Why must they be so ugly...?

[JurasTW]

Nidhogg is one of my favorite games, and i don't say that lightly. But the artstyle is repulsive is outrageous, blinding from seeing the actual gameplay.

The artstyle and the loved fluidity of the game do not go together at all. It puts players in a visual cognitive dissonance. The ugly clumsy monsters need to do hardcore parkour and be as fluid as a perfect drop of water. It just does not add up.

I don't want to be a bigot here and say "no ugly thing can move like that", but this is just absurd.
They can be ugly, but they need to have some kind of insane character and charisma. A spark in their eyes. A spine?
Right now it looks like an mullitated slug acts like Robin Hood.
When i think about "how to make this feel better", it's intelligence. They can be as ugly as they want, but you can see from it's body language, it's posture that its a well trained ugly guy.

...or just stick with pixels. This should not be this painful...

[Lanister]

You're ugly.

[JurasTW]

Originally posted by Lanister:

You're ugly.

That is valid, but has nothing to do with the subject at hand. Please consider staying in the frames of the topic.
You do not own nidhogg, so its hard for me to see how your input can be of any value.

[Lanister]

First one looked like ♥♥♥♥♥, so obviously I wasn't interested. I am going to buy the second one.

[p0p1t0]

graphics dont maaaatter

[JurasTW]

Originally posted by Funky lil'popo:

graphics dont maaaatter

it's not about the graphics, it's about the artstyle and the general style of the characters.
In the first game the characters were thin, nimble and skilled. Not they are chubby clumsy monsters.

[LaChouette]

Originally posted by JurasTW:

Originally posted by Funky lil'popo:

graphics dont maaaatter

it's not about the graphics, it's about the artstyle and the general style of the characters.
In the first game the characters were thin, nimble and skilled. Not they are chubby clumsy monsters.

Frog babies jumping around. Nimble as ♥♥♥♥.

[JurasTW]

Originally posted by LaChouette:

Originally posted by JurasTW:

it's not about the graphics, it's about the artstyle and the general style of the characters.
In the first game the characters were thin, nimble and skilled. Not they are chubby clumsy monsters.

Frog babies jumping around. Nimble as ♥♥♥♥.

Frog babies are called tadpole. And they don't jump around, they do blub-blub stuff like dem fishez.
And i think the community would be less raging if they would actually look like healthy frogs. but they don't... They do not...

[Paul]

Originally posted by Lanister:

First one looked like ♥♥♥♥♥, so obviously I wasn't interested. I am going to buy the second one.

Yeah, I'm in this boat as well. The ugly 1 bit art-style of the first one and lack of art design turned me off from ever wanting to pick it up. This one has an interesting art style and is grabbing me, visually. Can't wait to play it. I don't understand what everyone is complaining about.

[USHiRi-CARROTTRiBE]

Originally posted by Paul:

Originally posted by Lanister:

First one looked like ♥♥♥♥♥, so obviously I wasn't interested. I am going to buy the second one.

Yeah, I'm in this boat as well. The ugly 1 bit art-style of the first one and lack of art design turned me off from ever wanting to pick it up. This one has an interesting art style and is grabbing me, visually. Can't wait to play it. I don't understand what everyone is complaining about.

Interesting for me Nidhogg2 is horrible looking in my point of view and the first one looked lovely and crisp. This looks like a flashgame ( not that the gameplay has anything to do with ugly or good looking artstyle anyway ) :)

I´m just wondering what´s the difference from the first game to the second except the artstyle

[LaChouette]

Originally posted by Ushiri Arrowhell Froglover Coop:

I´m just wondering what´s the difference from the first game to the second except the artstyle

Different maps. 4 different weapons (you can enable/disable them) with weapon rotation: rapier, broadsword, dagger, bow. Other than that, not much. Still only 1v1 with tournament mode up to 8 players, lots of variants, etc.

[USHiRi-CARROTTRiBE]

2 vs 2 or 1 vs 2 would have been an interesting addition....but new weapons seems very fun.
Its a definite buy if there is a steamworkshop or a map editor for it, otherwise than that its hard to say if its worht it. Thanks for quick feedback Lachouette

[MK]

Frog babies?

[USHiRi-CARROTTRiBE]

Originally posted by Strife:

Frog babies?

you want to have frogbabies with me...is that what you want!!!! :D

[Bigglés]

Can we just merge all the art style complaints into one thread please?

[JurasTW]

Originally posted by biggles:

Can we just merge all the art style complaints into one thread please?

No, we better merge all the artstyle praise in one. Oh wait there's nothing to merge.