Same can be said for Leper - still wielding his great-sword single handed. The sound design has been top notch, as well as the animations.

The problems lay in the balance and systems - not the art.Īye, love how he drags it along the ground in a shower of sparks. There are so many intricate details and animations that bring all the characters and enemies to life and give them all a very clear personality. When you understand how to keep your torch very high, you get to explore the world entirely in a clearer fashion.īoring animations? DD1 barely has any other than single-frame attacks and sprite manipulation, which DD2 recreates in full 3D - right down to each characters DD1 dodge, attack, and ability anims - all faithfully recreated. The lower the torch, the blacker and fuller it gets, until all you're left with is a tidal wave of inky black waves that hog your vision and make it seem like a chaotic black mess. The background effects are tied to the light, just like DD1. You'd be crazy to call it anything but a faithful and very detailed port from 2D into 3D. They use the exact same style and had the task of converting it to be suitable to 3D environments and models, which they achieved very well. The entirety of DD1's art was built on that dark outline concept. Maybe I just hate when iconic 2d things go for meh 3d that kinda stuff felt 'cheaper' when they tried going 3d - to me. I mean telltale games just had that comic 3d style imprinted on me first so when I saw DD2 although you're right objectively they just made their game 3d all I saw was telltale. I dunno.I find the abilities animations boring for some reason and the game just feels like it has too much intense black all over the place with not enough 'clear coloured spaces'.maybe it's 3d shading effects with harsh thick black lines fault I dunno. It's quite literally the exact same style and vibe - but in 3D.

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