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Video game art/designs that just upset you.
- Thread starter Mineshaft_Gap
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If art design you dont like actually upsets you it may be time to take a look at your priorities, but this thread is gonna be good, wildly divergent artstyles are going to get described as "anime", somebody will probably insinuate that a wide swathe of posters are pedophiles, people will decry boobies and others will decry the decrying of boobies, people will rant about their special hatred of the colours brown and green, etc.
To address the topic, "retro style" pixel art causes me to switch off these days, it was novel at first and is sometimes done well. But over the last year or two it just feels like a cop-out (or bowing to economic pressure) dressed up as an "artistic choice". The computer game art equivalent of modern art.
As an aside I dont really get the hate for the EO Dancer, Im not a fan of it but its a fairly conservative interpreation of the arabic sword/belly dancer but I dont really see what makes it "the most embarassing thing ever".
To address the topic, "retro style" pixel art causes me to switch off these days, it was novel at first and is sometimes done well. But over the last year or two it just feels like a cop-out (or bowing to economic pressure) dressed up as an "artistic choice". The computer game art equivalent of modern art.
As an aside I dont really get the hate for the EO Dancer, Im not a fan of it but its a fairly conservative interpreation of the arabic sword/belly dancer but I dont really see what makes it "the most embarassing thing ever".
Atraveller
Banned
Is this for real?Hilarious!
"No, guys, chin-down-eyes-up isn't impressive anymore. We must take it to another level - no eye contact whatsoever! In fact, fuck eyes - let's pose everyone like a badass and then CROP THEIR HEADS OUT! That's what kids find cool these days!"
Jerry Orbach
Member
One of my favorite:
I was okay with this one until I got to the feet. Seriously, what's wrong with her feet?
Nah, this game actually has some pretty good looking characters for once, of course some are questionable (that dancer, the clothes are good but the loli design that artist like so much doesn't fit that class).
It's also one of the few games where females armor actually don't take the shape or their boobs pushing it instantly to the top of the chain.
EO4 is not as good though, those feets :/
People will come in here and tell you that that's a legitimate art style called Chibi.
Those people are fools. It looks dumb, has always looked dumb, and I can only assume it was created by an artist who couldn't draw feet.
I guess my hint about setting up the girls for Rule 34 was not taken correctly. This however was taken from Riot Art
The Fandom of LOL can goes pretty crazy some times though and Riot playing at this with many of the females just asks for it too. Its not hard figure out the the reasoning rule 34 for stuff or the swimsuit fest I showed early.
Anyways another of the many good song from Area Defect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzLskvGY_Iw
Jerry Orbach
Member
They look like crab's feet. She looks like she should be skittling sideways out from under a rock. It's creeping me out.
VaultBoy101
Gold Member
Lost it at "ankle funnel."
Crush3D looks horrible imo.
I was actually interested in the idea, bur never bought it because I can't stand the design
Those dead, soulless eyes...
They remind me of Coraline.
bobawesome
Member
Ouch.
Not just Ni No Kuni though - every game that has an art style like Ni No Kuni is in my firing line
Ugh. Ghibli and Ghibli-esque art styles bug me more than anything else.
Well...not really, but I do think they're pretty terrible.
Twilight Gap
Member
that hair..... also, what the fuck is that thing in his left hand? Is it a sword or a metal paddle?
i lol'd
it looks like he combed his hair with a porcupine
...that is a dude... right?
Twilight Gap
Member
These atrocities:
whoaaaaa and I thought spyro had it rough. aku aku looks like a football
whoops didn't mean to double post
ScepticMatt
Member
Just reinstalled ME3 quickly to confirm it there were any doubts.
Yep, still there
Bioware gonna Bioware.
Edit:
It may be your favorite, but I think it's a awful design. The proportions are just wrong.
SolidSnakex
Member
That shot of Crash is also sorta hiding the fact that they gave him tribal tattoos.
Gosh damn that suit is bad as the panty clinging in some ecchi anime in the lower regions...... wow. Not that I would know about such animes....... :/Just reinstalled ME3 quickly to confirm it there were any doubts.
Yep, still there
Bioware gonna Bioware
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
that hair..... also, what the fuck is that thing in his left hand? Is it a sword or a metal paddle?
That's quite disgusting, SE game i presume?
To be honest i checked back on my EO 1 to 3 characters and even the loli looking ones have regular looking feets, seems he gave up on them since the 4th and it just doesn't look as good imo.
Crossing Eden
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Also this
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
Again, from a practical perspective that design makes sense; someone who is aware of how CCTV works and where most CCTV is located and wants to commit crimes without being immediately identifiable would go with that sort of clothing combo (or a motorcycle helmet, but you cant generally enter most premises with a motocycle helmet on and not have to remove it precisely due to security considerations).
The Promethian Knights.
Seriously, what the fuck is up with this design?
It doesn't fit at all with existing Forerunner design, which is angular, non-organic in every way, focuses on beams, shields solid transparent forcefields with metallic angular surfaces. it has the pointless skull which is supposed to hit at their origin but when you see their creation appears to be nothing more but aesthetic. It looked at some point like they should have a body suspended in there, but there isn't. It has extra limbs, just to rub it in that it's a limbed robot that clashes completely with all established designs, and then they go and show off the concept art as if we're supposed to say "good job" rather than "you picked the very worst concept out a bad selection." There are floaty bits hanging off for no reason whatsoever other than to look alien, but they don't look cool and they make no sense. They have no clear differentiation or colours that make them obvious in the background to shoot either, or to see their weaponry, so they're hopeless from a gameplay POV too.
They're a completely insipid design, and I really hate it to the extent I would gladly see Halo 5 begin with "all the Promethian Knights were on Requiem, and they are all dead and gone and will never appear again."
Seriously, what the fuck is up with this design?
It doesn't fit at all with existing Forerunner design, which is angular, non-organic in every way, focuses on beams, shields solid transparent forcefields with metallic angular surfaces. it has the pointless skull which is supposed to hit at their origin but when you see their creation appears to be nothing more but aesthetic. It looked at some point like they should have a body suspended in there, but there isn't. It has extra limbs, just to rub it in that it's a limbed robot that clashes completely with all established designs, and then they go and show off the concept art as if we're supposed to say "good job" rather than "you picked the very worst concept out a bad selection." There are floaty bits hanging off for no reason whatsoever other than to look alien, but they don't look cool and they make no sense. They have no clear differentiation or colours that make them obvious in the background to shoot either, or to see their weaponry, so they're hopeless from a gameplay POV too.
They're a completely insipid design, and I really hate it to the extent I would gladly see Halo 5 begin with "all the Promethian Knights were on Requiem, and they are all dead and gone and will never appear again."
Could some of ya'll list the Jrpg, instead of driving by-ing the entire genre of jrpg please?
Anyways , some of the skill girls designs.
It upsets me, You have designs like big band and peacock, and then you have boob nurse, tenticle hair completle with ahegeo face damage frames, and legs red hair the not nazi.
They went for cheese cake, and ruined a lot of designs. When they should have just went for cool designs first and foremost.
Anyways , some of the skill girls designs.
It upsets me, You have designs like big band and peacock, and then you have boob nurse, tenticle hair completle with ahegeo face damage frames, and legs red hair the not nazi.
They went for cheese cake, and ruined a lot of designs. When they should have just went for cool designs first and foremost.
Thats not unique to japan. Also its great.
Its to conceal his identity so, yes he is mysterious. What the hell are you talking about.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Just reinstalled ME3 quickly to confirm it there were any doubts.
Yep, still there
Bioware gonna Bioware.
Edit:
It may be your favorite, but I think it's a awful design. The proportions are just wrong.
Oh shit, I never noticed. I had her in the blue suit but SURELY that isn't intended. Surely.
I guess my hint about setting up the girls for Rule 34 was not taken correctly. This however was taken from Riot Art
The Fandom of LOL can goes pretty crazy some times though and Riot playing at this with many of the females just asks for it too. Its not hard figure out the the reasoning rule 34 for stuff or the swimsuit fest I showed early.
I know nothing about League of Legends other than the females. It get's your attention. That Katriana, yo.
Bayonetta shouldn't be taken seriously. It's clearly not serious.
Jerry Orbach
Member
...that is a dude... right?
Yeah, it's a dude, the posture is just misleading. Chest-forward, pelvis-back is an aggressive posture for a man; pelvis-forward, chest-back a submissive one (it has to do with where we keep our center of gravity... and our vulnerable parts). For a woman, pelvis-forward, chest-back is a defensive posture; chest-forward, pelvis-back a sexual one. At least, that's what they teach you in school. This man (boy?) is in a stereotypical "tough girl" pose, not a "tough guy" one.
That doesn't make her design great, it doesn't excuse anything.
I believe the saying goes something like
when you parody something that's already prevalent in your field, do not expect anyone to see it as anything other than contributing to that thing.
There are plenty of characters and poses that go against that logic.
Also I Have never been taught that logic.
You know men with feminine exist in the real world right?
CaptainLoveline
Member
This. 343's attempt at making the Covenant look more threatening & edgier made me cringe.
Technoweirdo
Member
Can't. Unsee. O-O
Well, least you don't see the full portrait in-game. Otherwise this'd be Fire Emblem-bad, not that I particular minded it there. lol
Speedhoven
Neo Member
Sexist design like some of the girl pictures on page 1. Also everything in the OP.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
All Asari (Mass Effect) in general.
Lazy and pandering.
Jerry Orbach
Member
Absolutely! But when a "rule" like that is broken, it's usually done for effect... which is the whole point of learning those stupid rules in the first place.
You have now ^___^
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I had noticed before but I don't mind, I really appreciate how he doesn't give the girls high heels... I hate that crap.
TheVoidDragon
Member
Mine would be every new weapon, vehicle and character design in Halo 4. Especially the Marines and Spartan Armour, followed by Foreunner architecture.
Marines that went from these nice designs:
to ones that look more suitable as generic soldiers in something like Crysis 2:
horrible SPARTAN armour that would fit in more with anime than a Halo game:
Then there's glowing lights on pretty much every Foreunner building, weapons & vehicles that don't even look slightly similar to the design aesthetics of the previous games, the retcons to Master Chiefs armour and some of the UNSC ships...
Marines that went from these nice designs:
to ones that look more suitable as generic soldiers in something like Crysis 2:
horrible SPARTAN armour that would fit in more with anime than a Halo game:
Then there's glowing lights on pretty much every Foreunner building, weapons & vehicles that don't even look slightly similar to the design aesthetics of the previous games, the retcons to Master Chiefs armour and some of the UNSC ships...
Interesting.
I'm an artist myself I have never been taught that. A lot of the stuff I was taught in that regard was more proportions than poses.
I don't think i'll use it much, but its interesting.
Mine would be every new weapon, vehicle and character design in Halo 4. Especially the Marines and Spartan Armour, followed by Foreunner architecture.
Marines that went from these nice designs:
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horrible SPARTAN armour that would fit in more with anime than a Halo game:
One I like the armor.
Two considering halo is highly influenced by a lot of Japanese stuff, I suppose some of it would look like its coming out of an anime.
But I do not agree with you because it just looks like cool space armor.
Georome
Member
I'm amused at the JRPG design hate when Western games can give us horrors like this:
Why does it have to be one or the other? They're both stupid.
Yep, those changes were too drastical. Also, I liked the Spartan models in Halo 3 the most, because they kept them simple. Halo 4 just has too much customization, if you ask me.