I feel like in the Gen Wars fights people like to point to some Gen 1 designs with the take that they're not all winners, the common targets are Muk, Voltorb and Magneton and Seel to a lesser degree.
But it's also case of, you're saying what it is, but not saying why it's bad. As opposed to calling something ugly, busy and overdesigned. That's feedback you can actually do something with.
Sludge with eyes. Purple sludge isn't some generic common thing we all see that they just put eyes on, the light and dark purple shade is clever, it has a designed shape with arms and then you throw it on a face that could've looked like anything else and gone horribly wrong. But the point is if you Google sludge you're not getting anything that resembles Grimer or Muk.
Voltorb is a mimic (an RPG staple) and an ingenious one that works in and out of universe. I don't think any have been as effective as Voltorb.
Magneton is three Magnemites put together and it looks cooler for it. Magnemite is just a magnet, but is it's entire center body design? How many eyes do we give it?
Why the downplay on making real life objects anthropomorphic.
This isn't even a defense for it, but I'm open to hearing the criticism, I just feel like for something that comes up so often, shouldn't the critique be better?
But it's also case of, you're saying what it is, but not saying why it's bad. As opposed to calling something ugly, busy and overdesigned. That's feedback you can actually do something with.
Sludge with eyes. Purple sludge isn't some generic common thing we all see that they just put eyes on, the light and dark purple shade is clever, it has a designed shape with arms and then you throw it on a face that could've looked like anything else and gone horribly wrong. But the point is if you Google sludge you're not getting anything that resembles Grimer or Muk.
Voltorb is a mimic (an RPG staple) and an ingenious one that works in and out of universe. I don't think any have been as effective as Voltorb.
Magneton is three Magnemites put together and it looks cooler for it. Magnemite is just a magnet, but is it's entire center body design? How many eyes do we give it?
Why the downplay on making real life objects anthropomorphic.
This isn't even a defense for it, but I'm open to hearing the criticism, I just feel like for something that comes up so often, shouldn't the critique be better?