How Deadlock Proved Concord Wrong 

dead lock's character design is waaaaay more appealing than concord's

Deadlock (unfinished design) vs Concord (finished design but still ugly)

Deadlock has ugly characters? News to me. lol

Deadlock is just super fun, like you said it feels like a really good PvP shooter but also much more strategy-based than pretty much any shooter out there (because it’s actually a MOBA in the guise of a shooter).

Complaining about deadlock's character design when the game is in early alpha with mostly place holder models is crazy.

The game is in early acess and some of the desings are from early alpha when the games was Neon Prime, Yamato will get changed concept art already leaked

I don't even like deadlock's char design but can't deny its unique

I don't think it proves concord wrong as concords character designs were both really ugly but also had no cohesion to what their abilities and playstyles are. In this game idk what lash does for sure but he looks like a close range brawler while daw from concord doesn't look like a medic in the slightest. Please lmk about lash though as I've never played this game and are making assumptions based off his design

Honestly ugly/wokified design can be overshadowed by profoundly intuitive and fun gameplay. Like example Kenshi. Definitely not a game for everyone, but the game is pretty ugly in my opinion. But it’s so addictive and fun from a mechanical standpoint that the smaller community it has have kept it alive and strong. Same for Project Zomboid. Games are one of the few mediums where beauty isn’t necessarily make or break. There are plenty of beautiful games that have soul crushingly bad gameplay and they fail because of it. But if you have ugly design aesthetic and bad gameplay there is no hope. I feel like game devs need to just use placeholder models and focus solely on gameplay design before fleshing out their visual designs. A lot of games feel like they do the opposite nowadays. They focus on trying to make the graphics good and make character designs they want to see before making sure the gameplay is there. Conchord is the best example of a game that while having good graphics persay, had terrible design aesthetic and cookie cutter gameplay that refused to take any ambitious leaps forward.

Theyve also said a couple times that these characters are not the final designs. Theyve shown what they plan to have yamato looking like in the future. Also players that take this game so seriously are players that cant have fun to save their life. Even a game in alpha that doesnt have a meta yet people still cant help but be slaves to it.

I think that Deadlock has that "ugly" or "unappealing" design that carried over from other Valve games. Like, look at Dota's Brewmaster, he is a fat tiger that drinks and practices martial arts that revolve around being drunk, and you might say he is ugly, but he is memorable, like, those designs are organically incorporated, fit the character and you can easily associate it with them

I mean, have you seen the leaked character Calico? THAT is a concord tier design if i have ever seen one

you said a whole lot of nothing... barely even mentioned concord sounds more like an ad for deadlock than anything

Moby Francke's aesthetic sensibilities will carry Valve for a long time to come.

I think its just Valve they dont have gooner bait characters in their games Half life - Both Alyx and Mossman are pretty regular looking woman not sexualised, Eli, Barney and kliner also look like everyday joe Portal - I mean glados looks like a BDSM girl hanging upside down. Other than that chell is pretty normal looking Tf2- all Mercs are avg looking (except medic he is hot) L4d- all survivors (except Zoey my beloved) DOTA- there are some generic looking heros but most of them are Monsters or ugly beasts I remember even Garry Newman talked about why he likes having average less attractive models in game (S&box) rather than every charcter looking like a super model

I was also tempted to quit when i started but im glad I didn't, its real fun

despite being a game in an alpha stages of development deadlock has fundamentally better character designs. There are many videos of actual long-time artists and character designers in the videogame industry breaking down concord's designs, and they all end up filled with what is described as "beginner mistakes" by people who actually have experience. If the people who made these characters weren't "woke" but maintained their level of skill they still would put out garbage that failed. But also there is a fundamental difference between "ugly" as a character design choice, which still can make for an amazing character design, and "ugly" being pushed as something beautiful/attractive

very nice video. i liked the editing pace and overall vibe. felt like a channel with 10-100k view videos. hope the best for you.

You should show pictures of the deadlock characters you're talking about. I never played deadlock and even though I was interested in the video, I couldn't tell what you were talking about half the time. Also you got clowned in voice chat

Dont worry everyone will forgot about deadlock after tencent and riot copy it, like rn they are doing it

When a game fun:good

idk whether or not lash and warden are the final product, its that or its a style choice

Oh no, Concord's characters are quite ugly. Deadlock's characters may be "ugly" but they have an amazing style to them. It's the same thing that has made Tf2's characters stand out. Concord is just Deadlock's Bebop scrapyard robot design has a ton of visual character to him than Concord's character designs. Not only do you have something like his giant arm, but it's the little things like his raggy pants, his sandals, and the beads on his ankle. It sells him as being from the scrapyard and being, well, a scrapper. Does a better job than Concord's Daw's airsoft fat guy in a blue coat at any rate. Dynamo is the better fat healer.

Getting upset at other people for flaming a new player is fine and all, but hope you don't go the exact same shit before the game releases.

how were those guys going to talk shit when they got put in the same mmr as a new player? im like 20 games in on pocket and already plat on mmr lol

I like characters

Dota 2 Shooter

im call mid boss as roshan damn...dota

dont even compare this good game to stinky binky overwatch lol. as for design well its not even released yet

genuinely great video seriously but the domestic abuse joke... ew 😒 just a bit in poor taste