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12/12/2012 7:31:25 AM
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destiny = Steampunk?
[url]http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=32235[/url]
Soldiers with futuristic body suits [i]and[/i] capes? And that giant vehicle/gun thing? For some reason that whole picture has a steampunkish tint to it, and it's disturbing. Steampunk and other, not quite similar styles (futurism mixed with things that just don't quite fit), just turn me off.
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Not really I feel like rage was more steampunkish. Destiny sounds much more than that.
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That concept art is far from screaming Steampunk.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Scortch 2486 Not really I feel like rage was more steampunkish. Destiny sounds much more than that.[/quote]Rage was set in a post-apocalyptic world. It hardly qualifies as stamp punk, though it looks similar. The setting changes everything.
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Not even close.
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They're wearing the rags because it's cold, not because it's secretly the nineteenth century.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Squiggy That concept art is far from screaming Steampunk.[/quote]How you figured "screaming" is synomical with "a tint of" I have no idea.
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I would compare the Destiny concept art more to a futuristic sic-fi style. Very reminiscent of Star Wars.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Seggi31 They're wearing the rags because it's cold, not because it's secretly the nineteenth century.[/quote]I'm sorry; I assumed futuristic body suits would keep you warmer than a cape.
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I don't think you know what that word means. EDIT: Maybe you're confusing the word steampunk with cyberpunk? Which would still be incorrect. [Edited on 12.11.2012 11:43 PM PST]
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Urk or DeeJ confirmed a while back that their next game wasn't Steam Punk.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OoCarpetoO I don't think you know what that word means.[/quote]Typically it's post-industrial age technology being implanted into victorian-age settings. But the term has evolved to encompass technology (a cape is a technology) implanted into a place which it most likely wouldn't be used, whether because it's outdated or not invented yet.
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Steampunk generally follows a futuristic scifi with a 19th century Victorian or an American western twist. So far I have seen nothing that seems to follow that but anything is possible for this game and we won't know the full scope until 2013.
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I don't think the OP knows what Steam Punk is...
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What an incredibly stupid thing to say OP.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dostoyevsky Soldiers with futuristic body suits [i]and[/i] capes? And that giant vehicle/gun thing?[/quote]=/= Steampunk
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To me it kind of looks like Star Wars: The Old Republic style.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dostoyevsky But the term has evolved to encompass technology (a cape is a technology) implanted into a place which it most likely wouldn't be used, whether because it's outdated or not invented yet.[/quote] No it hasn't. Here is your mistake OP.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] EvilTaffyapple I don't think the OP knows what Steam Punk is...[/quote]Read OP's posts before making stupid posts.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Technoxious [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dostoyevsky But the term has evolved to encompass technology (a cape is a technology) implanted into a place which it most likely wouldn't be used, whether because it's outdated or not invented yet.[/quote]No it hasn't. Here is your mistake OP.[/quote]That's always been my understanding, but let's say you're right. It's still discouraging because the picture reveals a lack of realism. You're hundreds of years in the future and are wearing futuristic body suits with advanced looking helmets. [i]Why[/i] are you wearing a cape? It seems like a cheap add-on for the sake of making the characters look cool. And the vehicle/weapon looks overtly makeshift. Then again, being the besieged, last city on Earth, makeshift would make sense.
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There are different factions in Destiny and I think the "capes" are one way of expressing their faction. Also they aren't capes they are cloaks. [Edited on 12.12.2012 12:14 AM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dostoyevsky I'm sorry; I assumed futuristic body suits would keep you warmer than a cape.[/quote] >implying futuristic body suits exist and are affordable and practical in this universe
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dont pass gass There are different factions in Destiny and I think the capes are one way of expressing their faction [/quote]That's quite a leap you took there. All a cape would do, other than show your allegiance (of which you could find ten other more efficient ways of doing), is obstruct moving in a firefight. Unrealistic.
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Does not in the remotest sense resemble steampunk. Besides, since when did Capes and cloaks require steam boilers to function?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Seggi31 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dostoyevsky I'm sorry; I assumed futuristic body suits would keep you warmer than a cape.[/quote]>implying futuristic body suits exist and are affordable and practical in this universe[/quote]Did you look at the people in the picture wearing the capes?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dostoyevsky [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dont pass gass There are different factions in Destiny and I think the capes are one way of expressing their faction [/quote]That's quite a leap you took there. All a cape would do, other than show your allegiance (of which you could find ten other more efficient ways of doing), is obstruct moving in a firefight. Unrealistic.[/quote] Are you implying that Destiny is supposed to be realistic?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dostoyevsky Did you look at the people in the picture wearing the capes?[/quote] LOL, so you assume that all futuristic body suits must keep people perfectly insulated?
