Character Design

[RedWood]

I checked the first 35 pages and only found post about invites, so sorry if this has been said before.
Does anyone else find the characters really underwhelming. Some of them are cool-ish, but overall they are bland and boring. There isn't a single character that stands out. Maybe Valve doesn't want to make a hero shooter, idk. At least some of them should be attractive. If people aren't creating rule 34 content of the games characters, that is a clear indicator that a massive mistake was made. I haven't gone looking for any but im confident there is nearly zero of it.

[Psy]

good, keep all that rule 34 cringe out of my games. the characters are very non iconic and concept art almost feels ai generated. but at least i dont know their sexuality

[カミナ]

No not just you. I find the character design boring and unattractive.

[medhathobo]

Yamato is being totally redesigned to look like a cool af youkai. Redesigns of other characters are not out of the question. Don't forget the game is technically not even out in early access.

[RedWood]

Originally posted by medhathobo:

Yamato is being totally redesigned to look like a cool af youkai. Redesigns of other characters are not out of the question. Don't forget the game is technically not even out in early access.

This game has more polish than most AAA games released today. I know it's not finished but, I would say it's in beta stage. Regardless of what valve says.

[=PALMITu ☯∞☯]

Welcome to the lie of the decade...

It's for the modern audience, who really don't exist outside of the threat they need to pose in order to infiltrate projects and make everything bland.

[Yakubian Demon Magick]

the female characters need to have barefoot models

[Slend]

A few of the designs to me have decent foundations.

Viscous could be made a bit less humanoid.

Paradox could have more time-related details (and/or just improve the visuals for the time stuff) - The time system on the back and the helmet could be connected.
And maaaybe figure out whether to lean into the "Paradox is showing that she's a rep of this group!" or "Paradox is a driven pickpocket of relics!".

I can't think of more changes, but I dunno.

[ChaffyExpert]

Originally posted by Slend:

Paradox could have more time-related details (and/or just improve the visuals for the time stuff) - The time system on the back and the helmet could be connected.
And maaaybe figure out whether to lean into the "Paradox is showing that she's a rep of this group!" or "Paradox is a driven pickpocket of relics!".

It'll be a DLC.

[.ʟᴜᴄʏ]

Originally posted by ChaffyExpert:

Originally posted by Slend:

Paradox could have more time-related details (and/or just improve the visuals for the time stuff) - The time system on the back and the helmet could be connected.
And maaaybe figure out whether to lean into the "Paradox is showing that she's a rep of this group!" or "Paradox is a driven pickpocket of relics!".

It'll be a DLC.

Free palestine

[Yakubian Demon Magick]

none of the women characters make me want to ♥♥♥♥ them or are attractive so this game is awful and woke

[RedWood]

Originally posted by Yakubian Demon Magick:

none of the women characters make me want to ♥♥♥♥ them or are attractive so this game is awful and woke

That statement is way closer to being true than you think it is.

[ccc]

Go watch "The Mask" and "Who Framed Roger the Rabbit" vibes. It's definitely a gen X title, us gen Y always looked up to our Gen X cousins and uncles.

At first I was a bit put off with the 1950's style cartoonish map, but it's grown on me and reminds me of nostalgic stuff, so that's how I look at the characters.

[RedWood]

Originally posted by Yakubian Demon Magick:

none of the women characters make me want to ♥♥♥♥ them or are attractive so this game is awful and woke

I posted this in a different thread but it's relevant here so I'll copy past it.

Equity is the pursuit of equal outcome as opposed to equal opportunity. These two things are mutually exclusive. If you attempt to implement one, you can't implement the other. One way equity is implemented is "anti-racism". Anti-racism is the idea that in order to correct for the racism of the past you should practice racism towards white people, the oppressors, today. This is not something you understand by reading between the lines. It is explicitly stated in writing and is a cornerstone of the woke ideology.
Woke ideology is a modernized vehicle for the old idea of equity. Equity used to be called Marxism or communism. Communism traditionally claimed that the oppressed should overthrow the oppressors. In Russia a hundred years ago they were defined oppressors as anyone who was successful or had more than anyone else. The same is true today, but the US is diverse so now they can separate people by race and attack that. The primary emotion driving these types is envy.

Getting back to Deadlock. When you apply this ideology to a cast of characters no one can be exceptional. No one can be better than anyone else. No one should be more attractive than anyone else. You end up with butch women, effeminate men and otherwise unappealing people. And because woke people are deeply bitter and envious of others they can't even allow idealized characters to exist in fiction. Just seeing a depiction of someone better than themselves is extremely distressing to them.

[IEATFETI]

why the ♥♥♥♥ do you care about weather or not they are attractive/good looking i hate that this evena concern for people so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid
im trying to play a game not ♥♥♥♥ it

[RedWood]

It's not about sex appeal. Would you rather watch at an appealing piece of art run around or would you rather watch a dumpy character model waddle around? I'd rather my fictional worlds be beautiful. It will case me to look at the game longer and have a more positive attitude about it.