Boss boobs

Did not spoil my Experience one bit , this kind of game has always had females like this from naked frozen shades , sexy succubuses , Sexy Witches .

I was barely even looking at the breasts I was looking at the freaky mouth stomach more then anything else.

I personally love those enemies you mention: the frozen shades, succubi and witches. I hope we get some version of these, and also, yes, some incubi would be nice, dong and all.

But none of the enemies mentioned have "oversized flopping boobs."

It's the "oversized flopping" part on which opinion seems to divided, not the boob part.

That reminds me of an old episode of Seinfeld...

Seinfeld? In my Bloodstained forums? Its more likely then you'd think.

Iunno though. As far as being oversized goes, they are certainly large in proportion to it's upper torso, but I certainly wouldn't put them outside them realm of believable size, even if it were about the size of a normal human. But considering this is a demon monster thing, which have had the tendency to be rather exaggerated in some respect in both the games and the mythology they are derived from, they are probably normal for demons.

Now the flopping part. Well... yeah. They would be floppy. Large breasts have a bit of sag to them. I'd almost argue that Vepar's breasts are a little too perky for their size, but perhaps I'm imagining things.

While they certainly draw the eye, that's probably intentional. Its a mermaid demon thing. Those have had the tendency to try and lure sailors to their death in mythology. What tools does a demon that likely has some shape-shifting capacities have to do that? Large breasts could be one of them. If it works on gamers, it probably works on sailors. Overall I'd think the colors of the boss are the only thing I'd think I could be convinced are a negative draw to the visuals of the boss. I didn't think the boss was too colorful initially, but I think now that maybe the blue of her skin doesn't let the crystals on her head, her stomach teeth (which I realized looks a lot like the mouths on the enemies it spawns. It's a nice touch) and running up her's arms pop out as much as they should. 

While I'm not surprised this breast business has blown up as much as it has, I hope this discussion dies down enough that the devs don't start thinking of it as a problem that needs fixed. I certainly wouldn't want the discussion bleeding into more mainstream gaming media (Kotaku, etc.) where it will get torn to shreds by those who are less reasonable then those on this forum and might pressure them to make what I think could an unnecessary change.

Putting aside the many previous examples of giant monster women bosses in the Castlevania series such as

Scylla from Symphony of the Night

Medusa from Portrait of Ruin


Vepar kind of reminds me of the character Double from Skullgirls (an amazing fighting game with horror elements that you should check out if you like fighting games):





The focus for Double (who is probably a design that is impossible to nail in 3D) is more on the Eldritch Abomination side, which makes sense if you're aware of Skullgirls lore and pulls it more towards the "grotesque", and Vepar is more pulling from Mermaid/Siren/Kraken legends, which pulls it more towards the "alluring", but you can still see some similarities. The "sexy" and "grotesque"/"creepy"/"monstrous" mix can be very effective - its something that Castlevania has touched upon in the past (and no I don't mean Succubi or Witches as those tend to be all in on the "sexy" and little on the "monster"/"gross") as well as other series (Silent Hill was one example mentioned in thread). The only question comes down to if you think Vepar is an effective execution of that concept (that seems to be the main source of disagreement I can see). I'm still back and forth on the colors and textures but with regards to the other aspects (toothy midsection, tentacles, large bust, etc.) I think it works very well so I'd be opposed to design changes (I'm curious what her concept art looks like - since we got that concept art for that boss with the camel head in its crotch I've been keen to see more art like that). I guess I'm just reiterating what I've said before but the thread has developed a bit since then so I figured I'd make one more post (also now I have cool gifs). At the end of the day, I think there have been and will be a lot of "agree to disagree" posts in here which is fine so I'm going to let people have at it. At least things look for the most part cordial and respectful which makes me happy even if the topic is kind of worn

I'm really amused at the fact that a topic about a monster's boobs gets so much attention.
First of all, I think the same way as most of us : I respect IGA's vision and I'm not offended by Vepar's boobs. When first Miriam shaders were released, there was the exactly same topic about her chest. Well, I like Miriam's shape. I like this monster's shape beacause, like Mike said, it could be pregnant or stocking its power into these flat bags we call 'boobs'.

Also, I really love the Salomon's monsters and it seems Vepar is a mermaid but mixed with another ugly sea monster. Remember her face too, it looks like it's scaled or has a mask. What if Vepar was only a mermaid but got corrupted by glass, demons or alchemists ? I want to say : Let's wait and see what's under IGA's mind about the lore.

Hmmm. I'd hafta say that I disagree with your opinion. Unfortunately (especially female) demons tend to have overdramatized physical characteristics. And one of those characteristics can be...well...haha.

Just remember, boobs are only lumps of fat. (and mammal's mammary glands for milk production) :p

Anyone remember the Queen Alien from Duke Nukem Forever? She had three monstrous boobs...



Anyone who's played Duke Nukem Forever will know that boob-like growths are littered around certain locations throughout the game. He has to slap them around for a bit of energy 

Personally, I like creatures in all shapes and forms. In nature, animals, insects and plants can mimic a variety of many things. So, a colourful sea monster mimicking a woman with huge boobs isn't as daft as it sounds really      

Such a popular topic. One thing I haven't seen mentioned in this long discussion is that IGA probably couldn't have done this under Konami. This could be a demonstration of independence from corporate restrictions. Bloodstained is different from the industry expectations of new games by proving there is still interest in a traditional genre. Some are sure that Vepar is actually male. One might look at this as Vepar being IGA and the freedom of the big breasts swinging around for the player to take note of may parallel the freedom that IGA is showing the industry and his former company.

Let your big boobies fly, IGA. Be free, IGA, be free.