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Post by Sarge on Jun 12, 2023 12:48:53 GMT -5
Not sure I mentioned it, but I saw someone called it "Chocobo May Kweh", and I had a hearty chuckle.
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Post by Xeogred on Jun 12, 2023 20:27:22 GMT -5
New IP from Capcom:
Obviously in my wheelhouse.
So at this point I have to further speculate there's some licensing issues with Onimusha or something. I know there were some issues with the likeness of some real actors in them. I think someone in Onimusha 2 passed away. This IP was huge in the PS2 era and Capcom obviously like to go hard on their IP's that do well... so there must be some weird reason why it's kind of DOA now.
Maybe this is their attempt to do something similar and replace it. But it definitely looks different than your usual character action/Onimusha stuff. Hmmm.
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Post by Ex on Jun 13, 2023 13:56:19 GMT -5
Should be a spinoff sub series... but I said that about the two MMO's too. Square gonna Square. I think we may be seeing a character action trend with the FF series, considering previously Could be argued this also fits
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Jun 13, 2023 14:09:33 GMT -5
Absolutely cannot stand the "pretty boy" aesthetic in modern Final Fantasy. The covers make the games look like otome visual novels. This looks a trillion times better, despite being "babyish"...
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Post by Ex on Jun 13, 2023 14:16:56 GMT -5
bonesnapdeezI agree, yet it's a larger cultural thing with Japan. They sure like their effeminate looking male idols. Yakuza does better tho
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Post by Xeogred on Jun 13, 2023 15:16:22 GMT -5
Seems like a Korean thing too... pretty boys over there as well.
Definitely one of the perks I love about the Yakuza series, actually getting to play as adult characters.
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Post by Sarge on Jun 13, 2023 15:23:57 GMT -5
Well, "modern" Final Fantasy - it started with FFVII which is *checks notes* 26 years old.
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Post by Xeogred on Jun 13, 2023 16:01:53 GMT -5
I do like most of Nomura's females though.
No shame here...
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Post by toei on Jun 13, 2023 23:56:09 GMT -5
Japanese and Korean singers and movie stars used to look a lot more masculine up until J-Pop and K-Pop really took over. Turns out the most powerful man in male J-Pop, who did a lot to establish that image, was (allegedly) molesting those boys all along. There wasn't any trial and there'll never be because he's already dead, but the number of accusations and their nature is overwhelming enough that I'm pretty damn sure he did it. There are similar allegations about the guy who started the Backstreet Boys and other American boy bands, btw, though they're not as detailed / numerous. At minimum he was 100% a crook who pimped a bunch of teen boys financially. But Japanese pop idols took over entertainment to a much larger degree then the Backstreet Boys or N'Sync ever did. I don't like pretty boy character designs either, but I have nothing positive to say about 4 Heroes of Light's designs either, lol. That weird living baby doll look Square was pushing for its 3D DS and 3DS games was terrible. I don't mind SD / chibi designs in older 2d games, but those characters just looked like lifeless lumps of plastic. The game itself was so generic that I played through all of it and remember virtually nothing except the character models.
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Post by Xeogred on Jun 14, 2023 22:39:01 GMT -5
Looks insane.
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