The Medium has some set-pieces inspired by Beksinski's work.
I just don't think the very specific references to well known renaissance art for the game in general is just trying to be cool or weird. Given the team behind is, it's very possible that it's meant to have a tangible narrative connection between the fantasy world they are in, and the world we are in.
Kinda but not really, they don't seem to suggest they came up with every monster design + it's 500 years old and his works are clearly the theme for the game, it isn't like they just took 1 or 2. I wish they would just outright say "yeah we made monsters based on his art" but I don't think they're just jacking his shit without respect. It seems somewhat tasetful given the quality of art in the game, like a dedication almost.
I feel like I made it pretty clear I wasn't saying anything negative about Metaphor. Just that "Kaneko did the same thing" doesn't really work imo because there's a difference between using famous/popular depictions of a specific creature you are designing and basing all your enemies on the artwork of one artist. Like the Fish With Legs isn't a known creature in any mythology or demonology as far as I know, so it's not the same thing.
People gave examples of Kaneko clearly basing it entirely on specific art pieces. In the first place a lot of demons had varying and fluid descriptions and the "common" depictions only exist because of very specific pieces. Like Kaneko's similarities aren't just describing the same creatures, it's feature for feature and pose for pose the same with stuff like that demon with the fiery spoon posted earlier
You're not understanding what I'm saying at all but I don't know how to word it any differently than the several times I have already. I did not say that Kaneko was just describing the same creature. I know he based a lot of his art on famous artwork of those creatures. What I'm saying is I don't think that's the same thing as what Metaphor is doing. There's a difference between "I based this design of this demon on this famous artwork of that demon" and "all of our enemies are designs from the artwork of this one artist". As I used in my previous example, Fish With Human Legs isn't an existing demon, as far as I'm aware it's a creation BY that artist, as with all the others Metaphor is using. And while I think both are fine, I do think that's a noticeable enough difference.
I do love Kaneko's work—but it's often derivative of stuff that's even more recent, the demon examples from the Dictionnaire Infernal are just a small sample. So are you critiquing Metaphor for being derivative of one style? If so, we're assuming that the entirety of Metaphor is based on the work of Bosch. And even if it is—it's still pretty cool—as it's based off of his artwork which has existed since the early 1500s. Any work from hundreds of years ago is literally "existing" as a point of historical reference in the context of this discussion.
I'm not critiquing Metaphor at all come on I've said this in every post :l
It's just a hairsplitting distinction, I don't think anyone would disagree with that observation.
It was in response to people claiming it was the same thing. I don't think it is.
Blasphemous is huge inspired by Goya, specially since the game is made by a spanish studio
the goatsI've always been a fan of The Garden Of Earthly Delights.
Hopefully someone would take inspiration from Francisco Goya and Zdzislaw Beksinski
