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Bizarre redesigns of game characters.

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roytheone

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Seven Force said:
Cornell was just about the only salvageable redesign from that game.
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For some reason, I was actually looking up Castlevania: judgement yesterday, and it stood out to me how almost every character design is stupid as shit......except Cornell, who looks extremely badass, I mean, look at this:

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Just ridiculously awesome, and much better than his original look. Then again, that isn't very hard if you look at the cover of Legacy of Darkness:

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Ugh. (also, don't click the above image, for some reason it is absolutely gigantic)
 
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chaobreaker

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Speaking of Ratchet.

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What's up with this? I never played the Ratchet and Clank games but this particualr game looked like a cheap attempt at making a more dark and edgy entry for the series. Maybe someone who is more knowledgeable about the series can explain how the main character grew in height so drastically. Where is his robot buddy too?
 
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Melpontro

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Dick Justice said:
Why was AC2 so heavily downgraded with regards to character models?
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Characters seemed to be a bit more of a cartoony style in AC2. A few things were downgraded from the first game in an attempt to improve performance, most notably the loss of wind and the majority of cloth physics.
 
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Stone Ocean

Member
Falk said:
So I went digging for more pics from the Twilight Zone that spawned Goblin Palom and Porom

Behold, Merchant Rydia and Fabulous-Bare-Thighs-and-Ass Kain

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I love how hard it is to discern what exactly that rendition of Kain is supposed to be. Is his ballsack shoulder actually his shoulder or a shirt? Are those dreads or is that a helmet? And of course the most important question: sidecrotch why
 
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datwr

Member
chaobreaker said:
Speaking of Ratchet.

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What's up with this? I never played the Ratchet and Clank games but this particualr game looked like a cheap attempt at making a more dark and edgy entry for the series. Maybe someone who is more knowledgeable about the series can explain how the main character grew in height so drastically. Where is his robot buddy too?
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I like Deadlocked/Gladiator, even tho i think they tried the darker angle a bit to much.
And the picture is not really indicative of how he really looks ingame, there he is pretty normal looking, even with the new armor.
Absence of Clank and Ratchets new robot buddies is all explained in the story.
 
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king grimlock

Member
chaobreaker said:
Speaking of Ratchet.

What's up with this? I never played the Ratchet and Clank games but this particualr game looked like a cheap attempt at making a more dark and edgy entry for the series. Maybe someone who is more knowledgeable about the series can explain how the main character grew in height so drastically. Where is his robot buddy too?
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Nope the only difference outside of gameplay was the more grown up jokes were more obvious but it is NOT a serious game or an attempt to make the series more serious. For the height I'm not sure if he was made taller but if so it wasn't noticeable for me and clank is still there but the game's focus was more on ratchet.
 
SargerusBR

SargerusBR

I love Pokken!
The Boat said:
I don't really see the problem with this. She's older and has a different haircut, that's about it.
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What bothers me is that the older look of her is the same of another 30 npcs in the game or so, they should had at least created a unique model for such an iconic character.
 
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Toxi

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Gnome Scat said:
The Grunt from Halo.
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Why the hell did they get rid of the gas mask.

It's the most distinctive feature Grunts have along with the ape-like profile and big gas tank on the back. My own LEGO grunt from 10 years ago had the gas mask for crying out loud.
 
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Regiruler

Member
roytheone said:
For some reason, I was actually looking up Castlevania: judgement yesterday, and it stood out to me how almost every character design is stupid as shit......except Cornell, who looks extremely badass, I mean, look at this:



Just ridiculously awesome, and much better than his original look. Then again, that isn't very hard if you look at the cover of Legacy of Darkness:



Ugh. (also, don't click the above image, for some reason it is absolutely gigantic)
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I actually like grant's redesign.

Aeon is cool too, but he's an OC.
 
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@MUWANdo

Banned
chaobreaker said:
But then you have to wonder Nintendo (or Rare?) intentions in aging-up one of the few female Kongs from a kid to a teenager.
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The DKC series is weirdly canonical about its characters--take Wrinkly Kong, for example, who was declared dead in one game or another but has since reappeared several times as a ghost because...well, I don't know why.
 
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Green Mamba

Member
A lot of these really aren't that drastic or bizarre, just ones the posters in particular dislike. I mean, what is so bizarre about Halo 4 Master Chief in comparison to what came before?
 
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Toxi

Banned
Not a video game but a movie based on one: Making female Elites/Sanghelli look like this in Halo Legends is the stupidest thing ever.

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Halo Reach thankfully overwrote this garbage by just making female Elites have a different voice. Could be more creative, but at least it isn't... That.
 
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chaobreaker

Member
mdzapeer said:
That's just a change in hair style...
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IIRC Ashley had a relatively conservative appearance in ME1 as she was established as being a soldier, but in 3 she ditched the space armour and tied up hair for a more catsuit-like outfit. It comes off as being a weird change in appearance for her if you've been following the games.
 
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Weltall Zero

Member
Some legit nightmare fuel in this thread. That Bloody Mary from KOF is downright criminal.

CaviarMeths said:
Ah yes, I remember this. This was the day that Amano broke both his hands and had his eyes gouged, so he had to hold the pen with his feet and just sort of guess.
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It's not even from Amano, but some Katsuya Terada. One would think it was the brainchild of some random US illustrator, but nope.

BriGuy said:
Whoever was responsible for that didn't even look at their in-game portraits.
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Or Amano's actual artwork for them:
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Falk

that puzzling face
I mean, you can maybe kinda see how the sprite could have been mistaken for a bald head rather than a mop of hair

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Actually I got nothing.
 
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