theprof00 said:
lol, no, I AM getting what you're saying, I'm just relating to you how someone like myself can easily differentiate these characters, likely as much of the target audience can, and the reason you can't tell is because you really don't pay attention, dare I say, you don't give a flip about anime, seeing as how your only known characters are from a single artist. A point I made earlier was that, in contrast, a person who is not into western games might consider those protagonists in the links I posted as being virtually indistinguishable. Of course, you and I can tell the difference between kane and lynch, and saints row, and Mass effect, and infamous....and we don't even need to look at the characters! We can just look at the artstyle and say, that looks GTA-esque, or that's really polished and metal, or Gears has kind of a grit feel, or infamous is kind of a polished innercity style. Even the individual games and their sequels are easily distinguishable just by mere texture and appearance. Killzone, battlefield, call of duty. Vast open areas, focusing on vibrant realistic landscapes. Intricate maps with a focus on details and textures. High contrast grittiness. You can likely match those three excerpts with the aforementioned three titles. And that is why it is so important to actually be involved in what you are discussing. I can talk all day about anime differences and subtleties, as well as I can talk about differences between battlefield and call of duty, or sim city and city builder, or even monkey island 1,2,3, etc. You don't see a difference because you don't know what's different. You think the only difference is clothes, and you think that's absurd. But you're RIGHT! Clothing is one of the very important differences in anime, right next to the hair. The three most important factors are hair and clothes and style. Face is virtually the same everytime, BECAUSE THAT'S THE MEDIUM. This is why hair is every shade of color, to help differentiate. This is why their clothes (and why Japan is considered a fashion capital) are very different from each other AND also from the norm. This is why the artstyles use different techniques. When I first watched Madoka, you know what my first thought was? Huh, this is kind of an interesting style to use almost only color-pencil for the character's eyes. So yes, like I said, it's forgiveable that you can't tell a difference like that. What is less forgiveable is you defending an ignorant comment by saying that the masses are ignorant also, ergo your opinion is valid. No. That just means you're being unabashedly ignorant. PS: sometimes my phone refuses to quote. Srry! PPS: Oh and yeah! You CAN compare to the literal TENS OF THOUSANDS of anime characters. That's your intent. Yet when you talk about good differentiation you say "dragonball, chrono, and DQ" characters all look unique to themselves. I'm saying that's right, because you're only comparing 70 characters and saying oh they're all different, whereas in this case you're looking at ten thousand and saying "op's character is similar to a few hundred". (At least that's what you're really saying by posting those pictures of things like fanart). |
Nope. I posted on your wall rather than continue derailing this. Im saying it doesnt stand out which it doesnt.
