~Julia~ wrote:NuttyButter wrote:
The work you've done on your Devil Gene R website is definitely high quality. If all your work was of that quality, you would be of value to any team. Of course I'll wait a while for other responses before accepting you to the team, but you have a good chance. I'd love to hear your input on design even if you aren't on the team, though.
First let me say thank you for praising my work, I hope that once I resume development on it next year that things will go smoothly.
Next let me discuss some of the design choices:
- On the case of the new "Shirou Emiya" I have to ask why you chose to make one of your protagonist share the same name with his predecessor? Are you trying to create a 2nd Shirou? Do you plan on having this character resemble the original? I ask this because these are usually the ideas that go into making "another" generation of the same character. If you had plan on making this Shirou unlike his ancestor I believe it would be in better interest to rename him, as even the fan base will be expecting 2nd Shrou if they share names and especially likeness.
They will share similar traits, but don't expect them to be exactly the same. For the purposes of explanation, the new Shirou will be referred to as just Shirou while the old one will be referred to as Shirou' (Shriou prime). There are some key differences, the main one being Shirou doesn't want to be a superhero and he willingly entered the Holy Grail War. He and his cousin have been fighting since the day they became apprentices. Kuro believes that the magic shouldn't have been split in his father's generation and believes he is the rightful heir to both the Emiya and Tohsaka magic. It also doesn't help that they like the same girl, who happens to be another master in this war, Ayaka. However, this competition is mainly fueled by Kuro, and Shirou just wants his family to get along, that is what he is fighting for.
However, the priest did neglect to tell him about the strategy of killing Masters. If that fact had come up, I'm sure Shirou would not want any part in it, like Shirou'. However, much like Shirou', he believes the best way to prevent the killings, is to stay in the war and kill the servants himself, and the spare the masters.
~Julia~ wrote:- It appears you are trying to make the cast (Master side) a bit more international, I like this idea but I was wondering if there was any kind of point story/gameplay related? Of course here's no problem if there isn't I just thought I'd ask. Also what made you go with this approach?
I always thought the Holy Grail War would attract people from around the world, and we see that it previously did. Obviously there's the Einzbern family, probably from Russia. Then there was Kiritsugu, and it's implied he was a foreigner. The Mato family was originally foreign. Of course these new foreign masers don't know what the true purpose of the Holy Grail War is. And it will, of course affect the story. The characters themselves will be different from what they would be like if they were Japanese, and that alone would affect the story. To what degree it will affect the story, I'm not sure.
~Julia~ wrote:- Muhammad Baghdadi; I know you said this is your least developed character but the name just kind of bugs me...not that it's bad it's just awfully generic... If this character isn't too important in the grand scheme of things I suppose it's alright.
I currently have no real plans for him, hence why I haven't developed him all that much. I'm very bad at naming, and so I tend to give certain characters some what common names. If you have a better suggestion for an arab name, I'm open to changing it.
~Julia~ wrote:- Berserker/Caesar, this combination just seems a bit odd... especially considering his skill involves rational thinking, when thinking of a Berserker usually a physically strong or battle thirsty man comes to mind, but this could work as well.
Read up a little on Caesar. He was a very battle thirsty and some what crazy man by the end of his tirade. And he was no pushover when it came to physical strength. I do admit he was also a very strategic thinking man, which made it hard to put him in the Berserker class. However, from what I understand, in Fate/Stay Night Hercules became a... while berserker, not because of his lifetime but because he was summoned in that class. The heroic spirit has to be compatible with the Berserker class, but I don't think the hero had to be a berserker in their time.
~Julia~ wrote:- These last two are really just nit-picky things because of the type of person I am so don’t take them too seriously ^^ @ Lancer, what? He gets another shot :/ I feel like the other previous servants are getting the shaft to favoritism. @ cast in general wahh not enough (strong) women; give me my Rider, Luvia, and Bazett hehe
Actually my favorite servant from Fate/Stay Night is Saber, followed by Caster. Rider and Archer are also high on the list. Lancer falls near the bottom. However the likely hood of a Lancer re-occurring is higher than any of the servants, if you look a the limited amount of heros who have been lancers. The lance was quite popular in Napoleon's time and at other various points throughout history, but only a few people became famous through using it. Besides I have subplot I'm planning on that explains why that Lancer was chosen again, and it does have to deal with him being in the previous war.
As for the women, yes I do realize that. I know the choices seem very sexist. But through out history, heros have been predominately male, mainly because until recently, women have been forbidden to fight in most cultures. Don't worry though, the females I have will all be strong enough to make up for it. And I don't see the lack of female cast members being too much of a problem, cause I don't plan on there being any H-scenes. Makes it too hard to distribute. Of course, if there's a big outcry for H-scenes...
Thank you so much for your input. I know it sounds like I'm defending my choices here, but in truth, most of these questions are ones I thought of when I was choosing the cast myself. Which is actually a good thing, means you think a lot like I do.
