My understanding is that we're not talking about how the stages are rendered in game, we are purely talking from a creative standpoint.
This is where I disagree. That's not to say SC4 doesn't knock it out of the park with it's creative varied stages, but in comparison to SC3 it's third in my book. SC2 comes second that is let down with how anemic the stage selection is.
I don't think such a standard is realistic: many elements that are reasonably described as artistic decisions are nevertheless dependent upon the technical framework in which they are implemented. Drawing a clear line between where deicisions are best described in terms of one consideration rather than the other is not always (or even frequently) feasible.
Well, to each their own, but SCII has fewer stages, there are two or three that are pretty lackluster, and the colour space and textures (even if we are talking about the much-improved HDO variants) don't really grab you like those of the following two games do. Plus they are pretty static (not a knock against them when you review them in isolation, as they are just a product of their time, but it's a relevant factor when you compare them against later games in a broader analysis).
Like....do you have glaucoma or something? I only ask because the only way I can begin to make sense of someone stating "SC6 stage design >>> SCIV stage design" is to assume that they have impaired vision and are extremely high, and glaucoma would explain both.
Rough translation, but it looks like Cassandra was never intended to be in SCV (or any other future games?).
Is there anyone here who's fluent in Japanese who can translate this? If Cassandra was supposed to be gone from the series for good, then I'm VERY happy SC5 was thrown out the window.
I'm sorry man, I didn't mean it to come off so seriously--the joke occured to me straight away and I couldn't resist (I stand by it as a pretty sick burn!). I honestly couldn't disagree with you more: I think that SCVI has easily the most underwhelming stage selection in the history of the franchise, and that this is maybe the game's worst feature--and I believe fan consensus is at least with me on that first part, if not both points. Likewise, I personally think SCIV is the best looking and functioning game with regard to its staging, for the reasons discussed above and many more. But all of that said, it's clearly a very subjective call in some respects, and I wouldn't genuinely tear into somebody for an opinion like that in a way where I intended to give real offense, so please believe that the joke was meant as just that--a joke.
I don't get it.
I believe that the clothes outside are from SC 4, and those inside that square are those from 3, in short they are conceptual arts. As has been seen, they have thousands of alternative clothing on file that we may never see.
As I understand it, Cassandra would not change weapons, since she would not even appear in the game anymore. They already wanted to replace it, which is quite obvious looking at how much Pyrrha has the same fashion style along with the Sophitia color palettes.