All art was made by @Noopasaurus. This retake is peak. A majority of this opinion is meant to be unbiased, but the end portion, at the point of “as a whole” becomes more biased, because I love this retake. There’s now also audio, for those who can’t read. Opinion is ——\/
Ok, I’m boutta write a whole paragraph, on why I love this retake, so like, I apologize in advance. The original Xenophanes, didn’t exactly have much going for him, Sure, the mod he debuted in was ( at least during the span of versions 1, 1.5, and 2 ) hugely successful, and at a point I’m pretty sure he was at least intended to be the official replacement for Jc’s original Exe, though I have no evidence to support this, This retake of Xenophanes, starts off with ( I assume this starts with 2011 ) X realizing its limitless potential, it having always being in control in it’s games, toying with victims and playmates alike, its fallen souls being its to change and contort to its liking, the sense of power and superiority, the souls garnered with every kill it makes, leaving it with a feeling and it gave its existence thought further, and seemingly, to it, it was the only entity with this gift of true, free, and absolute creation. Eventually, X succumbed to the delusion that was so. Beginning to truly believe it, in fact was god, this leading to the creation of Xenophanes, described as one of the most tyrannical, egocentric, and deadliest variants of X, As the belief of its divinity had led it to think that truly, there was nothing it couldn’t do, fueling its sadistic nature and horrifying imagination. Thus leading to its world reforming to fit its image further than it ever had before, and its games being all the more torturous for unsuspecting new playmates. While yes, I did kinda copy that from Noop’s description, I feel as if there’s no way I’d be able to describe Noop’s take better than he himself could. As of now, this is really all the information we have on this take, and I can personally say I am quite excited for what comes next for this rewrite. Now, for design criticism, as of now, I have no real. Complaints for the design, the general design now looking more akin to 2011x, but me personally I feel that is more of an improvement from the original official design and from the design in the fnf mod, looking less lanky and more polished, while I have no real right to say this, I can say I prefer this design. For the disguise design, and / or Xeno-fakes, I feel it looks good, It looks Like sonic sure, but it has some flaws ( I don’t mean flaws in a critique way, I mean in a - its a fake disguise way ) that make it look fake, like the Eyes, and teeth, which, the eyes themselves crack and shatter when the disguise starts to be lifted. for the human design, I feel it works, sure, it’s off-putting, and disturbing, but this is sonic.exe, even if it really isn’t, It was INTENDED to be scary, and the human form does reflect that just as much as the general design, and the design in the main cast art does. Now for the critiques on the story. I feel as if this is a great place to start, The story of X being slowly convinced that it itself is god, and then this leading to Xenophanes’ creation, is a pretty solid story, and it sets up the character for more story to come later on, especially for whenever the full creepypasta rewrite is finished. As A whole, I LOVE this retake on Xenophanes, I personally think it is WAY better Than the official version, and a huge improvement on the official as well. That’s all I have to say.
