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DW7/DLC Character appearance; What are you thought's on them? Like or not?
Topic Started: Sat Sep 18, 2010 3:22 pm (64,654 Views)
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I like the newer Yue Ying the DW4 & 5 looks were a bit boring but the newer looks are better in my opinion.

Yes she is now sexy but its a subtle sexyness compared to the other sexy females. It shows what shes got without shoving it in your face.
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I like the newer Yue Ying the DW4 & 5 looks were a bit boring but the newer looks are better in my opinion.

Yes she is now sexy but its a subtle sexyness compared to the other sexy females. It shows what shes got without shoving it in your face.
Agreed, she isn't like Zhen Ji where it's all there, like POW. And I also like the newer designs of Yue Ying better, she's probably been my favourite female character to play as throughout the DW games I've played
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I hope that in he description of the game, there will not write "blablabla she was not very beautiful blablabla." Historically, it might be true, but in the game, she is very beautiful, she has absolutely nothing ugly.
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I hope that in he description of the game, there will not write "blablabla she was not very beautiful blablabla." Historically, it might be true, but in the game, she is very beautiful, she has absolutely nothing ugly.
Yeah, I hate that! They say that Zhuge Liang married her for her intelligence but when I look at her I think he married her for many reasons. She does look a lot older than the other females imo maybe that's what they mean by ugly.
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:42 am
I hope that in he description of the game, there will not write "blablabla she was not very beautiful blablabla." Historically, it might be true, but in the game, she is very beautiful, she has absolutely nothing ugly.
Yeah, I hate that! They say that Zhuge Liang married her for her intelligence but when I look at her I think he married her for many reasons. She does look a lot older than the other females imo maybe that's what they mean by ugly.
Yes she was said to be ugly.
But I read a something once, that said she made herself ugly. She did it because she wanted men to love her for her brains.
So she got a dark tan, and wore a wig that was a reddish color. (Her hair color in the DW games.) But I'll probably have someone say this all wrong, so I'll stop here.

Anyway Koei would never add an ugly girl to the games. Have you really ever played a video game were the girl is ugly?
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:54 pm
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:42 am
I hope that in he description of the game, there will not write "blablabla she was not very beautiful blablabla." Historically, it might be true, but in the game, she is very beautiful, she has absolutely nothing ugly.
Yeah, I hate that! They say that Zhuge Liang married her for her intelligence but when I look at her I think he married her for many reasons. She does look a lot older than the other females imo maybe that's what they mean by ugly.
Yes she was said to be ugly.
But I read a something once, that said she made herself ugly. She did it because she wanted men to love her for her brains.
So she got a dark tan, and wore a wig that was a reddish color. (Her hair color in the DW games.) But I'll probably have someone say this all wrong, so I'll stop here.

Anyway Koei would never add an ugly girl to the games. Have you really ever played a video game were the girl is ugly?
I guess not! All video games' girls are pretty!
I'd also like to hear more about what you said about Yue Ying making herself look ugly. Could you explain more or direct me to a link somewhere?
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:16 pm
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:54 pm
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:42 am
I hope that in he description of the game, there will not write "blablabla she was not very beautiful blablabla." Historically, it might be true, but in the game, she is very beautiful, she has absolutely nothing ugly.
Yeah, I hate that! They say that Zhuge Liang married her for her intelligence but when I look at her I think he married her for many reasons. She does look a lot older than the other females imo maybe that's what they mean by ugly.
Yes she was said to be ugly.
But I read a something once, that said she made herself ugly. She did it because she wanted men to love her for her brains.
So she got a dark tan, and wore a wig that was a reddish color. (Her hair color in the DW games.) But I'll probably have someone say this all wrong, so I'll stop here.

Anyway Koei would never add an ugly girl to the games. Have you really ever played a video game were the girl is ugly?
I guess not! All video games' girls are pretty!
I'd also like to hear more about what you said about Yue Ying making herself look ugly. Could you explain more or direct me to a link somewhere?
I believe this is where I got it.
http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Huang_Yueying

There are several rumors that Yueying was actually quite pretty.
One saying she spread the rumors of her being ugly so men would marry her for her intelligence not her looks. She was adept in astrology I remember that.

Then the other rumor was that other women spread the rumor because they were jealous of her looks.

Again her first rumor of being ugly is just rumor, just like these are rumors. I personally believe she may have pretty.
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That's very interesting how Zhuge Liang fell in love with her like that. Glad to have read that article. Thank you dancingswan!
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:11 pm
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:54 pm
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Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:42 am
I hope that in he description of the game, there will not write "blablabla she was not very beautiful blablabla." Historically, it might be true, but in the game, she is very beautiful, she has absolutely nothing ugly.
Yeah, I hate that! They say that Zhuge Liang married her for her intelligence but when I look at her I think he married her for many reasons. She does look a lot older than the other females imo maybe that's what they mean by ugly.
Yes she was said to be ugly.
But I read a something once, that said she made herself ugly. She did it because she wanted men to love her for her brains.
So she got a dark tan, and wore a wig that was a reddish color. (Her hair color in the DW games.) But I'll probably have someone say this all wrong, so I'll stop here.

Anyway Koei would never add an ugly girl to the games. Have you really ever played a video game were the girl is ugly?
That's a pretty interesting side to her character @_ @

Although I'd say she's probably the most attractive woman in the games, so in a way I don't want to think she'd make herself ugly :OMG:

It is a bit dumb how women in games are portrayed a lot of the time though. 99% of the time they're just based on the general consensus of what most men would find attractive. Can't say I'm complaining, but it'd be nice to see some variety now and then!
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:wub: DW 1
Char Female >>>>>>>TOUKICHI<<<<<<<
she could return DW 7
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:50 pm
:wub: DW 1
Char Female >>>>>>>TOUKICHI<<<<<<<
she could return DW 7
:hmmm: This is the third place you've posted this.....
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:wub: DW 1
Char Female >>>>>>>TOUKICHI<<<<<<<
she could return DW 7
:hmmm: This is the third place you've posted this.....
AND it is especially WRONG!
Toukichi been a guest character in Dynasty Warriors 1.
AND Toukichi = Toyotomi Hideyoshi from amurai Warriors.
AND "Toukichi" is a man, not a woman. :facepalm:
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About videogame girls ALWAYS being pretty...this is a very interesting discussion. It's almost always true.
Why can men be portrayed in a large variety of different looks/physique and the women only restricted to pretty/sexy?
Being a man, I'm far from complaining (:D).

I think that this is the case, because the large majority of the videogames' fanbase are male. Although this is gradually changing now and then, there are more and more female gamers out there, but the majority are still male, so if they go "more realistic" on female characters, it will be at a very slow rate.

And to a farther extent, I think that society also plays a role in this. I mean, it's not only in videogames that the physical image of a beautiful woman is restricted. It's everywhere. We men like women and different types of women, but the very "typical" type is the slim, well-built and decently made-up type. This particularity on our society reflects itself on videogames, thus almost all of the female characters share the same "stereotype" (physically speaking only).

I for one, would want to see this change, even though I'm really loving the eye-candy :hehe:
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About videogame girls ALWAYS being pretty...this is a very interesting discussion. It's almost always true.
Why can men be portrayed in a large variety of different looks/physique and the women only restricted to pretty/sexy?
Being a man, I'm far from complaining (:D).

I think that this is the case, because the large majority of the videogames' fanbase are male. Although this is gradually changing now and then, there are more and more female gamers out there, but the majority are still male, so if they go "more realistic" on female characters, it will be at a very slow rate.

And to a farther extent, I think that society also plays a role in this. I mean, it's not only in videogames that the physical image of a beautiful woman is restricted. It's everywhere. We men like women and different types of women, but the very "typical" type is the slim, well-built and decently made-up type. This particularity on our society reflects itself on videogames, thus almost all of the female characters share the same "stereotype" (physically speaking only).

I for one, would want to see this change, even though I'm really loving the eye-candy :hehe:
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Being a man, I'm far from complaining (:D).


You pretty much answered your entire question right there.
A lot a fanboys want an attractive female. (ESPECIALLY in Japan.)
But it's not just boys, a girl doesn't want to play a girl portrayed as "ugly." While a male character like Dong Zhuo, who is supremely ugly, it's okay since he's a male, and you don't see much of him. (And it's kind of funny. :XD )

Anyway most of the females of Dynasty Warriors were known for actually being beautiful. :mellow:
The day women in DW are portrayed as "ugly" is the end of the world.
I wouldn't mind an unattractive girl, but it would never ever happen.
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@dancingswan : Yes, yes, beauty and all that is great. But you've just said it, it's acceptable for men to be ugly in video games but not women. It's pretty interesting to try to determine why instead of just stating that obvious fact.
But hey, we're starting to get off topic, maybe we should just reflect on this on our own little worlds and get back to the DW7 character appearance discussion.
(Although the subject is super interesting imo :) )
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-Cao Pi looks cool, I miss the cape from 5 though.

-Xu Zhu, looks terrible. Worse than ever.

-Sun Jian, has NEVER looked better. Easily the most awesome looking Sun.

-Zhang Fei, I think this is his best look to be honest. Awesome chest plate.

-Guan Yu, looks kind of plain this time around. 5 was his best.

-Guan Ping, also looks kinda plain. But I like it more than 6's. Overall its pretty good.

-Guan Suo?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Guan Yu is capable of producing this little fairy?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Common archetypes like these are what annoy me about Japanese character designs in general, and I never thought Dynasty Warriors would succumb to this too eventually. At one point it had a unique ancient china esque feel. Now its quickly becoming Dynasty Warriors mangaverse.
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Now Guan Ping belongs to my favourite characters and i am so happy because he gets his sword back hated the halebard
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In response to the new scans;


Cao Pi: Looks alright. Not bad, but not really anything catchy about him.

Xu Zhu: Nothing special. He's regular.

Sun Jian: I suppose it's an improvement. It's not bad, but I still find the white hair to be a poor aesthetic choice. He was like what, 38 when he died? Would it have been so bad to give him a plausible shade of hair? Or at least let him wear a helmet again?

Guan Yu: Now that's a little more like it. Kinda remeniscent of his DW5 look (which was my favorite). Certainly an improvement over that spikey hair-don't he sported last time.

Guan Ping: Huh, he actually looks kinda cool. Didn't have a whole lot of problems with his look last time (mostly because I really just never cared for Guan Ping), but I'd say it's an improvement.

Zhang Fei: Nothing special. He's regular.

Guan Suo: Another pretty boy? Don't we have enough of those in Jin? Oh well. Maybe we'll get some good story interaction between him, his father and Ping to compensate.
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Xu Zhu- I was hoping that this time around, he'd be done more seriously. But I guess that isn't the case. The outfit itself isn't one of my favorites. There are worse, but I think he'd seem somewhat like more of a warrior if he had his entire torso covered with some armor material.

Cao Pi- Pretty good design. I'm really glad they went back to his ponytail and double-sword from DW5. I would have preferred some dark blue colors on him, but the white looks fine as well.

Sun Jian- Overall, an okay design. I like the cape.

Zhang Fei- Massive improvement from DW6, I'll say that much. But still, nothing really notable about it.

Guan Yu- Glad to see he's been reverted to DW5 style as well. I hated his DW6 hair.

Guan Ping- Also better than DW6. His hand post kind of reminds me of Sun Quan's.

Guan Suo- I like his hair. Everything else, not so much. His top looks rather girly to me, especially with his arms exposed. I think he'd look better with some armor over his arms, such as plates or something.

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Overall I'm just blown away by Guan Ping's design. Anything was better than his DW6 design, but this is the new high for him.

It just seems to fit so well - he doesn't look as regal or as respected as Guan Yu, but his design still makes him look powerful enough to be a high ranking warrior. In DW6 he always just seemed to be (in a way) Guan Yu's spoiled child. Not to mention having that pike moveset was annoying.

If the greatsword moveset turns out to be a good one, I'm certainly considering playing as Guan Ping a lot more.
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Cao Pi - Aside from him having Zhao Yun's hairstyle, he looks... well, I don't know how I feel about it to be honest. I'm kind of torn on whether or not I like his design this time around. I loved his DW6 design, hated his DW5 one and this seems like a good mix of the two.

Zhang Fei - Definitely looks more brutal, but I prefer his older appearances. I don't know if anything can top his DW6 look for me.

Guan Yu - Infinitely better than 6. A large improvement though I can't say I'm completely in love with it. Still good though!

Sun Jian - Wow. Just wow. I'm impressed with his appearance this time around. His hair has a more swept back than super saiyan spiky style and it looks fantastic on him.

Guan Ping - Best design of his yet. Back to his DW5 roots and looking a little bit more mature. Also, so happy he's getting the giant sword back!

Guan Suo - I'm shocked, but I like him a lot. The flower in his hair is hilarious, but it's a minor detail I can overlook.
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Wow gonna need to see a better scan but Guan Suo looks like Keiji from Sengoku Basara...a more feminine version
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Guan Suo

No no no, it's all wrong! A couple of implants here and there and he would be indistinguishable from any woman out there. Albeit a woman with unusually large upper arms. The camp latex looking vest doesn't exactly help his cause, and neither does the ridiculous flower sticking out of his hair.

Don't like his head, don't like his torso, don't like his armguards, don't like his legs and the hip sash is rather forgettable. And nunchucks bored me in DW5 so I'm not holding out hope for this game. All in all one of the worst characters (from what I can see) to ever grace a Dynasty Warriors game.

Guan Yu

A good design; not quite as good as in DW4 and certainly not as good as in DW5 where he definitely looked his best.

Head looks great; I'm just glad he lost the spiky hair. That was the opposite of what Guan Yu should be. Torso is fine I guess, although I would rather his right arm wasn't exposed like that. Some more armour or just another robe sleeve would be satisfactory. Everything from the waist down looks great, from the front; from the back he looks rather plain in that one screenshot. Overall I'm pleased; the hair and head were the deciding factor.

Zhang Fei

Everything looks great; I like how he has a lot less 'obvious' green on him, and the red and black/grey is a nice touch.

I have no real compaints; he looks a lot better than in DW6, and maybe slightly better than all the other games. Yes, I think this might be the best Zhang Fei we've ever seen.

Guan Ping

*sigh* He looks as good as his 4th alternate costume in DW5, which is high praise seeing as that was my favourite costume of his. He's not the best character ever (hence the sigh), but I suppose I should just be glad he looks very good and doesn't look like his brother.

Cao Pi

Looks great; in fact it's probably his best design out of the three. I love the combination of blue, gold, and white that he sort of shares with Zhang Liao and Xiahou Yuan. The dark trousers and boots are a nice contrast with the white as well. Hair is classic Cao Pi which is nice. The only thing I think is missing is a cape; that would complete it for me.

Xu Zhu

One of his stupidest designs ever. Far too much skin showing, blue is too monotone, overall colour scheme is too basic and cartoonish. Definitely not a fan.

Sun Jian

He looks bloody brilliant! At least he's still a manly man's man! Honestly I won't bother going through his design because I think it's nearly flawless. The only issues I have are that I still haven't fully adjust to the white hair, and the funny half sleeves between his armguards and shoulders diminish the image I had of him after seeing that one screenshot last week or so where his arms appeared to be completely bare in that section. Nothing to write home about though.

Overall probably the best design of the batch and one of Wu's best looking characters.
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WHHHHHHATTT!? Let's start at the begininng (BEFORE I SPEW)
Xu Zhu- What the hell is he? Some sort of obese baby, easily the most baby book appearance ever!
Cao Pi- Okay, i liked the shorter hair. Cool otherwise.
Guan Yu- Bit plain and very reminiscient of his ROTK appearnce with the green thing on his head and the green outfit.
Guan Ping- Another okay and a bit boring. Too much green, at least in DW6 there was some black red and gold. But quite cool, liked his DW6 hair
Sun Jian- Like it,like the new hair after the boring helmet. Really good, a bit different with the blue but cool.
Zhang Fei- Since the beginning, he has gradually looked younger, now he's about 20!Like all outfits, very DW6-esque but it's quite good.
Guan Suo- Pfft, Pansy! The flower, really? -_- I had always pictured Guan Suo as a large, muscled man who matched his ROTK portrait but without the goatee. He definately rivals Lu Xun for teenage ladyboy!
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I actually kind of like Guan Suo's design. I respect what all the members here are saying that he might look feminine and such but, in my opinion, he looks really good. And the nunchuks are one of my favorite weapon types, so he's really turning out to be quite interesting. The only bad point about him for me is that he's fictional, but as long as he's incorporated into the story nicely, I'll love playing with this character. Just my opinion.
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