Dragon's Crown

[Kidnemo]

Nerdasses, it's fan service!

"OH NO this dungeon and dragons anime game is offending my delicate sensibilities!"

[Fe 26]

You people really will argue and complain about anything.

Yoshi, you are the first god damn person on this board to bitch about not getting awesome 2D Castlevianas on a home console and when someone tries to give you a 4 player 2D magic and swords game for a home console, all you do is complain.

[Low]

Mr. skull and bones doesn't look right, ain't no one noticing for someeeeee reason.

[Drewbacca]

The art must be good since it's created so much controversy.

[FirstBlood]

I'm having a hard time believing people are defending the Amazon picture. Yoshi's completely right about it. No matter how you look at it, that head is the wrong size for that body. The perspective is totally screwed and, instead of looking stylized (like the Witch, Elf, and Mage) it's just wrong.

It's great because it's so wrong. Not for some reason that has anything to do with Capcom/SNK character portraits, that's for sure.

[Cowdisease]

Mr. skull and bones doesn't look right, ain't no one noticing for someeeeee reason.

What skeleton?

It's a fucking stylistic choice that is consistent throughout all of the art and in-game assets.

Except that the Amazon's head in her in-game sprite is of appropriate size. When I posted that anatomy book link, it wasn't because I wanted these characters to have normal proportions. In fact, I have no issue over the Amazon having thighs so big that Finch has no choice but to do inappropriate things to his computer monitor. But even when you're exaggerating anatomy, you still have to follow some basic rules, or else your art will look weird (see Rob Liefeld). No amount of foreshortening excuses can fix the obvious fact that the Amazon's head in her portrait is too small.

I do hope that this 2D hi-res Golden Axe clone turns out well. As great as it is to see 2D art, it will mean NOTHING if the underlying fighting system is not fantastic.

[Shin Johnpv]

So how do the character portraits factor into gameplay?

[Cowdisease]

So how do the character portraits factor into gameplay?

They don't.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Why aren't people bringing up the real travesty of that artwork.
Dem titties gots no nipples.

[Mzo]

The Amazon is obviously drawn from a worm's eye view, her thunderous thighs are way closer to us than her tiny head atop her ginormous body. That's why it looks so small in that picture. And yes, it's not perfectly done, get over it.

I can't get over the staff in her ass, though.