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ArtStation - The Women of North, Hyoung Nam

Hyoung Nam, Senior Concept Artist shares concept art inspired from their next game (Fantasy genre?) on ArtStation

Inspire from new game. You know what I'm talking about...

DESCRIPTION: THE WOMEN OF NORTH

What are your thoughts guys?

EDIT: Thanks to ethomaz for mentioning the description I had missed.

 

[ksdixon]

if there's sword combat, it seems like TLOU2's ducking and dodging melee combat will return.

 

[Astorian]

I love the setting vibes already.

 

[Chan]

Looks cool so far.

 

[YCoCg]

"And now to put the boot in, we'll make a better Witcher game too!" *evil laugh*

 

[SlimySnake]

oh shit. This setting is gonna be dope.

 

[AJUMP23]

I like fighting dragons with swords....Works for me.

 

[King_Mandu]

"And now to put the boot in, we'll make a better Witcher game show too!" *evil laugh*

Now you're on to something.

 

[SlimySnake]

$10 bet this character will be played by Drunkman's mistress Laura Bailey.

 

[The Chairman]

Wow, 3 strong women wearing pants and wielding swords! they look strong just like men, women that look like men are cool wow!

 

[The Fartist]

 

[Papacheeks]

Wow, 3 strong women wearing pants and wielding swords! they look strong just like men, women that look like men are cool wow!

i don't care what you play as, as long as the game is good. I like what I'm seeing setting wise. Looks like they are going oldschool fantasy. Which is new for Naughty Dog, and god imagine if this is a rpg?

With their animations? Shit hope combat is visceral with cool animations from different attacks/spells and imagine the animations for decapitating someone?

 

[SJRB]

It could be pretty cool to see Naughty Dog do something drastically different from Uncharted and TLOU, so I'm on board!

Artwork itself is eh.. okay I guess. Nothing mindblowing.

 

[Raven117]

Can't really tell much. Don't hate it though.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Will probably be great and looks awesome.
Just hope its not gonna be full of butch women, yes history had plenty Sword wielding female warriors but take a chill pill Neil D.....

 

[Ellery]

Was hoping for SciFi, but getting really good vibes here tbh

 

[llien]

First two pics cool, third one meh, overall OK I guess.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Wasn't sure what to expect regarding the setting and theme. Clearly fantasy, so I'm down AF. Even more so, it's looking like a darker fantasy at that, at least from the look of this concept art. That's cool! We'll see where this goes!

 

[namekuseijin]

when I saw the witch, thought Wild is still alive

then I saw the metal sword and that's not from the stone age

 

[Astorian]

Wow, 3 strong women wearing pants and wielding swords! they look strong just like men, women that look like men are cool wow!

Will probably be great and looks awesome.
Just hope its not gonna be full of butch women, yes history had plenty Sword wielding female warriors but take a chill pill Neil D.....

What's the deal with some of you and women? How is it different than the majority of games having men lead them?

 

[Aion002]

Awesome! I am always hyped for fantasy/middle ages stuff and in ND I trust!!

 

[The Chairman]

hope its not gonna be full of butch women

lol no chance with Neil in charge.

 

[Fake]

Looks a bit more AC:V or Witcher 3 Skellige settings maybe the Sacrifice Girl Senua... getting a bit tired of.

What about the rumor of a futuristic game?

 

[Hugare]

If it's fantasy, there's no way it wont be open world

Love these designs, wow

Seeing some "oh no, will play as 3 strong women" already. Grow up.

 

[BootsLoader]

Witcher: Senuas tale

 

[The Chairman]

What's the deal with some of you and women? How is it different than the majority of games having men lead them?

No, we just hate ugly women in western games.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

They really capture that "I'm trying real hard put my spin on Dark Souls with western sensibilities" aesthetic. Nailed it.

 

[Chan]

What's the deal with some of you and women? How is it different than the majority of games having men lead them?

Insecure little Winnie Poohs. Are you new around here?

 

[Perrott]

Wow, 3 strong women wearing pants and wielding swords! they look strong just like men, women that look like men are cool wow!

I mean, do you expect someone who just hunted a dragon to go around the woods in a skirt and unarmed?

 

[AV]

ND doing fantasy? About time. They're gonna have to pull something really interesting off though considering it's a ND game and you'll spend most of it not really playing a game, there's a lot of other fantasy shit people can go play instead.

 

[Vindicator]

Was hoping for something more Sci-fi, not some GoT ripoff.

 

[Astorian]

Insecure little Winnie Poohs. Are you new around here?

Oh I'm just searching for more candidates for my ignore list.

 

[carlosrox]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeh

 

[Robins]

Reminds me of an organic Horizon Zero Dawn without robots.

 

[niilokin]

I'm actually excited about normal looking swords...

 

[driqe]

Damn, I thought it would be sci-fi, meh from me then I guess.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

I think gaf has a woman problem.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Not masculine enough, Druckman gonna add 30 lbs of muscle before she's actually in the game lol.

 

[Fake]

Was hoping for something more Sci-fi, not some GoT ripoff.

Yes, me as well. Was a rumor about a Sci-fi game from ND.

 

[llien]

What's the deal with some of you and women?

I'm married, OK?
So a few minutes ago my wife walked in to show how cool she looks in Pamela Reif's sports outfit.
She looked very hot so I used that patriarchal-male-gaze thing.
Which she visibly enjoyed. (I know, it's gotta be internalized misogyny)

Now, there are people who have problem with that, in my opinion totally healthy, dynamic.
And for some reason we need "female vikings" and similar stuff that doesn't reflect on neither history, nor how most people of certain genders feel/want/have fantasies about, which, in itself, is neither a problem, unless someone outright bans everything else. Which, however, seems to be the case.

So having a white dude with a long sword is not cool, we absolutely need something else.

Well, I don't.

I also do not trust the folks who cry foul about "objectification". Not a single bit.

 

[bargeparty]

Hmm, this doesn't look like Savage Starlight.

 

[Ammogeddon]

Reminds me of an organic Horizon Zero Dawn without robots.

My thoughts too. Taking it on face value, which is pointless I know, I'd say potentially too similar.

What does interest me is the potential of them breaking the same formula. My gripe with ND games has been that the cover shooting mechanic telegraphed exactly what was going to happen in an area when you entered it.

 

[ipukespiders]

Those designs could use more T & A.

 

[cormack12]

Looks interesting. I don't think melee has stood out in any of their games so it's an interesting change of pace. I see can see it being a bit like Hellblade if I'm being honest. If every fight is just another one on one with close drawn camera I'm going to scream I think, lest we forget



However, they are branching out and challenging themselves so mad respect.

 

[cm osi]

will they go again for the "no fun" mentality?

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Souls of uncharted

 

[Chukhopops]

Quality art but boring and generic to say the least, seems par for the course.

 

[SupremeHoodie]

Looks sick.

 

[sublimit]

Intriguing. Seems they have been listening to my wishes since i was always saying that i'd like them to move away from their comfort zone and try something different like Fantasy.Very interested to learn and see more.
Not a big fan of those concepts though although kinda hard to judge if we don't know the context.

 

[Dunki]

yeah 3 women cool but since it is Naughty Dog I do not even care anymore and I always see the "wokeness"