-standard fantasy. It's another high fantasy cyclopean mountain city. I've just...seen a trillion things like it.
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So, I find this kind of aesthetically pleasing on one level. Huge blue crystal, the spires, the colors, etc. It has a Venice vibe, which is a BIT better than the faux Minas Tirith of the previous image. but then I look in the background and see those clouds and am-pic.twitter.com/MNsLopC9BF
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-kinda, I dunno, struck by the paperback genericness of it all? This image has like a weird mix of things I final more appealing and a few things I'm finding really off putting. It also looks like a Nivbed painting you might have seen in like the aughts.
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Although, I did find this interesting, it's on the webpage. Is it meant to be almost metatextual? Maybe there's more to this than there seems. However...pic.twitter.com/YA5g9T3rOE
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...I found Square's initial trailer underwhelming, and it looked like a gritty western RPG fantasy kind of thing, which doesn't interest me much. This looks, a BIT better. It's not "realistic grimy covered in mud" level western fantasy. But it's very, very generic to me.
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@Nymphomachy earlier said these character designs were not worthy of the brand. I'm with her on that 100%. A lot of it is just...a mild grab bag of generic 2010's fantasy aesthetic channeling a handful of other generic fantasy tropes.3 replies 0 retweets 21 likesShow this thread -
So, it is possible this could look better to me as time goes by. Right now it's looking similar to a lot of stuff I'm just really bored of. But this also feels different from that first trailer, so maybe more things will be revealed. Anyhow, yeah, those are my thoughts.
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Replying to @dreamingnoctis
*glistening tear* Does it surprise you that I actually really LIKE that Clive's a noble?
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Replying to @loudpenitent @dreamingnoctis
It's hardly original, either to the genre or the franchise.
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @dreamingnoctis
I frankly want more of it, though. Less fucking protagonists-with-no-past murderhobo "normal" folks thanks. give me more stories about inherited responsibility & social ties.
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Nah give me more stories about furious embittered nihilists setting off a bomb
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent and
Stories about how the best laid plans of the wisest philosopher kings cannot stand up to the anger of one deranged lunatic with nothing to lose willing to throw the first brick
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Yeah, with respect, Arthur, this is some times why I think you're basically gleefully embracing genuine Evil
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