Catherine Raymond
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4/5/2020
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What I'd like to see updated is the building that looks as though it's made from Chiclets (a kind of gum with a shiny coating sold in the US) or bones, or pieces of chalk. It appears in one of the storylets on the non-discardable Opportunity Card that forces you to choose between pleasing the Urchins and pleasing the Widow.
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Cathy Raymond
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Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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Wojciech
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4/5/2020
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The new art is mostly very nice and shiny; that's a great upgrade for sure.
It's quite surprising for me, though, that while FB have such kind of resource to invest, they do not use it to create new art for the items that have duplicate pictures. I'm talking about Mystery of the Elder Continent, Primaeval Hint, and Elemental Secret, for example. Puzzling Map is updated but still uses the same art as the Map Scrap. There are also at least 6 items that have the same "Boring Paperwork" image, including Deed for a Steamer and Lease for Bazaar premises. I wonder, why not to prioritize and differentiate those.
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Matthew Cline
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4/6/2020
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I'm fine with the new rubbery icon, except that it took a second glance to tell that the squid is supposed to be on top of the shoulders because there isn't enough contrast between the background and the suit.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
4/7/2020
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Aaaaand more charm is sucked out of the game in favor of bland realism. Hooray.
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1789
4/8/2020
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The art is lovely but it is also humorless. Not sure it fits with the writing, to be honest. While I can see many clear improvements (i.e. the stack of books) there is nothing "delicious" in the new faces. I always found FL narratives hitting harder when they lulled you into delightful romps and then smashed you into horrible revelations. Now the horror is upfront. The old art was not perfect some many changes are welcome; for example the new art makes it much clearer we are into perpetual night. Still, the complete lack of any playfulness is daunting.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
4/8/2020
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Exactly. The old art just oozed charm, fun, and humor, and was a huge part of the reason I held such affection for so many of the characters. They had so much personality and it was apparent even in the tiniest of icons. I miss the old artstyle so much.
This whole game feels like it takes itself way too seriously now.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
4/8/2020
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I dislike most of the replacement art for cards that had silhouette images (especially good for icons!) E.g., the "gift a gift" card; the "Free Evenings" icon. The new versions are very black (and thus harder to read as icons in inventory) and in my opinion uglier than the art they replaced. In addition, some of them (I'm thinking of the new "give a gift" art) look somewhat off--that is, the gentleman's raised arm looks unnaturally long.
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Catherine Raymond
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4/8/2020
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To be fair to FBG, which is clearly trying to continue to improve the game in all respects, here are examples of new art I like and new art I have no problem with.
New art I really like:
- The stack of books icon (shows up on a number of cards as well as being the "Collated research" icon);
- The new "paperwork" icon (e.g., used for Sworn Statements);
- The new "Favours in High Places" artwork (easier to spot than the old one, and now clearly distinguishable from the art on the "Slowcake's Exceptionals" card.
- The new "Expedition Supplies" art (the dark background with highlights style really works here).
New art I'm fine with:
- All of the Amber icons;
- All of the Souls icons (though I'll note that my husband finds them harder to tell apart in his inventory);
- The bag icon for Certifiable Scraps (it's a bit dark in icon form and oddly spiky for a bag, but whatever);
- The new Question Mark for "Senses of Deja Vu" (A question mark is a question mark is a question mark, but at least this one looks Victorian!);
- The Constables' helmet image (odd colors, but clearly visible in small and big sizes);
- The flame image.
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1789
4/9/2020
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Most items look better. It's the faces that, despite being good or even great as standalone art, lack the fun element that makes FL a delicious gotic underworld instead of a more generic horror game. The quality is there in the writing; the realistic art style removes it from the illustrations though.
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