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makomichi the wolf of weeb street 5mo ago

I've been digging into the artists behind the Trails series, and I'm honestly confused about why Falcom keeps the identities of the character portrait artists under wraps (or maybe it's because the artists requested anonymity). If I’m not mistaken, the original releases had artwork by You Shiina (who’s been drawing for Honzuki no Gekokujou/Ascendance of a Bookworm), but it seems like things shifted to Haccan somewhere along the way. (and some places say they worked together)

The original portraits made in-house were so lovely and really set the tone of the game. The modern ones, though, kind of have that weird generic vibe that artists like Nagi Ryou and others have been helping spread lately. (Which I refuse to believe that’s just the “current day art style” in contrast to the styles of the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.)

But hey, who am I to argue? I'm just a filthy AI prompter troll. nostr:npub1tvlkjf5num9kpapcjcqpzg8gutzxldsxka28xyquzl874p98vlvq49h4r4 #gaming #gamestr

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makomichi the wolf of weeb street 5mo ago

Note: This post is a great example of how not to write things. it's chock-full of different points that don’t say anything when read together.

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StackinBeets 5mo ago

Seems coherent to me though

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Oshtor 5mo ago

I think it's because Falcom kinda don't like much to credit key individuals in specific roles in fear that they may get snatched by other game devs, this made them mess real hard with their old music team (yes, now it's another music team, not as good as the old one).

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makomichi the wolf of weeb street 5mo ago

Thanks a lot for the sats. I guess one could say the old portraits are also a product of their time, but I still prefer them, especially Joshua, who now just looks like a bratty rich kid, and Estelle, who seems way less like a proper tsundere. :purple_hugging:

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Oshtor 5mo ago

And you're right, I do prefer the OG portraits and UI too as there's a lot of beauty and charm on them. I think Falcom peaked between Ys VI and YS VIII.

This one is Eimele's portrait, from The Legend of Heroes A Tear of Vermellion, simply beautiful as it's a remake made by Falcom of Gagharv series