A fabulous - if silly (although I get the impression that that's part of the point of this range) - design. But in what conceivable way is this a "dragoon"??
"While the dragons battle amongst themselves in a secret, global war, the Dragoon is trained by the ancient order, known as Wyvern. She prepares for the day when the draconic civil war is over, and the remaining, cunning monsters turn their eyes upon the lesser races. Until that day comes, the Dragoons test themselves in battle against all manner of foes, ready for the day they will be called upon to save the world.
The Dragoon is a hybrid of magic and physical combat. Their slower movement necessitates that they take one of the movement enhancing commands, or trudge across the battlefield, taking hits as they get into close combat. Their attacks provide medium range and often an area of effect, letting Dragoons take on multiple foes at once."
Right down to the bird wings on her skirt. Honestly, when did it become okay for designers to just take published works and pass them off as their own? It's just sad.
Fair enough, I see the similarities, too. But as I said, it is a thin line. On a german newsblog somebody pointed out the similarity of the new Infinity miniatures to the Mass Effect designs...
I can imagine that it is very hard to avoid this kind of similarities, sometimes it might be just an unconcious thing.
A fabulous - if silly (although I get the impression that that's part of the point of this range) - design. But in what conceivable way is this a "dragoon"??
ReplyDeleteThat's what teh article says:
ReplyDelete"While the dragons battle amongst themselves in a secret, global war, the Dragoon is trained by the ancient order, known as Wyvern. She prepares for the day when the draconic civil war is over, and the remaining, cunning monsters turn their eyes upon the lesser races. Until that day comes, the Dragoons test themselves in battle against all manner of foes, ready for the day they will be called upon to save the world.
The Dragoon is a hybrid of magic and physical combat. Their slower movement necessitates that they take one of the movement enhancing commands, or trudge across the battlefield, taking hits as they get into close combat. Their attacks provide medium range and often an area of effect, letting Dragoons take on multiple foes at once."
This is straight out of the PS2 game Odin Sphere.
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Right down to the bird wings on her skirt. Honestly, when did it become okay for designers to just take published works and pass them off as their own? It's just sad.
There is always a huge argument what is inspiration and what is rip-off.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but check the link I posted. If Atlus USA or Vanillaware ever sees what this guy is drawing, they'll have a fit.
DeleteFair enough, I see the similarities, too. But as I said, it is a thin line. On a german newsblog somebody pointed out the similarity of the new Infinity miniatures to the Mass Effect designs...
DeleteI can imagine that it is very hard to avoid this kind of similarities, sometimes it might be just an unconcious thing.