however, I was genuinely impressed that the protagonist’s design and backstory made me actually enthusiastic to wear the doofy looking dundrasil armor when I got it
as with everything else in DQ11, what seems atavistic at first glance has actually been done as thoughtfully as possible
DS DQIV has it and the heroine design is soo goood.
Yeah, IV DS was actually the first DQ game I ever played, but I don’t recall that being an option! Perhaps I’ll revisit it someday
Being able to change the appearance of your hero and have all equipment be visible is 100% why DQIX is my favorite.
She’s like a Toriyama cool girl greatest hits.
That’s how I felt about Mia’s design, she’s like Ninja Bulma
i like how all the different armors SOUND different when you’re walking around in dragon quest 11
i love this design. that weird single half-tight shouldn’t work, and yet somehow it does. i kinda wish she got the Dragovian helm like the (much blander) male hero does but it is really cool that her hair creates a similar wing-shaped silhouette
Also while i dislike Toriyama’s digital work compared to his old/traditional stuff (the shading/lighting always looks off to me, especially with his thick outlines) the man’s color schemes remain good as hell
his shading is the worst. it makes everything look super ghetto. go back to markers, yo.
also, speaking of rehashing character designs, man.
i feel like the two most popular aspects of dragon quest, which are akira toriyama and that old fuck sugiyama, are the worst things about it.
i think toriyama dq is beautiful!!!
Man don’t compare Toriyama to Sugiyama until he reveals himself as a war crime defending bigot [this space reserved for when i inevitably learn he has]
i love Toriyama’s artwork and ive never minded that he reuses designs, because his style is so uniquely his. i mean, Tezuka got away with it and all he did was say “uhhhh, they’re recurring actors. Yeah, that’s it”
yeahhh those flat colors look so good. and Red has such a cool design, i like her a lot
I am convinced the only reason dq11 doesn’t have a customizable protagonist and appearance change effects for all garments is so they can still wow us with something in dq12
dq12 will star a slime, and you get to choose what color, and you can have a mohawk.
that you get an appearance change for each character once every 10 hours or so works so well though
DQ11 feels like the only game that knows how long it is
also i feel like everyone compares the luminary to trunks while i see android 18
(though a18’s hair is parted more to the side, which is better)
(btw wrt “super ghetto” can we not)
