Ghouls don't turn into darkspawn.
I guess my problem with the DAO darkspawn in general is-- not that they look like anything in particular. It just feels like the devices used to show how intimidating they are, are designed specifically for that purpose alone. As opposed to being designed with their origin in mind, with the intimidation factor just arising naturally out of that. This strikes me as shallow and, a bit patronizing even. Facial structure-wise, rather than looking like tainted, warped humans, dwarves, etc, they just look like monsters. With their eeeeevil grins that none of the races had, their sharp teeth when darkspawn don't need to eat, the pointy-ears that dwarves don't have arising for no reason, the inexplicably insectoid shrieks, the purple gorilla faced ogres. They're okay-designed as monsters I guess, but inasmuch as they're supposed to be tainted mockeries of another race, aside from the general body structure (though ogres and shrieks don't even follow that), I don't really see it. Of course there's also the chuckling and the way they're presented in cinematics that just make me groan along the whole "Yes, I get it. You're evil." *eyeroll* line.
All that being said, I don't think they're that bad. I may be exaggerating a little to make a point. But that point is, I don't think they're perfect, and I don't find them to be the most inspiring in terms of how they were designed, so I do think there's room for improvement there.
The new darkspawn have their own problems, but I think they do a better job of looking like the race they came from, while still being obviously tainted. I already described why I felt the ogres were more similar, but of course the hurlocks look more like their human counterparts as well. Genlocks have warped bodies of course, though this isn't without precedent, but their faces are a lot more humanoid than whatever the old genlock face was supposed to be. I also like that they show more of an animalistic intelligence rather than being oh so eeeeevil, how when they shout it's more with an animal rage rather than smiling like douchebags, how the genlocks are gorilla-like now and even the way hurlocks run, yes.
Of course, there are things I don't like... hurlocks' exposed back, ogre's banana hammock and bra, bolter's Kung Lao hat (really, the outfits in general could use a lot of work, they don't fit the lore and they look ridiculous), the noses. If I focus on those things specifically I can see how they could be hard to take seriously. But overall, I do like them. A bit better than the ones in Origins. Would have been only slightly better, but I do like the new genlocks quite a bit. The hurlock alphas are also nice, with their covered up noses.
Modifié par Filament, 12 juillet 2011 - 02:43 .
It's something that depends a lot on what someone chooses to focus on when viewing the characters -- if there was indeed nothing alike about these designs there simply wouldn't be so many people making this connection.
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