Do you mind if important game characters look different from game to game?
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MALpractice311
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It's never stopped me from playing a game, but sometimes major changes can be a bit jarring.
I'm immediately thinking of Ashley in Mass Effect 1/2 and Mass Effect 3.
Like part of it is her make up is different, but she definitely got some cosmetic surgery between 2 and 3. Her nose, eyes, lips, and jaw line are clearly different.
I'm immediately thinking of Ashley in Mass Effect 1/2 and Mass Effect 3.
Like part of it is her make up is different, but she definitely got some cosmetic surgery between 2 and 3. Her nose, eyes, lips, and jaw line are clearly different.
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StueyDuck
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Depends how drastic the change is.
FunkMiller
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Trilobit
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Dr.Morris79
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1 to 2 jarred me the most. Half way through the 2nd I didn't care anymore
Max Payne looks different in every game but still somehow feels like the same character, maybe because the voice acting is the same.
James Mccaffrey could have voiced a potato with Downs syndrome and it would still be the best damn game you played that year.
SirTerry-T
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Disgusting
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Fat Alloy is seriously a GOAT-tier meme.
nkarafo
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Yes i do:
3D modelling issues aside (eyes are a bit weird) she had the perfect look in the original ending, almost how i imagined she would look. And then they changed her to look like an anime doll made by some western folk who doesn't really know how to draw anime?
The remastered version of MP1 looks off too, better than the MP2/3 mess i guess, but there's something not right about that face.
OtherM is a better version of MP2/3's anime doll, made by a Japanese this time who knows how to draw anime. Oh and she had a mole for some reason:
3D modelling issues aside (eyes are a bit weird) she had the perfect look in the original ending, almost how i imagined she would look. And then they changed her to look like an anime doll made by some western folk who doesn't really know how to draw anime?
The remastered version of MP1 looks off too, better than the MP2/3 mess i guess, but there's something not right about that face.
OtherM is a better version of MP2/3's anime doll, made by a Japanese this time who knows how to draw anime. Oh and she had a mole for some reason:
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peronmls
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Resident Evil has the worse inconsistency for their character each iteration.
Rran
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Came to post this. It's frustrating because the series has continuity and spans like 15 years of these characters' lives.
The context of each face is different.
That Simon Sinek's face expression from halo 5.Halo 4 Cortana
crackajack
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I like the original one best. Was unique with his weird grimaces. Max in part 2 felt like he fell out of a Mafia game and the newest Max iteration obviosly has Rockstar design to him.
Max Payne looks different in every game but still somehow feels like the same character, maybe because the voice acting is the same.
Plies
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I came to post this.I don't find the character differences here all that big of a deal. Xenosaga is a bad one for me.
The character design changes in Xenosaga were absolutely jarring.
_Idea_of_Evil_
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The changes to Sebastian in Evil Within 1 and 2 are pretty jarring imo. Even without the beard, Sebastian in 2 is almost a different character entirely iirc:
Arsic
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Yes the yellow and blue ninja have hair now. How can I even recognize them?
And the guy who does bicycle kicks shooting fireballs used to wear black with red, but now it's white and red?
Wtf did they do to the MK cast? Can't tell who they are at all.
/sarcasm
RiccochetJ
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Nah, unless they do something completely radical with the character. Although I think I'm kind of cheating here with this Zelda pic based on how I understand the canon works and the ancestry.
They look drastically different from game to game. Just go look at character models from the last 4 or so entries.
Either way you seem upset that I have an opinion related to the topic. Sorry?
Arsic
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I just think the game you selected, based off of iconic characters people immediately recognize no matter which version you pick, isn't the best example to OPs point.
Shit street fighter is a better example to pick from. Akuma from SF to SF6 is night and day unless you pick the legacy costume. Ken looks super different from SF3/4, to 6.
LordOfChaos
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MK has had some of the most drastic changes from game to game in a franchise ever. Redesigning a character from the ground up then going "put some *insert color* on the costume so they know it's *insert character*" seems to be how they handle it.
Capcom has really only gotten greedy in the latest release. Every entry prior you got the legacy costume out of the box and the characters were instantly recognizable from the versions 20+ years ago. Whenever they would do a big change they'd get roasted for it because it rarely happened (see banana ken in SF5).
Shake Your Rump
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I think it makes sense. People playing the remaster are latecomers or casuals who just picked up the Spiderman 2 game. They would be confused to not see the movie character.I just don't understand the need to Tom Holland'ed the face of PS4's Spider-Man game.
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Killer8
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2 is very similar, 3 is a different person
1 looks like a younger version.
They got the noise and everything else right.
But yeah he looks older then DR1
DR2 just looks more detailed and like I said, more advanced receding.
Lara is pretty consistent up until Rise of the Tomb Raider.
The original 2013 one they made her look a little Chinese in game, the Definitive Edition was better( yes I know people think the original is better but it wasn't)
Seriously, the 2013 Lara was better camp was smoking something.
It is better because they forgot to rig up half the animations for the new face. Sucks a ton of emotion out of the character compared to the 2013 performance.
Don't really like when characters look too different, maybe the original actress wasn't available but it's still weird, like a character being recast halfway through a show, always jarring.
There are worse examples in AW2:
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Danjin44
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I think that has more to do with the fact the original game was 360 game while 2nd game was XSX/PS5 game with much more realistic face.
Don't really like when characters look too different, maybe the original actress wasn't available but it's still weird, like a character being recast halfway through a show, always jarring.
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Rockondevil
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justiceiro
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I mind if it's a game on the same generation. I expect changes when a new generation comes out, but to see differences in the same generation bothers me a lot, like they are rejecting their origina or something.
LordOfChaos
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peronmls
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1 and 2 were consistent. 3 is stylized differently and he doesn't look any older. His eyes are completely different and slant upwards instead of downwards. Same with his hair. He's not any taller.If it shows age progression then I dont mind.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Whatever the reason is, the change is still bothering me especially when it made me think Peter Parker looks few years younger like he's still in high school.
One the other hand, in The Last of Us, Tess is made few years older to the point of close to being a grandmother.
She is the best
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xrnzaaas
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The only reason for a free pass is if the character was created years ago, back when the technology didn't allow for high quality models. So while I can understand how Lara evolved to the person she was in the last trilogy or how RE2-3 characters got updated models in the remakes, I can't justify and support changes like Tess from TLoU Part 1.
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trikster40
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I remember when they announced Infamous 2 and Cole looked insanely different:
Infamous 1:
Infamous 2:
There was so much backlash, they had to go back and redesign him to look more like the original.
Infamous 1:
Infamous 2:
There was so much backlash, they had to go back and redesign him to look more like the original.
SportsFan581
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Ubisoft was really good about keeping Sam Fisher's look consistent.
Technology improved and his outfits were different, but his face was always recognizably the same.
And then came this abomination:
Face was wrong. Voice was a nightmare.
Still a good game, but that ain't Sam Fisher.
This was a good one. Double agent is the one that stands out the most to me there.
JayK47
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If it is done purely for graphical updates, sure. But most of the time they seem to make changes for some reason. Could be political, could be player feedback, could be a new artist or game designer. Recently, everything seems to be done for political reasons, which is by far the worst reason. What they did to MJ in the Spiderman 2 was bad enough to turn me away from the game. If they want ugly, make a new character or game. Stop ruining existing characters.
