Yeah, I know what you mean. I see so much hate towards it but, like you, I just think of older animated movies and Sesame Street.
And Harry and the Hendersons!
-nodnod- Might as well throw in Alf while we're at it! Haha. But yeah, the "non-gamer" people who see this, who are of the age to have children who'd look at it... I don't think they'd see it and think "EWWWW, Sexualized cartoons!". We've got good memories of this kinda work, and I think Dust rides that idealization well.
when I first look at this game I thought it was one of those furry things that I see on youtube or games like secondlife but then I watched the video and was blown away so i look past the furry animal sort of thing.
It actually really reminds me of a classic flash cartoon that never got completed "little Ninjai"
http://grind365.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ninjai1.jpg
Hey, that looks pretty cool! Never heard of it.
The whole furry complaint goes right over my head. I don't even know what the hell a furry is. "Deviantart characters" makes no sense to me because I've seen all sorts of great, varied art on that site.
"Deviant art furry" jokes are pretty old by now. i really don't understand people's weirdness over it.
Yeah, I feel like it's an "underbelly of the underbelly" kinda comment. Looks like EVERYONE on the internet feels this way, but as soon as you look to the overall world, you see these kinda ideas apply to a minimum, at best.
Really. I look at most of the art and it reminds me of Don Bluth (think An American Tale) mixed with some of the cool sword play you might see in a modern animation series. It's not like the flying sidekick has a nice ass or anything.
My mind always goes to "Secrets of Nihm", which always felt incredibly mature for me, since childhood. I need to watch it again sometimes... but yeah. Speaking of Bluth, I think I give a funnier eye to the Princess in "Dragons Lair" than most Anthro art, because she always seemed surprisingly "sexy" for what otherwise appeared to be a Disney animated epic.
On the whole subject of "ew furry art!" Here's a quote from the Lackadaisy author (the prohibition cat comic) that I always liked.
I normally don't like the "it's not my fault... it's yours!" train of thinking, but I actually agree with that element of it here. A lot of people like Animal / Human hybrid characters, because they're fun to draw. It's interesting trying to illustrate human emotions on non-human faces. Those kind of simple challenges just call out to artist in general, and it's a great way to play with something very rooted in fantasy, while possibly making a story that's very rooted in reality, or human-style drama.
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But ANYWAY, past the Style drama (Which, if you can't tell, I rather like the style!)... Really? Over 10 hours? Close to 20? Amazing! How much of this is filler? XD
Oh, and about the cinematics in the trailer... are we to expect such things throughout the game, or was some of that made specifically for the trailer?
