Who else loves the helmet?

[EisenKreutzer]

I love it. I love that its designed around traditional, ritual spanish christian costumes.
Itks also very appropriate for the games setting. It’s cumbersome, heavy and probably uncomfortable if not painful to wear; this fits right in with the games central theme of penance. The Penitent One wears it BECAUSE it is uncomfortable, to pay for atonement of his sins with pain. Just like the handle of his sword is painful and impractical.
It all fits beautifully and reinforces the core themes of the game.

[DarkMachine]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPjJCVylFBo

[EisenKreutzer]

Well, yes, in realmlife it would be super impractical. Luckily, this is a fantasy game where peoples sins cause them to grow into giants, the dead rise from their graves and the main character performs spectacular religious magic. So pointy hats are the least unrealistic thing in Blasphemous.

[Scrof]

It probably smells horribly inside too.

[RE4everMK]

Love how it heals smashing a blood flask into it too ^^

[dorianval]

I thought it was really strange at first, but when I learned the cultural context behind it my opinion of it changed. What looked comical to me at first became rather sinister and ominous. Someone wearing a helm like that is not fooling about his faith.

[EisenKreutzer]

If you think about it for a second, you’ll realize just how badass the Penitent One actually is. To be able to fight as brutally and effectively as he does while wielding an unwieldable sword and wearing a n unwearable helmet, the Penitent One must be unbelivably skilled and disciplined.

[Olga 1987]

Originally posted by dorianval:

I thought it was really strange at first, but when I learned the cultural context behind it my opinion of it changed.

I thought the same.

[WelTigZ]

Originally posted by dorianval:

I thought it was really strange at first, but when I learned the cultural context behind it my opinion of it changed. What looked comical to me at first became rather sinister and ominous. Someone wearing a helm like that is not fooling about his faith.

Just look at this painting of Francisco de Goya, and you will understand https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procesi%C3%B3n_de_disciplinantes#/media/Archivo:Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_025.jpg

[>-FISH-D]

Someone was in here earlier complaining the weren't buying the game because it looked like a metal KKK hood. *sigh*

[Rubyeyed]

Originally posted by -Fish-:

Someone was in here earlier complaining the weren't buying the game because it looked like a metal KKK hood. *sigh*

KKK can only dream about cones like this one.

[EisenKreutzer]

Thats... Incredibly stupid. They are based on traditional spanish costumes that predate the clan by centuries, and the devs are spanish.

[OneJLimit]

Let the peanut gallery believe whatever they will.