Insane in the MMO Brain
“Wonderland” is a 2D adventure MMORPG based on several ancient South American and Pacific Island cultures; the mysterious Mayans, the huge stone statues of Easter Island and much more combine to form unique quests filled with fascinating elements that our players will experience throughout the game.
I’m struggling to see how a selection of fairly cliche looking anime characters match up with Easter Island, Mayans and South America. Sure, there’s a small Pacific Island called Japan, but really, what gives with the character set for the proposed storyline of the game? Seriously, WTF?
In hopes that it was just the case that they could only get an anime-style artistic staff, I zoomed in to check out the clothing. The two women on the far right are in generic present-day Western clothing, the middle-left man is in Western formal wear, the far-left young child with mascot is in what I like to think of as Generic Fantasy Anime, and it looks like the center person is in that style as well.
Makes me think that either their artistic staff can only draw anime characters in Western/Generic Fantasy clothing*, or the South American/Pacific elements are pasted on. Yay.
* In which case, it might be worth finding a better staff. Graphics can contribute to the feel of a game, and it might be hard to pretend to be a fantasy!Mayan/Aztec/Inca/Polynesian when the game art looks like Gaia Online.
Comment by Becca Stareyes — April 21, 2008 @ 12:06 pm