[OOC Board] - All the World's a Game

You know, there's one thing I've never understood about KH.
Why is it that Ienzo appears as this in BBS at the age of 4 ends up like this in DDD at the age of 15.


Meanwhile Sora appears as this in BBS at the age of four and ends up like this in DDD at the age of 15.


They are both the same age, yet Sora looks like he is 12 and Ienzo looks like he is 18 or more. Is it because he became a nobody. It just feels like every good person in KH stay a child despite their age.

Looking at the pictures from KH III it looks like they kind of fixed this, but I still don't believe it's entirely fixed.

@SUSTIC

"Another testament to Knuckles' monstrous brute strength is that he is able to split the hydrogen in the air by punching, strike out with his fists or throw object through air with such force that he can make them ignite fire and punch the ground with enough strength to cause fissures, tremors, explosions and even kick up small volcanic eruptions over a wide area."



The Sonic franchise, saying f*ck you to reality since 1990.:p

If he was able to cause fissures, tremors, and volcanic eruptions, then he would actually be able to lift over 1,000 metric tons. Punching Hydrogen is not possible.

It messes with my "suspension of disbelief".

Perhaps I get too focused on realism that I have a hard time going with the bent physics in video games. -_-;

I'm not strict when it comes to realism, but there's things that really stretch it.





@Katrix

Ienzo matured faster?:p

I think the reason why they make the protagonists more child-like to give them an implied innocence, to make them seem more pure.

Lol, you have a good point. In fact at least all games say f*ck you to reality at least once. There's also that Chaos Energy and shit... that has to be something.


Now just imagine if John met Knuckles because they had to have Knuckles help in searching for a sacred and powerful treasure...

Tails: "Careful John! Knuckles strength is said to be roughly the equivalent to Sonic's super speed! He is supposedly capable of lifting over one hundred metric tons! It's also said that he is able to split the hydrogen in the air by punching! Be careful! Oh yea, and he isn't all too smart either..."

@S121

You call this looking innocent and pure? He walks around the biggest part of the game as Ansem, Seeker of Darkness. He's also about the saame hight as Sora even after he transformed back. Did I also mention that the game is rated 12+?

@SUSTIC

"I've fought worse. I just gotta play smart."



Anyways, at least with Touhou they have magic.

Halo has humans that have been modified to an unbelievable extent, making them no longer human and suits that cost as much as a small starship.

Dead Space has space tech and parasitic aliens.


I think the reason Sonic bothers me is because they give no reason for the break in realism.

The Chaos Emeralds are basically naturally occurring energy crystals, so that's not really bad. It's plausible.

Splitting Hydrogen, well, that's not possible without having particle accelerators on your hands. That's like saying that you're going to cut atoms in half with a kitchen knife.:p





@Katrix

But he's a bad guy, or at least used to be.

As for 12 and up, I'm not sure kids would understand some of the deeper messages of the game.

I haven't played the game, but I have looked some of the universe up, and it's deeper than simply beating the bad guys.

I do have to admit. In some areas they explain things that are simple to explain, and yet in other areas where there NEEDS to be explanation it does not give you an explanation.

One could say that it's just a natural ability for Knuckles to be able to do so to help with him being the guardian of the Master Emerald, and as such he has a lot of supernatural abilities like physically split Hydrogen if he puts all his strength into a single punch.
After all as a Guardian of a very powerful and mystical stone wouldn't you need a large arsenal of abilities to make you better at protecting it?

Though that's MY explanation, not the OFFICIAL explanation. Meaning it's not CANON, and as such is not considered true (even though it's just a very lame way of trying to explain it, and it STILL doesn't make much sense.)

Still, Knuckles would give John a hard time at first... until a few seconds into the fight where John begins to read Knuckles movements, and in turn is able to successfully counter Knuckles attacks.

At least Knuckles would be an ally if he was in the RP. Someone with that strength would be a pain to fight. A single punch from Knuckles would most likely end up killing normal characters (though there are equally strong characters that could do the same thing in this RP.)

@S121

Nope, was never a bad guy. He's Sora's best friend. In the first game they are simply rivals and Riku is mislead by Ansem. You don't see Cloud or the other FF characters being portrayed that way. As for the age rating, yeah I think you're right there.

Riku is supposed to be 16 in the games now. Let's just hope that Sora follows this when he fills 16.

The only game where this actually works is BBS with Terra and Aqua being grown ups and Ventus being portrayed as a child.

@SUSTIC

Yea, I'm not hating on Sonic or anything, it's just the realism.

As for Knuckles vs John, it would be bad if John got hit, but John has reaction time and strategy over strength and raw power.

John's not as strong, but he has a little bit of everything.

His RP strength (dumbed down) is around 66 metric tons, he can react 75 times faster than the average human, is very intelligent, was given an advanced education, has offensive potential (He will find a way to blow it up. You don't think it's going to happen, but it does. He has the supernatural ability to blow up anything in his sight, one way or another. Just look at the Halo games. It must be one of his bad habits. XD), the defense to survive fatal blows, and luck.

He's really powerful, so I tried to give him psychological weaknesses to balance him out.





@Katrix

Bah, Sora just has a "babyface".

Some people just have it.:p

I suppose you can just blame it on the designers.

@S121

@Katrix

Sugar rush?:p

That smile scares me.

Thanks to you, I won't be able to sleep tonight.:p


Anyways, what do you think about this?

I think that this needs to be created. Just imagine these modules being incorporated into other devices, like laptops, or simplified desktop computers.