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Other Games => Civ 6 => Topic started by: Unorthodox on July 19, 2016, 09:53:53 PM

Title: First Look: China
Post by: Unorthodox on July 19, 2016, 09:53:53 PM

 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENMzcvQVvzA#)

Title: Re: First Look: China
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 20, 2016, 01:20:17 PM

I had the Kittens Born random event trigger IRL yesterday right before I saw this - has anyone had a look at it yet?

Title: Re: First Look: China
Post by: Unorthodox on July 21, 2016, 03:16:26 PM

I'm really struggling to like Qin's design. 

I think it's that the whole skull is nonsensical.  I mean, I get they are caricatures, but there is enough off there to really bother me.  Haven't run into the issue with the others...

Title: Re: First Look: China
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 21, 2016, 03:37:11 PM

Just looking at the video cover image, I couldn't imagine the character design exactly winning any racial sensitivity awards, either.

Title: Re: First Look: China
Post by: Unorthodox on July 21, 2016, 04:15:47 PM

Well, in their defense, they post the inspiration pic for their design in the video... and they nailed it, but there are better sources people.  Especially when translating into the 3rd dimension. 

Title: Re: First Look: China
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 21, 2016, 04:58:25 PM

They probably need to keep in mind a certain Buddhist influence on eastern portraiture, where if a ruler's image could be credibly cheated over in a bodhavista-looking direction w/o wrecking the likeness entirely, they would.  That could even apply to pre-Buddhist leaders where what we have is later portrayals, and any likeness would have been less of a concern...