Characters

Characters are essential in creating a realistic game. After so many years of lifeless characters and cliche violence, gamers attention begins to wither. All elements to games need to be hit.
When thinking of characters I remember, what makes them realistic? I don't study phycology but their are basics to a character that follow along to a back story. Like everyone, their childhood and life make the person they are there. Characters can get different reactions and make the audience feel emtions towards that character. Usually a protagonist will gain respect, admiration, compation and other emotion enphasise the audience toward the character. Enemies with back stories will develop low reactions such as anguish, anger and in some cases hate. These emotions imerse the gamer furthur into the game and fully showing that games are not what they used to be.
I don't fully understand the ingredients to make a character but following along to a scripted history is a basics. Characters will always show what life has thrown at them. Being young, the character will show exitement, an open mind and enthusiasm. Older characters will show wisdom, care and procaughtion. But depending on a negative background characters will be synical and have a closed, negative mind about the world. When writing a script, these accounts need to be taken into consideration.
The history and script are essention but these are the building blocks for the overall picture.Without a suitable actor then the character will be lifeless. The actor will consider the accent, voice tone, the emotions they are trying to portray in certain situations and even the facial features. This is where a mood board is drawn and recreated using the 3d software.
The characters appearence is essial which is always considered by the background story and their likes/dislikes. Depending on age, the character will dress differently and act differently.
Personally I appreiciate the master cheifs back story from the halo books. This is a character with alot of combat history and constantly shows mystery throughout the games and books. Also, reguarding final fantasy 7, cloud is interesting. This is a young protagonist that has had lot of exprience is war and seen more than most people and reguarding his age its suprising. He has a very dark and synester background that has closed his mind to the wonders of the world and shows this constantly in films, cartoons and the game.