maybe he did mocap for multiple characters and this guy is just a side character?

Well, ubisoft does seem to make its actors also deliver motion capture as well, so its safe to assume the person responsible for VO is also the motion capture actor.

 

[Principate]

Wearing a cap, a gun in each hand and covering their face

That's a smartphone in the other hand, and yeah bandana is weird, but I'm guessing he's doing something illegal.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Wearing a cap, a gun in each hand and covering their face

Well he's got a phone in the other hand. He's not akimbo pistoling.

Look at this douchebag!

 

[Psychological Intellect]

When did Nerd Leaks get this powerful????!

 

[Arun1910]

So Aiden Pierce is actually the phone?

They need to remove the phone too if that's the case.

 

[Spring Drive]

That's a smartphone in the other hand, and yeah bandana is weird, but I'm guessing he's doing something illegal.

Well he's got a phone in the other hand. He's not akimbo pistoling.

Look at this douchebag!

From a certain distance, smartphones look like guns

 

[SystemBug]

No, no, no. A douche can be many different things. Normally, corny, poser, hipster, try-hard, annoying, asshole etc. Doesn't equate to "bully" at all.

It's fascinating to me how different terms and saying translate differently around the world or even country!

Completely agree with those who say he looks like a hipster douche though.

How does he look like a hipster douche? Because he's wearing a jacket and pants?

God damn, your the one being a douche here. People dress like that in real life

 

[sjay1994]

I feel like a bunch of you don't understand what generic and edgy mean.

 

[Raxus]

He looks like a rioter with glasses from the Division and even the division character design was really bland.

 

[sjay1994]

I think I could see where you're coming from with that. Honestly, he looked more Hispanic to me. It probably has to do with the lighting on the model as well as the angle.

I thought he was indian/ southeast asian tbh.

 

[Langdon Alger]

He looks fourteen years old.

 

[CertifiedFP]

I'd like to get this guy's iconic left sock.

do these people not understand the concept of an NDA?

holy shit.

Well, with how many thousands of people work on Ubisoft AAA projects...

Good luck figuring out who breached NDA unless they leave a massive obvious calling-card.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

From a certain distance, smartphones look like guns

Sounds like the headline of the next fatal cop shooting.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Looks stupid. My eyes can't roll harder at hipster look.

 

[Spring Drive]

I'd like to get this guy's iconic left sock.



Well, with how many thousands of people work on Ubisoft AAA projects...

Good luck figuring out who breached NDA unless they leave a massive obvious calling-card.

Just send each employee fake data so you know who's responsible when it leaks

 

[Langdon Alger]

How does he look like a hipster douche? Because he's wearing a jacket and pants?

God damn, your the one being a douche here. People dress like that in real life

It's his glasses that are the major hipster indicator.

 

[Satch]

I'm confused.... People dress like this all the time. I don't understand what's wrong with it. I guess I need to start accepting that I'm out of touch with the tastes of gamers or whatever because his design looks perfectly normal for the game he's going to be in... but whatever lol

 

[RPGam3r]

WTF is hipster about this guy, honestly one of the worst descriptors. "Yuh yuh he look like a man".

 

[CertifiedFP]

Just send each employee fake data so you know who's responsible when it leaks

Yeah, good luck with that.

When I say THOUSANDS, I mean it literally. Assassin's Creed 4 had at least a thousand people working on it. How are you going to make individual fake data for a team of that size? At best you'd be able to narrow your suspect list down.

Oh yeah, and how do you send fake data to the people making said data? Publishing staff, sure, but the development staff isn't going to be fooled by a honeypot.

 

[oSoLucky]

So would everyone approve if he was 6'1", 140lbs and wearing an extra medium Mega Man t-shirt? This is on the same forum that doesn't see a problem with Palmer Luckey wearing wrinkled jeans and flip flops to award functions.

For anyone who doesn't think that what he's wearing is absolutely normal and non-hipster, I've got news for you....

 

[RPGam3r]

It's his glasses that are the major hipster indicator.

They're just dark rims. Super common style.

 

[KnightimeX_Legacy]

I hope he isn't wearing those stupid looking skinny pants that'a meant for women.

 

[Tregard]

I remember Aiden from the first game was supposed to be originally from Northern Ireland. I wonder if the new protagonist will have an equally riveting and well thought-out backstory.

 

[Spring Drive]

Yeah, good luck with that.Oh yeah, and how do you send fake data to the people making said data?

Good question. This should be the plot of Watch Dogs 3

 

[Walpurgis]

I dunno why, but I'm alright with this.

Am I an idiot, or does he look Asian?

Looks east Asian to me. The game is set in San Fransisco where I believe there is a larger east Asian population and Far Cry 4 starred an Nepali fellow too so I think it is east Asian.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

It's his glasses that are the major hipster indicator.

I hope he isn't wearing those stupid looking skinny pants that'a meant for women.

When you start getting compliments on your looks and fashion, you stop caring about associations of stereotypes with specific pieces of clothing.

 

[kerotan_eater]

Holy crap is that guy Asian??

 

[RevolverRoden]

And to think I used to take people on this forum (and the internet in general) seriously.
Man, I feel sorry for some of you.

 

[KOHIPEET]

There's no reflection of a tree on the screen. This cannot be legit.

 

[vpance]

He's a black guy or dark skinned South Asian. Look at his arms.

 

[Principate]

When you start getting compliments on your looks and fashion, you stop caring about associations of stereotypes with specific pieces of clothing.

All that matters is whether you can actually pull them off. I'm mean can ind problem with any piece of clothing someone wears, that's how taste works.

Seems like for most people here hipster simply means clothing style I don't like.

 

[sjay1994]

And to think I used to take people on this forum (and the internet in general) seriously.
Man, I feel sorry for some of you.

If this thread showed me anything, its that some people here are hilariously superficial.

"I don't like how he dresses. He is a douchebag/hipster/shitlord"

 

[PensOwl]

It's his glasses that are the major hipster indicator.

The glasses are pretty much wayfarers, which are probably the most common single model of glasses you're going to find, with numerous knock offs and equivalents in almost every modern day game where you can customize your character.
Might as well call aviators and clubmasters hipster while you're at it. Hell, everyone with glasses is hipster. How dare they have vision problems.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Acceptable GAF-fashion for videogame protagonists:

Military Fatigues
Suit and tie
Power Armor
Medieval Armor
Real life clothes in anime form

 

[blamite]

Who the hell tries to go unnoticed by wearing a pale blue bandana?

 

[spannicus]

Acceptable GAF-fashion for videogame protagonists:

Military Fatigues
Suit and tie
Power Armor
Medieval Armor
Real life clothes in anime form

Lol

 

[magwizsorc]

I've been to gaming events. Gamers disliking what your character is wearing means you're probably on the right track.

 

[takriel]

If this thread showed me anything, its that some people here are hilariously superficial.

"I don't like how he dresses. He is a douchebag/hipster/shitlord"

Well he doesn't dress at all. He's a video game character. It's the people that designed him that have some questionable preferences.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

The only thing I'm taking from this thread is that many on GAF don't know what a hipster actually is. Yikes.

 

[RPGam3r]

Well he doesn't dress at all. He's a video game character. It's the people that designed him that have some questionable preferences.

Jeans, jacket, hat and glasses... So questionable?

 

[takriel]

Jeans, jacket, hat and glasses... So questionable?

Jep, totally.

 

[Principate]

Well he doesn't dress at all. He's a video game character. It's the people that designed him that have some questionable preferences.

Same questionable preferrences as a lot of 20-25 year old males. Which would be the point considering what their going for.

 

[Zackat]

omfg the backwards jeans. dying

 

[Data West]

now that it's mentioned, his little t-rex arms are really bothering me

 

[Vilam]

Wow, whole lot of incensed hipsters in this thread.

If those are actually backwards jeans... Ugh, I hope that isn't a thing. Whatever to the rest though, standard look of someone trying to be fashionable.