I think Lu Meng's design is a dramatic improvement. To me, in the previous games, they were kinda going for the scruffy roguish hero kind of look like they had for Magoichi and Sakon, only without their penchant for skirt chasing. But that gold chest plate was kinda lame. I definitely like this look better. Now if they radically rework his moveset, he might just come off my "hate" list.
I'm ambivalent towards Cao Ren's new design. Its a comical exaggeration of what he always was to me in the games- a stocky, heavily armored dwarf. Alas, they had a chance to give him a better weapon here, but they blew it!
Yue Ying, yes, its an aesthetically pleasing design, but to me not "Yue Ying". Not every chick has to be a scantily clad hottie. Girls like her and Ginchiyo were supposed to be the "sensible" ones. Their character designs reflected that by having them in full armor rather than skimpy dresses. You already have Diao Chan, SSX, Zhen Ji, and the Qiaos looking all hot, there's nothing wrong with having a practical girl.
I do not like Wei Yan's new weapon at all. Its a club with a ridiculously huge head. I liked his fighting style in the previous games, acrobatic yet hard-hitting, and with this new weapon, I'm sure he plays a hell of a lot differently now, and not for the better.
I actually like Taishi Ci's design and new weapon. Taishi Ci has always been very generic looking, which is sad, because he's supposed to be one of the bad-asses of RotTK, and to me never reached the level of popularity that the other DW bad-asses have. His new weapon reminds me of Tonbo-Giri, which is cool. But his twin clubs were unique, though his 4th weapon always looked dumb to me.
I don't like Ling Tong or Guan Ping's weapon changes either. I mean, now they're spear guys? There's enough guys using polearms already, what made them unique were their weapons! I like Ling Tongs nunchuks and Guan Ping's big-ass sword. It was different. At least the left Zhou Tai's sword curved, but if he doesn't fight in the iai-jutsu style (I know its not historically/factually accurate, but its cool looking!) I shall be very disappointed.
And I find it weird that they kinda swapped Sun Ce and Sun Jian. Sun Jian always seemed like the more serious one (especially with the Abe Lincoln beard) but now his new design looks closer to Sun Ce's old one, and Sun Ce looks like a young Roman with the hairstyle and armor.
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Date: 2007-11-07 04:00 pm (UTC)I'm ambivalent towards Cao Ren's new design. Its a comical exaggeration of what he always was to me in the games- a stocky, heavily armored dwarf. Alas, they had a chance to give him a better weapon here, but they blew it!
Yue Ying, yes, its an aesthetically pleasing design, but to me not "Yue Ying". Not every chick has to be a scantily clad hottie. Girls like her and Ginchiyo were supposed to be the "sensible" ones. Their character designs reflected that by having them in full armor rather than skimpy dresses. You already have Diao Chan, SSX, Zhen Ji, and the Qiaos looking all hot, there's nothing wrong with having a practical girl.
I do not like Wei Yan's new weapon at all. Its a club with a ridiculously huge head. I liked his fighting style in the previous games, acrobatic yet hard-hitting, and with this new weapon, I'm sure he plays a hell of a lot differently now, and not for the better.
I actually like Taishi Ci's design and new weapon. Taishi Ci has always been very generic looking, which is sad, because he's supposed to be one of the bad-asses of RotTK, and to me never reached the level of popularity that the other DW bad-asses have. His new weapon reminds me of Tonbo-Giri, which is cool. But his twin clubs were unique, though his 4th weapon always looked dumb to me.
I don't like Ling Tong or Guan Ping's weapon changes either. I mean, now they're spear guys? There's enough guys using polearms already, what made them unique were their weapons! I like Ling Tongs nunchuks and Guan Ping's big-ass sword. It was different. At least the left Zhou Tai's sword curved, but if he doesn't fight in the iai-jutsu style (I know its not historically/factually accurate, but its cool looking!) I shall be very disappointed.
And I find it weird that they kinda swapped Sun Ce and Sun Jian. Sun Jian always seemed like the more serious one (especially with the Abe Lincoln beard) but now his new design looks closer to Sun Ce's old one, and Sun Ce looks like a young Roman with the hairstyle and armor.