Guild Wars 2

Anyone else sick of seeing skins dripping lava or on fire? I think it looks stupid, traditional knight looking armor looks great and its sad there are very few armors like that.

Agreed. I always feel the game artists have been watching far too much anime. The non-flamy/spikey armours are cool, but there’s very few of them that actually look decent.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Heavy_Plate_armor is good.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascalonian_armor is bad, but at least it’s not on fire or covered in spikes.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Nobleman%27s_armor is good.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reinforced_Scale_armor is also alright, since it looks like something that could exist.

Phalanx armour is in the right area too. Everything else seems to be on fire/covered in spikes/inspired by cartoon barbarians. This is an area where GW1 got it right, and the sequel fails hard. The same issue exists for the medium and light armours as well.

Yeah I actually like the new skins more than the vast majority simply because many of them are a little too zany. While I certainly like a lot of the art, I’ve always been a fan of simplicity in armor design.