@aromanticpirate submitted:
So I was looking for some silly RPGs to play to pass the time and I found Valiant Force, which is where this lovely piece of work comes from.
And a piece of work it is. It’s always a trip to see generic bikini armor that is at the same time exceptionally overdesigned. (Also I just want to note that her back leg is fully on the ground, heel and all, which means her legs are different lengths.)
So Valiant Force is another mobile action MMO where you collect the greatest “Heroes (capitalized) to have ever existed.” And just like all the other similar games we’ve featured here, the sexy girl aspect of it is completely irrelevant to gameplay. Or anything.
But that doesn’t stop the game’s website to feature this in its promotional art:
So much creativity on display here…! ༼ ಠل͟ಠ༽
-Icy
It really seems like Legend of the Cryptids is trying to one-up its own stupid designs. This card is apparently called “The Lone Warrior Woman,” though I would rename it to “The Soon-to-be-Dead Warrior Woman.” I mean, all those straps on her stomach are basically a giant arrow pointing at her exposed vital organs. At least there’s more than 2 colors…? Also, looking at her walking in that wind is making me really cold. At least her advanced card takes place around some nice warm fire or something.
It’s really amazing how much more armor her arms receive in the upgrade, but her bra somehow gets even smaller. Never change, Applibot.
-Icy
I think it’s not just her bra that got smaller, seems to me that her boobs inflated upon leveling up.
~Ozzie
Just so we’re clear, Chandra, Torch of Defiance wears the most practical version of her armor to date. (The least practical goes to the manga adaptation of The Purifying Fire.) But compared to the armor designs worn by other residents of Kaladesh, it seems a little out of place.
For those curious regarding the fore-mentioned manga:
Essentially the spectrum highlights the problems that happens if a company like Wizards sets a vague design for a character then tries to “fix” it (depending on their priorities on any given day) without ever changing it in a meaningful way.
In this case, if you compare to the previous images of Chandra from the official Magic the Gathering imagery, the changes are:
- Swapped chainmail for scalemail (both of which are absent in the manga)
- Given her more substantial faulds (which are decorative in the manga)
- Given her a weird collar/gorget thingie
- Added extra cloth to her loincloth and made it heavier
- Made her boots go all the way up to (presumably) her groin
- Given her actual hair instead of just fire
So essentially all her redesigns and attempts to redevelop her were all preemptively critiqued in 1994, by known intellectual Lisa Simpson:
– wincenworks
Another LoA2 ad I was looking for all week popped up just in time to get a bingo too!
Gotta say, this one looks way more creative (in a bad way) than the other one. I especially “like” how many stabby parts are involved.
Hope that being an angel/goddess means she’s immortal, cause I guarantee she’s gonna poke an organ out with one of those spikes the moment she moves.
~Ozzie