Re: The Cracked Mug v 2.0
OKAY but before I play FF14 actually I want to complain about Diablo 4
To my sometimes-shame I am a bit of a chad dudebro gamer -- I like looter shooters, I was the barracks Call of Duty champion, I've done dumb speedruns of RE5 and equally dumb sweatlord Doom Eternal runs and, like, whatever, don't @ me
The point is, I've played a lot of Diablo!
Diablo 3, specifically, because I ended up skipping the early parts of the franchise in favor of StarCraft and WarCraft. But D3 was the first one to be released on console and I picked it up and played it a lot, and enjoyed it! However, I've decided not to engage with Diablo 4 because I don't love some of the directions they're going with gameplay models (live service is a disease) and I'm uncomfortable giving my dollarbux to Blizzard at this current juncture. So I guess a disclaimer that my opinions do not come from actually playing the game, but from seeing the promotional content and streamed gameplay &tc.
however
THEIR DESIGN FOR LILITH IS COWARDLY
So these are some demons from Diablo, if you're not familiar! The game has a very classic take on demons; lots of big chunky silhouettes, mouths in weird places, skeleton dudes, etc.
This is actually the titular Diablo themself:
I dig it!
But then here's Lilith, who is the villain for Diablo 4:
And, like, I love a hot monster lady!
But COME ON
Give me something WEIRD! Give me something a little fucked up!!!
Like here's someone's (very skilled!) cosplay of Lilith and I think it looks way better -- she made the horns look like they were bursting out of the skin, and it has the effect that she's a demon wearing a skin suit. Very cool!
(source: https://www.deviantart.com/elen-mart/art/Lilith-from-Diablo-4-859670396)
But in-game Lilith just looks pretty dull, to me, and it's disappointing. If the male-presenting demons in the game were typically conventionally attractive I wouldn't raise a fuss, but that is not the case. Even Malthael, who was an angel once, is a spooky boy with no face.
Also, if you're trying to channel Lady Dimitrescu, keep in mind that while she was a shapely eight foot tall woman with knife hands, she also turns into goddamn this:
Signed,
a monsterfucker who is tired of cowards