Originally Posted by
YourMaster
Nah,... you're reading too much into it. I'm not biased because of DK2, I like to see unique and imaginative creatures. Not sticking to just bipeds will allow for more diversity, more unique designs. If they stick to just humanoids and still design the units well, I won't hate the game for it. I haven't seen the final result, but chances are I would still prefer more non-humanoids. However, I realize I haven't commissioned this game and they aren't making it just to perfectly match my preferences.
And I personally also hate that counterpart business, I don't want to see evil versions of the invading heroes. I can relate perfectly well with my creatures if the good are equated to boring, by the rules, cutesy and wholesome, and the evil creatures are juxtapositioned to be imaginative, spectacular, radical, characterful and expressive.
And yes, perhaps 95% of games have bald space marines, but I think most games where collecting a big menagerie of creatures is a central theme there's a large percentage of non-humanoid creatures. There aren't that many games like DK out there, but I do feel DK sorta resembles being a zoo-keeper for underground abominations.