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Reply To: Old Spartan COA better looking than the New Enlightened?

May 25, 2023 at 6:18 am #1820105

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While I do have to agree that they’re not the same as the old Covenant fleet, part of the issue with Dystopian Wars as a whole was translating its aesthetic over to a very different world. Dystopian Wars and Dystopian Legions were very immersed in steampunk with the mechanically-complex designs, an abundance of rivets and smokestacks, and classic Victorian portrayals of its factions, where Wild West Exodus despite being billed as “steampunk” was closer to “Weird West” or “Teslapunk” with a greater emphasis on mysticism and advanced tech that had a cleaner look to it. The two aesthetics didn’t really match up, which was a gripe I had with the redesigned Federated States/Union vehicles, but I look at is as more of a reimagining than an outright replacement. The Covenant models look great, and the Enlightened have their own charm in a sense, but they’re two very different beasts- no one’s saying the Enlightened will ever replace the Covenant, because they’ll always be different.