Happy 250th America 🇺🇸
Genocide of the indigenous 🇺🇸
Legal slavery until 1863 🇺🇸
Legal segregation until 1964 🇺🇸
No credit cards for women until 1974 🇺🇸
Only country to use a nuclear weapon 🇺🇸
Most incarcerated nation on earth 🇺🇸
Only major economy w/o universal healthcare 🇺🇸
I think what people especially writers in modern gaming do not understand is that the funny comedic dialogue and banter wasn't a supplement for having a personality.
OG gears characters had charm, good writing, and in some cases were stereotypes (Cole Train being the loudmouth showoff sports player for example) which makes them loveable and endearing.
Coletrain is easily one of my favorite characters of all time. The whole original squad is loveable, I remember how hard it hit for me and my friend playing through Gears 2 for dom. And especially in 3 when he dies.
These are characters, not caricatures. You need to have an actual written character to have snarky jokes and comedic writing to come off as realistic.