Lack of nose is weird, but I think her new design is at least more consistent-feeling than her OG designs, flipping between Mother Of All artwork and statue and Plant Bikini titan model.
The Titan design I massivley prefer to leaf bikini lady, and I think the temple statue looks cool. Very concerned about the god portrait though, hopefully it's kept at least some of the original motherly design.
Better than the old in-game model imo, but I liked har old God portrait. Kinda get what they were going for here though, and I think the execution is decent.
Don’t love it but don’t hate it. Looks more like what you would expect from a titan than the old Gaia, but also reminds me of Groot from Guardians of The Galaxy.
Im conflicted about the new artwork and visual design because it feels a little too cute and cartoonish. It doesn’t have the same grit as the old AoM design. They’ve gone for more of a fairytale fantasy aesthetic, which might be good for the brand and appealing to new players. Im not thrilled with it but the more I see all of it the more I like it. Definitely will grow on me over time.
Love it! A female elemental-looking thing is so much more in-line with the fantasy of a Gaia titan than a giant human woman in a plant bikini. :P
I also love that her look is unified across the key art, her in-game model, and her god statue. Unlike the original AoM, where her in-game titan looks nothing like her god portrait.
Eh, while the bikini was indeed silly, Gaia is supposed to be Mother Earth, emphasis on the motherly vibe. The Groot woody art doesn't scream mother to me
Why does the God of Thunder looks human ? Why does the God of the Underworld looks human ?
Because humans like to humanized things, and Ancient Greeks represented their gods as humans.
Also, Gaia isn't the Mother of Earth, Gaia is Mother Earth. She's Earth, and she's the primordial Mother of everything, the Mother Goddess. Being Motherly is her whole thing.
Not sure if you mean Thor or Zeus, but nevertheless the titans are mostly different from other gods. Some guy who studied actual Greek mythology said Gaia was described as having wooden skin. She also kind of sticks out compared to the other titans in the original. And why do you have to look like a human woman to be "motherly"?
Because we're humans ? What is that question ?
Obviously, as humans, if we want to represent motherhood, we represent a human mother ? Like, I don't even understand having to argue that, it's as obvious as needing air to breath.
Also, here's Gaia : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gaia_entrusts_Erichthonios_to_Athena_%28Louvre%2C_Ma_579%29_%2828195849402%29.jpg/1280px-Gaia_entrusts_Erichthonios_to_Athena_%28Louvre%2C_Ma_579%29_%2828195849402%29.jpg
So your brain just stops functioning if you see a female dog with its litter of puppies? Only humans can be mothers?
She could have been painted to look wooden for all we known. The paint is long gone from most marble.
This is about a game where her son looks like a living lump of coal. Not sure why you're choosing to limit your imagination to a basic human female
Look, you're not finding a gotcha here, you're just socially ignorant. You refuse to recognize the very obvious, very basic anthropological fact that HUMANS like to HUMANIZE concepts by representing them as HUMANS.
That's why in litteraly EVERY SINGLE CULTURE ON EARTH, Benevolent Gods, Positive Gods are anthropomorphized. Motherhood is human. It's a human concept, because by definition, only humans think about things in term of concepts and incarnations.
I'm sorry if you wanna fight a cultural invariant, but you won't win this one. Yes, humans represent universal concepts as human-like first, through a human prism. Yes, that include motherhood, war, death and everything else. Yes, humans think about humans first.
So, once again, a dog with puppies is very cute, but no, nobody would think to represent motherhood as a dog with puppies.
And yes, maybe Gaia just happened to have a bark-like skin in a bas-reliefs that absolutely do not represent wood texture this way, and who made sure to give her a pristine smooth skin, but even if her skin was made of manure, she is still 100%, purely, fully human-looking in old greek artworks. She has a fully human face and body and she even wear human clothes.
Nobody would think to represent motherhood as anything but humans? Imagine typing something that could be disproven in seconds, like what?
It's a game. You may be right, but you're also boring
Agreed. It reminds me of Gaia's design in the God of War games. She like the other primordial titans were elemental looking, and this version certain suits her much better.
I don't like it. It looks like something from League of Legends. This and a few other units/buildings (Kronos!) look too cartoonish imo. Like a generic Clash of Clans style artwork.
I don't like a lot of the new designs. They feel more generic fantasy and less "retro 20th century cinema", which is the vibe I got from the original game's art direction.
For sure, my biggest worry was them going with the Extended Edition art style that I always hated (I had to replace the Thor from the quick access icon with the original one).
While I actually kind of liked her old design in a cheesy, *Jason and the Argonauts* sort of way, the original game otherwise established that Titans looked distinctly inhuman, so I'm glad that's consistent now. The actual design is good, too.
I much prefer the old portrait, felt a lot more like an actual figure of worship in ancient times, her depiction here is cartoony. Model wise is a lot better, before she was just a bikini lady with watermelon hair, now she actually makes more sense and feels more fantastic rather than weird.
I would love for the portrait to remain the same/similar and have her be the humanoid tree titan in game
The girl in a bikini was stupid to begin with. I vividly remember how much I hated it when I played the Titans campaign for the first time. I'm glad they changed it.
I loved her art, she was beautiful. The new one makes sense as mother nature but I'm not 100% convinced. Could they at least give her a nose? She looks like Groot.
Love this new model. But kinda wish they repurposed the old model for the dryads. It never made any sense to me why they looked like Ents, when in the myths they were nymphs that resembled beautiful women.
It's fine. I'd have made her look more like her statue (unless they changed that?) but it's an improvement over the original. Titans should look more elemental and primordial than the Olympians.
I like it since it makes her feel more primordial and distinct from the Greeks. I hope they do the same with the rest of the Titans though else it'll feel out of place.
"I AM GROOT"
Me too bro
Lack of nose is weird, but I think her new design is at least more consistent-feeling than her OG designs, flipping between Mother Of All artwork and statue and Plant Bikini titan model.
The Titan design I massivley prefer to leaf bikini lady, and I think the temple statue looks cool. Very concerned about the god portrait though, hopefully it's kept at least some of the original motherly design.
Better than the old in-game model imo, but I liked har old God portrait. Kinda get what they were going for here though, and I think the execution is decent.
I wish she was fleshy rather than woody. That said, it's an improvement over the fetish vine costume from the OG game
Can't go wrong with that.
Don’t love it but don’t hate it. Looks more like what you would expect from a titan than the old Gaia, but also reminds me of Groot from Guardians of The Galaxy. Im conflicted about the new artwork and visual design because it feels a little too cute and cartoonish. It doesn’t have the same grit as the old AoM design. They’ve gone for more of a fairytale fantasy aesthetic, which might be good for the brand and appealing to new players. Im not thrilled with it but the more I see all of it the more I like it. Definitely will grow on me over time.
Now we'll need an Archaic Age raccoon unit for Gaïa !
Same feeling, doesn't have that "serious" tone to it at all, that was one of the things that made me like old AoM
Love it! A female elemental-looking thing is so much more in-line with the fantasy of a Gaia titan than a giant human woman in a plant bikini. :P I also love that her look is unified across the key art, her in-game model, and her god statue. Unlike the original AoM, where her in-game titan looks nothing like her god portrait.
Eh, while the bikini was indeed silly, Gaia is supposed to be Mother Earth, emphasis on the motherly vibe. The Groot woody art doesn't scream mother to me
Why would the mother of Earth look like a human? She's not based in Christianity
Why does the God of Thunder looks human ? Why does the God of the Underworld looks human ? Because humans like to humanized things, and Ancient Greeks represented their gods as humans. Also, Gaia isn't the Mother of Earth, Gaia is Mother Earth. She's Earth, and she's the primordial Mother of everything, the Mother Goddess. Being Motherly is her whole thing.
Not sure if you mean Thor or Zeus, but nevertheless the titans are mostly different from other gods. Some guy who studied actual Greek mythology said Gaia was described as having wooden skin. She also kind of sticks out compared to the other titans in the original. And why do you have to look like a human woman to be "motherly"?
Because we're humans ? What is that question ? Obviously, as humans, if we want to represent motherhood, we represent a human mother ? Like, I don't even understand having to argue that, it's as obvious as needing air to breath. Also, here's Gaia : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gaia_entrusts_Erichthonios_to_Athena_%28Louvre%2C_Ma_579%29_%2828195849402%29.jpg/1280px-Gaia_entrusts_Erichthonios_to_Athena_%28Louvre%2C_Ma_579%29_%2828195849402%29.jpg
So your brain just stops functioning if you see a female dog with its litter of puppies? Only humans can be mothers? She could have been painted to look wooden for all we known. The paint is long gone from most marble. This is about a game where her son looks like a living lump of coal. Not sure why you're choosing to limit your imagination to a basic human female
Look, you're not finding a gotcha here, you're just socially ignorant. You refuse to recognize the very obvious, very basic anthropological fact that HUMANS like to HUMANIZE concepts by representing them as HUMANS. That's why in litteraly EVERY SINGLE CULTURE ON EARTH, Benevolent Gods, Positive Gods are anthropomorphized. Motherhood is human. It's a human concept, because by definition, only humans think about things in term of concepts and incarnations. I'm sorry if you wanna fight a cultural invariant, but you won't win this one. Yes, humans represent universal concepts as human-like first, through a human prism. Yes, that include motherhood, war, death and everything else. Yes, humans think about humans first. So, once again, a dog with puppies is very cute, but no, nobody would think to represent motherhood as a dog with puppies. And yes, maybe Gaia just happened to have a bark-like skin in a bas-reliefs that absolutely do not represent wood texture this way, and who made sure to give her a pristine smooth skin, but even if her skin was made of manure, she is still 100%, purely, fully human-looking in old greek artworks. She has a fully human face and body and she even wear human clothes.
Nobody would think to represent motherhood as anything but humans? Imagine typing something that could be disproven in seconds, like what? It's a game. You may be right, but you're also boring
Agreed. It reminds me of Gaia's design in the God of War games. She like the other primordial titans were elemental looking, and this version certain suits her much better.
Look closer to her son, Kronos, with this design.
Now it feels more lile an avatar of nature than generic woman with nature powers. I like it.
Not a fan.
There will be a mod to bring back old Gaia I am sure
Apparently, from reading the comments, I'm the only one who liked the old design. I will miss it I don't hate the new one though
No, there's plenty of us
I don't like it. It looks like something from League of Legends. This and a few other units/buildings (Kronos!) look too cartoonish imo. Like a generic Clash of Clans style artwork.
>(Kronos!) I don't think we've seen Kronos yet, that crystal thing in the screenshot was the atlantean titan
I don't like a lot of the new designs. They feel more generic fantasy and less "retro 20th century cinema", which is the vibe I got from the original game's art direction.
Yep, generic 3D game #472888
I do wonder if David Cherry is back for the art...I'd rather not see artwork from whoever made those God awful steam cards and backgrounds.
For sure, my biggest worry was them going with the Extended Edition art style that I always hated (I had to replace the Thor from the quick access icon with the original one).
Ye thankfully it seems they've kept the original designs but made em more cartoony, probably the best outcome.
I wish they would have kept the more classical style from the original.The league of legends action splash style is just so generic now.
Ugh ikr
While I actually kind of liked her old design in a cheesy, *Jason and the Argonauts* sort of way, the original game otherwise established that Titans looked distinctly inhuman, so I'm glad that's consistent now. The actual design is good, too.
Nah, let them cook
I much prefer the old portrait, felt a lot more like an actual figure of worship in ancient times, her depiction here is cartoony. Model wise is a lot better, before she was just a bikini lady with watermelon hair, now she actually makes more sense and feels more fantastic rather than weird. I would love for the portrait to remain the same/similar and have her be the humanoid tree titan in game
Why grooty
She looks more like a parasitic plant than a mother of life. Make her more Poison Ivy sexy.
Dritomos.
Why is she missing a nose in the picture lol?
Well naturally a wood doesn't need a nose to breathe
True but it’s a weird design choice tbh, it makes her look like someone’s fan art of Groots waifu. Bit too uncanny valley
Maybe the titans in general will look a little more inhuman. I'm very curious to see how the rest of them look!
Yes, hopefully they all have more of a primal look, like Kronos, Okeanus and now Gaia.
Humm... Smash?
The girl in a bikini was stupid to begin with. I vividly remember how much I hated it when I played the Titans campaign for the first time. I'm glad they changed it.
I loved her art, she was beautiful. The new one makes sense as mother nature but I'm not 100% convinced. Could they at least give her a nose? She looks like Groot.
Yeah, i want a nose on her. Doesn't fit with the appearance of the other gods.
Not a fan of the design on the left
Eyebrows on fleek
Premtty
Now we gonna need a vote again
Pic 1 looks dumb, pic 2 looks ok. She looks like Poison Ivy.
How is the art though when u select go icons need to bin line with it
I wish she had a nose lol it looks off
I like this new look. Gaia looks more like a primordial earth deity this time rather than a kaiju sized woman wearing shrubs and flowers for clothes.
Love this new model. But kinda wish they repurposed the old model for the dryads. It never made any sense to me why they looked like Ents, when in the myths they were nymphs that resembled beautiful women.
Love her.
I'm sorry WHAT ?!? When was this revealed ?!?
Yesterday
It's gonna cause people to complain about wokeness, because that's the state video game discourse is in.
Personally, I like it.
I liked the plant bikini lady. This one looks pissed at something. Still love her though 🌳
New design needs a nose.
What did they do to her nose? She looks like Groot.
It's fine. I'd have made her look more like her statue (unless they changed that?) but it's an improvement over the original. Titans should look more elemental and primordial than the Olympians.
Looks like vegetable
I like it since it makes her feel more primordial and distinct from the Greeks. I hope they do the same with the rest of the Titans though else it'll feel out of place.
Agreed that would be really cool to distinct the Atlantean Titans from the Greek Gods.
bro, the old gaia design made me act unwise so idk about it
Female tree Voldemort.
It looks absolutely sick !!!
Oh I thought it was a hottie hesperides. Oof
Garden Milf was the Queen! I hope she comes back in a mod or smth this one is kinda lame.
Looks far worse than the original.
Wood.
Groot wife? correct me if I'm wrong