Better that than having all male characters look the same.
Quoted for truth. This is a rather backward American notion that all men must be skinhead mountains of meat who only speak in growls while the women have giant ****, slender bodies but stay in the kitchen. I dare developers to make a normal looking human male WHO IS NOT A SKINHEAD be the main character. Remember guys like Edison Trent, Tommy Vercetti, the guys from Diablo, Jim Raynor, Max Payne etc.
What happened to them? Even real life marines would laugh at these so called "REALISTIC" designs which are apparently based on them. Why the hell is the default guy from DRAGON AGE! a medieval fantasy game a skinhead? At least we have the new default char from Saints Row 3 who looks pretty cool. Pretty boy businessman turned killer.
Compare to the characters from "The Witcher" games and Metro 2033
You know what the worst part is? Mark Vanderloo is considered one of the hottest male models in the world. Yet, for Mass Effect they turned him into an ugly skinhead so more american kids would find him appealing. The original Shepard was even worse, huge white bald person with an angry look on his face. By comparison, guys like Chuck Greene & Issac Clarke look positively unique
Then we have Alan Wake who looks the most normal among video game protagonists.
Just some dude you might actually meet and that's refreshing. Hell Captain Emo from [PROTOTYPE] has more creativity put into his design.
Then we have cases like Ezio Auditore Da Firenze from Assassin's Creed 2. Perfection!