A Comic for New Players
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Posted on: 2011-03-07 20:15 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Very well done comic GG.
A few criticisms...
1. The classic GG/Batman complex of "Don't kill the bad guys!" "Everybody should get a (another) chance!" Some day GG you will have to bend your morals or break, I just hope its caught on camera. Failing that I'll make you watch Boondock Saints on repeat a few hundred times.
2 Gameplay/Game would distinction. It needs to be clear what for and when you intended a person to read this comic. Did you see them finding the comic first and then picking up the game? Or did you see it as "Here is another way to 'see' the game." after a newbie had been playing for a week or so?
3. The art was great. I have no idea what this 'Uncanny Valley' every one is talking about; I felt that the art although resembling the game engine was still very distinct, more than capable of standing on its own. I also don't understand why everyone was complaining about the boobs, they looked just fine from here.
4. The last fight was kinda of dark.
5. When will we see Supa Skulls ingame?
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1. The classic GG/Batman complex of "Don't kill the bad guys!" "Everybody should get a (another) chance!" Some day GG you will have to bend your morals or break, I just hope its caught on camera. Failing that I'll make you watch Boondock Saints on repeat a few hundred times.
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I liked it. For a first day in Paragon City it was pretty typical except for teaming with GG but you had to provide narrative somehow.
If the comment about all the warehouses looking alike being because of the invasion was cannon, kudos for putting it in. If it was your idea I applaud your cleverness.
Overall I thought it was well done.
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If the comment about all the warehouses looking alike being because of the invasion was cannon, kudos for putting it in. If it was your idea I applaud your cleverness.
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As far as I know, it's just something that I made up myself.
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that IS a good idea, maybe even just a rash of buildings being made with the same design and then having a purpose put on them afterwards.
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Noticed another easter egg/game reference. On page 3, Flash-Man says that he wanted to call himself Flashman but the name was taken. I bet at least a few of you have had something like that happen in the game.
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Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
Noticed another easter egg/game reference. On page 3, Flash-Man says that he wanted to call himself Flashman but the name was taken. I bet at least a few of you have had something like that happen in the game.
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Unrelated, but the new arrival has a real eye mask, an actual object that wasn't just painted onto his face, and you can see sunlight reflecting off its texture. I SO wish we had those in the game.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
And if you want to know who might have taken the name first, check out the chest symbol of the other new hero arrving at the end
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Among my few characters who wear eye masks, you can actually see their eyebrows on the mask.
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Very well done! I'm certainly going to be pointing any new players I find toward it.
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Fantastic job... I loved it.
Great comic. 
I posted a bunch of thoughts, suggestions (a few corrections) and general weirdness on the individual pages over on DA. Cheers!
P.S. You really should put a link for this on the 606 lest we think you are purposely neglecting us over there.
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Umm... it's more like a place to post cool arts and fan made stuffz for people to gawk at and yammer on about.
There are actually several other (5-6 in recent memory) fan made comics that have all been posted there so yours is like the odd one out. 
But as I've already posted it here, I don't see the point in cross-posting it there
But I'll keep it in mind for my next one
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Also, for those enjoyed the comic and would like to see more, you might like to know that I've been working on ideas for another one which I came up with while working on the first one.
But, because it takes a while to make one, I'm wondering if people would prefer for me to upload pages either as I make them, or once a particular scene/sequence is completed?
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