Nuvendil said:
As I daid in my last post, XCX has a minority that reach the standard levels of unusual design seen in XC1. Look at Sharla's armors. Look at all but one of Fiora's robotic armors he quoted. XCX has a baseline that I would say is fairly down to earth with extremes that look unusual. XC1 has a baseline that is already unusual and it ramps up from there to the outright bizarre. I dare say all of those Sharla and a couple of those Fiora armors he posted are more strange looking than Rex's and of course uncontextualized. And as for why he went with Saito over other artists. Could be his prior artists weren't available. Could be he didn't think the art from XCX would mesh as well given its association with Xenogears, Saga, and X which are all mecha and scifi. Or maybe he felt the more expressive characters would help address one of the major complaints agains XCX's characters (I feel these were exaggerated bug still hold some water). Could be he just wanted to give something new a try. Could be a combination of allof those (this is often the case). I would also be interested in knowing if the 3D art team for characters is the same as previously, they are half the equation here. Especially in this instance. Translating anime inspired art into 3D is an art unto itself. |
I think XCX just simply has more armors, and while the baselines may be more common (I mean there is a suit and tie outfit for the characters) I think XCX also has more unusual outfits than XC1. It simply offers more all around (something good sequels do).
