#​blade and soul

[lorddoom01]

Saw someone mention the new Boston Dynamics' robot was introduced like a Souls boss. Was not expecting it to come out so creepy.

[alina-is-hollowing]

everytime i get dysphoria over my height, im quickly reminded of how freaking tall fromsoft women are, which instantly cures my ailment

[dt75artblog]

WATCH OUT BOY, SHE'LL CHEW YOU UP

[chaosroid]

[drenched-in-sunlight]

Malenia and the Goddess she pulled by having no rizz whatsoever

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

This is truly stiff competition for the worst case of willful false equivalence we've ever seen.

So, for those not aware: Ongoing embarrassment to gamers and the gaming industry, Mark Kern (former lead on FireFall), has been desperately trying to get Gamergate 2 going on X/Twitter... well after others have given up. If you need to get caught up on Mark, I recommend this video by documentary maker and experienced game developer, Dead Domain:

One of the latest fiascos in this mix has been the comparison of responses to character designs from Hades 2 (Aphrodite, left) and Stellar Blade (protagonist Eve, right). The post isn't by Mark, but is part of the general harassment campaign he's trying to lead.

If you're somehow not familiar with Aphrodite, she's the Ancient Greek goddess of love, lust and hot girl shit. It is absolutely perfect characterization for her to show up to a battle (or anything else) nude but for her hair teasingly covering the intimate parts of her body. But the buried lede here is, you don't fight her in Hades and nothing about Hades 2 indicates she'll fight there either, she just likes the aesthetic and has no reason not to indulge.

Stellar Blade will release on 26 April 2024, so we can't really give an informed discussion of her character. But what we do know is the studio head is the illustrator from Blade & Soul, Eve is described as being a member of "the 7th Airborne Squad" engaged in an "operation to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba", and the promotion material promises "an enthralling narrative filled with mature themes, mystery and revelation. Embrace the relentless pace, with no time to pause between moments where critical, story-changing decisions are made."

It's to be compared to games like Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Jedi: Fallen Order and Sekiro. And the screenshots look like this:

And yeah, unlike Bayonetta she's not supposed to be an unstoppable force of nature (and fashion) who is immune to self-doubt, she's supposed to be the scrappy underdog last survivor of her team.

Weird they gave her a costume that conveys... the opposite of literally everything they're supposed to be trying to tell you about her.

-wincenworks

[panakina]

I like to imagine Duke is the only one who knows Jason’s magic, because he can literally see it on him. The swords are floating in his back or ties to his arms or some such. He doesn’t bring it up, not his business, until one day they’re in a fight and things are looking dicy. Jason’s injured and punches aren’t doing anything, so duke just… picks up one of the swords.

Cue horror and confusion from everyone including Jason.

[buriedknight]

soulsborne ladies sketches to heal my soul

[kekkuda]

this project is gonna be the death of me it is never ending but I’m locking in we ball

[pplaguedecay]

souls-ring fanart sketches

[milton-chamberlain]

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[reaversanctuary]

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, absolvo! Absolvo me!

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, praemostra mea manus!

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, semper ad latus meo, mea dux sancta!

[roundworm1111]

[drenched-in-sunlight]

Ladies in love, and their respective silly brothers 🥰

[matadede-good]

I found this trend searching Dark Matter images with its japanese name and, well, I did it! Hey. Who's ur favorite Kirby boss? :0

I have too much fun doing this but were 17 long hours (obviously I didn't it in one day, I was four days in this drawing)

The original template was in Japanese but I couldn't found the original author of the template, I just translate it to english:

If someone want to do this one too! I might make a version with the missing bosses, but Idk