SXSW Event: Vepar's new look, Cook, Familiar, QUESTIONS

Vepar

1) Vepar's new look has smaller and less "bouncing" breasts. What do you think of that?

I know this is a less popular idea but I liked how she looked before, not because her boobs were crazy big or bouncy, but because THAT was what the original creator envisioned... Over here we cry out "No Censorship!!!" but look what we just did... we ended up censoring ourselves... and how much of the game will now be (pre)censored because we made such a stink over boobs?

In my opinion if Vepar was big and bouncy for no reason, then yeah there is a reason to be upset but that monster had a reason to be that way; to lure "men at sea" to their deaths...

anyway I am not gonna cry or complain bout the change, but in my personal opinion its sad to think the dev teem has to second guess themselves when thinking about their art style or direction.

2) Did you liked Vepar's darker look?

Yes I did like Vepar's darker look, I would have been fine with how she looked before but this darker look makes her look more sinister...

3) What do you think Vepar's shard will be? The Shards on her body changed from Red (Trigger?) to Blue (Effective?) if that's any indication, although Shards colors and enemie's colors doesn't have that link in the game...

I don't know... it could be anything... but if I would have to guess, maybe the water attack she does... or maybe tentacles? hahaha... Miriam grows Vepar's tentacles that swipe enemies and enemy fire down protracting Miriam... but again I don't know

Food and Cooking

1) What do you think of the feature of increasing Miriam's parameters by using a new cooking item for the first time?

I just hope the game is really harder if they are adding all of that...

2) Miriam's animation while cooking is cute / kawaii japanese style. That kinds gives her a carefree vibe. Do you like that or do you think it doesn't fit due to the game's darker nature?

As long as it fits her... we don't know how her personality is... all we know is how badass she is (and we don't know the depths of her badassery. I think it will paint a richer more in-depth character if she shows different sides of herself.

3) IGA said during the interview that the game will have some subtle signs on where the "natural flow" of it will go and that if you get lost you may overpower yourself a bit by leveling. It seems that alone was a reason to make the game a bit harder than those of the past. Considering that and considering food give permanent bonuses by cooking and using it for the first time, do you believe the game may end up being too easy?

I am that kind of person... I will end up waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy over powering myself (I like to explore and find souls/shards/items) I just hope this does not make me too over powered... also I still think there should be an experience blocking item in the game (like a null exp ring or something... or an exchange exp for gold item and/or  ability early on lol that would be aweosme).

Familiars

1) Do you believe Buer's old Shard will be fit in some other enemy or is gone for good?

naw they will have his old shard (or that ability) in the game some how.

2) IGA said in the past that the game will have a good number of familiars, but it will not be a ton of them, probably to better develop each one. For now, we have 3: Armor (placeholder name, winner at fan voting on Kickstarter), Dullahammer Head and Buer. We have no idea how Armor will behave, Dullahammer Head is a flying one that attacks anything while Buer must be somehow "stimulated" to really do something. How many familiars do you expect, and also, you expect other gimmicks like Buer?

I like there being less familiars... they can focus on each familiar's personality and maybe their growth... I would love it if the familiars grew and became a more evolved version of themselves... not like pokemon but more like slight changes as each one levels up maybe somthing you don't notice until you see the enemy again later in the game and look at yours and then you'll notice they are way more different then when you first got them. 
 
As always your threads are interesting Pure Miriam

To be completely honest, I think her new boobs look better. Not to come off perverted but I mean the bigger they are doesn't always mean better folks, visually they look really nice now. Proportionally I think she looks way sexier and less cartoony in a ......monster sort of way of course.

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I'm totally with you and it's definitely not a stupid thought. I don't think anyone here wants a compromised vision from IGA. I think it'll be easier to judge the character model when we get crisper pics but i'd wager they will look good in proportion to the character whereas I get the premise of why they were big to begin with but it was almost a little goofy and distracting before. Having said that, again I get why you'd have concern that people might censor his original takes of his ideas but I wouldn't worry too much about that. Angel-Corlux has already implied that isn't the case in this instance.

Let's be real, Vepar looks like a total fox now compared to her old self..........just a bit more scary at the same time ;p

Well to be honest, i'm really more of a belly and arse kinda guy anyway, and just look at that belly:

I would love that cheat code!

I mean...honestly, it sounds a little strange, but "booby mode" actually sounds exactly like the sort of silly cheat code that had been promised--it's funny rather than gamebreaking, and doesn't seem too difficult to implement. However, clipping might be a problem, so I think they may want to hold off on that if increasing any characters chest size means having to redo their clothes, etc. :blush:

Hey, "man boobs" are a thing you know.

On Vepar: Definitely prefer the old design. She's a lot less intimidating now, the color is drab and her design is a lot more generic.
Old Vepar looks like a monster that's out to kill you while this new thing looks like the figurehead of the ship got blown up and turned backwards.
Why does everything with a slight human resemblance in games have to look more 'realistic' or 'relatable'? I play games for the fun of it and for experiences I can't get in real life so the crazier the better I say. Nuts to political correctness. Nuts I say!
Regarding her shard; don't care, I'll adapt.

On Miriam and food: All fine with me. Her looking cute while she cooks will provide a bit of a breather from her regular seriousness.

On familiars: I'd rather not have too many and will try to make do without them as much as possible so I have no strong opinions on that subject.

Oh my, it's a bit like the bounciness options in the DoA games.
Bahaha. Why not?