Golden Goat posted:

Maybe not a boob window exactly, just the way it's laid out really draws attention to that area.

But then she does cool stuff such as

So it's fine.

The Colonel posted:

i can't really see anything questionable about her design at all

i guess you could make that argument about her boob window thing but it's a pretty tame outfit overall

Golden Goat posted:

Maybe not a boob window exactly, just the way it's laid out really draws attention to that area.

But then she does cool stuff such as

So it's fine.

Golden Goat posted:

It's an excellent outfit, the trousers are fantastic and the mask and hat combo is excellent but it really, really does draw attention to her breasts with the corset circling around them.

Endorph posted:

uhm

have you seen the other two girl's thief outfits?

Golden Goat posted:

Verranicus posted:

You're reaching.

Renoistic posted:

Nope, haven't been following the game since the first trailer. The gif Golden Goat posted looks pretty sweet, though.

RareAcumen posted:

Ooh, I finally have a question I can ask here again.

What's the verdict on the Mario and Luigi games beyond Bowser's Inside Story? That's as far as I got and all I know is Sticker Star being a hot mess.

Renoistic posted:

I wasn't trying to convince anyone from buying the game, jeez. Besides, latex catsuit with zippers is like the most stereotypical BDSM fetish dominatrix gear in popular culture, so I don't know what you guys are on about.

Cake Attack posted:

Green shallie is the cool one

Serious Frolicking posted:

thanks

dmboogie posted:

i think people are more likely to associate catsuits, in a game, about thieving, with, Catwoman instead of BDSM

Serious Frolicking posted:

a skintight catsuit is also a classic look for a lady thief, you goober.

on an unrelated topic, i just started shallie and i vaguely recall that one of the shallies was supposed to be much better for a first playthrough. which one was that?

Sakurazuka posted:

Green Shallie Green Shallie Green Shallie Green Shallie

Endorph posted:

i think sexy designs can also be good designs depending on the context. peace

Golden Goat posted:

Is this it?


Cause that hat is adorable.

Junpei Hyde posted:

What's your favourite sexy design Endorph?

Mine's Bayonetta.

ImpAtom posted:

Actually (not to pile on, I just like discussing clothing and character design in games):

While sexualization of underage characters is uncomfortable, you're not going to be able to create a character design completely free of any element of emphasizing of physical attributes because short of all-covering robes clothing just doesn't do that. Skirts tend to emphasize the legs, jeans the hips, and so-on. The key is making sure these elements properly communicate the character rather than putting sexualization first, and to avoid adding 'sexy' (especially to underage characters) just because you want to make it more marketable.

Persona 4 largely has good designs in that each character openly communicates their intended archetype but has lesser design elements that emphasize things about them otherwise. Yukiko, for example, is an intentional Yamato Nadeshiko archetype with design elements that match that. However her key color is red and yellow and intentionally calls to mind fire and heat elements that are a bit out of contrast with the 'quiet, softspoken and sweet' image she is intended to project.She wears stockings which are totally someone's fetish material but in this case tend to communicate more of a closed design (no open leggings like Rise.)

Kanji is drawn as a standard biker punk but his key visual is that his jacket is always hanging off him and looks about to fall off (and in-game he frequently loses it) which draws attention to the fact that the biker personality is something he plays up to disguise what is beneath. (And it comes full circle for Golden's ending where he stops dyeing his hair and changes his design entirely, even if they keep going back to his other design.)

Inevitable someone is gonna find this stuff hot because it features attractively-drawn anime characters in stylish clothing. However by and large it isn't inappropriate or weird because the outfits are design to communicate the character and rather than featuring overt sexualization just to have overt sexualization they flow as a coherent part of the entire design. It's also best if you try to avoid making "this character is overtly sexual" for a pandering 14 year old but if wishes were fishes we wouldn't be depending on otaku dollars for the continuation of franchises.

The Atelier series is basically "all kinds of pretty clothing: the JRPG" and you can write a lot about how those designs tend to emphasize characters or just be stylish and nice-looking. It's why the occasional Platcha looks bad because they're not only overtly sexualized in a dumb way but they're drastically in contrast to the rest of the series which is all about creating cute clothing and character designs. Platcha's designs are bad not just because they are creepy but because they are hugely out of place for the rest of the clothing design in the game. She looks like she wandered in from the Ar Tonelico studio next door or something.

Golden Goat posted:

Cause that hat is adorable.

Endorph posted:

i don't find bayonetta sexy tbh

LawfulWaffle posted:

All women in video games should be wearing the Catarina/onion knight armor from Dark Souls. But even that's too curvy, ugh. Put all women in this to prevent lewd thoughts, tia

Dr. Fetus posted:

Dream Team suffered from a lot of bloat and excessive tutorials. It's not exactly terrible, but it just goes on for way too long.

Paper Jam is good outside of the Papercraft battles. Not as good as BIS or SS though.

Scrublord Prime posted:

Dream Team just dragged near the endgame. I tried to finish it before Paper Jam and just burned out after doing all that super bed stuff. Long filler areas for fetch quests mixed with how obnoxious some enemy attacks got with cohort airships just to go to the final area was just so boring. I want to try Super Star again because I don't remember it being as bad (except Joke's End, but the trash music there made it way worse too) just to confirm if SS is the best or I just forgot the padding poo poo.

ImpAtom posted:

Actually (not to pile on, I just like discussing clothing and character design in games):

While sexualization of underage characters is uncomfortable, you're not going to be able to create a character design completely free of any element of emphasizing of physical attributes because short of all-covering robes clothing just doesn't do that. Skirts tend to emphasize the legs, jeans the hips, and so-on. The key is making sure these elements properly communicate the character rather than putting sexualization first, and to avoid adding 'sexy' (especially to underage characters) just because you want to make it more marketable.

Persona 4 largely has good designs in that each character openly communicates their intended archetype but has lesser design elements that emphasize things about them otherwise. Yukiko, for example, is an intentional Yamato Nadeshiko archetype with design elements that match that. However her key color is red and yellow and intentionally calls to mind fire and heat elements that are a bit out of contrast with the 'quiet, softspoken and sweet' image she is intended to project.She wears stockings which are totally someone's fetish material but in this case tend to communicate more of a closed design (no open leggings like Rise.)

Kanji is drawn as a standard biker punk but his key visual is that his jacket is always hanging off him and looks about to fall off (and in-game he frequently loses it) which draws attention to the fact that the biker personality is something he plays up to disguise what is beneath. (And it comes full circle for Golden's ending where he stops dyeing his hair and changes his design entirely, even if they keep going back to his other design.)

Inevitable someone is gonna find this stuff hot because it features attractively-drawn anime characters in stylish clothing. However by and large it isn't inappropriate or weird because the outfits are design to communicate the character and rather than featuring overt sexualization just to have overt sexualization they flow as a coherent part of the entire design. It's also best if you try to avoid making "this character is overtly sexual" for a pandering 14 year old but if wishes were fishes we wouldn't be depending on otaku dollars for the continuation of franchises.

Genocyber posted:

As someone who recently re-played Superstar Saga I can confirm it's still very good. And yeah Joke's End is a trash area; much too lifeless compared to all of the others.

Genocyber posted:

As someone who recently re-played Superstar Saga I can confirm it's still very good. And yeah Joke's End is a trash area; much too lifeless compared to all of the others.

Junpei Hyde posted:

What's your favourite sexy design Endorph?

Mine's Bayonetta.

ImpAtom posted:

Actually (not to pile on, I just like discussing clothing and character design in games):

While sexualization of underage characters is uncomfortable, you're not going to be able to create a character design completely free of any element of emphasizing of physical attributes because short of all-covering robes clothing just doesn't do that. Skirts tend to emphasize the legs, jeans the hips, and so-on. The key is making sure these elements properly communicate the character rather than putting sexualization first, and to avoid adding 'sexy' (especially to underage characters) just because you want to make it more marketable.

Persona 4 largely has good designs in that each character openly communicates their intended archetype but has lesser design elements that emphasize things about them otherwise. Yukiko, for example, is an intentional Yamato Nadeshiko archetype with design elements that match that. However her key color is red and yellow and intentionally calls to mind fire and heat elements that are a bit out of contrast with the 'quiet, softspoken and sweet' image she is intended to project.She wears stockings which are totally someone's fetish material but in this case tend to communicate more of a closed design (no open leggings like Rise.)

Kanji is drawn as a standard biker punk but his key visual is that his jacket is always hanging off him and looks about to fall off (and in-game he frequently loses it) which draws attention to the fact that the biker personality is something he plays up to disguise what is beneath. (And it comes full circle for Golden's ending where he stops dyeing his hair and changes his design entirely, even if they keep going back to his other design.)

Inevitable someone is gonna find this stuff hot because it features attractively-drawn anime characters in stylish clothing. However by and large it isn't inappropriate or weird because the outfits are design to communicate the character and rather than featuring overt sexualization just to have overt sexualization they flow as a coherent part of the entire design. It's also best if you try to avoid making "this character is overtly sexual" for a pandering 14 year old but if wishes were fishes we wouldn't be depending on otaku dollars for the continuation of franchises.

The Atelier series is basically "all kinds of pretty clothing: the JRPG" and you can write a lot about how those designs tend to emphasize characters or just be stylish and nice-looking. It's why the occasional Platcha looks bad because they're not only overtly sexualized in a dumb way but they're drastically in contrast to the rest of the series which is all about creating cute clothing and character designs. Platcha's designs are bad not just because they are creepy but because they are hugely out of place for the rest of the clothing design in the game. She looks like she wandered in from the Ar Tonelico studio next door or something.

Scrublord Prime posted:

That's good to hear; Superstar's my favorite Mario RPG of the lot and it never felt like any of its sequels managed to capture the same spark as it did.