Hynad said:
shikamaru317 said:
It's more about personality and abilties than appearance, they're almost identical in appearance. The difference is that Stella looked like she'd be a strong character, she shared Noctis' crystal powers and the ability to see Etro's light, she had her own goals and ambitions that would at times make her both an ally and an enemy of Noctis. She seemed like she was going to be a really complex, well-written character, and a good potential romance interest for Noctis.
By comparison all we've seen Luna do so far is sit there looking pretty waiting for Noctis to show up for a dinner. I got this strong damsel in distress vibe from her, that's a feeling I just can't shake. Maybe I'm wrong and she'll be just as strong of a character as Stella, but first impressions are important, and Tabata picked a really bad way to introduce Luna for the first time.
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Wait, you forged this opinion of her character based on that 3 seconds shot we got of her? She didn't appear to be a damsel in distress at all in that shot. I don't get how you came up with that from seeing her in smiling and looking at the camera...
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Presentation counts for a lot. The earlier concept trailers point to a deeper and darker world from which people inferred Stella to be a strong female character. The newer trailers have been presented as lighter in nature and suggest more anime-centric stereotypical tropes (yes, even that 3 seconds worth!).
You're right though, we can't know how deep or strong the characters are/were and it seems a bit silly with how little concrete information we have. But this is how SE wants the game to be perceived now vs how the game was perceived back in the Versus days. Like I said, presentation counts for a lot.
