At least that would be consistent and it wouldn't give this weird effect of the characters not belong on this game at all lol
Stranger of Sword City has been rated for PC and Vita by ESRB
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At least that would be consistent and it wouldn't give this weird effect of the characters not belong on this game at all lol
Considering the trends today it'd sell like hot cakes.
OH WELL WORST CASE IT'S ON PC SO IT'S MODDABLE ANYWAY RIGHT? HYUK HYUK.
YianGaruga
Banned
Backgrounds and monsters having more serious designs than party members actually isn't something that's unique to this game, it happens in DRPGs
This is the default style of Demon Gaze for example. It blends a bit better, but it's similar to the situation here. And guess what, Demon Gaze was super successful, so they're adding it to SoSC.
The only thing the new art will do is expand the potential audience and everyone should be happy about that.
This is the default style of Demon Gaze for example. It blends a bit better, but it's similar to the situation here. And guess what, Demon Gaze was super successful, so they're adding it to SoSC.
The only thing the new art will do is expand the potential audience and everyone should be happy about that.
Se7enSword
Banned
You'll have to blame NISA for adding the moe artstyle. It sucks, but at least the original is in and that's what matters.
It's nothing new - even Final Fantasy 1 through 6 had wildly different styles for party members vs monsters
(not talkiing about FFVI iOS either)
I think what's jarring is the fact that we went from something that worked to something that worked a little less. Would have been awesome if those two images were swapped around and unlabelled just to see if there was objectivity bias in the next few replies, all which prefer the original.
Acquiescence
Member
The Vita and Xbox one versions at least will let you switch between two styles
Original
and anime
The art style in the first image shits all over the other one from a great height. That revision shouldn't even exist, it's an insult to whoever the artist was that designed the original art.
YianGaruga
Banned
Yeah that's certainly not hyperbolic or anything
Hey I'm sure you can mod that option out of the PC version if it offends you so much
Hey I'm sure you can mod that option out of the PC version if it offends you so much
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I think for the case of Star Ocean 4, the 3D models just don't look good, whether if it's in menu as portraits or in real-time. This game however has an unique art style that is seemingly hand painted to give it depths, mimicking the 3D rendering without actually being 3D. It looks really good. The anime art style can burn in hell.
Actually, the anime version of this game is not so bad, but it so pales in comparison to the original.
Edit: Never mind I take it back. The shiny spots on the pervy female body parts is atrocious.
yeah...
I really should stop coming into threads where there's a vita version of something announced. They just keep getting weirder all the time. I mean for instance I really could have gone today without knowing the specifics of what "shiny bodies" objectification means in the context of moe anime.
I really should stop coming into threads where there's a vita version of something announced. They just keep getting weirder all the time. I mean for instance I really could have gone today without knowing the specifics of what "shiny bodies" objectification means in the context of moe anime.
yaffi
Member
Or sexy fruit. Oh wait, we already have that.
YianGaruga
Banned
which has nothing to do with the Vita version of the game
Backgrounds and monsters having more serious designs than party members actually isn't something that's unique to this game, it happens in DRPGs
This is the default style of Demon Gaze for example. It blends a bit better, but it's similar to the situation here. And guess what, Demon Gaze was super successful, so they're adding it to SoSC.
The only thing the new art will do is expand the potential audience and everyone should be happy about that.
Eh, I don't think Demon Gaze is a good example, it is a lot more tonally consistent than this new style for Stranger is.
Let's please not pretend that the vita hasn't had its lion share of releases these days end up being a possible picture reference for that particular definition in the anime fans' dictionary.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
The original art style is awesome and grabbed my attention and made me care about this game even though the genre is stale AF. The new art style is generic yuck.
Ironically, the original Vita version in Japan only had the original art. The new style was introduced for the Xbox version.
And let's not pretend that PC isn't where the real pervy shit is. Even the deep otaku stuff on Vita is super-tame by comparison.
Ironically, the original Vita version in Japan only had the original art. The new style was introduced for the Xbox version.
And let's not pretend that PC isn't where the real pervy shit is. Even the deep otaku stuff on Vita is super-tame by comparison.
Se7enSword
Banned
Let's please admit when one has made a mistake and should read a thread before posting.
You know, I was going to joke that the only thing missing from the generic anime version was an ahoge, because you know it's truly crossed the threshold when there's ahoge. I was going to add one in in MSpaint.
Turns out there already is. Just really hard to see
I can't stop laughing.
Turns out there already is. Just really hard to see
I can't stop laughing.
Nah, I read the entire thread before posting. My post still stands as it is.
The fact that they changed the art style just to make it look like that is honestly pretty puke worthy in and of itself.
YianGaruga
Banned
DG characters
DG monsters and backgrounds
It's a very similar situation
Which still has nothing to do with this thread or this game
You know, I was going to joke that the only thing missing from the generic anime version was an ahoge, because you know it's truly crossed the threshold when there's ahoge. I was going to add one in in MSpaint.
Turns out there already is. Just really hard to see
I can't stop laughing.
kawaii af
Se7enSword
Banned
*facepalm*
That only happened for the US audience because NISA told them that the moe/anime artstyle sells more in the West.
I suppose they wanted to grab their Neptunia audience or something, but your blame is misguided.
Your post and that artwork says otherwise.
Usually anytime I click on a game that has a vita version I end up seeing a bunch of gross artwork and the creepier side of the anime universe come out of the woodwork for a bit. I'm not exactly the first person to make the observation, either.
I already told you I read the thread, but thanks for giving me a summation anyways. In return, I'll tell you again: my post still stands as it was when I posted it.
Read this before you drive-by shitpost:
The game came out originally on 360 and PC, then it was ported to Vita and lastly to Xbone.
The new offensive artstyle was made specifically for the Xbone version but will be a selectable option in the localized Vita version.
It's physical on Vita and digital only on anything else.
Still not relevant to this thread, though.
The game came out originally on 360 and PC, then it was ported to Vita and lastly to Xbone.
The new offensive artstyle was made specifically for the Xbone version but will be a selectable option in the localized Vita version.
It's physical on Vita and digital only on anything else.
For meme purposes on western forums, sure. If you actually knew more about this matter instead of basing your opinion on "eew this game is shameful and should be banned" articles you'd realize it's always been like that on most japanese consoles.
Still not relevant to this thread, though.
YianGaruga
Banned
This is what gets me about the Vita stereotyping
PC has games that are about 1000% worse, and a lot more than Vita as well
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's mainly because they rarely come to the west and there's almost zero demand for them to come over from gamers here.
YianGaruga
Banned
Ah it's one of those threads
I guess I'm out
They're just not sold on consoles or on big PC storefronts. Fan-translations are a thing and sites specialized in eroge sell tons of stuff in english. You just wont see it talked about on GAF for obvious reasons.
I'm not placing blame on the vita, just making a casual observation that it seems like anytime I click on a vita thread I get bombarded with the stuff and I'm honestly just kinda tired of it.
Now, if most XBone or PC game announcement thread had the same issue I'd be making similar posts in threads about those machines, but they don't, so the comparison is more than a little daft.
yaffi
Member
You mean if the Vita hadn't been mentioned in the title you wouldn't've come in to make a dumb comment?
The Xbone doesn't get games from Japan and pc only gets ports so how would that be possible?
bobawesome
Member
Well, this thread went to shit fast. I wonder who we have to blame for that?
YianGaruga
Banned
Sumio Mondo
Member
It's the optional version anyway. The superior version is the default, ffs. Don't get the hate.
You're not wrong.
It burns.
I'm assuming that's the same character from HP/MP numbers. If I'm mistaken, I apologize.
For someone tired of Vita threads you sure like posting in this Vita thread.
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I've owned a vita since launch and have been clicking on game announcements for the thing ever since then, and this one was just the exasperation point for me after clicking on scores of them. The one where I clicked on it, read through it, and kinda thought to myself: "well, did you really expect otherwise? really?"
*shrug*
So what's the problem? Use the default art style and not the Xbone one, it's pretty simple.
If you ever cared about actually playing the game, that is.
YianGaruga
Banned
You should probably choose a Senran Kagura thread next time or something. At least it wouldn't be entirely off-topic, like it is here.
It's okay, no one cares about facts in this thread,
Eighteen (nineteen incl. this one) out of 43 posts on this page are either you or someone responding to you, over a comment that you could have just left well alone after the first time you posted it, or even better yet just not posted in the first place.
It's a tired, worn argument that you could just very well have posted in any other Vita thread that actually had to do with your unrelated issue with the perception of Vita as a platform.
As pointed out multiple times, this really doesn't apply to Stranger of Sword City since 1) the art originally was different 2) it was changed for the west, as opposed to being changed specifically for a platform.
In other words, almost 45% of this page is dedicated to you pressing an unrelated non-point. As opposed to laughing at questionable localization decisions, while not exactly the pinnacle of human discourse, at least has to do with the topic. And also which is largely a non-issue as the art styles will presumably be swappable anyway.
Congrats, I guess?
CielTynave
Member
I like the new style, I'd probably check this out if I could actually get into DRPGs.
cj_iwakura
Member
The new art style is the worst idea ever, and it saddens me they think it's necessary to sell the game. They went from Tale of the Forsaken Land to Dungeon Travelers 2.
As you point out later in your post the entire thread before my "massive derail post" was laughing about the changed art anyways. What exactly did I derail? Move the topic of conversion from laughing about the artstyle to me commenting that this type of crap seems common in vita game announcements?
Where exactly did the derail occur, again? Seems to me like this thread was off the tracks about 10 mins after it was made.
Well that would make a pretty good point if I was talking about the game in a vacuum, but I'm not.
Acquiescence
Member
I don't think it's hyperbolic at all. You've got this beautiful, distinctive art that really gives the game its own identity, and then it's undermined by a revision that is the worst kind of generic, otaku-pandering trash they could've settled with. Yeah you have the option, but it's the principal of it that matters.
And it won't be the PC version I'm playing anyway.
cj_iwakura
Member
I did that for Elminage Original(PSP) and it was great.If I'm not mistaken you can put custom character portraits in the game (at least in the pc version):
Boy did that game have some generic character portraits.
YianGaruga
Banned
You don't like it so it shouldn't exist. Yes that's a very reasonable opinion to have.
you people need some perspective