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Yeah, but the other characters don't do it, it's like some odd character trait. Perhaps future Yeul was deaf.
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@HatKing said:Off topic, I feel like that particular criticism is extremely empty to me as the only reason anyone is capable of articulating it is because of how distinctive Nomura's character designs are. I mean, taking something like Dragon Age or Skyrim for example, designs in both game can be are pretty much on the less creative side as far as armor and clothing goes, but since they aren't the eye catching colorful mess that Nomura's designs are, how played out they are isn't really an issue.Why do I get the impression this is white kid being offended that not everybody 'gets' the art style in the games like he does.
Just to point out what everybody who actually listened to the podcast knows, they were never saying that there is something inherently, critically wrong with the art style of the game. While some of the members might not have ever liked the art style the games now dwell in, they were merely talking about how played out it is. Even in the Quick Look they complain about how similar the game looks to the past thirteen plus years of the franchise's existence.
As off topic as this is, I have to agree, though I feel like its the lack of articulation in the Nomura-hate collective that tends to annoy me more than not. Nomura's something of a catch-all scapegoat for "belts and zippers," but I feel like people like Patrick are just one step away from saying what's really on their minds: the faces of models that are designed off of Nomura's style, which itself is just shy of racism but no one dares to take that step that would lead someone to make such a leap of logic. It also doesn't help that people who hate Nomura DON'T realize that he actually ISN'T as involved with the character design as they think, and once you look closer at the credits for those things you'd realize that. If I recall correctly, he ONLY designed Lightning and maybe one or two other characters, and that was it, yet people still attribute him to the games and their general disdain for the "style."
I think it also speaks to a larger bias when you have games like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning or Darksiders where they straightup rip-off the Blizzard World of Warcraft aesthetic, yet no one says anything (or at least in hushed tones and from corners of the room). I personally find the alarming trend of "fuck yeah cartoony proportions and giant shoulder pads" tasteless when its not in the context of either Warhammer or Blizzard.
guys, patrick's racist if he doesn't like this...
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