I prefer jasvalla but luca is definitely a good civilization
What are your gripes/criticism of TiTs?
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Pretty much. Heterosexual guy focus is still overwhelmingly popular - and almost all of TiTS' writers past and present are heterosexual guys - so that type of content is always going to be well represented. And we can see the essential playboy fantasy in the story Fen concocted.
It's just that because that audience is very well catered to more generally, they aren't possessed by the same urge to commission authors to get more of it. It's not unheard of by any means! The last random commission I took was to produce a bunch of male-top scenes for Bizzy. It's just not as common.
Am I the only one who thinks that the most recent character maybe took a little too much inspiration from Sly Cooper? Carmelita shares not just her name with Inspector Carmelita Fox, but also her hairstyle, necklace, and entire top half of her body really. I don't know anything about her personality, as I haven't played it, but I can say it's very distracting and I hope she isn't an officer as well.
Not to mention the Love Starz, who are pretty obviously expies of the Powerpuff Girls.
Or how the "Dawnsword" from CoC2 is clearly a cutrate Lightsaber whose associated quest is full of Star Wars jokes?
It's pretty clear the writers don't look down on homaging or ripping off existing work to anyone who's been paying attention.
It's pretty clear the writers don't look down on homaging or ripping off existing work to anyone who's been paying attention.
But Lorelei isn't a bat, and her name isn't rouge. The love stars aren't named bubbles, buttercup and blossom. I also know the Ruskaval (might be misspelled) are a reference to the Lombax of Ratchet & Clank, but they aren't named Lombaxes. Their designs have callbacks to to what they are referencing, but Carmelita is literally a pallet swap from the waist up. I don't mind obvious references, but copying the exact name of the inspiration and making the model look this close is just...a bit too far IMO.
Because I'm thinking about it, I'm going to offer my advice on how to fix this issue as easily and unobtrusively as possible. I am not asking for an overhaul, and I don't want people thinking that references are the issue. I think it's a simple 2 step fix.
1. Change the names. Carmelita can be Carmen if you really need to keep it close, and if the Coopers are referenced you can even just use "Sylvester, Benjamin, and Mickey." You could just not play it this close either, Lorelei sounds nothing like Rouge, but if you want to keep it close even a small change goes a long way.
2. Change the design a little more. It doesn't need to be drastic, but color swaps aren't quite enough. Maybe her ponytail is shorter, or maybe she has two instead of one. Her necklace was originally a reference to her occupation, so perhaps you swap the star with the peacekeeper logo. I get Carmelita wasn't a complex design to begin with, and making her a taur helps keep her from feeling like a carbon copy, but their are other subtle ways to make it less distracting.
1. Change the names. Carmelita can be Carmen if you really need to keep it close, and if the Coopers are referenced you can even just use "Sylvester, Benjamin, and Mickey." You could just not play it this close either, Lorelei sounds nothing like Rouge, but if you want to keep it close even a small change goes a long way.
2. Change the design a little more. It doesn't need to be drastic, but color swaps aren't quite enough. Maybe her ponytail is shorter, or maybe she has two instead of one. Her necklace was originally a reference to her occupation, so perhaps you swap the star with the peacekeeper logo. I get Carmelita wasn't a complex design to begin with, and making her a taur helps keep her from feeling like a carbon copy, but their are other subtle ways to make it less distracting.
BUT THAT WAS THE BEST PART OF TECH SPECIALIST!
There better be an upgrade in the future for them because turret spam was the tech specialist's way of handling mob bosses and extremely strong opponents. Like Sophora who's constantly chasing you and is still tough as hell.
I thought that was why by itself the turret was underwhelming.
Ja, I think it would be better if the turret was itself buffed or made customisable, i.e. you could swap its weapons to suit the enemy you were facing, kinda like the Engineer in TF2.
Maybe have the turret require Steele to aquire replacement parts to build another - e.g. Steele has to defeat N enemies to build a turret. Thus, the player can still spam turrets in a hard battle, but will then use up Steele's store of parts and won't be able to spam them again until a few battles have been won.