Your Character in the Cutscene

Your character while playing a game Your character in the cutscene

The meme contrasts a hulking, muscular game character during gameplay with a goofy-looking gray cartoon character in a cutscene. The joke is that video game protagonists often appear powerful and intimidating when controlled by the player but look awkward or less impressive during scripted scenes. It is used as a reaction to games with dramatic gameplay-to-cutscene power or personality changes. EN: The meme contrasts a hulking, muscular game character during gameplay with a goofy-looking gray cartoon character in a cutscene. The joke is that video game protagonists often appear powerful and intimidating when controlled by the player but look awkward or less impressive during scripted scenes. It is used as a reaction to games with dramatic gameplay-to-cutscene power or personality changes.

• @afrosidemoon / 13630 2019-05-28