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Cruelty Squad 2 is out
I kickstarted the first one
it was frustratingly mid
I was semi-hopeful that the 2nd one would be better, but I can't get past their art change
and this is coming from a HUGE proponent of AI art's potential, they did it in the worst way possible
they had this huge art budget, an they chose to phone-in the story/character CGs of all things
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 and this is coming from a HUGE proponent of AI art's potential, they did it in the worst way possible (edited)
created using AI
For SRPGs/Fire Emblem games, there's a lot you could phone in if you nail that character art
mechanically, I'm assuming the game is just 1:1 what was in the first game, which was fine, but not anything beyond what I was expecting other than the classes being more fun than vanilla FE
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 For SRPGs/Fire Emblem games, there's a lot you could phone in if you nail that character art
they proclaim no AI art, but if i had to assume why they dumped the budget there its probably because anyone who actually trudged through the game praised the story/characters.
Polar, it's funny you said that, because I was scanning through their Steam page to find the AI section
since those are required now
I'm wondering if their page pre-dated that requirement being added
because their art is AI, 100%, if they want to claim plausible deniability because they contracted it out
then that's even funnier
and ok, even if I say it's not, because I don't really care about the "AI" part of that
they changed the artstyle to something MUCH cheaper, that looks significantly worse
the spritework is 10/10 still
idk, I'm just kind of sad there aren't more indie devs trying for make a real unique SPRG
first game art for reference
^ that's my theory now too
I also think they probably just outsourced it, so they didn't have to care
they did for the 1st game, it was a $2M kicksterter iirc
ok Rusp, check out their publisher
I smell a future partnership
skip to 35 seconds
for the VA
it's much better too
>another rpg
I think I hear Garbage tying the rope
a number of my ideas are srpg-likes
yeah it's called phijkchu fire emblem
roflmonster
I've got class in a bit, so I can't join vc Rusp
no idea what tricks you were getting up to Garbage
gl though
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131
I really hate SRPG Studio games. I get it if you're not good at making games, like with RPG Maker, but gosh I just feel like it looks ugly and controls poorly.
I had the same issue with Vestaria Saga, which is why I sadly never finished it.
oh, I've actually played that one too,
yeah the pure SRPG makerism of Vestaria Saga are ROUGH
those are the guys who made the engine right