Post good vidya protagonist designs
>>736482584Such a good game
>>736482584I love his theme song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxwSuCiG0CU
I love Psuedo and his bird shota son
>>736484691The whole soundtrack is phenomenal.Shame that the game flopped horrendously and ACE will probably go tits-up after Nexon went insolvent.
>>736485007Nacon right? They fucked the marketing up with the title at least, and not giving them any marketing. It's firmly "hidden gem" territory now. Maybe they can now rename the game to Zeno Clash: Artifacts of Chaos.
Are Zeno Clash games good? I saw a clip of Father-Mother some time ago and from the looks of it the games look weird, which I really like, but I never played these brawling games
>>736486069Artifacts of Chaos is really good. I haven't played the older games.This is a very honest explanation of the gameplay for AoC:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsIGrGbbAQIf this looks appealing to you, you will almost certainly like the game.
>>736486069The first two are pretty similar to each other, but are much more similar to each other than they are to (Zeno) Clash (3). I enjoyed the hell out of Zeno Clash 1 but it is fundamentally a sovlful source total conversion mod. 2 is 1 but on a different engine and with pseudo open world metroidvania maps. they both take about 6-8 hours each.Clash is more like a weird blend of Souls and God Hand and third person zeno clash.Every single game mentioned in the thread so far is really worth playing.
>>7364860691st was short, neat, and enjoyable, has some Source engine magic. I didnt like the 2nd as much, it got turned into a co-op open area thing instead of being a linear arena brawler like the 1st. Clash is entirely different as a souls-like, but its good as well and much longer than either.
>>736486271Well I don't have experience with these types of games, like at all, but it does look interestingMight check it out on sale
>>736484530You can't forget your buddy, Kain.
>>736485634Ah yeah right, Nacon - I always mix those two up.
a lot of mgs shinkawa
>>736486597That's probably a good thing. Clash plays differently enough to other action games that previous experience can easily make you play worse.
>>736486504ironic how even in the current souls-like craze, for ONE non-fromsoft game that comes out with actual good level design, it flops and is completely ignored by the fanbase.
>>736487196What is the Eternal Cylinder even about? Just a survival craftan game where a big cylinder squishes you?
>>736486069They're some of my favorite games, setting- and presentation-wise but in terms of gameplay they often end up in the "we had an idea but no money", "undercooked" or "failed experiment" categories like so many of ACE's games.Like, take the optional Ritual pre-battle minigame from Clash for example: no matter if you win or lose, the odds are almost always stacked against you.Failing it means will most likely get you raped by the enemy thanks to the debuffs or pre-battle damage.However, winning on the other hand often means jack shit in the grand scheme of things since stuff like the "deal the first blow before the battle" artifacts are bad news against you since you're most of the time alone but against enemies it's almost worthless since you're only attacking the leader of the group with it - and when you fight against like up to half a dozen goons at once the little bit of initial extra damage is borderline pointless.Yeah, there is a story reason for all of this but still...
>>736487259It's more of a puzzle game where you go from area to area to avoid getting squished, morph your dudes into a bunch of different things to solve puzzle and combat
>>736487259basically you come at a checkpoint where the cylinder is forced to stop, then have some time (around 10-20 minutes i think?) to explore the current area, to get upgrades, new mutations, add more little guys to your party, etc until the cylinder resumes and you have to flee to the next area.i really liked the story as well, heartbreaking but beautiful at the same time.it's a very peculiar game but it's personally my favourite from ace team.
>>736487567>>736487596Oh shit I didn't know that. Gonna pick it upKinda feel like it's on the devs making it look like a craftan game
>>736484530nigga has no dick
>>736486069I liked 1 & 2 but didn't like artifacts of chaos, they're extremely different.
>>736487259Survival game, platformer, adventure, narrative-driven walking simulator, action game, Spore-like... It has a bit of everything EXCEPT crafting (unless you count "eat fish to gain swimming power/eat firefly to gain glow-in-the-dark power" as crafting) or huge open world games.
>>736482584>>736483929it had like 50 players lol. I pirated it and got lost in 20 minutes
>steamcharts posting about AA kino
>>736487714concurrent? that's gotta be a record for ACE team, the lovely bastards
>>736482584Would you?
>>736484530how do you go from THIS...
>>736487596IIRC once the cylinder gets stopped by one of the contraptions it generally doesn't move unless you finished the current task of that area.
>>736484530>>736487859>the y2k boyband haircut
>>736487987ah you might be right, it's been too long since i last played it.
>>736487987There is a specifically marked safe zone in each area.
>>736487817YJK
Trenchcoat wearing, kunai wielding killbot makes brain feel good.
>>736486881furi is fucking sick
>>736489157Amazing game. Bit silly how you can win all the melee parts by charging attacks
>>736489157french did good
>>736489473combat was still satisfying, story was great as well. only thing i could fault it is how much it took from afro samurai >>736489497the french come out with some cooked shit
>>736489813>combat was still satisfyingYes, maybe I should have put more emphasis on the point that I fucking love the game. It's just that in the melee phases you're supposed to dodge and attack a few times but eventually you find out that if you simply hold the attack button, you usally just need to perfectly dodge one attack and your charge attack skips the entire thing
>>736490232ethan winters
>>736482584
>>736492650Wasn't he just a janitor or something? Fucking kek, great games
>>736492650holy shit that's a deep cut
>>736487196I'm a huge soulslike fan, and this thread is the first I've heard of this game. Not even /v/ talks about it, it seems.I'll give this a try once it goes on sale.
>>736494462We mention it relatively often but it is underrated for sure. Pretty easy to miss someone posting something with a non-distinct name like "Clash" with a weirdo protag
>>736494545The name, certainly. Makes me think of Clash of Clans which is definately not my sort of game.But the weirdo protagonist is what led my attention to this thread in the first place.
>>736494634Yeah I meant that the whole artstyle is weird but you might gloss over it if you see it in a big Steam sale thread
>>736484530>blue ghost skeletal vampire with scarf rags n' shit and claws and a laser swordthis is objectively the peak
>>736487714You might be retarded
It's love / hate for most people but damn they don't make em like this anymore.
Can't think of a single SRW original protag that isn't at least a 7/10 design.
>>736495276who the fuck hates Bayo? leftoids?
>>736495583i swear to God people on this very board will sperg out over any sign of bayo, it's curious
kinoest main protag design in the seriesprove me wrong (you can't)
>>736489449Was he a comic character?
>>736497497a bit of this, a bit of thatAcclaim Entertainment bought Valiant Comics, turned them into Acclaim Comics and introduced Michael as the second Shadow Man with the intent to also turn him into videogames like the Turok series.
>>736495583Why would leftists hate a woman who’s a slut all the time?
>>736497923That's pretty cool to know.
>>736482584Sometimes you just need a good silhouette.>>736486881>>736487196Beat me to it.>>736487987>Someone else played this zesty nigga gameFuck the last transformation part in the final boss. It ruined the tempo of a good fight.
A good design will not always be a GOOD design.
>>736482584Have you guys ever draw your own OC?
>>736496495SSS tier protag designthe cover is what got me into SMT
I can't believe no one has posted the GOAT yet
>>736508674My knees...
>>736506129One time in art class I drew something, but I cannot draw so he didn't have a face.
>>736494703 Unironically yeah. Dude looks like he crawled out of a nu‑metal album cover and said “it’s morbin’ time” before that was even a thing. The scarf, the chains, the glowing eyes, the dumb edgy sword - it’s so aggressively 90s it loops back around to being timeless. That silhouette alone mogs half of modern “realistic military guy in brown jacket #47” protagonists.People call it overdesigned but that’s the whole appeal. If I can’t recognize your MC from a blacked‑out PNG at 240p, you already failed.
>>736484708peak
>>736486069First one sucked, haven't played the others
>>736497501>bald guywhoa...
>>736508674I respect Jack's strength
>>736519041rock on, lil cockroach dude
>>736519940My bad. Guess she is more antagonist. So here's another.
why are faceless helmet protags the most kino shit imaginable
Still my favorite
>>736508674Looks like someone that hates CHAOS
>>736486881Yeah I always loved that design. It's underrated and kino and I still dream of beating that game every day but never get back to it.
>>736497147Always loved this design too, barely played the game though.
>>736487817Yeah, but Grimsby
>>736520746Good question and I think it comes down to whether the character has enough physicality. That or autism. Since you must read their behaviour for clues on intent.
>>736482584Love these guys' games.I want to see more from them
>>736488662Love Fight Knight, hope the dude releases another game on the same level.It even had some waifu material.
>>736522224japanese belt philosophy ruined an era of character designs
>>736520746I'm convinced that it forces the devs to put way more effort into the body language. Also it preemptively eliminates any uncanny valley BS by just skipping the face altogether.
