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[FORN]

Hi all!

The artists here have been working on updating creature and item art and even some creatures descriptions from early levels when they have a free moment, giving them a fresher look and some of the creatures new depth.

We will keep you all updated on the latest art changes in this thread

~ Fallen Sword Team

[FORN]

Some of the latest updated art.

Zombie


Chasm Scorpion


Troll


Vampire


Djinn


Desert Snake


Succubus


Lesser Goblin Shaman


Skeletal Mage


Skeleton


Cave Troll


Skeletal Warrior (Elite)


Sand Golem


Ice Witch


Shambler


More to come...

[Cerenes]

Nice;)

[2good4u222]

Well done HCS

[FORN]

Nomad Warrior


Gadraen the Crazed (Elite)


Nomad Magus


Fire Golem


Rock Golem


Iushal the Unwise (Elite)


Ionlad the Brute (Elite)


Eribor (Elite)


Shadow Dwarf Assassin


Fire Imp


Lesser Fire Demon


Fell Demon


Abomination


Skeletal Ice Mage


Ramdal Stalker


Hell Hound


Nightshade


Wild Cat


Moon Elf


Telovien (Elite)


Nightshade Lord (Elite)


Frost Dragon (Legendary)


Overcharged Spirit


Corrupted Knight (Elite)


Energy Spirit


Blood wolf


More to come

[tyskersejt]

Great work! Keep it up

[FORN]

Serpentine


Vampire Lord


More to come

[PreyDragon]

Glad to see some of the Elites wearing the items that they drop, Love to see more of this HCS

[Windbattle]

I love the idea of updating the artwork ... been 4-5 years since you did it last right? Any nostalgic moments when recreating the monsters?

Might be fun to share ... just a thought :mrgreen:


I know i'm a bit greedy, but could you look into adding another facet to the game, as big as titan hunting, gvging, arena, etc. Would be fun to compete in yet another aspect ... if you got the time.

[FORN]

Gargoyle


Mortek the Bright (Elite)


Crystal Golem

[Bizz]

could image pack also got update? as it's way outdated..

[Tastria]

"...and some of the creatures new depth." First thing I thought was: "Heavens! We don't want any shallow creatures in the game!" Seriously, great stuff.

[Reddstarr]

some of those guys look like they're on some drugs :shock: :wink: *cough* moretek

[slingerett]

Very good artists in fact im so impressed with a couple i saved them so i could use as my avi lol

[DeadParrot]

Wow. Great work. These seriously take the kitch out of the game (although I see Ionlad is still a crusty old bugger!)

Keep up the incredible improvements.

-DP

[Zorann]

May I also suggest revamping the artwork on potions to make them more intuitive to new players? The current artwork gives me the impression that you just randomly grab anything from your "image vault" and slap it into the game.

Take for example the following potions with the Animal Magnetism effect:


Luring Potion (Lvl 150)


Potion of Hunters Lore (Lvl 250, 120 minutes)


Hunters Brew (Lvl 250, 240 minutes)

See what I mean? Just look at the pictures. You won't feel any 'improvement' in potency because the images look unrelated to each other. If this is really the intention then I'm sorry to say that it's a huge turn-off design-wise.

Since this game is obviously inspired by Blizzard's Diablo and World of Warcraft, why not follow their already established design techniques. Weak potions should look basic and simple. As potions grow in potency, modify the basic potion by adding more detail to it, but don't radically deviate the design of stronger potions from the basic potion. They should still have something in the graphic that will make them look related to each other.

Anyway, that's just one of the many comments I have on this game.

[Zorann]

One more thing:


Jumbos Shield

Seriously? This was a huge turn-off the first time I saw this in guild inventory. I almost quit this game outright. This reeks of laziness, to be quite honest. Might as well take a picture of my dog and slap it on a blue circle, create a rotating animation, then call it a so-and-so shield. You'll attract a lot of new players with this strategy. :roll:


Banshee Helm

This one cracks me up. This doesn't look like a helm at all. It looks more like the underside of an angry you-know-what. And it has eyes LOL.

Edit:

This is off-topic but still somewhat related to the above regarding laziness. It is about your item-naming techniques (or lack thereof). The world is littered with items having the following naming format:

Armor of W
Boots of X
Shield of Y
Amulet of Z

Perhaps a little creativity is in order? Like, prep-end or append adjectives to the name? Example: Arnold's Amulet of Femininity or Gaytard's Rune of Lost Manliness. Bottom line is, make it interesting.

Also, the way they are named:

Amulet of Barvoth
Amulet of Barzoth

Amulet of Beeakle
Amulet of Beeale

Rune of Eligharth
Rune of Elighjar
Rune of Elighlar
Rune of Elighmar
Rune of Elightar

Source - FallenSword Wiki

Are you using a baby name-generator to create these item names? I might as well name it "Rune of Qwerty" or "Rune of Test123".

If these items are too common and irrelevant, then why name them in the first place? Why not just call them 'Blue Feldspar-studded Gold Amulet' without using proper names?

You get the drift. Think about it.

[FORN]

Moretek - is addicted to the gems he carry hence the weird face haha

Yeah don't worry as we get to redrawing those items ( and potions) and we will update them - there are lots of stuff we want to do - but it does take time.
carnage set was changed - to reflect the new image of the creature that drops them, the corrupted knight.

please no lists - we will get to items in time.

As for names of items... I don't think if its really possible to change the names. As much as i would like to with some. And any set stat changes and such, thats for another topic.

[Necra]

oooo very nice !!! awesome touch up and revamping on the graphics. * epic quests...... * is this a hint *wink*