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Leaked Dark Souls 2 Concept Art looks grossly incandescent
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It IS a more gritty, relatively down to earth series in general rather than something like FF or Monster Hunter that'd flout exotic equipment, but as it isn't a hardcore medieval simulator, yeah, it's not like being unrealistic in some ways is inherently a problem.
Admittedly this is also the first we've seen of female equipment so it's out of context of the whole, but we did have FE, a series that was traditionally relatively smart with this stuff, go full boob plate with FE:A, so I can see why people can be concerned especially as this doesn't have the anime aesthetic as a partial defense.
I H8 Memes
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art style is quite different than 1.
Two new NPC characters. Waifu and Tsundere.
Portugeezer
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It's the latest fad.
AuthenticM
Member
Looks badass. I approve of the boob plate.
Phonomezer
Banned
art style is quite different than 1.
Gross, it's like a brunette Vanille.
Can't wait to compare what actually got into the game once DS2 is out. Just finished my first Dark Souls playthrough with +120 hours on the counter and seeing all the concept art makes me want to jump into NG+ so hard, but I have to get some stuff off of my backlog. PS+ isn't making it any easier, well, it could be worse, if it were a EU PS+ sub. 
astroturfing
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hmm.. some stuff looks awesome, some looks kinda uninspired. ALL of the art in the previous games was great. something is missing. did they lose artists?
oh well, i'm confident it will be the best Souls game anyway.
oh well, i'm confident it will be the best Souls game anyway.
F0rneus
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I for one, greatly loves the boob plate armor. That chick looks beastly as all hell! Slap on the fur from the other guy's armor and I'm not taking that thing off.
In any case, about a year ago I was talking with a friend about how scary it was that somewhere in Japan, FROM could be working on new bosses and traps to slay us in DSII. And now...I can see these bosses. I already dread them!
In any case, about a year ago I was talking with a friend about how scary it was that somewhere in Japan, FROM could be working on new bosses and traps to slay us in DSII. And now...I can see these bosses. I already dread them!
Rhazer Fusion
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Looks good so far. Awesome art. I think people are a little too concerned about practicality though. In a game where I can shoot flames and ice out my hands and get to fight gigantic spiders, dragons and all types of imaginative abominations, I am not too worried about boob plates, chain mails, high heels or whatever. I am sure boob plates are optional for female characters anyway.
Man, how crazy would it be if From introduces a time travel element to Dark Souls 2? Didn't they already touch on time travel in the Artorias of the Abyss DLC? Thinking about the possibilities and consequences a playthrough might have adding a time travel layer on top of a non-linear game like Dark Souls, would that make you excited or would it be a nightmare for you?
One of the environments seems to have a bit of a New Londo vibe to it, assuming this is all actually DS2.
That boat though. Oh god the boat. Let me play with it.
That boat though. Oh god the boat. Let me play with it.
Boob plates are bad?
Compared to the average female fantasy warriror she's still armored like a tank.
SlipperyFishes
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Risk Breaker
Member
Holy damn that looks awesome.
Thread title made me lol.
Thread title made me lol.
Women have boobs.
rosaceadude2112
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that is fucking sick
Dark Rider
Member
she must assert her feminism!! /sarcastic
it must've been a nightmare for the smith who forged it lol
Frank Jaeger
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Something's moving in my pants!
Looks beautiful. Taking a gander at the arachnophobes I'm thankful that they, in all likelihood won't be doing underwater segment where I'd have fight some twisted shark.
It's called breastplate for a reason. PM this to Jason Schreier at kotaku so that he can write an article exposing the sexism. That'll show the artist what happens when he acts like a 14 year old.
It's called breastplate for a reason. PM this to Jason Schreier at kotaku so that he can write an article exposing the sexism. That'll show the artist what happens when he acts like a 14 year old.
Some stuff looks great, some not so much:
This is getting into Kingdom of Amalur territory, which is an horrible place to be.
Is that you dad?
they already said that time will play a huge part in this game. i could see something similar to the pw/pbwt of demon's souls.
but only for females it seems...
don't like the boob plates and miko. environments seem ok or fine. looking only at the concept art, it still looks like a huge shift from dark souls
Misterinenja
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Breast plates are OK. Looks cool and of course there can be some vanity in Late Middle Ages / Renaissance inspired armor design.
Skyrim armors look horrible though.
They had somewhat similar stuff in DkS too.
Skyrim armors look horrible though.
They had somewhat similar stuff in DkS too.
What makes you think the spider is "giant". Maybe it's a close up
cj_iwakura
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This is definitely by a different artist/team than Dark Souls 1's, totally different vibe if it's real.
It's nice, yeah, but different. Dark Souls 1/Demon Souls art had a more rough sketch look to it.
Heck, even the original Dk2 art looked like what I'm used to:
It's nice, yeah, but different. Dark Souls 1/Demon Souls art had a more rough sketch look to it.
Heck, even the original Dk2 art looked like what I'm used to:
A lot of these look like very early design development sketches. It's kind of silly that people seem to be expecting presentation quality artwork right out of the gate; I can guarantee that for every piece of amazing DkS/DeS artwork there were dozens of rejected designs and hastily drawn revisions.
Ah, I see, so it's not 100% realistic. But I think I prefer that female knights are actually identifiable over 100% accuracy.
Phonomezer
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'Twas a shame that the dwarf looked absolutely ridiculous in the gameplay demo.
Mummy 2 + Minotaur
RadixNegative2
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I really hope they release a full sized art book for DS2.
Fine Ham Abounds
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That spider is incredible. ARACHNOPHOBES, MAYBE THIS GAME JUST ISN'T FOR YOU
Kidding, I hate statements like those
Why do you even need to identify their gender though
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