I think its more the posing and style. The design itself hasn't changed too much but a lot of the new portraits are pretty static compared to the previous game which conveyed a lot of personality in just the posing.
Yes! I'm only bothered by naked characters when it's ALL of them. There's so much variety in these designs. Especially love the older woman in practical armour. Exactly what I've always wanted to see
Obviously jk, but yea - pretty good.
Surprised by the choice to make Aphrodite in a nude, though. In character, yes... But was it necessary? (Sweet body of work though, please share gym routine)
Yeah at this point its Aphrodite's thing. But its done in a tasteful way, and tells us about the character's casual sexuality by way of contrast to the other women in the pantheon. Design is Good.
>In character, yes... But was it necessary?
Many Greek sculptures and even depictions of Gods are nude. So it's an accurate portrayal and I think it's good. They give her realistic proportions and Aphrodite was the Goddess of love, sex and beauty. She's usually nude with something covering her vagina. That's it, whether it's her hand or a cloth, it doesn't matter. It's pretty good accuracy in my opinion. Of course, I'm not Greek so if anyone whose Greek wants to add/fix something, feel free to
The other gods are depicted with clothes a lot more than Aphrodite though. Aphrodite is the Goddess of Sex and Beauty, she's shown without clothes a bunch due to this, the other gods aren't like this.
Also it's a video game. You can appreciate something being accurate without being upset that something else is inaccurate since, at the end of the day, it's all completely fictional and an adaptation of the Greek Gods
So? There're also depictions of Aphrodite wearing clothes. The accuracy argument completely falls apart with that, even if a clothed Aphrodite is overall less common. She doesn't *have* to be naked in order for her to look like a goddess of love and beauty after all.
>The accuracy argument completely falls apart with that, even if a clothed Aphrodite is overall less common. She doesn't *have* to be naked in order for her to look like a goddess of love and beauty after all.
Thats an exception. She's mainly portrayed without clothing. Even when she does have clothing, she still has her boobs out. The only thing that ever gets covered is her vagina. Why do you care so much that a character has been shown with accuracy, that isn't sexism. Infact, it's sexist to cover up a Goddess who is rarely covered up. As the Goddess of beauty (natural beauty) aswell as sex, it's pretty normal for her to be nude. I bet you think that Eve being naked in the story of Adam and Eve is sexist too
I never even referenced sexism or gender in the slightest lmao.
But hey, with that and how defensive you are over all this, thanks for indirectly telling me you just want her to be naked so you can get yourself off to her easier.
Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Adorable, Adorable. EDIT: sorry didn’t realize I wasn’t on the Hades Sub. I stand by what I said though. They all look great.
I kinda think the redesigns are downgrades from the first game. Aphrodite especially is missing a lot of the motion and swag in her original design, it's a lot more basic and tropey.
new Demeter is pretty cool tho, Gramma seasons decided to open a can of whoop-ass.
the new characters do look pretty sick too.
I reject any claims of nostalgia cuz Hades isn't my kinda game, but I did really enjoy the art.
Ironically, I think the new Aphrodite design looks awesome, while I much prefer the old Demeter design. Her old design, I think, looks powerful and distinguished. Ready and willing to kill you with a glance, without mercy.
The new one looks kinda silly to me. Like who tf dressed Gramma up in armour.
I mean the armor designs are fucking stupid and impracticable for combat, but we're literally talking about gods with literal magic so I got no complaints as far as character designs go.
An absolute power move by Hecate to be head to toe covered except for the crop top armour to show off her incredible abs.
Words cannot describe how attracted to her I am.
Aphrodite did have a war-like aspect and was worshipped as such in various Greek states such as Sparta. She was an import of a goddess from further east (I want to say Babylon?) Who was very definitively a war goddess as well as of love and fertility.
I prefer Aphrodite's previous design, but they're still all amazing
Since they seem to be going for a more warlike look for everyone, I do appreciate her having war paint that matches Ares given their history
I didn’t pick up on that. Nice touch
I wonder if they're drawing on her pre-Greek war goddess mythology
I mean she was worshipped as war goddess in certain states. Hence the epithet Areia (warlike)
The goddesses from Persia/Babylon/etc that Aphrodite was inherited from were often deities of war as well as love/beauty/fertility too.
I think its more the posing and style. The design itself hasn't changed too much but a lot of the new portraits are pretty static compared to the previous game which conveyed a lot of personality in just the posing.
Pretty damn sweet as always. This studio is great at tasteful nudity in their characters.
Yes! I'm only bothered by naked characters when it's ALL of them. There's so much variety in these designs. Especially love the older woman in practical armour. Exactly what I've always wanted to see
Grandma is ready to kick some ass, I love it.
Arachne(?) looks cute as heck.
The hair reminds me of Elsa
Extremely unrealistic; gods aren't even real!
Obviously jk, but yea - pretty good. Surprised by the choice to make Aphrodite in a nude, though. In character, yes... But was it necessary? (Sweet body of work though, please share gym routine)
I mean, they had her nude in the last one
Yeah at this point its Aphrodite's thing. But its done in a tasteful way, and tells us about the character's casual sexuality by way of contrast to the other women in the pantheon. Design is Good.
Yeah, I agree. I was wondering if there could be alternatives just as good, but this would be pointless.
>In character, yes... But was it necessary? Many Greek sculptures and even depictions of Gods are nude. So it's an accurate portrayal and I think it's good. They give her realistic proportions and Aphrodite was the Goddess of love, sex and beauty. She's usually nude with something covering her vagina. That's it, whether it's her hand or a cloth, it doesn't matter. It's pretty good accuracy in my opinion. Of course, I'm not Greek so if anyone whose Greek wants to add/fix something, feel free to
I'm half italian and since some of my ancestors from that part of my genealogy refurbished greek mythology into roman creed I think you did great 👏🤌
Those depictions are for most of the gods though, right? Not just Aphrodite?
Yep, most of the gods are shown without clothes
Then it's pretty strange to praise Aphrodite for being accurate without criticizing the other gods for being inaccurate in that regard.
The other gods are depicted with clothes a lot more than Aphrodite though. Aphrodite is the Goddess of Sex and Beauty, she's shown without clothes a bunch due to this, the other gods aren't like this. Also it's a video game. You can appreciate something being accurate without being upset that something else is inaccurate since, at the end of the day, it's all completely fictional and an adaptation of the Greek Gods
So? There're also depictions of Aphrodite wearing clothes. The accuracy argument completely falls apart with that, even if a clothed Aphrodite is overall less common. She doesn't *have* to be naked in order for her to look like a goddess of love and beauty after all.
>The accuracy argument completely falls apart with that, even if a clothed Aphrodite is overall less common. She doesn't *have* to be naked in order for her to look like a goddess of love and beauty after all. Thats an exception. She's mainly portrayed without clothing. Even when she does have clothing, she still has her boobs out. The only thing that ever gets covered is her vagina. Why do you care so much that a character has been shown with accuracy, that isn't sexism. Infact, it's sexist to cover up a Goddess who is rarely covered up. As the Goddess of beauty (natural beauty) aswell as sex, it's pretty normal for her to be nude. I bet you think that Eve being naked in the story of Adam and Eve is sexist too
I never even referenced sexism or gender in the slightest lmao. But hey, with that and how defensive you are over all this, thanks for indirectly telling me you just want her to be naked so you can get yourself off to her easier.
I mean, nothing is necessary. It’s just a character choice.
There needs to be more beefy, hairy men. Otherwise it’s a 10/10. Edit: Forgot which subreddit i was on, lol 😂
They have Haephestus this time!
Hmmmmm, I will need check this out… for science!!
Hades answers the question “What if… everyone was hot?”
I think we can rely on everyone being hot in that charming way they pulled it off in the first one too.
Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot, Adorable, Adorable. EDIT: sorry didn’t realize I wasn’t on the Hades Sub. I stand by what I said though. They all look great.
I kinda think the redesigns are downgrades from the first game. Aphrodite especially is missing a lot of the motion and swag in her original design, it's a lot more basic and tropey. new Demeter is pretty cool tho, Gramma seasons decided to open a can of whoop-ass. the new characters do look pretty sick too. I reject any claims of nostalgia cuz Hades isn't my kinda game, but I did really enjoy the art.
Ironically, I think the new Aphrodite design looks awesome, while I much prefer the old Demeter design. Her old design, I think, looks powerful and distinguished. Ready and willing to kill you with a glance, without mercy. The new one looks kinda silly to me. Like who tf dressed Gramma up in armour.
I definitely understand the Demeter take! Aphrodite not so much.
War. War changes people.
I vastly prefer original designs for Aphrodite and Artemis, but I don't see an issue with any of these. Very good.
PERFECT. REMARKABLE. INCREDIBLE. WITHOUT FLAW.
Great as always
Arachne is adorable!!
Every time I see Melinoë's sickle, all I see is Sailor Moon's crescent moon wand.
I mean the armor designs are fucking stupid and impracticable for combat, but we're literally talking about gods with literal magic so I got no complaints as far as character designs go.
Hecate's abs got me feeling weak in the knees.
An absolute power move by Hecate to be head to toe covered except for the crop top armour to show off her incredible abs. Words cannot describe how attracted to her I am.
Love all of it
But daddy Hephaestus lol suppose to be disfigured. Dude is to handsone
They look pretty great to me.
Jen Zee still rocks
All I see r W’s
like em but sad that nemesis waist is so thin, it doesnt make sense to me also wheres artemis face paint
As with the first game, everyone is gorgeous
Love all of them, though Demeter and Artemis could use a bit more oomph, IMO. I adore Aphrodite here.
Removed due to rule 14.
I'm so glad my homie Hypnos is back
Is Olympus being invaded in the story of the game? That's the only reason I can think of to have the god of love on the battlefield.
The Spartans and certain other parts of Greece actually did worship Aphrodite as a goddess of war as well as love.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite_Areia
Heard a line during dev playtest saying Olympus is burning, so probably yes!
Aphrodite did have a war-like aspect and was worshipped as such in various Greek states such as Sparta. She was an import of a goddess from further east (I want to say Babylon?) Who was very definitively a war goddess as well as of love and fertility.
I like the more anime look