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Koei Tecmo teasing new title from -Force, This is not "Warriors"
- Thread starter YianGaruga
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Would have been better if the old designs for the same characters were compared to the new designs. That image is poorly matched for that.
Besides, all the characters in the top still look pretty much like they did back then. Meanwhile the female designs got wrecked.
That's kind of the issue the image is trying to highlight. The cast members who were introduced during the PS and PS2 eras mostly look like actual stylized warriors and strategists, new cast mostly looks like they belong at a social event or a hairstyling advert or are trying to form their jpop group. There's a clear divide between the lead design philosophies behind them and it just makes everything feel inconsistent. Just pick one direction or the other.
kallisto76
Member
I think zero chanches, Otogi was developed by From Software, not by Koei.
Castef
Banned
Rollo Tomasi
Member
What if its a musou collabo with Bungie?
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Dynasty Destiny Guardians
dakkumauji
Member
A mix and match of designs from DW5, DW7, DW8 and hell let's throw in a DLC costume cause that would really prove my point!
I'm pretty sure they passed the whole realistic angle ages ago.
Suzushiiro
Banned
Atelier Warriors. Cute girls doing cute things and wreckin' shit.
So I take as far as you're concerned you see absolutely no difference in design principle between top row and bottom row, they just mesh well together and look like they belong in the same game. Gotcha.
YianGaruga
Banned
dakkumauji
Member
I mean considering you are using an absolutely terrible example to try and prove a point but fail to see that between games, characters are designed with a different style and motif.
And, throwing a DLC costume (which are basically fanservice) to say oh yeah, how dare the new characters look so terrible to the old ones.
I mean, take the girl who everything thinks is a waste of space:
One looks like right out of an anime, the other looks decently more prepared to fight in a war.
So, you're wrong. Of course I think they won't mesh in the same game, cause they literally are not from the same game! Shocking!
What's shocking to me is that you believe the design on the right is somehow much better and that this bubbly little girl who's just wearing panties and thigh-high stockings below the waist is a great addition to a battlefield where people like this are present:
Yeah, she fits in real nice. See it's the same game this time and it REALLY made a huge difference in their presentation, it's not like the redesigns are just small changes to the characters between each game aside from DW6. Another shocking thing was that you're trying to say the single character in DLC costume there doesn't just like a DOA girl, much like the one you posted, in her regular miniskirt outfit as well. But I guess my personal opinion is wrong then. If you say so then it's settled.
YianGaruga
Banned
update 2
Callibretto
Member
Koei's Demon Souls clone?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
DanganRonpa Musou ???
DanganRonpa Musou ???
I don't care for Musou games but I'd throw all my money at this.
Basically anything Danganronpa.
Edit: But it's not Musou anyway.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
We know we all want it.DanganRonpa Musou ???
dakkumauji
Member
danganronpa musou is like something i never expected to exist but i now really really really want it
Do you wish the game to have less female character cast? Why would her existence bother you so much among the over the top, armor cladden. You're not forced to her, and the heavy stylized characters design are there because the cast branch out to non-combatants character and KT have to find to make them memorable.
As much as I like girl with full suite of proper armor, I don't get your complaint at all. Not when the game is ridiculously over the top where strategist like Xu Shu dresses and move like Assassin's Creed character.
Palette Swap
Member
I had missed the first two clues.
Yeah, my money would be on a new Zill O'll game.
Yeah, my money would be on a new Zill O'll game.
texhnolyze
Banned
So it's not Arslan?
Nope
Palette Swap
Member
Of course not. Arslan has been known to release in Japan for quite some time now and this is a new game reveal, not just a localization.
texhnolyze
Banned
I think that's a joke image. All of the top row sans Taishi Ci are DW8 outfits. The bottom row (sans the characters who first appeared in DW8, and Lu Linqgi who isn't using her actual outfit) are from DW7 however.
This trend of androgynous/teenagers/prettyboy characters was already happening in the PS2 era. I guess nobody noticed because of DW6 being so bad and only cutting characters but DW5's new additions were lopsided on them (Cao Pi, Ling Tong, Guan Ping and Xingcai vs. Zuo Ci and Pang De).
Which one? They both look unfitting to war to me
dark_inferno
Member
Fear and despair? Not DW then. Dark Souls Musou would be interesting. Milk that franchise to death.
That was my first guess as well actually. Not sure if I'd want it personally, but that wouldn't stop anyone from making it.
Edit: bonus outlandish FROM collaboration prediction that would approach the level of a Nier 2, Shenmue 3 or FFVII remake: a new Otogi. Had almost forgotten about that series!
i mean, even just the design sensibility on chars is pretty wildly different between dw2-5 and dw6-8, that's clear as day. it's simply preference. and i wildly prefer the old style designs. a lot of old chars at the very least keep some form of that b/c of established appearances + thematic stuff but geez louise, when the redesigns get bad they get bad. it's ultimately not too much of a big deal but it's still bothersome anyhow haha
as for being on topic: there is no way it's zill o'll, that series has bombed like forever and ever... why would they even do that? it's gotta be a new franchise or toukiden, right?
as for being on topic: there is no way it's zill o'll, that series has bombed like forever and ever... why would they even do that? it's gotta be a new franchise or toukiden, right?
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Setting yourself up for pain is the way we Berserk fans live.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Anyone feels like maybe it's a Attack on Titan game.
I have to admit that pretty boys character design in DW is out of hand latelt. It was understandable if it was Guo Jia or Xun Yu which the former known for his young age and the latter know to have one of the most handsome face in Chinese history. But it is inexcusable in the case of Li Dian and Yue Jin, both whom seniority are on par with Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. Gotta chase that Basara fujoshi money I guess.
Yes, all the messages seem to fit so far.
Live-action film, spin-off anime, second season anime... and a new game, why not?
It's not about the female character count. No one is arguing against more females in the cast. It just so happens that a large number of the new female additions fall under the questionable design tastes that so many of the new characters from DW7/8 are bogged down by. Not to mention the characters that have been redesigned for the worse.
And Xu Shu is part of the problem.
I think the idea is more old characters vs. new characters. The Lu Lingqi outfit is a cheap shot, though.
That would make the licensing pretty interesting. Spike Chunsoft = 3DS. Capcom = Arcades. Koei Tecmo = PS3/PS4?
Maybe this is just a new Zill O'll game.
Thats what I thought because of the text. But its not.
Good, then it might still end up being something I am interested in.
Thats what I thought because of the text. But its not.
Is related to anything known os something totally new?
dakkumauji
Member
huh, that would be interesting
gotta be pretty big for koei to get another (semi) big franchise
Honestly the words so far could fit almost everything(even a musou!).
Imo it's a new ip or the return of a dead ip(does KT have dead ips?)
Mr. Pointy
Member
An Attack On Titan game done by the Toukiden group seems entirely likely.