And how everyone said the new one sucked when it was changed? Now, because you all forgot about it and got used to the new one, which one looks better? The new one, ain't it?
Same will happen with the new HUD and the new Fiora.
Budupops11 votesi still like the old one
gaby1best6 votesAside from a spectacular pose, that splash art offers a pretty null setting(background). It's like she's above a storm(???), her legs and daggers are blurred and her face looks like a doll's. Yeah, the new splash art looks like Kata is about to break in half, but the details, setting and colors are way better.
PanterLily1 votesThe biggest problems with the new splash ware fixed. When I saw the first version I thought for a second that it was a new male champion, probably Ez's friend.
The dynamic presented with her body was ok, I mean she is telephoning and spinning and doing her spells of-course she is in an odd position and odd angle view. But the face she had... Like a drag queen.
EDIT: And they ware not completely blind to the negative feedback:
Mandaari1 votesAlso like the old one more.
Yes, there are aspects that have poor details and could use a quality update, but that's very different from scrapping it for a new splash entirely. The same thing goes for the HUD (haven't looked at Fiora much). There are some things that just looked low quality, but they just needed an updated. For example, the player frames were blocky and looked pretty crappy, so instead of leaving them where they were (which was by far better than where they are now) Riot totally redesigned them and shoved them into a now-cramped corner of the screen. They don't even look better.
Stellafreyja6 votesI had heard about this. When I started playing, Katarina's had her current splash art. When I look back and found her old splash art I thought it looked so bad. Then, when Fiora's new splash art was released and apparently people through a fit over Katarina's new splash, I was in such disbelief. The style on her old splash is so plain and conveys almost nothing about her character. The new one looks amazing because it shows her in action, using her skils (Shunpo) and fighting people. This conveys far more about her character and playstyle then her old artwork ever did.
MAN OF INTELLECT5 votesOld one looks like a doll. New Fiora and new HUD way much better than new Kat skin IMO.
But yes sir, you are right.
Vistha Kai3 votesI was about to upvote, but then you said new HUD is OK.
TurquoiseYoshi4 votesI was about to upvote, but I saw you were a "new HUD QQ" person.
Vistha Kai2 votesI always "QQ" when something is inherently flawed and in need of changes.
TurquoiseYoshi1 votesI prefer to explain why it's flawed, and not just "QQ" it even though it is an over-discussed topic.
Vistha Kai1 votesExactly. It's been talked through so many times you should get the idea of what "new HUD sucks" means by now.
But if you really want to hear it from me, I can copy-paste one of 10 posts I wrote about this issue,
Serevas4 votesI still don't like the sharp edged features and the insane body position of the splash art, but overall it's an artistic improvement technically. I just stopped caring because:
PapaGreg214 votes[deleted]
gaby1best2 votesI honestly don't know how people can like that piece of splash art with no setting at all and all blurry and low quality. I bet the people who complained about the new Kata splash back then complained about the new HUD now.
Yatsufuså3 votesOld Kat is better imo
The Swaggot3 votesthe old one is better
The Whamboozler3 votesOld Kat art was better. By leaps and bounds.
Yash Gautam2 votesI still like the old one, but idc about the fiora splash or new hud
Fowus2 votesI used the old splash for science ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
imo it still looks better
Dedrius2 votesThe action shot in the old splash is too good to get rid of
agbudar2 votesold one has better boobs tbh so old one wins
IcyPepper2 votesNow, because you all forgot about it and got used to the new one, which one looks better? The new one, ain't it?
No, I still prefer the old one. The new one is just something I have to live with, like it or not.
ElJanitorFrank2 votesThat ain't the old splash art
This here is the OLD splash art.
gaby1best1 votesNo, that's the oldest.
ElJanitorFrank2 votesThat's why I put emphasis on 'old'.
gaby1best1 votesYou should've put it on THE, not on OLD.
ElJanitorFrank2 votesI'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with you there. It doesn't sound right to me to emphasize 'the' and emphasizing 'old' would make one think that it's older than whatever the topic is.
Only Play Darius2 votesThey had to redo the face on that splash just like they had to with Fiora's. Your argument is weak. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0196hHCix24/VN0Nm-AeSnI/AAAAAAAAj3M/628tyQLeFDk/s1600/katarina_Splash_0.jpg
gaby1best2 votesI don't think you got my point.
Only Play Darius1 votesI'm saying that the splash had to get numerous tweaks for people to stop screaming bloody murder, just like Fiora's. No one really likes the splash right now, we just put up with it because we don't have a choice and isn't outright horrendous like it's original version.
1011001110002 votesI actually still prefer the old one. The new one hardly provides anything that the old one didn't, besides better detail, which honestly could've just been done on the old splash art without any problem.
BetaDude401 votesLots of people complained about how screwed up Katarina's spine and everything was in her new splash art (which, given, doesn't look comfortable). Although, her old splash position wasn't really all that much better, honestly.
Linna Excel1 votesIn terms of detail the new one is better. That said I like the old one more.
CharQueen1 votesI think the older one looks a lot more professional. I think the newer one represents her gameplay.
I like the new artist, and I think they should just combine the two aesthetics.
Auryiel1 votesHer old one was outdated and needed to be changed
Her new one is still bad
There's some good elements. She has a more distinctive face (which is very different than the one she had at first), it's more detailed and more exciting. That doesn't excuse the absolutely god awful pose, proportions and body distortions. When you actually look at it for more than 2 seconds, it gets uglier and uglier. That, to me, is a sign that the artist behind this piece is quite frankly not very good.
O Fallen Scholar1 votesNew art is awesome but I hate her pose so much. That's probably why her face looks so derpy. Because of that stupid "action/shunpo" pose.
Decrit1 votesNew splash Kat vote here
Kinjishi1 votesNo, the old one still looks better. Besides, they did edit the new one after complaints - which you fail to mention. Also, the new one still has that hip bone issue. ewww, makes her look too skinny
WyvernEgg1 votesI still like the old one
EC30451 votesNow that insee the old one again im reminded of how bad the new one is.
Zephyrous X1 votesthe old one is still better
zrWQMdGHtY1 votesLove the new one, love the old one, cant pick. It's just Kat ^^
Elipo1 votesI liked more the new one since it appeared (I only got to see the upgraded version, though, not the first one that looked uglier) because even if the first one looks nice, she doesn't look like a vicious ass ass in, but just like a pretty girl in black clothes, and when I saw the new one I was like: hell yeah, now she looks like she wants to kill someone.
And as for Fiora, I always thought she was ugly, with an ugly splash art, so when the new one came out it didn't bother me at all, and then riot confirmed that to them Fiora wasn't supposed to be pretty in the first place and that they were surprised that her fans thought of her as pretty and demanded a pretty splash art, so... yeah Also, in her old splash art she just looked like a normal girl with ugly make up posing with a sword, but her facial expresion wasn't that of a proud duelist, but then in the new one she looked fierce, and proud (she didn't look pretty, but to me she was never pretty and the rioters said that to them she wasn't supposed to be pretty, but changedit cuz of the fan bois)
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