DOA5LR: Tweets, Speculations, Rumors, etc...
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She also looked like a plastic Barbie doll... Now she looks like a human.
David Gregg
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Yeah now when I compare the current models to the previous ones it's like night and day. TN took on the challenge of transforming every girl from an anime doll into a human while still keeping their distinct features and I think they succeeded.
ayanetengu
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They definitely succeeded! The eyes are more real, the hair strands and bangs are individually rendered and not fused together, and the skin has more textures. The emotions they display now is also a plus.
David Gregg
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Very likely Virak's Kasumi costume. It won 3rd place and was a special pick. Apart from that costume probably also at least the other special picks by Team Ninja. I kinda doubt, we will see a costume for everybody though...
Monkey Ayane matches the Kasumi costume really well. Both are intricate fantasy outfits, that show lot's of skin... The colors are for one costume violet and gold and for the other blue and gold.
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synce
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lol So? Have you seen any Pixar movies? You don't need realism for something to be human. DOA's characters today are just as vapid as they've always been, except now they look more real so that makes it better somehow? If anything they're less human than ever. When the characters look cartoony and cute it's easier to forgive shallowness. And fighting in a maid outfit looks much less stupid
David Gregg
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Let's all agree to disagree. TN is keeping the current models and the majority like them.
Btw:
Dead or Alive Game
I wonder what news that is?
Btw:
Dead or Alive Game
I wonder what news that is?
I don't know, if you know, but I use to draw in a manga/comic style... So I'm familiar with stylized art and I do really like, no, love it. I also always liked the anime inspired art style of DOA. In DOA4 something wasn't quite right with it though. It looked so perfect, shiny, sterile and...kinda dead? That's why I compared Kasumi with a Barbie doll.
...just lifeless...
This wasn't so apparent in earlier DOA games, because technical limits prevented the characters from looking too perfect. We got something that wasn't quite anime-ish anymore, but also not realistic enough. A very unsuccessful mix, imho.
On the other hand the stages looked more and more photo realistic and life-like...
Characters and environment completely clashed in DOA4. You couldn't really talk about a homogeneous art style anymore.
It was eventually the time for a bold change. And in DOA5 we see, what Team Ninja's designers came up with... I think, they did very well!
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Argentus
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I'm the opposite.I don't know, if you know, but I use to draw in a manga/comic style... So I'm familiar with stylized art and I do really like, no, love it. I also always liked the anime inspired art style of DOA. In DOA4 something wasn't quite right with it though. It looked so perfect, shiny, sterile and...kinda dead? That's why I compared Kasumi with a Barbie doll.
...just lifeless...
(This wasn't so apparent in earlier DOA games, because technical limits prevented the characters from looking too perfect.)
On the other hand the stages looked more and more photo realistic and life-like...
Characters and environment completely clashed in DOA4. You couldn't really talk about a homogeneous art style anymore.
It was eventually the time for a bold change. And in DOA5 we see, what Team Ninja's designers came up with... I think, they did very well!
While doa5 has better facial emotes, I feel like the characters were more vibrant and full of life previously. Like the Helena comparison, I like the bright blue eyes and golden hair of doa4 Helena over the dulled grey and blonde doa5 Helena. Even that one scarf pic of kasumi looks more expressive than actual doa5 kasumi. Not always mind you. Like I said doa5 faces are way more expressive, but the "default" face seemed to be better in past games. Like...id love if we could get the vibrant anime faces back, but with the full animated expressions of doa5
David Gregg
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So you'd be willing to part with this realistic face and let them turn it into a more simplistic, anime doll face?
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Argentus
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Oh what I would give for a cel shaded DOA!But then please in a real anime style:
Not that half-baked DOA4 anime-style...
ONLY if done right! I can't wait I'm saving up for a tablet laptop and then I can use photo shop to show you how I picture it.So you'd be willing to part with this realistic face and let them turn it into a more simplistic, anime doll face?
David Gregg
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To me there's no comparison so...
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