Lupin - make it a playable race!

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Originally Posted by Naunet

That's what they look like to me. Reminds me of Elder Scrolls, where the lizard and cat people have the same human body as everyone else but with different heads. Severe uncanny valley.

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Well that's what anthrophomorphism is.

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Originally Posted by Naunet

That's what they look like to me. Reminds me of Elder Scrolls, where the lizard and cat people have the same human body as everyone else but with different heads. Severe uncanny valley.

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You're not seeing the same graphics if you're actually seeing 'just a weirdly rendered dog head' on top a 'human body'. Cause it's not a human body.

Since I can't get either of these or a Pom from Neo Steam (or a Bear Man), Lupin works.
http://www.1zoom.net/big2/76/159856-aleni.jpg

I hope they don't. This design is very Un-Final Fantasy. It really doesn't suit the world imo.

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Originally Posted by Endeleon

I hope they don't. This design is very Un-Final Fantasy. It really doesn't suit the world imo.

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Well considering werewolves have been in the series since at least Final Fantasy V (plot wise), they've been more a part of Final Fantasy world than most of the beast races which came after.

As far as the design, the only thing that bugs me is the ears are little too big :p

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Originally Posted by Endeleon

I hope they don't. This design is very Un-Final Fantasy. It really doesn't suit the world imo.

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You've played FFIX and the Ivalice games, right?

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Originally Posted by Endeleon

I hope they don't. This design is very Un-Final Fantasy. It really doesn't suit the world imo.

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More than not suiting the world, it doesn't suit the story. Lupin are beastmen. The story makes it very, very clear in a multitude of places that the warrior of light is *not* a beastman.

But we all know that *if* SE will ever decide to implment a new race, that's gonna be Viera anyway. That's where the money is.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

More than not suiting the world, it doesn't suit the story. Lupin are beastmen. The story makes it very, very clear in a multitude of places that the warrior of light is *not* a beastman.

But we all know that *if* SE will ever decide to implment a new race, that's gonna be Viera anyway. That's where the money is.

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Ehhh. As far as the story is concerned all it knows is you are a man or woman and is finally figuring out what job you are. Other than that the story does not give a single shit what race you are for the longest time. You could be a talking rock and it wont care.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

More than not suiting the world, it doesn't suit the story. Lupin are beastmen. The story makes it very, very clear in a multitude of places that the warrior of light is *not* a beastman.

But we all know that *if* SE will ever decide to implment a new race, that's gonna be Viera anyway. That's where the money is.

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The story never mentions that the Warrior of light is human either, the warrior of light is just someone blessed by the mother crystal.

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Originally Posted by ExKage

You're not seeing the same graphics if you're actually seeing 'just a weirdly rendered dog head' on top a 'human body'. Cause it's not a human body.

Since I can't get either of these or a Pom from Neo Steam (or a Bear Man), Lupin works.
http://www.1zoom.net/big2/76/159856-aleni.jpg

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So what game is that from? I can't help but be intrigued, lol.

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Originally Posted by Rysir

Ehhh. As far as the story is concerned all it knows is you are a man or woman and is finally figuring out what job you are. Other than that the story does not give a single shit what race you are for the longest time. You could be a talking rock and it wont care.

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Originally Posted by KazumaFaemura

The story never mentions that the Warrior of light is human either, the warrior of light is just someone blessed by the mother crystal.

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You may have skipped quite a lot of dialogue. The story is very explicit in talking about the beastmen as something extraneous to the warrior of light.

I do understand that some are desperate for a race that looks less humanoid, and you can feel free to hold your breath on it if it floats your boat, but do remember to breathe once in a while, because you're gonna be holding for a long, long time.

In the meanwhile, it's very easy to see that a race like this would be ultra-niche, even more niche than Roegadyn, and even if SE was willing to bend the existing story (which probably isn't the case), a game in this stage of maturity needs a potentially popular race to drive sales and subscription, not something a small minority would ever care to play. A new race is a big investment in terms of development resources (the less human-like, the more resources it requires for skeletons, rigs, animations, models and tweaks to existing and future equipment), and needs an equally big return in order to be greenlighted.

Needless to say, dogheads don't fit that bill.