What's up with the art in this game

[iemander]

I used to love that of BlazBlue, the character art was fairly distinct. Now they all seem like the same doe eyed, big titted, flashy colored generic anime ♥♥♥♥ I see everywhere. Where did it go wrong!?

[Calcifer]

No dub.
No unlimited.
No filters or prefiltered sprites for higher resolutions.
Game crashes badly as any previous BB port never did.

What do you expect?

Lets just say that what is left on BB is its gameplay.

Where did it go wrong? When they tought they have enough loyal player base...
It happens with every franchise, so one just can wait that BB will recover from this dark age...

[ShimazakiD]

To be honest i feel that too, The characters, from design since Calamity trigger to Continuum shift Extend were, quite unique.....and the fanservice was, kind of low for standards, but now, we have 4 big Boobie ladies, two lolis, two ragnas!, Two Hakumens, 3 pupet masters, Noel, the master Spammer and their Swords unit!, i love Blazblue, i Love Arc System works, but they are pushing this game toooooo loooongggg, and filling it up with so mutch fanserivece, that i am really regreting to play this saga

[DJukor]

Originally posted by iemander:

I used to love that of BlazBlue, the character art was fairly distinct. Now they all seem like the same doe eyed, big titted, flashy colored generic anime♥♥♥♥♥♥I see everywhere. Where did it go wrong!?

Its becuse half of the new characters in central fiction are crossover characters from a VN prequel to BB and a Lightnovel spinoff. Only characters that are actualy relevant to the story are Susano Izanami and Nine.
Try playng those characters.
Thery are extreamly cool and have some completly orginal mehanicks.

Izanami has 2 stancess and can literaly walk in mid air.
Susano Has a ton of moves he has to unclok first to become super OP kinda like a multiple stage Boss.
And Nine is literly Invoker from dota in Anime fighting game form.

The rest of the cast is kinda generick and i suspect made for a vider audiance.

Mai Natsume is also a story character but she is ar from orignal althou if you consider the fact she plays more like a Brawler character than a Fightg game character many nit is kinda orignal.

[r∞l]

Because sex sells and every anime is full of deformed women, seems like some artist don't know a thing about proportions nor a thing called gravity.

[Plasma]

I also don't like the portrait art in this game, I'm glad somebody agrees, I get all these people everywhere that goes 'but its cute anime xd' and I'm just in my head thinking 'but god, it looks disgusting now...'

It started pandering more and more to the weebs, and you can see its decline especially prevalent in CF, no Dub for all those Sub circlejerkers, the artbook is full of pedophile friendly art, and now we have CF's portrait artstyle. I try to ignore it but it still serves as a constant reminder.
The gameplay is still good at least, but the balance needs to be improved a bit even then.

[iemander]

Here's a comparison with Jin (he looks like a girl now... ) :

Calamity Trigger:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/61/99/d8/6199d86989fe76bacc9a2b85d2b1b96e.jpg

Centralfiction:
https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/b/ba/Jin_Kisaragi_%28Centralfiction%2C_Character_Select_Artwork%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20161019131859

Another one Ragna:

Calamity Trigger:
https://www.videogamesartwork.com/sites/default/files/images/image/1372410122/blazbluecalamitytrigger_character_ragna_the_bloodedge_00.png

Centralfiction:
http://cdn3.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Blazblue-Central-Fiction-9.jpg

They turned from adults to pre-teens in a few games.

[Milien]

Originally posted by iemander:

Here's a comparison with Jin (he looks like a girl now... ) :

Calamity Trigger:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/61/99/d8/6199d86989fe76bacc9a2b85d2b1b96e.jpg

Centralfiction:
https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/b/ba/Jin_Kisaragi_%28Centralfiction%2C_Character_Select_Artwork%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20161019131859

Another one Ragna:

Calamity Trigger:
https://www.videogamesartwork.com/sites/default/files/images/image/1372410122/blazbluecalamitytrigger_character_ragna_the_bloodedge_00.png

Centralfiction:
http://cdn3.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Blazblue-Central-Fiction-9.jpg

They turned from adults to pre-teens in a few games.

For me Jin always looked girlish, they just emphaze it more.
As for Ragna - at least he's not trying too hard to mimicry Sol Badguy.

[Jigramunt]

All i see is Mai and Tsubaki without a nose.

[Kazuni]

Just to let you guys know, Continuum Shift and Central Fiction artwork is by the same artist, Yuki Kato. Calamity Trigger and Chronophantasma were by Toshimichi Mori.

[ShimazakiD]

Originally posted by ShadowKazuni:

Just to let you guys know, Continuum Shift and Central Fiction artwork is by the same artist, Yuki Kato. Calamity Trigger and Chronophantasma were by Toshimichi Mori.

If that´s so, mori must go back to the drawing board, to rescue this character design mess!

[Kazuni]

Originally posted by ShimazakiD:

Originally posted by ShadowKazuni:

Just to let you guys know, Continuum Shift and Central Fiction artwork is by the same artist, Yuki Kato. Calamity Trigger and Chronophantasma were by Toshimichi Mori.

If that´s so, mori must go back to the drawing board, to rescue this character design mess!

Honestly, I like Yuki Kato's work more than Mori's. So I'm happy with this.

[Bahnana Toast]

I personally have no qualms with Kato's art style other than some poses for the females.

[very sketch]

I honestly hate Mori's style and the character renders in Chrono Phantasma were atrociously ugly. Look at their foreheads, look at Amane's pose in CP, there are some glaring problems.

Meanwhile, all of the renders in CF look fine, maybe a little too "anime" for people who want to deny that Blazblue is 100% anime, all of the characters proportions are correct and their anatomy makes sense.

[iemander]

It's less about anime then it is about generic. If this game was actually a fan visual novel remake turned all cutesy I wouldn't be surprised.

I expect the artwork to at least have some personality, character.

[Dhoom]

When has BB not looked like generic animu garbage?