Video game character with gas mask

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MonoAlice Dec 26, 2017 @ 4:44am

It's cool right?
Or I'm just a weirdo

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Indiana Georg Dec 26, 2017 @ 4:45am

Tbh a Gasmask is the coolest thing a person can wear , see Ww1 Stoßtruppen and Death korp of Krieg

MonoAlice Dec 26, 2017 @ 4:47am

Originally posted by indiana_georg:
Tbh a Gasmask is the coolest thing a person can wear , see Ww1 Stoßtruppen and Death korp of Krieg :Tiger1:

<3 love gasmask

KENJI Dec 26, 2017 @ 4:48am

guess why HUNK is one of the most liked RE characters

honorable mention: psycho mantis from mgs

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Crowbaria Dec 26, 2017 @ 4:56am

Originally posted by indiana_georg:
Tbh a Gasmask is the coolest thing a person can wear

Al Capwned Dec 26, 2017 @ 5:00am

If just wearing for the sake of wearing and there's no apparent reason, then it looks kinda dumb.

BanOphobia My Struggle Dec 26, 2017 @ 5:28am

Metro has a gas mask mechanic and you see a lot of gas mask characters in Stalker games. Dying Light has a funny NPC who wears a gask mask all the time.

Commander Makara Dec 26, 2017 @ 5:42am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4132226/Is-strangest-virtual-reality-device-yet.html

Nine-ball Dec 26, 2017 @ 5:56am

I see you like to play Castlevanyia......

Depends on who it is and why. Generally speaking, gas maks are included to make characters look impersonal at the least, and evil at the worst. Gas masks conceal the face, making it easier to disassociate with them, and also bring to mind the sort of people who would use them in the first place. You wouldn't need a gas mask unless you planned on creating some kind of toxic gas, right? People with chronic flatulence excepted.

Often, the masks that they're wearing don't even protect against anything. That's how you know that they're just being stylized as bad guys.

By contrast, there are a lot of "good guy" gas masks that go unnoticed. Master Chief, Robocop, a lot of comic book heroes whose masks provide them strength rather than weakness. They all have an identity we know, which is what makes them work as a literary device, even if they're a hollow character for the player or reader to inhabit.

Still, the characters with masks tend to be anti-heroes, and that's simply because people like seeing faces so they can discern the motives behind them. It's pretty natural to react in fear to anyone you think is hiding something, and that's what makes gas masks and the like so intimidating. You are, at face value (no pun intended) told that you don't get to read their emotions or reactions at all.

In either case, there's nothing wrong with wanting to be the guy behind the mask from time to time. I like wearing paintball masks, when they don't fog up, not just because they protect me from impacts but because I think I look so much cooler. They're like ninja masks. People can still see the eyes, so you can be expressive, but they don't see the rest of your face, so it's tough to tell how you are actually reacting. Honestly, I find that people are a lot more friendly with that partial cover.

That said, people are much better and longer-lasting friends when they can see your face and get to know you. Like after a paintball match, when everyone takes off their masks and shares a little revelry in the awesome battle. Nothing like a good fight to make good friends.