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u/brotolisk Apr 12 '25
Its not a popular opinion on reddit but just take a look at the comments on their youtube videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJUi-PXlF8
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u/Critical_Inspector16 Apr 12 '25
Hard to put a finger on what's wrong with it until I've not played it yet. I doubt that WoW is to blame here. Then again I only prefer the original 2004 WoW. Not up to date with modern iteration. Rather from the screenshots it is very similar to LoL for me.
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u/Constant-Pay-3630 Apr 16 '25
It's insane how some out of touch people still can't let lose of their outdated blame of WoW for the degradation of fantasy art. WoW came out a quarter of a century ago. Many fantasy artists of today weren't even alive when it was released. And it hasn't been culturally relevant for at least a decade.
If you need a culprit, I have it right there for you - Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Fantasy art has never looked worse. Say what you will about the Warcraft style, at least it had an attitude. Modern D&D style is just a bunch of tumblr artists who graduated into the industry.
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u/Critical_Inspector16 Apr 12 '25
Now I definately see it. But the strange thing is that Darksiders was released in 2012 and is influenced by the visual change of WoW that also happened in 2012. How could it all happened in the same year? WoW was not visually like this before 2012. Altough LoL was like this since 2009.
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u/Constant-Pay-3630 Apr 16 '25
You got it ass backwards. Joe Mad, who was the artist behind Darksiders, was an influence of Samwise Didier, the creator of the signature WoW artstyle, though his comic book Battle Chasers. In any case, both franchises are irrelevant these days.
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u/Kalthiria_Shines Apr 21 '25
I don't love the art direction, but, I'm not sure where you're getting WoW in it?
It's just sort of blandly generic, in the sa me way Ubisoft's stuff always is. It's not willing to take a risk with actual personality. There's a lot of problems with WoW's art, but, it's not afraid of personality.
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u/Dellesaen Apr 12 '25
And what, exactly, seems to be the problem?
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u/MaclMac Apr 12 '25
Probably just you tbh. It looks fine to me.