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August 16th, 2014 #1
How to make Imagination into art
I have endless imagination. If I look at an art competition I can in a minute think of about 6 different ways of doing it. I think in pictures. I think in colour. I think in 3D. I enjoy doing all of this and It requires no effort from me -it's a natural thing that I've always done.
My problem has always been taking this visual imagination and making art from it. I can think of a dozen different kinds of original space rockets. But I have never been taught to do any type of art. When I try to draw I don't know where to start and I don't produce the same thing that I had imagined. I know that it's not black and white. But I don't produce anything that remotely looks like what I thought of.
I enjoyed art at school until I was about 15. Then I stopped doing it. I was OK. But I was never going to be able to cope with art beyond that. I couldn't see the point of continuing. I had about as much chance of putting a folio together for an arts college as I had of meeting Elvis back from the dead.
Now I am 39. I have a diploma in graphics design. It was a publishing course with Adobe Indesign rather than art. That said, there was some drawing of logos, packaging design etc and my tutor liked those drawings a lot. That surprised me. I had made it clear at the start of the course that I had the drawing ability of a rhino.
I don't know what the real point of this post is. I just felt like writing it. I still don't know how to take my imagination and "concretise" it into drawings. I've bought some beginner drawing books.
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Have you browsed through the critiques forum yet? I just joined here too, and there's all sorts of good info there. Which books did you get? I recently got Loomis' figure drawing book and am learning from that, and I think that will go a long way toward helping me get my imagination on paper.
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August 16th, 2014 #3
It is very difficult. I studied as a graphic designer too, and in some ways that's been a huge boon, but the technical skills required are quite different. I've only recently started to understand what it takes to draw from the imagination, but here's what tips I can give you:
Drawing from imagination requires an extensive visual vocabulary. Drawing for observation might not seem to be directly relevant for drawing from imagination, but it does help to build that vocabulary, as well as your technical skill. The more you draw, the larger your vocabulary.
Drawing from imagination also requires knowing how the world works. There's a whole lot you can learn and practice, from anatomy, to colour theory, to perspective. Understanding and applying even basic perspective will make a huge difference no matter what you are drawing, whether it's characters, vehicles, props or environments. Even if you ultimately want to do something stylised, and ignore some of these rules, it's better to do so with intent. That means knowing which rules you're breaking.
Keep drawing from imagination too. It'll help you to solidify the knowledge you've gained from study, and keep you motivated. Don't compare yourself to the best in the industry, most people only post their best work online, and never show anyone their failures, so that's just counter-productive.
Matt Kohr has a video dedicated specifically to transitioning from observation to imagination, so that might help you out.
Good luck!
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Here you go Concept Art 101
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August 16th, 2014 #5
Thanks for the replies! I suppose that I should add a few things - I am only interested in pencil drawings. Painting, sculpture etc don't interest me. I finished the Diploma of Graphics Design about a year ago. It was a tough course. The marker was a working graphics designer who runs her own business. So she set "real world" assignments. In one I had to find someone and do a brochure for them. I found a photographer and did a wedding brochure for him. I also finished the course with some great resources: the course notes and the "before and After" student disk that covers composition, colour etc.
A few months ago I bought "Fantasy Art for Beginners" by Jon Hodgson. Then I bought a Wacom which takes a bit of getting used to!
I will look at Concept Art 101. I accept that there are 5 year olds who can draw better than I can. I come from a disciplined background [ degree in maths] so I am prepared to make mistakes, explore and so on. I am subscribed to Lynda and I am working through their drawing tutorials as well.
My interests are vast. I like making music with FL Studio. I like to do computer programming. I don't say that I am good at any of these things.


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This was just something I had thought about a few weeks ago and I was just reminded of it while browsing threads and I thought I'd see what you all have to think about it:
In 4th edition, is alignment is largely a tool for NPCs and monsters and not players?
The first thing that made me think this was the fact that there is very little alignment-based functionality in 4th Edition D&D. Classes have been alignment generalized so that you can have lawful good barbarians and chaotic evil paladins if you want to, magic circle has become bounded to creature type rather than alignment, and (as far as I can recall) there are no powers or items that are relevant to alignment itself. Of course, DMs are always free to add their own material that's alignment specific, like saying that certain creature-typed powers also work on evil creatures or that a healing spell from a good-aligned divine healer won't work on a chaotic evil entity, but these are player-created-content rather than part of the system. (The difference can be measured in the number of hours it takes to incorporate the alignment-sensitive system into the game, its effectiveness, and the players' willingness to learn the new rules and incorporate them.)
Deities are divided along alignment lines, but these alignments are largely prescribed with no basis in morality (D&D religions have always been more about philosophies of life or purposeful goals rather than moral exactitudes anyway). If you want proof, read an article on the "white man's burden" before worshiping Erathis.
Exacerbating this situation is the fact that the 4th edition PC side is somewhat more neutral+ in focus than previous editions, which is not to say that evil and chaotic evil alignments aren't accessible to players or that skilled players can't successfully incorporate such characters into games (even good-aligned ones), but as a general rule neutral+ characters tend to be the norm. The Player's Handbook and the Dungeon Master's Guide both engender this covertly (by omitting the evil deities from the PH) or overtly (recommending that DMs run games where characters are neutral, good, or lawful good). The cutting of most good and lawful good monster manual entries is another big step in this direction (though, as a DM, this is a decision that I was thankful for since, as the creators said when they were discussing their philosophy of design, they wanted to have a Monster Manual full of creatures the players would likely be endeavoring to defeat rather than wasting space on those which might occasionally get in the way but were otherwise benign).
Which brought me to my second thought: Is that such a bad thing?
Alignment has always been a subjective entity, which is what it should be: There are no cut-and-dry alignments in real life. It's a sliding scale based on perspective, circumstance, and a few hard-to-nail-down unversal moralities (i.e. a sentient creature has the right to live without his or her own will being impinged on by another sentient creature), which are further complicated by the diverse range of sentient life in the D&D universe. Is a demon truly chaotic evil if it is born to that alignment and has no possibility of ever being anything else? What is the difference between a cat or dog that chases down smaller animals for fun and a demon that murders commoners because it is its nature to do so? Is a hard neutral character evil if he chooses to not act against evil out of apathy or self-interest? Is a murderer who was violently abused throughout his childhood a villain or a victim or both?
Certain entities (the afforementioned demons and angels of deities of the various alignments) have always represented the extremes of the alignment chart (or line, as it is now), but the borders between neutrality and extremity have always been up to the players and DM to decide. (Order of the Stick has a funny bit on this subject with regard to stick-in-the-mud paladins and their more moderate counterparts.) By hanging mechanical gameplay elements on subjective functions
My final question was: If they aren't for players, what function do alignments have for DMs?
My conclusion was that it seems that alignment in 4th edition exists less as a moral stance and more as a shortcut predictor for behavior for creatures. Even this behavioral shortcut can easily be accomplished through the flavor text (and, more often than not, it is required anyway due to the many ways in which good and evil can manifest in behavior and social order). More to the point, intelligent creatures of any species are (generally) capable of being of any alignment, with the only exceptions being those which are expressly incapable of being any other. Even regardless of their base stat block alignment, if a creative DM wants two creatures to be buddies (or enemies) he could probably find a way to make it happen. Common goals, shared enemies, or even a passing interest in one-another might lead two alignment-incompatable creatures to work together towards a single purpose.
So even this conclusion is tenuous. Really, there doesn't seem to be any purpose for alignment anymore other than as a means of dividing religous beliefs along morally ambiguous lines. Flavor text is more functional in terms of defining NPC and monster behavior and it is considerably more multifaceted and exacting to boot. Players tend to be better at defining alignment through actions rather than labels, and the flexibility of the alignment lines tends to make such labels all but useless anyway.
I'd love to read what others have to say on the subject, but at the moment, my final conclusion is: Absolutely nothing.
Maybe it's not such a big deal worth making a point about. Then again, maybe we would have gotten a few more stat blocks in the Monster Manual if we'd dropped alignment altogether, or perhaps had more dynamic, fleshed-out creature motivations for various species (distinguishing orcs from gnolls or kobolds from goblins in more significant ways than the manner in which they rampage or the interchangable higher powers they revere).
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Yep he isnt, he had heavy punching but later in his career when he started brawling rather than cleverly attacking is.when he got a lot of ko's.
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I don't remember Fedor as a one punch KO puncher.
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There you have it.
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Told ya.And if Fedor hits anything with his best it dies.
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On the monthly subscription does your credit card get charged mothly or are you just buying a single month I just want to buy the spring training games so I get to see the games that are not on FSN for Reds spring training.
I'm pretty sure it renews automatically so you would need to cancel. For a "season" subscription they charge you like 10 a month in the winter and don't mention it at all.
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Don't know if Reds/Philly 2/27 @ 1:05 will be on mlb.tv, but XM is carrying the radio broadcast channel 176. What luck as I am stuck in the car for 2 1/2 hours on Wednesday afternoons.
Does anyone know a site where you don't have to pay to listen to the games online?
This site carries lots of live sports, and I think it has MLB. Not totally sure.
-LTlabnerIf you can't build a winning team with that core a fire-sale isn't the solution. Selling the franchise, moving them to Nashville and converting GABP into a used car lot is.
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
Watched the 2012 Clincher on FOX.
*Bat Votto SECOND, please?*
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While he rejects the label of "atheist," "comedian" Bill Maher is upfront with his disdain for all forms of religion. He managed to offend Christian, Jewish and Muslims with his line about God as depicted in the new movie, "Noah." He told his HBO "Real Time" audience recently that God was a "psychotic mass murderer."
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There is a need to support ITU-T Y.1731 standard in the upgrade pack. ITU-T Y.1731 is a telecommunication standard for OAM mechanism for Ethernet-based networks. Many network operators and network providers opt for the Y.1731 Ethernet OAM (Operations, Administration & Maintenance) standard. The Y.1731 recommends performance monitoring (PM) and connectivity fault management (CFM) features that allows comprehensive tools to monitor the quality of service.
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July 6-10: 'Girls Explore STEM Camp'
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Award to be presented June 25 at National Athletic Trainers' Association's 66th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo.
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Mushrooms filled with St. Moret cheese. (Champignons au St.Moret)..and doors with a view.
This is my daughters' recipe which they were so kind to give me. I adapted it a little to serve it as a side rather than an amuse bouche, which is how they serve it. In the suggestions, I will give their recipe. I love this, it is a vegetable and can serve as a meal on its own for vegetarians.
- Clean a handful of button mustooms by peeling off the top layuer of the mushrooms
- Pull out the stems/feet.
- Sauté one shallot along the the chopped up feet/stems of the mushrooms. Add a handful of chopped tarragon.
- fill the mushroom cups with the shallot mix.
- top with a tsp of mixed creme fraiche, mayonnaise and St. Môret cheese(or Philadelphia).
- Add a piece of semi oven dried tomato slice to the top and place in ovenproof dish, drizzled with olive oil.
- Bake in a hot oven(200 °C) for about 10 minutes.
- Serve as a side dish or main dish for a vegetarian meal.
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- To serve as an amuse bouche, leave out the creme fraîche and mayonnaise and top only with some Philadelphia St. Môret cheese. It makes for a drier mushroom to take by hand.
The doors of my house..
As most of my readers will know, we are still living in the barn next to our house which is in the process of restoration. It is taking much longer than anticipated, but that is no news to anybody who has undertaken a similar project before. But we'll get there. In the meantime we are very comfortable in our barn, so much so that I am almost afraid to leave it!
As I walked around the garden this morning in the lovely winter sun, with the chickens and the geese and the cats following me, I noticed the glorious reflections of the sun and surroundings on my newly fitted glass doors. They have just been installed in the last few weeks by mon cheri, all of them made to measure by him and still far from finished, but already it gives me such a kick to see!
Let's start with the front door:
I wanted a Provencal doors which is exactly what mon chéri gave me. He salvaged all the oak planks and found the bolts I wanted, burnt them in the fire to rust them and built my front door. If ever there was a solid door, this is it.Cn I be more chuffed with my front door?
..From the outside..
..Front door from the inside..
Front door inside on the book gallery walking towards a glass door facing east(gallery door), which receives the most beautiful morning light.. (ignore the staircase, only for work purposes)
..Gallery door from outside..
A view on our private bathroom door from the outside, which was the ONLY door in the original house, into its little kitchen. Not the prettiest of doors, but I want to keep it as it is, as it is part of the history of the house and I can dream up all these stories it has lived through. It still has to be adapted to the lifted floor of the whole house.
..the little bathroom door on the inside looking out..
Once inside the house, I will have this view facing south. I wanted the whole south facing view in glass to let in sun and light and excitement, excitement!! A dark house turns me equally dark. My lifeline is sunlight. To the left is the balcony off our bedroom with doors opening up completely on hinges. I already "live" there with my coffee and just "my being".
..view on the balcony from the outside – only a low wrougth iron railing will vbe added on the balcony? I want nothing to disturb my view. We have already sletp there on the balcony under the stars and I fell asleep with this "openness" around me…
..view on the southern face with all its glass windows and doors..
..the door opening onto our outside terrasse – when standing in the front door, one can see straight through the top window above this terrasse door, looking onto the distant hills. The view is magnificent.
The kitchen door opens onto the terrasse as well. It wat was originally the basement below the orignal farmhouse where animals were kept. We changed that whole basement into a large kitchen livingroom/atelier. the original little door in photo below, will be kept as shutters and adapted and mon chéri is busy building my stable door for the kitchen.
..My quaint little kitchen door onto the terrasse..
Last but not least…the doors of our barn which we call home for the moment..mon chéri also installed all the glass doors so I can open up the huge barn doors to get some light as the barn is of course quite dark with only one little window facing south.
..Looking out from inside my grange…
..and looking in…
I hope to show you all the doors again this year, all finished, trimmings and all. You can see how Coin Perdu looked in the beginning, some changes it went through on my blog Coin Perdu. I am not keeping it up any more though. From now on all my Coin Perdu postings will continue here on Myfrenchkitchen. I hope you 'll join me.
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October scenes in the garden.
A big hello to all! I took a break, longer than intended, but summer kept me busy in several ways. As is the habit with summer, it is over before you know it and October sets in with all kinds of challenges: digging for warmer clothes….rain, bulb planting, cleaning garden tools to store away, facing weeds that have grown undisturbed, working vegetables from the "potager", picking up walnuts and rushing to get to the chestnuts before the squirrels do.
I love the fall colours of the hydrangeas…the blues turn to greens and the pinks and whites turn to an old, faded pink. The Maroccan mint is still a deep green which peeps through the pinks of the hydrangeas.
I never clean up too much…have always loved the difference in seasons…the rain and fallen leaves and twigs, the weeds, fried flowers and seeds…they all add to the atmosphere of autumn.
After the rain.
A bottle of wine forgotten outside….
Raindrops on some roses still blooming…
Rosehips living happily alongside Nepeta…
Fresh water for all the animals..
Droplets hanging on cafe chairs..
The "potager" delivered a bounty of vegetables this year and is still going strong even though the weeds are flourishing right there along with the vegetables.
Beautiful light shimmering through changing vine leaves..
Stinging nettle needing no encouragement in flowering..
A yellow rose in the yellow garden..
Cleaning up is not a favorite passtime of mine. I love to make a mess..and I love to have someone else doing the cleaning up. Unfortunately, I am that "someone else"… Evidences of unfinished spring work still staring me incriminatingly in the face.
The mornings stay darker longer and the evenings turn darker earlier..lighting candles and chandeliers and lanterns make for atmospheric evenings, which is what autumn and winter should be about, after all.
Our windows are in and I revel in the reflections!
Reading asks for blankets…
Bright yellow nasturtiums in the yellow and orange garden add a blast of sunshine to cloudy days.
Apart form the beautiful colours of autumn which is so obvious, many other scenes of October beauty can also be found in: the disarray of garden chairs, a chicken hiding in a flowerbed, walnuts bursting, a dilapidated rattan chair for the chickens, an enamel jug, a garden tap, a garden cloche…
Work in a garden is never ending, no matter which season. And beauty in a garden is never ending, no matter which season.
And when the day is done, but the work is not, the beauty of it all is to kick out the boots, put up those feet and relax…!
…à la prochaine!..
"In the shade of the walnut tree" featured in a magazine.
I wrote an article for LEEF, an Afrikaans magazine in SA, about our life here in France. Their February summer issue was devoted to all things French and I was asked to do a contribution. I called it "In the shade of the walnut tree". This is our favorite spot in summer time where we enjoy our apéros and amuses bouches, long lazy lunches and philosophical discussions.
So…for the Afrikaans readers out there; the February issue of LEEF magazine is still available on the shelves. For my English and other readers I will soon translate the article into English and post it here.
In the meantime, here in the French countryside we are enveloped in the blankets of winter with misty days, rain, and cloudy skies. It makes for an ambiance filled season and we all enjoy gathering in the bistros around cups of coffee or chocolat chauds. Those more daring go for a glass of Ricard. We talk about the cold and the rain congested soil and what we're having for dinner. Nestled in the misty hills, the chimneys have trails of smoke. The kitchens smell of les potages, soupes et veloutés and long sauce bourguignons. Our animals are safely sheltered in the stables while the fields are left bare for regrowth. We are cocooning.
à la prochaine fois!
Beginning of a new chapter.
These past 3 weeks were spent entirely on packing up our Loire home. We wrapped and packed, and stored and transported furniture, cartons. We sorted, threw away, gave away and tried to keep only what we really love and need. It felt great to lighten the load, both in terms of material stuff and mind stuff. Never do I want to own so much stuff again. Since living here in the barn at Coin Perdu with the bare necessities, I have come to realize with how little we can actually be comfortable. I think in this modern age we live with far too much unnecessary "stuff".
When we locked the door behind us of our Loire home to get into the truck with the last few things on its way to coin Perdu, I took a walk through my garden. I absolutely loved my little "jardin de curé". I worked so hard in that garden, changing it every so often and I loved every minute of it. I am posting a few images…I have so many, not possible to show them all and of course they will have much more meaning for me, but I hope you can see a little of the joy I've experienced in my Loire garden.
…a typical "Tourangelle maison" on the banks of the Loire river."
…for my first birthday in our Loire house 12 years ago, mon chéri gave me a "garguile" from the chateau de Chauvigny, which we converted into a fountain..
..I adored the Loire house's windows. I couldn't wait for summers to keep them open morning noon and night..
We only closed the "volets" at night when sleeping..sometimes…
..and flowerpots on the windowsills…what else!..
..the "garguile" peeked through white climbing iceberg roses, close by "un olivier" in a pot..
..on the terrace – urn planted with boxwood..
..the "jardin de curé" was filled with everything I loved..and still love. Originally I tried to stick to white and blue, but as always, what we plan what eventually realizes aren't the same…most of the time it turns out better..
..corners are a favorite of mine..whether in the gardne, the house, the fields…
..I adored my atelier! I will definitely miss it. It was the old stables of the hopuse which mon chéri turned ito the atelier for me, complete with fireplace, keeeping the old beams and features of the stables intact..To the left of the collage down below, is my galery, which was one of the old caves we turned into my galery.
..during summers, we pragmatically lived outside in the garden..
I hope you enjoyed this trip through the garden during 12 years of living in our Loire home. . I hope you'll join me in writing our new chapter here at Coin Perdu.
I will soon start posting recipes again, as soon as I can get some order in the chaos here . Bear with me..!
I wish you all a great 2014!
à bientôt


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Suspected drunken driver arrested after hitting building
EVANSVILLE - The driver of a car that struck the side of the Corner Bar & Grill in Evansville Sunday afternoon was arrested for suspected drunken driving.
Jacky E. Gatewood Jr., 50, was attempting to do a burnout in his 1970 Oldsmobile car near the corner of Mount Vernon Avenue and West Virginia Street when he lost control and ran "directly into the outside smoking section of the bar," According to an Evansville Police Department crash report.
According to the report, responding officers said that Gatewood has a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and bloodshot eyes. Police said Gatewood an Evansville resident, failed multiple field sobriety test. According to the report, Gatewood's blood-alcohol level was 0.17 — more than twice the legal limit.
A 52-year-old woman who was sitting outside was struck by debris from the crash, but she declined medical treatment. No other injuries were reported. Gatewood is currently in the Vanderburgh County jail.
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A very solid and satisfying voyage for the wide-eyed adventurer.
Rogue Galaxy is a very enjoyable adventure that offers an abundance of things to do and places to explore. The game is far from perfect, but it serves as a worthy purchase for aficionados of Action-RPGs.
The game starts on a simple note:
A youngster on a remote desert planet yearns to explore the galaxy. After a major mix-up, he is whisked on an adventure that will have him discover his hidden potential and eventually save the galaxy.
The game definitely succeeds in weaving a tale of adventure and treads on familiar tried-and-true territory. It does not take any risks of creating a bold, riveting, and convoluted melodrama. Instead, it succeeds on creating a roller coaster ride through lush planetary settings on your way to a greater destiny of saving the known worlds. If you've ever encountered any sort of science-fiction, anime, or adventure story, chances are, you've already come across the archetypes presented in Rogue Galaxy. However, just because you follow a timeless mold is no excuse not to exert any effort to separate yourself by creating depth. The plot is held back by predictability, one dimensional characters, and shallow storytelling. The story also telegraphs its intentions to you in predictable fashion long before it enacts them. The characters are definitely familiar, but I found them to be big and colorful exaggerations and had trouble identifying with any of them. A significant amount of glaring plot cliches hinder the game from being truly involving and the characters from being believable. All this builds up to an ending that is very anticlimactic and doesn't make common sense.
Rogue Galaxy is a very accessible game due to its Action-RPG style. The gameplay succeeds in the breadth more than depth, and there is much fiddling and adventuring to be had. Your plot-driven journey is still the centerpiece for the game, but there is much you can do if you want to distract yourself. You have everything from the Item Synthesis to the Pokemon-esque Insectron Battling. There are plenty of weapons to be discovered, strengthened, and combined, and there are much items to be invented in the Factory. There are Quarries to be hunted, extra dungeons to explore, and much much more. None of the side quests have any real impact on the main adventure, but they serve as very good distractions for completists or for anybody who wants to break the pace. The experience of traversing different areas is made easier by seamless transition with virtually no loading times creates a smooth experience. Traveling across the solar system is also made easy by being able to instantaneously warp between Save Points you have activated. The ease of travel keeps the experience and sense of exploration on a flow and is most definitely a technical highlight of the game given the PS2's limitations. If there is one draw-back to this, the ease of travel definitely diminishes some sense of interplanetary scale and sense of movement between different worlds.
The bread and butter of the game is still in the battles. All characters have two weapons, can jump, can block, lift objects/enemies, and have a list of special moves. There is no magic/spell system in the game, and although elemental affinities are present, it is exploited by weapon attributes. Some enemies require a special weapon to break through their guard. It is very tedious to have to switch your weapon, target and attack every enemy with a barrier, then switch back to your main attacking weapon. All this translates into button-mashing battles of attrition, which creates a lack of tactical depth in the combat. A complete reliance on items for healing also makes the battle a bit more tedious than it has to be, since you have to fumble through the list with no assignable shortcut buttons. The controls are also a bit loose. It's just fine when you're merely traversing areas, but attacking with weapons feel sluggish and imprecise. It's not uncommon to find yourself doing a three hit attack at empty air, because the enemy you are targeting is behind you. The Lock On feature is handled by the directional pad, which forces you to let go of the left analog stick (essentially stopping your character's movement) to adjust targets. Action-RPG battles are always fast paced and require constant movement as well as proper targeting, therefore, I found this layout very impeding. Rogue Galaxy also suffers from spikes in difficulty, merely due to the drastic differential in levels of a new area's enemy set. This artificial difficulty adjuster only forces the player to go through significant grinding sessions, which definitely bog the game's pace down. in addition, the dungeons are long. Players may find themselves low on healing items long with nary a vendor in sight. With Rogue Galaxy's singular dependency on healing through items, this small difference creates very frustrating stretches of dungeon crawling.
Level 5 has definitely shown mastery in making lively and colorful cel-shaded worlds on the PS2's limited and aging hardware. All the characters look great with a very unique animations and lively cel-shaded palettes. There are some very eye-catching glitter and sheen effects as well as a clean, distinguishable look to everything. Every weapon has a distinct look, and every item has a unique picture. Each planet has it's own visual theme that binds all its sub-areas together, though the areas themselves are a bit plain, linear, and unambitious in design. There some large stretches of the same texture, and the level design is sometimes noticeably dungeon-crawl-like cut and paste or straightforwardly simple. Overall, the cel-shading effect gives the world a consistent feel of being quite like watching an animated science-fiction adventure. The visuals are easy on the eyes, and don't showcase anything overtly pompous. The game looks very clean, vibrant, and lively. The sound design for Rogue Galaxy is definitely solid across the board. Sound effects are good enough to what you expect them to be. Every engine hum, sword hit, laser shot, explosion, and footstep sounding as they should be and are in the right places. The music is definitely serviceable, even if nothing stands out as particularly memorable. It compliments the themes of the settings and creates mood, as it should. The voice acting in the game are very good, even if it sounds a bit forced. It is also marred by the trite script, but that is a fault of the plot and not the audio.
Level 5 has definitely created a very solid entry into the PS2's expansive library, and a good swan song for the system. Unfortunately, the right balance that is necessary in creating a great RPG "soul" in plot and cast has eluded the creators quite a bit. The game has its impressive moments, its solid adventure, and its broad selection of things to do. Rogue Galaxy tries. It really does, and I find it hard not to love it for the ambition. There are significant design and narrative issues that hold it back from being great, but it is still an adventure most definitely worth embarking.


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Café (415) 927-1503
9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Monday through Sunday
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 835-1020
9:00 am to 8:00 pm, Monday through Friday
8:00 am to 7:00 pm, Saturday
9:00 am to 7:00 pm, Sunday
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