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20th Anniversary Artbook Spam
Jul. 31st, 2011 12:32 amOK!
So, my latest acquisition arrived in the mail today. First impressions:
Dude, Magvel got shafted. Its section just feels less substantial than anything other than Valencia (surprise, surprise), likely because there wasn't as much canonical material to harvest.
Presenting each section as integrated "continent sagas" instead of discrete games was a nice choice. Archanea is high on the compare/contrast visuals from different hardware eras, which can be jarring. Elibe is very appealingly presented, with all the generational links underscored nicely. Jugdral doesn't feel as inviting, perhaps because I really, really don't like the way a lot of the characters are drawn (the weird angular faces and bizarro hair). The Tellius section is also very inviting visually.
The little bonus sections (a page on red/green cavs, a page on Triangle Attackers, a page on SSB) are also nice-- but it looks like Kein and Alva from FE5 are officially not a red/green duo in light of this artbook. Neither are Rody and Luke, or Cecil and Rody, or any combination of the FE3/12 cavs.
I didn't see a tribute to crutch characters, but there should've been!
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Second impressions:
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So, my latest acquisition arrived in the mail today. First impressions:
Dude, Magvel got shafted. Its section just feels less substantial than anything other than Valencia (surprise, surprise), likely because there wasn't as much canonical material to harvest.
Presenting each section as integrated "continent sagas" instead of discrete games was a nice choice. Archanea is high on the compare/contrast visuals from different hardware eras, which can be jarring. Elibe is very appealingly presented, with all the generational links underscored nicely. Jugdral doesn't feel as inviting, perhaps because I really, really don't like the way a lot of the characters are drawn (the weird angular faces and bizarro hair). The Tellius section is also very inviting visually.
The little bonus sections (a page on red/green cavs, a page on Triangle Attackers, a page on SSB) are also nice-- but it looks like Kein and Alva from FE5 are officially not a red/green duo in light of this artbook. Neither are Rody and Luke, or Cecil and Rody, or any combination of the FE3/12 cavs.
I didn't see a tribute to crutch characters, but there should've been!
***
Second impressions:
( Read more... )
