George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Bought Arkham Knight a few weeks ago and recently beat it to 240%. Fun game, though with some glaring flaws (excessive Batmobile, bad writing)
Anyway, I was always in awe looking at the work put into the environmental design and just how great the city looks. Neon lights, Gothic architecture and rain... Yup, that's Gotham. However, I look at the characters and I can't help but feel... blah. Or maybe "blegh" is closer.
Now, I get that it's a Batman game. Shit is dark and brooding and often grimy. Rocksteady's take has been ridiculously grimy from the get go but I never liked it. Loved the first two games but I thought they were really ugly to look at for the most part, even the environments. Now, I make this about Knight because I feel like they nailed the environment but missed with the characters.
I just hate how dirty and grimy some of these characters are. Sure, it's not as bad as the first two games (did these characters sleep in the sewers?). Yeah, Penguin and Two Face are crime bosses in Gotham City but you'd think they would've heard of basic hygiene. Dirty clothes, dirty hands, dirty faces. Even characters like Alfred and Jim look like their skin is sandpaper and then Vaseline was applied on top. Barbara looks like someone in her late 30s getting a divorce. Shit's just too rough and grimy, man.
Arkham Origins (very divisive game), on the other hand, actually has nice character designs, and they're clean. Villains and thugs don't look like they rolled around in mud but they still got an air of corruption about them. The GCPD don't look like they operate out of the back of a sex shop. Alfred isn't going to kill you and wear your skin. Bruce Wayne doesn't look like he's gonna sniff cocaine off your ass then smack you around. Don't even get me started on Robin.
At the end of the day though, that's just my two cents. It's their take on Batman, they can do as they please. If they made another Batman game and I still didn't like the aesthetic, I'd buy it anyway. The games are just too good.
End of my mini-rant.
Edit: Picturesof Spider-Man!
Anyway, I was always in awe looking at the work put into the environmental design and just how great the city looks. Neon lights, Gothic architecture and rain... Yup, that's Gotham. However, I look at the characters and I can't help but feel... blah. Or maybe "blegh" is closer.
Now, I get that it's a Batman game. Shit is dark and brooding and often grimy. Rocksteady's take has been ridiculously grimy from the get go but I never liked it. Loved the first two games but I thought they were really ugly to look at for the most part, even the environments. Now, I make this about Knight because I feel like they nailed the environment but missed with the characters.
I just hate how dirty and grimy some of these characters are. Sure, it's not as bad as the first two games (did these characters sleep in the sewers?). Yeah, Penguin and Two Face are crime bosses in Gotham City but you'd think they would've heard of basic hygiene. Dirty clothes, dirty hands, dirty faces. Even characters like Alfred and Jim look like their skin is sandpaper and then Vaseline was applied on top. Barbara looks like someone in her late 30s getting a divorce. Shit's just too rough and grimy, man.
Arkham Origins (very divisive game), on the other hand, actually has nice character designs, and they're clean. Villains and thugs don't look like they rolled around in mud but they still got an air of corruption about them. The GCPD don't look like they operate out of the back of a sex shop. Alfred isn't going to kill you and wear your skin. Bruce Wayne doesn't look like he's gonna sniff cocaine off your ass then smack you around. Don't even get me started on Robin.
At the end of the day though, that's just my two cents. It's their take on Batman, they can do as they please. If they made another Batman game and I still didn't like the aesthetic, I'd buy it anyway. The games are just too good.
End of my mini-rant.
Edit: Pictures