Are Melty Blood's character designs ACTUALLY "boring?"
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
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There's been some discourse in the FGC lately about Melty Blood's character designs. Some say they are generic, boring, etc, others love them. Today I'm going to be watching the character reveal gameplay trailers for the upcoming fighting game (based on the Tsukihime visual novel) and discussing my thoughts!
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I feel like people either forgot or just don't know to begin with that these are characters from a VERY old visual novel--they got some visual updates and there are some characters that are just wacky to begin with but like, shiki and arcueid weren't made for this specific genre. it's FINE
utawarerumono too is a visual novel iircw, art is GORGEOUS
Yeah it’s odd that they chose to make a fighting game for Tsukihime instead of Fate and it’s massive brand value. I get that it’s to go with the Tsukihime remake but idk
@@qualityexs6295 there is an older Fate fighting game, Fate Unlimited Codes
The designs don't have to stay the same tho. Arcsys changed P3 characters in P4A.
Hell, they already did changed one design in Lumina, Arc has shorter skirt. They should have done more, and make the cast look more interesting.
@@A_B_1917 I mentioned it before but they actually redesigned the WHOLE cast. But it wasnt Type Lumina that redesigned it, it was the remake. These are their remake designs.
And like I said before, they do not want to change them. Its just a difference in design philsophy, you either like it or you dont.
The lore behind Ciel's "gun" is crazy (like many things Type-Moon). It's called the Seventh Holy Scripture and is a conceptual weapon, meaning it enforces a concept on its target in addition to physical damage. In her case, it is designed to kill immortals and prevent reincarnation by destroying its target's soul. Oh, and it's made from the horn of a unicorn and the spirit of a dead girl.
tbh it looked a lot better in mbaacc. now it just looks like a generic gun
The fun part is that one of the themes of the original series, Tsukihime, was about how, no matter what someone looked like, how plain or boring they were, they could be a massive threat, a supernatural monster, etc
Nailed it apparently
This vid is the first I’ve heard of any of this but I like the simple designs.
Honestly I feel like everything Is always so over designed.
Yugiouh protagonists come to mind lol. like right out of the womb AH A TITULAR PROTAGONIST
Exactly
Nobody would suspect someone like Shiki to be incredibly dangerous based on how he looks, but he's an absolute monster, capable of killing the likes of Nero Chaos
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People often think that simple designs are boring, but i like them alot. Like my fav FG characters are Ryu, Akira and Ryo all karate gi wearing dudes and i still love their designs.
I relate
I play ky in strive so i feel it
@@skywalker1217 ky's design definitely isn't simple. Maybe in the older games.
@@AdamSmasherReal just my opinion
Not bashing on the game here, but those designs are still more eye catching. Those karate dudes look intimidating and aren't something that you'd come across in daily life. If you live in japan you might see the outfits from this game on the daily. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that but it's different IMO
Once Neko Arc comes out, people will beg for boring characters.
BEAM
I'm afraid to ask on what are the Neko Arc designs?
@@jdellabeat6245 Shoots lasers, breathes fire, gets mail from George Lucas, tries to fight children and gets stranded in space after stealing some crab meat.
Just a normal cat
@@ludlowaloysius nah its just a normal cat, dont bother
@@ludlowaloysius I told you, it's a normal cat.
God's yes! My un-ironic main. My friends hate me for it
This isn't your everyday fighting game, this has NORMAL LOOKING PEOPLE.
And normal looking people are boring :)
@@Goblin_iRL for you
@@Goblin_iRL most people also would say visual novels are boring, but thats simply an opinion, now, isnt it?
@@Goblin_iRL and normal looking people is why I like it.
@@t-universegamer7609 anything to say for visual novels otherwise is also just an opinion tho😐
All I know is I'm maining Arcueid cuz she's an omega cutie.
Ciel tho 👀
Old design was better tho
I prefer the long, purple dress. I have had a figurine of her for years. I used to play the visual novel ages ago.
Legs for days, bro
I think the character designs of the Tsukihime series generally boils down more to what the characters can DO in terms of their abilities, rather than HOW they look. I think it fits the urban fantasy setting Tsukihime had going for it.
Jesus Christ… they are just generic anime characters. They are literally stock template characters. They are anime shutterstock chars. They look like Great Value Raildex characters.
I get your point, they do look ordinary… but not like ordinary people, ordinary anime characters.
@@ludlowaloysius Yeah I can agree with you to a degree. They do look like ordinary anime characters... and when I first found out about this fighting game series I felt like the games were really fun but the designs just don't stand out much to me, they all felt kinda boring...
But later on I found that this fighting game franchise is actually based off of a visual novel titled Tsukihime. And then later on getting both a manga and anime adaptation.
So for what kind of story Tsukihime was going for and what crowd they were originally trying to resonate with, I find their character designs to be rather genius and cool.
@@ludlowaloysius LOL. That roast.
"anime shutterstock characters"
"Great Value Raildex characters"
broke my straight face.
@@ludlowaloysius Here's a good video explaining why the Character designs are the way they are, they aren't SUPPOSED to look like Fighting Game Characters
czcams.com/video/0UXLDaKRJ5g/video.html
@@ludlowaloysius wut.
Truth be told no one was saying anything about the designs until some dude called Leffen mentioned how he thinks its the worst and since then people have been jabbing at the characters design but there is also persona 4 arena with its main protag being in normal school clothing as well and the game is great. I truthfully find the discourse unjustified and the fact people use it to slander the game even is just bleh.
EDIT: Btw Im not saying or I wasn't trying to say that if anyone doesn't like the character design they are are wrong or something people got their reasons to like/dislike things and that's fine.
Less is more.
I’ll take this over the incredibly loud over designed fantasy stuff of like WOW
Persona Arena have the edge of the Persona being the focus instead of the characters. And its not just Leffen, dunkey said in his Strive review that the design of Strive stand out when compare to Melty
I've been saying it for every French Bread game after Queen of Hearts. Undernight ALSO has painfully boring designs and it sucks because I really wanna like these games but they just embody everything I hate about post-2000s anime designs. I swear it's like Japan forgot how to anime.
@@asianjackass237 yeah but guilty gear plays in a completely different world setting than tsukiR/melty blood so comparing the two is pointless unless you specifically focus on char design and not any other factor on why the character looks like he does.
Shiki tohno wanted to be a ordinary school boy but ended up being put in an abnormal situation.
And while his looks are ordinary his story really is not at all and there is a lot to explore that lets you appreciate the characters far beyond their design.
And well if you can't invest yourself into a char who looks ordinary without getting curious why he is there in the first place, then fair enough. The comment I made in the first place was to address that the game gets slandered and that people often us the character designs as an excuse to say like along the lines of the gameplay being ass or the game looking ugly and just slamming a community for it.
@@GELTONZ french bread didn't have much say on the character design since they are based off the upcoming remake of tsukihime. Can't really say much about undernight because i haven't finished the background story mode thing yet but they pretty much look like the way they do because of their world being a rather normal one. Hyde just a normal ass dude who accidentally got into the hollow night and then got bitten by a monster and awakened to EXS power. And I do not hate the concept of like ordinary weak nobodies gaining power and growing as a character.
I thought it’s supposed to give off that, “We live in quiet town, Japan. Circa. 1988”
It's a licensed game based off pre-existing characters from Tsukihime
It means more to you if you know them
But the Melty Blood original designs like Eltnum are crazier for people looking for more over the top stuff
If only she was in the game ; _ ;
Sadly not over-the-top enough for me. Like even Undernight In-Birth has this problem. People complain that the characters are too anime? For me they're not anime ENOUGH! It's a shame too because these games are clearly very good and made with a lot of passion but the designs are such a massive turn-off.
@@GELTONZ Hyde is wearing 4 belts, his pants sleves have zippers, and he has the hair of a Yugioh protagonist. If Undernight is not anime enough for you maybe you just have really high standards.
@@GELTONZthat’s kind what I like about the French read games’ characters. Yes they are anime but they’re not like too too anime like blazblue, guilty gear and granblue. Those games, in my opinion, are bit much.
I know next to nothing about Melty Blood or Tsukihime in general, but I personally really dig the secret magic user aesthetic, normal people hiding their power and all that.
Coming in with zero knowledge of the series or its extended universe, I think they all look clean as hell. The whole game looks clean and crisp including the backgrounds, lighting, animations, etc. _That's_ the uniqueness of the game: it _doesn't_ have insane characters. You want crazy looking characters? MK, SF, GG, KI, SC, Smash, Skullgirls, and more are happy to oblige. This is a 2D game with clean, normal looking characters. That's unique and thus, IMO, _not_ boring.
Also, their "normal, boring designs" cleverly conceal their actual quirky personalities and gameplay. The maid uses furntiture to block and attack. The nun has a gatling gun under her habit. The sweater-wearing schoolgirl/princess dunks your face into the concrete after combos. The characters actually look great, their designs are distinguishable, and they still do crazy shit. This whole aesthetic is kind of a breath of fresh air. Or just different air. Am I allowed to love both the look of this and its polar opposite Guilty Gear Strive? Yes. And I do.
Plus, with the large amount of room to move around on the screen and the various moves and options discussed here and elsewhere, it looks like it has the potential to have some very deep, rich, complex gameplay. And that's what's going to shine in these matches. Plus, the character designs are not going get in the way of that.
reading this ive come to the conclusion that its not a deal breaker but no one reeaallllyyy loves the looks like strive
Hit the nail right on the head my dude: czcams.com/video/0UXLDaKRJ5g/video.html
As a type moon fan, I really like the designs they choose because all of them are extremely faithful to the source material. and honestly if they didnt do that, the long time fans who are actually gonna stay with this game were going to be pissed. That said, I still think theres enough there to bring in new players once you actually give the game a chance. I think people also forget that these characters are like the base 6.
"they look like a slice of life anime character"
it's kind of the point
Yeah, you aren't supposed to believe someone like Shiki is a fucking killer that can see death, or that Arcueid is a vampire (and GOD), or that Akiha is a half demon hybrid. The desings reflect the original nature of the Nasuverse, in that someone who look like everyone else can be a super powerful mage, a demon, or something equally dangerous
I find it hilarious that people used to dog on zippers and belts on anime characters and now people are saying more subdued designs are boring.
I certainly don't want more zipper or belts lol
I can appreciate how these are based on preexisting IPs
I just think as an "outsider" I am having trouble seeing them as looking memorable. I'm not sure I could see a character imagine and be like "that's a Melty Blood character!" Rather, it would most likely be "o...looks like some anime character"....and no, more zippers and belts wouldn't help the situation lol
Nah zippers and too many belts still look dumb as hell. But if you go look at GGS’s designs, they don’t do that! They just have cool as hell designs. Giovanna’s design has no zippers, and 1 belt where it should be and it rocks.
The problem with the Tsukihime/Melty designs isn’t that they’re subdued. It’s that they’re generic early 2000’s visual novel designs, slightly spruced up. And Takeuchi’s art makes them all look extremely same face. And finally of course, no one cares about these characters, so visual design is the first thing that’s going to get criticized. Mind you, I don’t think whacky designs would’ve changed too much either honestly. Granblue Versus’ cast were called “generic fantasy” by so many critics.
@@TheCoolguymanly "nobody cares about these characters"
Says the western normie fanbase. Tsukhime is iconic in Japan.
@@r.k845 Oh bro, I’m 100% talking about the veteran and casual fighting game side of all this. Also the younger people who aren’t over 35 years old. They’ve never heard of Tsukihime or any of its characters because it’s almost literally impossible to play and experience that game unless you really go digging. It’s not even normies lmaoo it’s just THAT underground.
EDIT: Also I like that before you edited it, your original comment was just "Says you." but you realised how dumb that was because that's literally NOT what I'm personally saying hahaha. But it IS what half the fighting game veterans and casuals are definitely saying. I think the designs are fine enough for what they are, and they get a pass from me personally because I know they're old ass VN designs. Others aren't so understanding. Even JM here in this vid shittalks Arc and Shiki's designs man, and concludes by (as nicely as he can) saying the designs are generic and boring, but the good gameplay makes up for it.
@@TheCoolguymanly I care a lot about these characters. I only legally became an adult like 8 days ago
The normal style is the reason why I like them. Aoko is the best because she's just a woman in a T-shirt and jeans. It's the same with KoF (for the most part)
And then you find out she's like, hilariously powerful.
Same here bro. It stands out in a sea of things where everything is too over the top for their own good
It's kind of funny because a lot of UNI characters (like Hyde, Rinne, Phonon... etc) wear pretty normal people clothes. They usually have some personal spice with it, but they are clothes you could see on people just casually walking on the street.
Yeah but in that case they are kinda used as contrast to the rest of the cast like Vatista or the guy with huge ass claws. Here it seems its simple clothing across the board
Yeah and unfortunately I complain about them too. It's such a shame because I can see the talent and quality in the gameplay but all of French Bread's games have really bland designs. The only ones I can stand are Queen of Hearts 99'.
...which is funny because those are all schoolgirls in the same uniform but they're somehow more interesting for me.
Hank Hill is going to be top tier, I’m calling it now.
Can we play as Hank Hill? I'll buy it if he's in there.
bro we got readhead hank hill but female who can shoot giant beams
@@sandwichofdoom4115 sorry bro, there's only one macdaddy of Heimlich county
@@blamberton7893 she doesn't even sell propane
Got dang it Shiki, you can't just cut through a crocodile made of black ooze with a pocketknife.
The character designs are perfect for the character’s stories. It feels like judging them based on not being familiar with the stories or game is kind of pointless.
I mean the point of character design is telling you the personality through looks. Persona is also an urban fantasy based around school and still is stylish and conveys personalities well.
@@MsMvsc well the intention of these designs is to conceal the threat that these people are... Shiki looks like just a normal Schoolboy but his a psycho that can cut you to pieces if he feels like it, Arcueid is a Vampire but she doesn't seem like a threat until she shows her true face and etc... These character designs are made that way for a reason.
@@Contentejoyer853
I know that? Yet Persona is the same philosophy with distinct and grounded designs, so your argument isn't too strong...
@@MsMvsc at least persona 5 if you look at their designs with normal clothing and without bias they would receive the same treatment... Some of them are more flashy but they still suffer from the same "problem", They more often than not are just plain designs, the difference is the art direction of the game itself.
I'm not even found of the Tsukihime design, they have a disadvantage when you look at the source material, because the Novel is old and amateurish, the remake has more of an refined touch but is still faithful to the old designs, because if they changed too much it would spark controversy among the old fans lol and that still happened... Some people were freaking out because the Granny skirt was removed lol , but yeah the desings are not made to impact FGC fans but VN fans.
This is getting too long but I think they should give them new designs for Melty and that wouldn't be a problem but Nasu has his money too far up his ass to do that...
@@MsMvsc Tsukihime's Character designs are intentionally misleading, you're not supposed to know who these characters are at a glance, you're not supposed to know how dangerous they are, Tsukihimes designs work on the idea that looks can be deceiving, because no matter what someone looks like, they can be a significant threat
These designs also work perfectly well for the story, it's an Urban Supernatural Thriller, it's a Mystery, you aren't supposed to understand what's actually going on in any given route until the very end when all the pieces fit in place
Here's an excellent video that showcases exactly why the character designs are the way they are: czcams.com/video/0UXLDaKRJ5g/video.html
Basically Shiki's Eyes allow him to see the Death of everything around him in the shape of lines and points. If he were to trace these lines on anyone or anything then he will slice it or "Kill" it. The problem is as you can imagine seeing the true fragility of the world puts a lot of stress on his mind (imagine bumping into someone and accidentally killing them). He wears those glasses to suppress the eyes so that he can't see the Lines of Death
"Generic designs" can be circumvented with having memorable artstyles imo. Unfortunately for Melty though is that Takeuchi has been drawing the same faces for his characters for the past decade lol. I can tolerate it.. to an extent, since I'm super used to his style at this point and have an attachment to these characters regardless of the artstyle so I don't blame newcomers/onlookers writing these characters off as "boring-looking". It is what it is I guess
Yeah and that's the even sadder thing. I went back and played the current Melty Blood to see if there were ANY characters I liked and I really love Kohaku's sprite! Buuut...her artwork is boring and thus these better sprites actually make her look worse. Which is a crime to say because the fact that these people are doing such AMAZING sprites while ArcSys pussies out (the later BlazBlue sprites have tons of animation errors and look kinda bad) should really be applauded.
Yeah the character designs are plain but honestly I think the callouts for this specific game is because there isn’t any good entry point to actually get invested into these characters. I AM invested in these characters and acknowledge that these designs for these visual novel origin characters are supposed to make them unsupposing until they attempt to cut into your throat. If Doki Doki Literature Club had a fighting game, there’d be more stanning in the western FGC fanbase and dogpiling if the designs are called boring.
I think it's important not to forget that this is being launched a month after the release of the Tsukihime remaster. The intent seems to be that the VN remaster will build hype for Melty Blood and help sell the characters and visuals.
@Snake Eraser Yeah in terms of the west Type Moon ain't doing a good job to actually get people into the characters of Tsukihime. It's honestly pretty unfair for French Bread to have to carry these story characters to recognition by themselves over here. And we don't even know if Type Moon is still strict with their license or something. Aniplex is involved with Fate localizations and yet we cannot get their newest VN that is a Remake over here - o-"
@Snake Eraser That's certainly true and a fair complaint. I'm just not certain Type-Moon is actually concerned about a western audience for either game.
Wym there's no entry point to get into these characters? Just play Tsukihime. That's literally how I did it.
@@dorcasmutton6335 Gonna go the normie argument and say that people don't want to read an old visual novel that doesn't even have the action spectacle like Fate Stay Night when there is a remake around the corner that could be superior in pacing, flow and especially visual wise. But at the very least the original visual novel is "free". Even if it was localized, I'd say it'd be a hard recommend for someone to spend $40-50 for a vn with only 2/5or6 routes.
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Why are you the way you are.....?
@@muffinman2349 I woke up and chose violence
@@cubangod2726 fair enough. We all have those days
Shiki has special eyes that allow him to see magical lines that hold things together. He wears glasses not to see them. He was taught to use a dagger to sever those lines, doing so successfully would mean death/destruction for whatever he is cutting. He is a character from Shingetsutan Tsukihime, part of the TypeMoon universe. The series is a progenitor to the Fate/Stay series, If you like that you may like Shingetsutan Tsukihime.
Uh, there is no Tsukihime anime. Didn't you know that?
@@nandobordas there is I've watched it, it was my introduction to TypeMoon. It is very old, like me.
@@nandobordas czcams.com/video/e5Fom6Avuq4/video.html
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@@kobaltkode idk what you're talking about dude, there is no tsukihime anime, just doesn't exist. :^)
@@kobaltkode I think you forgot your schizo pills bro
Expecting a wacky, bombastic design from Tsukihime is just.... No. It ain't always Fate, guys 🤦🏻♂️
Y'all should read Tsukihime before judging Melty Blood's character designs, whether it's the Original or the Remake, these are characters that weren't originally meant to be in a Fighting Game, they're from a Visual Novel, it's unfair to criticize them based on Fighting Game Standards
Big problem with the designs for me is that I remember specifically buying melty blood on steam (cause it was on sale ofc) and I went into character select ....and had no idea who to play, nothing about their design told me anything except for vague things like their weapons, honestly I don't mind going in one by one to find the playstyle I like but I remember that being a huge turn off for me especially when you had multiple characters who looked exactly the same and I just wasn't feeling it, I'd rather play something else
It doesn't help that the game is a spinoff sequel to another niche game and doesnt tell you anything about the characters because it assumes you know them already
These are hardly fair criticisms of the character designs, because they were intended for a Visual Novel, they look like normal people because they're *supposed* to look like normal people
@@jaydenlobbe7911 ok then they shouldn't have made a fighting game with these characters, or they should have changed the designs to better suit a fighting game.
@@jaydenlobbe7911 the designs themselves aren't bad designs, but for a fighting game, especially with all the characters having similar builds and color schemes, it's horrible
@@gstellar96 If they changed the designs to better suit a fighting game, I doubt it would turn out well, they absolutely need to keep these characters recognisable for older fans, other than that, why do you think they shouldn’t have made a Tsukihime fighting game? Sure the Character designs don’t perfectly translate to a Fighting game setting, but so fucking what, Melty Blood has been successful regardless of what you guys think of the character designs because the games are good, it doesn’t matter if the character designs don’t suit the game if the Core Gameplay experience is shit, what you guys are whining about is entirely superficial
People dont realize they arent fighting game characters, theyre Type-moon VN characters. You cant expect to fall in love with some of their designs if you dont know anything about them or the works theyre from.
That’s part of the problem though, isn’t it? You’re more likely to bring in new players if the art style and character designs are engaging. I guess the devs are in a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation here: if you redesign the VN characters to make them look better in a fighting game, the VN and legacy fans might not like it. But if you don’t… the characters just look boring to the outside world.
My first time seeing this and I can say that I'm actually liking this simple design but with great game mechanics. Im pushing 40 and I feel like I can focus on the gameplay better with less going on.
what does boring uniforms have to do with focus?
@@zachstarattack7320 Not boring but simple; it's easier to see where hands and feet are going to start and stop so I can adjust my moves accordingly.
Fighting games with outrageous costumes make it harder to see where hits are going to land much less have excessive clipping going on.
This "debate" is literally the most pointless shit in the world. Melty has a ton of crazy character designs, like Powered Ciel, Nero, the Nekos, Mecha Hisui, Rifesbye, and Archetype Earth. We'd be getting even more extreme ones if any Fate characters showed up. This is also not counting the actual attacks they do, like Nanya's knife tricks or anything TATARI does.
The main characters looking like normal people is because, for the most part, they are. The only people who say Melty has boring or low-key character designs doesn't play Melty.
What's wrong with having low-key, I only started playing Melty so long ago cause Aoko had one the lowest key designs I saw in a fighter and that was pretty dope.
People desperately want the Tsukihime Melty Blood fanbase to stay in the bathroom for some reason *cockily shrugs* - 0-“”””””
Tbf, the generic/normal-looking characters and their variants make up for 17 out of the 31 characters in the old game.
And then you still have 3 more with Neco-Arcs and 2 Lens, which may or may not look exciting, depending on who you ask. I really don't blame people for not being hyped for the way the characters look.
I thought the design look plain due to the story it was based.
Alex The Abysskiller They are. Ciel’s whole character was based off that twist.
Here's the issue with these designs: if you can't recognize a character by their silhouette, the design is probably boring.
Now, I do understand that this game is based on a visual novel or something, but unless you've read those, these characters don't convey much on a visual level. It's fair criticism.
That said, this game looks mad fun. I wish more people were into it
Specifically it's a spin-off of Tsukihime, the original character designs weren't exactly made for a Fighting game, they were made for an Eroge
That's fucking stupid cause you only need to know the outline and pose for the character and you could easily recongize a Tsukihime character as a silhouette.
Character designs don't have to be complex all the time👁️_👁️
Exactly.
I just like the more simpler designs 'cause I love the symmetry.
true but they look pretty generic though especially the main character i feel like I've seen him in multiple anime
@@shadowofthenorthstar989 yeah pretty much. Shiki was a self insert POV character for a visual novel. Although he does develop and get characterization over time, but it doesn't mean his design isnt boring.
The characters do look boring but the gameplay looks fun
it's basicaly what i say every new fast & furious: dialogues
ealism\"familly"^^ vs action. doesnt work with fighting games for me. even phantom breaker or aquappaza looks better
That's because these are Visual Novel characters, their designs aren't made to be expressive of the character's personality because Visual Novels are just interactive books. Knowing this should make it easier to understand why the designs are simplistic. And make sense
Facts
@@bloody4558 utawarerumono too n its design rocks
The problem isnt the gameplay it's that jumping into character select at least half the characters have no personality, which means newcomers have no entry point or interest right off the bat
I mean Melty is a super niche thing. I know a ton of fighting game stuff and play a bit for years off and on but I still don't really know anything about the source.
@@keithsimpson2685 exactly, the characters might be cool if you know them from the show or manga, but if you're like most people and just playing it because it seems fun, the characters look meh
I agree that the characters look generic. I can understand if Melty Blood fans could care less what "casuals" think since they're buying the game no matter what. However if hardcore fans want the game to have continued support for years then there will need to be new fans or casual players.
"these characters look boring" man wait till they get a look at nrvnqsr chaos and his trailer.
Ikr, people just think they look boring because they know nothing about them. The character designs are great and fit astronomically well with how the story is written, people just don't understand that simple designs =\= bad designs.
@@dorcasmutton6335 half the people complaining about the designs are Tsukihime fans annoyed that the remake made them look more like generic anime designs instead of sticking closer to their original designs.
@@RayOfTruth I am one of those tsukihime fans but still the designs aren't that bad, I'd generally say they're decent enough.
Except for Shiki. He looks too much like Joker Persona 5 in the remake now.
@@dorcasmutton6335 I'd say Ciel got hit the worst, especially her hair and to her markings.
Also not big on Arcueid's redesign either.
@@RayOfTruth Yeah those two are pretty strange as well, especially Ciel yeah.
They all look like literal background characters
That's the point lol: czcams.com/video/0UXLDaKRJ5g/video.html
Boring? I wouldn't say that. I often like minimalist designs. Sometimes overly complicated can be too "busy".
But as an outsider, they don't exactly stand out as being memorable.
I think kof does the minimalistic design better they look like normal people but still have some extra sauce to stand out
@@kei7540 it depends on the character. kyo? sauce. terry? sauce. leona? sauce. Any AOF character? boring. Andy? trash. benimaru? garbage. yashiro and 90s iori? dogshit
but the thing with melty blood, the characters are from a preexisting thing, not like an action oriented thing either so changing them might be weird. KOF characters were made with a fighting game in mind
@@czar2977 Bro said Benimaru and Iori suck..............
@@kei7540 benimaru looks corny with that dumb shirt and high hair and iori aged terribly with the weird leg straps
@@czar2977 Trash take
So excited for this game. The system mechanics look so freaking sick, and I can't wait to get my hands dirty figuring out how they all work.
Anyone that says that the character designs for Melty don't realize that the characters aren't fighting game characters, they just happen to be in a fighting game. Not everything is a fighting game. Melty Blood was born because of a hentai visual novel, which is just now getting a remake 11 years from it's initial Japanese release. Majin Obama's video on Melty's chara-design does a great job laying it out on a surface level.
I know people like Arc's old design but I like this new design too. I think it's great. 👍
Regardless of how the char designs look, I myself am looking forward to this game. The Gameplay looks really good and fun. I'm enjoying strive, but man they took away so much from the cast. I miss the mobility and the cool combos and freedom that you had in xrd/rev 2.
Ciel pulling out the Powered Ciel look for her last super in the trailer is so sick
Bruh one statement to this issue, "the characters are dressed to their most comfortable state, they are not there to impress other people"
the 'alt dimension' versions of the original characters make the basic designs a little more useful to the game because you can see the corruption but you kinda need to know the lore for it to make sense
The character designs are just on point to the manga and anime. That is just perfect.
not for a fighting game
@@erichbauer3991 that my friend should be more of a subjective opinion (which is good and valid). But for anime fan, it is important that they represent the character. And for a fighting game is also important the character representation. My humble opinion.
@@jb_Dominguez the boring design critique applies to the anime then aswell
@@giosbizarreart9048 yes of course. That would be for anime to come, but my friend, those anime characters are already well established, and are old shows. They change the design, then they have to change the title itself. Imagine if you will, an xmen fighting game,. Put cyclops with a cape and the x logo on the chest. Is jot cyclops anymore, is a cheap superman clone. And of course you could argue that they can change the clothing design. But the anime characters of the melty blood series have their design well stablished
@@erichbauer3991 yeah it doesn’t make much sense that they made a fighting game for tsukihime at all, but they did. And MB had a huge legacy in the arcades and JP tournaments so it made sense they’d reboot it alongside the new Tsukihime remake
Honestly we probably wouldn’t be having these arguments if they made a Fate fighting game instead, it has more brand value too
A wise person once said "They may not have drip, but they have all the sauce"
Can’t wait to main Kouma and dunk waifus
As a Tsukihime fan i love these designs
Ciel is sick- Yes that is a projectile rekka- MBAC was my first arcade fighter game that i really got competitive with and Ciel was my main. This game is great. Reallly well made- unfortunately it has virtually no casual community, but if you want a damn well made fighter- this series delivers.
I have to appreciate how absolutely gorgeous the Tohno Mansion stage looks. Also, Jmcrofts, you should main Akiha (or V Akiha) on release because she's best girl, fight me.
I'm looking forward to this. Been playing unclr in preparation. Ciel was the first to catch my eye as well. Battle nun is new to me
My favorite design is definitely Aoko. She's just a normal-looking chick with slightly longer than usual hair wearing a white t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, but she's shooting huge magic beams and magic sigils that cover the whole screen.
in MBAA Ciel has her "Powered Ciel" version where she always has her gun! It'd be pretty cool if they brought that version of her back.
Really hope Red Arcueid can be in this game
That's the cool part about the character design.. they are all standard looking at first but have a weird quirk that makes you question what they're about. Shiki is a schoolboy but... why does he have a knife? Hisui and Kohaku are maids but... why do they have swords and cacti? Ciel is a member of the church but... why does she have a weapon literally made from the horn of a unicorn and someone's soul? Idk... guess you'll have to play around and find out 😉
Or not play because Im not drawn to them in anyway what-so-ever.
As someone who knows nothing about the series the girl with the broom is the only one that looked interesting simply because of the broom katana
Ah, yes. Having a knife makes you weird and quirky
As a fan of Tsukihime, I gotta say you didn’t do too well of a job selling the series to people. You kinda just made it sound dumb. No offense.
@@giosbizarreart9048 the maids are weird because they never actually fight. Their move sets are just jokes, visual gags, and references to gags from the visual novel. It honestly makes no sense that they made a fighting game of this series, but hey at least they did a good job
Ciel is definitely my main, she has cool combos and is a vampire hunter, and as a Castlevania fan, that instantly gravitated me towards her.
I downloaded MBAACC earlier and played her, and can confirm, she is 100% my favorite
Melty Blood is basically characters from a Visual Novel called Tsukehime. All the characters look kind of average at first glance because its set in modern Japan, however all the characters are basically Vampires, Werewolves, Church Warriors, Demonic Lineage, ect ect. The main character of the series is Shiki who after an accident found himself with Shinigami Eyes, which allows him to see the "lines" where things cease to be or "dies" He doesn't have a real knife he's using a fruit knife in combat. Because the sharpness of the knife doesn't matter as he's just tracing the lines of where things dies.
Everyone in the game are superhuman, however they have normal looking character models because the fights happen suddenly in the "real world" thus they aren't dressed for battle per say they are dressed like what they are actually doing aka school work ect.
Alright, where to begin with this... I'll try to (over)simplify it without hurting the lore too much.
The character designs are plain because they're intended to be plain. Tsukihime (and by extension, Melty Blood) takes place in a suburban fantasy environment, where all sorts of supernatural crap is going on without the general public noticing. Shiki has an extremely powerful ability (the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, which you correctly compared to shinigami eyes) able to see lines and points in people and objects that he can effortlessly trace with his fruit knife (!) and bring about the destined destruction of said person or object. Arcueid is a Vampiric True Ancestor who's over a thousand years old; Ciel is an absurdly powerful freak of nature who's unable to die unless a specific someone else also dies, Akiha (Shiki's sister) has demon blood coursing through her veins, both maids (Hisui & Kohaku) have a very rare and sought-after power in their bloodline... And all this is the fuel for a sort of undercover demonic guerilla warfare going on in Misaki Town right under everybody's noses.
I highly suggest you get into the entire lore of the Tsukihime series (Tsuki, Kagetsu Tohya, and at least MB:ReACT story mode and Act Cadenza Arcade endings) because it's an incredibly rich story with hugely interesting and captivating characters and twists everywhere.
Source: been a fan of Tsukihime since around 2006, owned and played every single Melty Blood released up until now and have absolutely ZERO plans to stop.
Tbf it's better this way. There's already so much shit happening on the screen with these anime games that being able to recognize the characters becomes a challenge on it's own. It's a thing that has stopped me from getting into GG for a long time
I haven't watched or read the original but I prefer the old designs. Their faces looked same-y back then but now they all have a serious issue of same-face.
My favorite part about this whole discussion is the "they're meant to look generic because Tsukihime lore" argument. The fact that it's intentionally that way doesn't make the outfits any less generic (at least half the cast).
The game has plenty of other positives already, there's no need to insist school uniforms and white T-shirts are the coolest shit you've ever seen. I'm really looking forward to it. If the rollback works, it's already a Day 1 buy.
It does give context as to why they look that way and context can do a lot for a character. Besides, there's more to a character than their surface level appearance anyways.
@@skunthundler 100% agreed. The contrast even works in Melty's favor when you see the game in motion. I'd prefer each element to stand out on its own, but it is what it is.
On a sidenote: selling UNI was easy, but I'm having a much harder time getting my friends interested in Melty. The cool factor is just not there yet.
Lmao just wait till Roa and chaos come in and plus with then adding color character creation is definitely a huge game changer no fighting doesn't even have.
People can call these designs boring but in reality every fighting game has over the top characters so that's boring. This is fresh and more exciting
I think it's three reasons. The simple clothing is a large part of it. There are many fighting games where people wear street clothes like KoF that have more interesting looks and convey personality through the character's fashion sense. That leads into the second part, instead of just street clothes, most of the cast wear stock uniforms. Compare and contrast Hisui and Kohaku - the maid uniforms tell a viewer nothing about them other than that they're maids. Shiki, Akiha, Satsuki, etc are similar, but "student uniform." In comparison even Aoko's ridiculous jeans and t-shirt conveys more about who she is than a stock uniform. Or you could look to something like Street Fighter - Karin wears a seifuku but it is this dynamic sports car red that sticks out since it's so different from the standard, and she also has things like her spats that tell you how she is always depressing for martial arts. The third reason is also really important and I think it's Takeuchi (artist for Type-Moon) having an extremely non expressive style especially since he stopped being able to draw women who aren't Saberfaces and the art is only making tiny facial changes for expressions that you can't even really notice in a match. Doesn't make your cast look interesting if it's mainly women and all the women have the same face with little ability to express emotion. Dragon Ball also has severe sameface but Toriyama's art is more exaggerated, for an example on what might be a problem with using Takeuchi.
It is an issue regardless on whether the fans defend it or not. It's a fighting game, making a fast impression is very important. And if a new player doesn't find a character that they think is cool and unique, they can always just play a different game where there is someone who they find appealing.
Even if it's an issue, it's hardly fair to criticize character designs that were not originally intended for a Fighting game by Fighting Game standards, they look like normal people because they're *supposed* to look like normal people
@@jaydenlobbe7911 It is fair to criticize it because they were specifically given redesigns and instead of keeping in mind, "Hey these will likely be used in a fighting game, let's give them a little more personality" they chose to keep them as drab as before.
Even then, KoF characters still look more like normal people. You don't run into many maids or nuns on the street.
@@Zetact_ Yeah, they were given redesigns for the Tsukihime Remake, besides, there are already enough Tsukihime fans who think that the redesigns are worse than the original designs *because* they’re different than the originals, we don’t need more
@@jaydenlobbe7911 The point is that when greenlighting new designs that Type Moon should have kept in mind they might want to use them in a fighting game and updated accordingly. Instead it results in a situation where some people are upset that Arcueid wears a miniskirt and possible newcomers are disinterested by how dull she looks instead of just going for one audience or the other.
@@Zetact_ If Type Moon really gave a shit about the redesigns being made to better suit a Fighting Game, you would see that in the game, but they’re being paid so much that they don’t have a reason to give a shit, this is a company that is making most of its money off of the most popular Gacha game ever, you really think that if some people don’t buy Type Lumina because of the character designs that Type Moon will care? Their reaction will literally be “Oh no, anyway”
Tsukihime's characters (the novel that "created" all these characters") have the common tendency of showingg all the characters as bland and normal people, until the novel itself shows you how wrong you are, and they are most involved in supernatural threats in both sides, being the threats or defending the world for them. Also, most of the attacks show as much as they need to show that they are from THAT character, Shiki is a perfect example, those cuts are only single hits because of his "shinigami" eyes, he can just see death from all things and where he needs to cut to kill them (even objects in the novel), those things that appear while he hits the enemy with a regular beat or things like that are those lines, because shiki himself is aiming for that.
I wish there was a King of the Hill fighting game, imagine being able to use Dale's Signature Moves, Squirrel Tactics would be so busted
never played tsukihime but I assume these designs are supposed to look plain and unassuming so that when you learn about the weird and dark side of their character it's more surprising.
This doesn't translate as well in fighting games tho. They try to show this juxtaposition through the crazy gameplay in relation to their design but with people just looking at the design only they will just think they are boring.
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One thing i would say from someone who know nothing about this game the UI looks so much better that the one in Guilty Gear strive. It's clean/sharp.
Fighting game influencers never heard of urban fantasy because these unga bunga boys don't know how to read.
Lmao manga isn't reading, chief, you're gonna want to try a book
@@blamberton7893 visual novel =/= manga
@@rkraccoons you're right, visual novel = picture book
@@blamberton7893 yeah? Whens the last time you read a book
@@rkraccoons I finished rereading the wheel of time just the other day, catching up on stormlight archive rn and I'm working through a Churchill biography. You?
Note: True Ancestor is a term from ths Tsukihime VN, basically there are two kinds of vampires and True Ancestors are the real deal. On other words, Arc is a really powerful vampire . . . but not exactly smart.
She's super smart just naive to human society..since she didn't really have emotions until shiki killed her in general
The thumbnail killed me
*clicks video*
"yeah"
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They are like King of Fighters designs. Practical and use setting veresimilitude. Some get wacky some are just streetwear.
Kof designs are better than these because they actually have style
KOF character designs are way more unique than this its not even funny
People keep bringing up the extremes (Melty and GG), but people seem to forget SnK fighters which have a good balance
@@giosbizarreart9048 benimaru looks like he fought a bear and yashiro rocks a choker fuck off with style lmao
i feel like you shouldnt compare kof to MB. kof's a major tourney where ANYONE from ANYWHERE can join, their character designs show that, look at terry to someone like duo lon. MB is just... a bunch of normal ass people but they just have cool powers and where theyre from IP wise gives a reason why. not saying either is better or worse, just saying what theyre going for translates to their character designs
Wow this game is absolutely stunning
The answer to why people don't like the character designs is ultimately because they don't know fucking anything about the characters in melty blood. If they played tsukihime they'd know why the character designs are like that. I won't elaborate further because tsukihime is something I recommend everyone go and experience completely spoiler free, it's a really fucking amazing visual novel and you will not be disappointed.
Or even played Melty. The animations for these people are all zany too.
@@jouheikisaragi6075 Yeah the animations in melty are stellar but I was more referring to story reasons than anything else. You right though.
I'd love to see more reactions to these trailers
So 9:03 gives me Linne vibes. I only played a little bit of UNICLR when it was on sale, and that was the character I picked up. I’ve never played a Melty Blood. So, thanks to this video breakdown I see they have reverse beat? So I’m assuming they still use A>B>C for the attacks in this game? Anyone care to elaborate on some of the different mechanics in this game? I’m kind of curious what they are. Would the moon drive be similar to something like Overdrive in Blazblue? I might give this a try, I would probably like it. I think the clash animations are pretty sick too.
the characters look so boring and make me completely uninterested to play them but gameplay wise some of them look really sick
bro calm down the charachters are too old for recent char desgins lmao hopefully they add nero chaos
@@demonzak8723 never been a fan of nero. Neco chaos tho...
Ive got the old Melty Blood but not played it much and dont know much about Tsukihime at all although I would like to change that. Character design wise from a visual character perspective no one really pops for me but when they start fighting its a different story. I also love how much freedom it looks like it gives you in how to fight as well from movement to combos.
Characters that have most interested me so far are Akiha and Kouma. Its been a long time but I think Akiha was the character I spent the most time with in Actress again although I think she had multiple versions of her in that one.
Almost certainly picking up this fighter anyway which will be my first one in about 2 years. Looking forward to KOF next year as well.
Melty blood character designs are pretty boring to me…..except that dude with shadow wolves lol. I’ve like Kouma too. And Ciel looks cool.
I know next to nothing about this game. Initially I thought murder nun was just a funny name for Ciel but after seeing that trailer...holy shit, that is so accurate! This game does have a simplistic character design but I feel like they all play differently enough for it to keep me interested. Super under night vibes though.
Melty Bloody is a Tsukihime spin off game. Tsukihime is a classic Visual Novel by Type-Moon and the basis for all Nasuverse which would eventually give us the extremely successful Fate series. Because the main game is a visual novel all characters tend to have simple designs, as in Visual Novels you don't need to use flashy designs to detail a character, the thing is a virtual book. That's why the visuals are "boring".
However because it's a visual novel the characters are much more fleshed out and have way more personality than a normal fighting game character. Who usually depends on visuals to tell each character's story and personality.
Basically it's a story about magic, mysticism, vampire's and Vampire hunters. The main character may look boring but he is a trained assassin, born in a special family that specializes in hunting demons and half-demons. Because of some events he lost his family and was adopted into a rich family, his adoptive sister is the current leader of the family and they live together, alone in that mansion alongside their two servants, the twin sisters you can see in the first trailer. Anyway, the whole thing about this series is that nothing is what it seems. The blonde girl may look like a free-spirited, happy girl, but she is in fact one of the True Ancestors, pretty much the real ancestors of all vampires, not only is she an ancient vampire she is also ludicrously powerful. If you know about Fate/Stay Night, all you need to know is that Arcueid at full power can easily take on all servants including Gilgamesh and defeat them in one blow as if they were children.
Shiki also has a power that allows him to perceive the death of all that is deemed alive, using his enchanted dagger he can kill literally everything in a single hit, from animals, people to even immortal vampires, magic spells, castles. Almost everything.
'Super Under Night vibes though'
Same developer
@@bloody4558 isn't Kara no Kyoukai/Garden of Sinners the basis for the Nasu-verse?
Another game with rollback netcode is a winner in my book
that thumbnail is GODLIKE
They are boring, but that's okay. Interesting character designs are important, but they don't make or break an FG by themselves. I'm probably still going to buy the game because
1) I have friends who will definitely buy it, so I'll have people to play it with
2) I've played Under Night, so I know French Bread can make a good FG
3) Kouma is in it.
I fuck with the simple designs but their personalities very much follow tropes and are a bit hard to grow attached to. Of course, this is just my opinion and would love to be pointed to some cool characters if yall got any recommendations.
If you want a cooler Shiki, you would have to hope they bring out Nanaya, because he's basically the what-if Shiki had been raised properly by his own bloodline instead of being an adopted child, in other words, a merciless demon slayer.
Well the only people enjoying the designs are Tsukihime, Fate or Type-Moon in general and OG Melty Blood fans, including me btw..... For casual consumers they are gonna find it boring compare to OG fans of Tsukihime who have read the story from the early 2000s. Melty Blood was just a fighting game spin off.
A spinoff that also has its own manga that is canon because of the Nasuverse rule of EVERYTHING is canon.
Yes, they are, and there's no amount of mental gymnastics that can change that fact...
Yes, they are, and thats okay, afterall they were originally from a popular low budget early 2000´s visual novel that intended for designs to be minimalistic, to acompany the themes of the story.
You cant modernize them too much cause they have pre existing legacy and you could end up making them look not like that previous character anymore, violating the original design phylosopy at the same time.
They tried and some people complained, they changed Arcueid´s old fashioned big skirt to a stylish short one, which is out of character for her cause shes supossed to not care for her looks and has an old fashion way of dressing cause it hints at story stuff etc etc.
Its just kinda awkward to change something when your designs are already minimalistic cause every change counts a lot, but hey, in modern FG every character tries really hard to look unique, and this is at least unique in the aspect that it doesnt.
´´When every FG is trying to look unique and stand out the one that looks the most normal will be the most unique and stand out the most´´
Ain’t gonna lie the designs actually stand out contracts to other fighting games because of that quote on “boring” design and even you made it look cool it just wouldn’t be melty blood wouldn’t it
And note there is a reason why the VN is brought up a lot is if they changed it I fuck you not people would go backshit because of the design change from the perspective of the original Tsukihime fans more people would whiny about it so no shit tough spot
Reason why the designs are like this simply set the in tone most of the characters has some bullshit about them
Example: shiki (can basically kill anything so have to wear classes why because magic)
Arcued (vampire princess from the goddamn moon who kills other vampires because reasons)
Ciel (immortal who works for the church to kill vampire and her nun outfit turns into gun)
Akiha (sister of shiki head of that family and half demon who uses her hair and demon magic to fight)
Kohaku ( twin of other maid which shows cheerful personality for reasons fights with broom as sword which contains sword and plants which punch and shoot shit)
Kohaku(the other twin who basically fights with kitchen qutenseils and chair )
All characters who look generic but show there personality in their fighting game
Eyes of Death Perception allow him to see potential futures that lead to death. So he can kill anyone.
True Ancestors are the ancestors of the vampires, and they're basically fairies/earth spirits.
And yeah the people are meant to look relatively normal because the premise is that its a bunch of superhuman wizards and vampires and assassins are all maintaining cover in the real world. Shiki is a memory-wiped assassin. Arc is a super vampire/fairy who betrayed her own kind. Ciel is a nun who has the power of a super vampire sealed inside her, etc.
I think the designs are simple, but they work for what they are, and the animations are cool
Big fan of the original melty blood but, yeah, kinda, haha. Especially moreso now with their designs from the remake of the visual novel they're based on, where they took away Arcueid's baggy clothes and long skirt and Ciel's more "butch" haircut and just turned 'em all into the standard cutesy anime girl designs
(Red Arcueid also got done REAL dirty, she used to be all fierce lookin' and monster-like but now she's pretty close to the same look as regular Arcueid)
At least Kohaku still has plenty of character to her animations, something a lot of the new sprites lack with their less exaggerated proportions and movements
Fun fact: there are 4 shikis:
Shiki thohno: Shiki vanilla
Shiki nanaya: the one without glasses
Ryougi shiki: Weird paralel time type moon bullshit
And SHIKI Tohno: wich is the guy that ROA possesed
I have not played Melty but I played Tsukihime AGES ago. Arcueid should have her long, purple dress. :(
I want to start by saying that this ISN'T meant to be a hit piece on clone characters. I like how AACC is able to have such a massive roster with characters who play differently but share sprites, hell that's why the moon system was so cool.
I think the issue with Melty Blood characters, at least in AACC, is how many characters look almost identical. Can you tell me the difference between Shiki Tohno and Shiki Nanaya? What about the fact that there are flat out 2 characters named Akiha Tohno? Not to mention Akiha Vermillion shares sprites with one of them. All the maids also look identical, the only visual thing to tell them apart easily is how many of them are on screen. And then there's Len and White Len, who also look very similar.
Now granted, doing something on the scale of Order-Sol or Robo-Ky is pretty tough for a "clone" character. However, even different coloured effects would have gone a long way in making the characters look different. The game is several years old now though so not much that can be done. Unless PalModding is a thing on CCCaster.
I just realized that ciel uses the same weapons as kirei from fate zero
Edit:I said kiritsugu instead of kirei, I'm dumb carry on
@Snake Eraser omg you're right I mixed them up, my bad it's been a while😂
Well yeah, Ciel is a Character from Tsukihime, the Tsukihime Universe is a bit different from the Fate Universe, but they're both part of the Nasuverse
These characters look slick as hell, more exaggerated designs for most of the cast wouldn't fit the urban fantasy aesthetic
i guess you just love generic shit
@@shadowofthenorthstar989 I don't start screaming as soon as I see a character who doesn't have 90 belts strapped to their head
@@jonnysac77 idk what u mean by that lol but enjoy your anime characters that look like any other anime characters
@@shadowofthenorthstar989 dude's literally getting mad at people enjoying things
@@jonnysac77 I'm not lol you like what you like but its pretty hypocritical that you say that because you were the one earlier getting mad over the fact that ppl don't like the characters design and said they have no taste
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Broke: Zettai Ryouiki
Woke: What Hisui is wearing here, some kind of petticoat leggings
I don’t know anything about the VN MB is based on however I think the character designs are cool. It’s nice to see more simple characters sometimes. I appreciate the fact there seems to be a quirk to each of the characters. Like Shiki having a knife while looking so plain or Ciel having them sword things that she throws.
I feel that you need designs like this in order to appreciate some of the more crazy designs you see in other fighters.It’s like having some really tasty vanilla ice cream it maybe be simple but it’s still tastes good nonetheless.
That's not at all what Tsukihime is about.
It's about vampires and serial killers. Stop spreading misinformation, it takes two seconds to use google.
@@qualityexs6295 It's about vampires and others with supernatural abilities blending in to everyday life and being able to attack you, anywhere at any moment, the more plain designs that infer who the characters are more subtlety is definitely more in-line with Tsukihime's urban fantasy aesthetic
@@qualityexs6295 my bad I seen that somewhere a while ago. I had no clue they were vampires and stuff.
@@saynai I wouldnt say that everyone has to play the VN but I think looking up basic lore is neat. Shiki uses a knife because he can carry it at any time in public, and his power allows him to visibly see "lines of death" in the fabric of reality, allowing him to kill immortal vampires and reincarnating foes by damaging their souls.
Imo the gameplay looks hella sick and as someone who never got a chance to get into Unist I am very excited for this game...but outside of gameplay...the character designs are still milk toast and boring...
Milquetoast?
@@ThebossaruChamp Is that how its spelled? English makes no sense lol