WTF happened to KOF anyway?
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I don't know what you're talking about. I love the old style and the new art style of kof. Now you should be asking that question about SF.
d3v
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SF looks like how it always has. People just didn't think it would be that jarring in 3D. Bulging muscles? Oversized hands and feet? Thats Bengus' style right there.
Point is in 3D it looks like complete crap. Ryu looks like he taken more steroids than Chris Redfield. Chun Li turned into a man. But I guess the look have to match how bad the gameplay has fallen.
Back on topic: I think KOF looks better than ever. Also given that it's completely hand drawn. I don't see what there is to complain about.
R4712-VR88
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Street Fighter can look good in 3D. The characters in EX3 look great. Capcom just made everyone looks stupid in SFIV.
d3v
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Some people just can't appreciate 3D models that are anything but photorealistic. SFIV shows us that, just because a 2D fighter moves to 3D graphics, it doesn't have to loose the artists touch.
Back on topic, the way KoF looks is due to the character designers involved. Most of the new characters were designed by Falcoon during his tenure. Meanwhile, the modern art is based on designs by Nona. The styles of both (especially of Falcoon) differ greatly from the styles of previous artists like Hiroaki, Senri Kita and Shinkiro.
On a related note, Shinkiro is now working for Capcom. You can see his influence clearly in MvC3 where the main criticisms against the character models (lifeless, looking like dolls, static) are also the main criticisms of his style in general.
Back on topic, the way KoF looks is due to the character designers involved. Most of the new characters were designed by Falcoon during his tenure. Meanwhile, the modern art is based on designs by Nona. The styles of both (especially of Falcoon) differ greatly from the styles of previous artists like Hiroaki, Senri Kita and Shinkiro.
On a related note, Shinkiro is now working for Capcom. You can see his influence clearly in MvC3 where the main criticisms against the character models (lifeless, looking like dolls, static) are also the main criticisms of his style in general.
Stop reading that shitty Neo Gaf KOF thread. They can't even play the games. They're a bunch of wankers.
d3v
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Some people just can't appreciate having 3D models that allow an artists selected art style (in this case, Ikeno paying homage to Bengus and Akiman) to show through and would prefer everything to be "photo realistic."
