Let's take a look at the pretty damn good job done with Urgot

So as you're all aware, Urgot is out. He's pretty fun. And while a large portion of what makes him fun is the gameplay (obviously), another big chunk of it is how his character is conveyed and shown through animations, art and story. So let's take a look!

Let's start with animations. From the start you can tell one thing: Urgot isn't someone you #### around with. This guy has a meatgrinder stomach, has replaced an entire arm with a gun (a ballsy move), and walks around of shotgun legs. Of course, shotgun legs do not make the monster. The animations need to convey his power as well. Folks, I'm happy to say that Urgot's animations do a good job conveying the power behind him. He walks with purpose, and every shot feels significant. When using purge, it feels powerful because you can see the gun firing rapidly and the empty shells are being clearly shown falling from the gun. It feels big. It feels powerful. Now one big part of this is Urgot's posture. If you look closely, you'll notice that his upper body rarely moves. In fact, only two things involve it in any way: his E and his R.

The E feels powerful, and part of this is the delay. When you see Urgot pull back with his entire body, you get the feeling that something's about to go down. Then, when he lunges forward and grabs his enemy and flings them, it looks powerful. You can tell that he's overwhelming his foe, but it doesn't feel like he's using all his strength. This ties in well with the name of the ability, Disdain. Not hatred or disgust or anything like that. Just Disdain. He's looking down on his foe. He doesn't even feel like he has to bother to use his full strength. This conveys the power fantasy very well. His R, however, cranks that up to 11. It starts off small, with just the spike, but when the execute begins everything changes. Urgot uses his entire body to drag the victim towards him, pulling with all his might, displaying his full might. Add in the grinding noises and the lack of a body and it feels like he's going all out.

Now let's get to the art section. Art is a big way to convey something. You want to be able to sell the character through the art. Urgot, thankfully, does an excellent job with the art. Riot used a simple but effective way to sell Urgot's power fantasy of fear and grandeur: scale. Look at how Urgot is shown in all the art. In his base splash, he doesn't even fit in the frame. There are men using pulleys and harnesses just to perform maintenance. In Crabgot, the boat is miniscule, while 'Got is shown to not only dwarf the boat with what's shown above water, but below as well. Butcher Urgot goes for the simplest yet effective approach of showing the 'got from a lower angle. This makes him seem larger and, as such, much more powerful. Finally, Battlecast Urgot shows him up close in the thick of things, making him appear powerful, and it's the only skin art where he's shown battling. This is very effective as the blazing and smoking guns seem to convey just how powerful he is, even though we don't get to see what he's shooting.

The story, though a little odd at times, also does a great job showing Urgot's power. While some aspects of the bio, such as him learning that pain leads to strength, are a little odd (seriously, is it a what doesn't kill you makes you stronger thing or is Urgot just a little weird?), his backstory does a good job showing what led to him becoming the mechanical monstrosity he is today.

His short story, however, is fantastic. The suspense leading up to Urgot's reveal is very well done, and the moment of him killing the Chem-baron is unnerving. The feeling of terror as he chases the criminals through the streets is genuinely freaky, and that final moment of him convincing the narrator that he is worthy is unsettling while also somehow inspirational at the same time. Just a good story all around.

Anyway, that's my little Urgot tangent. If you read this far, thanks.