Discussion: The Intrepid Informer: Galaxy's Last Stand

What if...

That's not "Back Alley Brawler?" What if that's the never seen, or heard of, son of BaBs? What if BaBs was killed during the destruction of Galaxy?

Or, what if they decided to make some changes to him purely because they wanted to make him look as bad-a$$ as Marauder?

Either way, the changes to BaBs really brought out the worst in people. I've never been more ashamed to see players throw the race card because of a videogame character is shown "lighter" because of explosions all around. Watch a war movie. Watch a flash grenade go off. It's called dramatic lighting.

Wow, I think some people is overreacting a bit...

sounds fun

Since I don't think I've already said it, I will say that the overall idea sounds amazing, though I do worry about fast loaders, I mean if this is supposed to take place within loading times, and it does seem a clever work around the pain cutscenes, and the artwork is good, though it does feel strange compared to David's previous artwork (though all that i had seen previously were concept art, for which a good difference may occur), and to be frank, my problems with Sister Psyche's outfit predate this by a long stretch.
It's just the fact that she's dressed in straps and lace IN NEW ENGLAND!

Though BAB, I must say just looks meme worthy, not helped that he looks like one of the guys in the famous Gaijin Four Koma.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

This is completely funny, I guess Mad forum posters will be mad.... XD Heck you could put a picture of a shivan doing the funky chicken with LR and people would be bi***ing about how LR would never dance! XD

@OP:

Looking good! Long live the "Disrespected" Female Heroines!

( Think I just go a new idea for a female heroine... )

As a person who is proud of being as unbiased as I can be in the media-swamped America, I stared at this picture for a full half-minute and here's what I got:

1) SP's face shows too much shock. For someone who's seen what she's seen a tad less might be better.

2) She has a nice rack. A bit too big for someone who regularly works out but then I'm a proportions guy with a GF who works out.

3) BAB got some COOL shades!

4) LOTS of action in the background. Heroes flying, fighting, burning death from the skies and all that.

5) BAB is really mad at someone.

6) I really wanna see more of the comic strip below. I mean REALLY. As my handle states, I LOVE comics, especially good comics. Especially good origin story comics.

7) Man I would NOT wanna get hit with those metal knucks!

8) Why is SP always the one who gets surprised or knocked down/out in pictures and video? The big vid with States and LR shows her bashed against a wall. I wanna see one where SHE gets to clobber someone and stay on her feet for a change.

9) SP has a nice rack.

10) Man do I wanna see THIS! If their ad guys were trying to get my attention they did it.


The closest thing that I got to sexist were 2, 8 and 9. Nowhere in my brain did I get to 'Wow...O face!' or 'His skin seems lighter. Shades of Michael Jackson?'

If a test of color pallettes reveals that his skin is lighter guess what? Mistakes happen. If the artist was told 'I want her to look shocked. As in 'WTF is going on it's the end of the world!' then that's what he drew.

Jeez people...not everything in the world is a conspiracy. It's a picture...enjoy it for what it is.

I got a question about the destruction of Galaxy City, will Paco Sanchez be moved or will the Earn a Cape mission from the city rep be altered so you don't have to talk to him any more?

what kind of game did I sign up for when in a thread about a change in the game is here and all anyone can talk about is hoe light skinned a picture is?

I find it amazing how this thread gone from 'Hey, look at some new stuff' to 'OMG RAGE!!!'
And while I usually avoid posting here, I feel I just have to say something (because you know, so many other people have to give their opinion like its the only possible right way to see things...)

Here's a little something that seems to have been overlooked here. This is a picture done in a comic-art style. If you study anything at all about comics, you know that /everything/ is exaggerated.
Even before this picture, Back Alley Brawler exemplified this concept in spades.
He's friggen huge, even by CoH standards. The guy makes Andrei the Giant look small, for crying out loud. But, that is exactly what comic-book art is supposed to do. Same with lighting and color effects. Sure, in real life, his skin-tone would likely not be so lightened because of a nearby light source (Though, this could be argued.) But again, this is comic book art. The light effects are exaggerated to make sure the person looking at the picture realizes, that he's probably surrounded by intense fire, or maybe he and SP are facing down some terrible, monstrous Shivan that just erupted from the ground behind the camera (hence why we can't see it. And those things are supposed to glow, after all.) Or maybe they are looking at a burning building that is about to collapse, and they know there are people still in it, thus the expressions on their faces (Which again, is exaggerated.)
The expression on Sister Psyche, along with her posture. Again, exaggerated to make sure that anyone who looks at that picture knows without a shadow of a doubt that she's shocked and maybe even terrified in that one moment of time. Asteroids are falling from the sky. An entire area of the city looks like it has been destroyed (from what we can tell from the picture, anyway.) God only knows how many people are dead, dying or trapped. And as one of the premier psychics of the world, she's very likely experiencing all of that at once. Combine this with some of the possibilities of what they might be looking at. I don't care if you 18, 80, or 800 years old. Unless you are ultra-jaded about life (which is not the impression that SP gives me) then you are going to be shocked, surprised and maybe even a bit scared and terrified.
If there is anything that could possibly be pointed out as bad in this picture (personal preferences for art aside) it could be the proportion of SP's *ahem* assets... Sure, it could be argued that they draw unneeded attention, and I will admit, they could have been drawn differently. But I am not going to bash an artist and call his work sexist because of it.
I like the picture. I like the concept. I like how it came out. If you don't like it, then come up with something better and draw it. I bet a lot of you would find that it's not as easy as you think.

*gets off her soap box and puts her sunglasses on*
There. It's said. Let the flaming and hatred commence.

Thanks for your feedback regarding the new loading screens. We are extremely excited about these panels you've been shown and are eagerly anticipating being able to show you the rest of the comic when Issue 21 launches. I have been speaking with Noble Savage, El Topo and Second Measure regarding some of your concerns, and we certainly understand some of the viewpoints being expressed in this thread.

A few things we can clarify really quickly:

• Back Alley Brawler is being illuminated by a gigantic fiery meteor of doom, which at it's position is akin to being a light source as bright as the sun. As such the lighting has a bit of a bright orange hue to it, which has been saturated to an extent. There's definitely no intent of changing skin tone.
  
• Sister Psyche's expression is one of both shock and fear, which we consider an appropriate reaction to an apocalyptic storm of death and destruction hurtling at her from above. As a member of the Freedom Phalanx, nothing short of a world threatening event could evoke this kind of reaction from her.

Yikes my post was long.

My apologies.