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[Green Mamba]

Not--not insects.

Like, what are some character models that you don't like. This isn't necessarily for objectively hideous things, but just ones that bug you. Mine is from a pretty innocuous game, Harvest Moon: Magical Melody. The character models are pretty run of the mill chibi anime characters for the most part, but the characters, especially the main male character, are at like a permanent semi crouch, with a weirdly well modeled posterior that's constantly assailing you.

It's a really stupid thing to get bothered by I guess but the general graphical style kind of put me off the game to begin with, so the butts were the straw that broke me, I couldn't get past them.

So anyone else have character models that bug them?

 

[Dark_castle]

FE: Awakening characters have no feet. I hate it.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

 

[Renekton]

Anything with clipping bothers me alot

 

[UnemployedVillain]

FE: Awakening characters have no feet. I hate it.

I never understood why so many people made a big deal out of this. Some of yall must have OCD or something

 

[Zyrox]

SFV Ken. What happened to you man?

 

[Parham]

Miki from Star Ocean 5

 

[cwistofu]

Dhalsim's models in Street Fighter V. His pants clip through his leg IN HIS NEUTRAL STANDING POSE.

 

[Otakumegane]

Characters from the recent Tales.

I know it's hard to convey without an image, but the way the mo-cap works and the fact that the Tales characters are inherently sort of stylized create this sort of uncanny dissonance between the more subtle movements of humanness in the way they hold their stance and position, but none of that is present in their face or clothes.

Some parts feel too rigid when the rest flows, and some parts feel too "real" for something that is on the stylization curve near a Mario character. Try comparing model movements in Zestiria to those of Vesperia.

 

[Kyzon]

all of the humanoids in Xenoblade Chronicles bother me. Can someone post one? I'm about to head to work.

 

[Strangelove77]

Tidus' new face in the FFX remaster.
Also in the cg cutscenes. Looks nothing like him.

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

SFV Ken. What happened to you man?

He looks awful, especially in this outfit:

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Miki from Star Ocean 5

this, wtf did you do akiman

 

[SnakeXs]

Already touched upon but if you built a default model and a default animation causes clipping, you done goofed.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

Characters from the recent Tales.

I know it's hard to convey without an image, but the way the mo-cap works and the fact that the Tales characters are inherently sort of stylized create this sort of uncanny dissonance between the more subtle movements of humanness in the way they hold their stance and position, but none of that is present in their face or clothes.

Some parts feel too rigid when the rest flows, and some parts feel too "real" for something that is on the stylization curve near a Mario character. Try comparing model movements in Zestiria to those of Vesperia.

I think they started using that in Dawn of the New World.

It certainly looks better than the ones they had in the old games like Vesperia though imo.

 

[Duress]

He looks awful, especially in this outfit:

His hands are huge!

 

[raven777]

this, wtf did you do akiman

don't blame akiman. Her artwork doesn't look bad.

 

[cwistofu]

His hands are huge!

Huge hands and feet are deliberate to give their attacks more weight and oomph. It was the same in SF4.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

I really dislike the fact that 3DS's tiny low res screen made so many RPG devs resort to chibi-esque proportions for their 3D characters so that you could even resolve the features of a character's face at all. Generally can't stand that stuff, especially when the art for a given game suggests that those little cartoons are actually full-size people! Gotta wonder why the PSP wasn't so plagued with that shit

 

[Lord of Ostia]

His hands are huge!

You know what that means

 

[bananafactory]

Everything in Xenoblade Chronicles X

 

[Fury451]

Dust and Fidget from Dust: An Elysian Tail. Fidget especially. Just really don't like them, though the game is quite exceptional and beautifully animated.

EVERY character model from Code Name: STEAM

 

[Pyrrhus]

You know what that means

It means he has huge guts. Rip and tear.

 

[Neoxon]

Ken's face in Street Fighter V.

It looks okay in-game, but his face & the way his default hair is modeled bothers me. It's a shame since his character art pretty much nailed it.

 

[Servbot24]

FE: Awakening characters have no feet. I hate it.

Lol, this always struck me as the strangest thing to be upset about (which I guess is the point of the thread). I actually really like characters with tiny feet.

 

[Otakumegane]

I think they started using that in Dawn of the New World.

It certainly looks better than the ones they had in the old games like Vesperia though imo.

Yeah this is more an animation quirk rather than a model quirk, but the model itself contributes towards the issue.

 

[Neiteio]

The butt in the OP is incredible

 

[Finaika]

You know what that means

What?

 

[Creaking]

He looks awful, especially in this outfit:

What are you looking at, butthead?




Final Fantasy XIII Dog

 

[1upsuper]

Shantae's sprites in Risky's Revenge and The Pirate's Curse really bug me for some reason.

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

 

[Huge Succeeded]

It means he has huge guts. Rip and tear.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM THAT I CAN'T FIX


EXCEPT HIS HANDS

 

[Coreda]

He looks awful, especially in this outfit:

He looks here like the son of a Pizza shop owner who drives a motorcycle and has a girlfriend named Stella.

 

[MisterFalcon]

I'm trying to enjoy the classic Alpha Protocol for its great story but your character just looks so ridiculous when walking or sneaking around.

 

[struggler_guts]

Lol, this always struck me as the strangest thing to be upset about (which I guess is the point of the thread). I actually really like characters with tiny feet.

Not tiny feet, no feet.

It makes everyone look like a deer and I don't like it. The designs aren't chibi, and the pointed legs clash with the games style IMO

 

[Zekes!]

Not--not insects.

Like, what are some character models that you don't like. This isn't necessarily for objectively hideous things, but just ones that bug you. Mine is from a pretty innocuous game, Harvest Moon: Magical Melody. The character models are pretty run of the mill chibi anime characters for the most part, but the characters, especially the main male character, are at like a permanent semi crouch, with a weirdly well modeled posterior that's constantly assailing you.

It's a really stupid thing to get bothered by I guess but the general graphical style kind of put me off the game to begin with, so the butts were the straw that broke me, I couldn't get past them.

So anyone else have character models that bug them?

how are you gonna hate on the booty OP

 

[786110]

mandatory

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

Man, this whole thread could be about Battleborn. Though I do agree that this guy is the worst.

 

[Akainu]

Always hated persona 3&4 character models the horrible proportions were disgusting. 5's are just godsend.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

I like that Battleborn guy's design, it's hilarious lmao

I especially like imagining what he'd look like as a skinny dude. He'd look like an XCOM enemy lmao

 

[MadJackChurchill]

Original Crash Bandicoot. HIS ARMS COME OUT OF HIS FACE.

 

[AAK]

Game is still phenomenal.

 

[matrix-cat]

This impostor they got to play Sully in Uncharted 4:

I mean, you aren't going to confuse him when you hear Richard McGonagle's voice coming out of his mouth, but in terms of facial features that's a completely different person.

 

[struggler_guts]

mandatory

What beef could you have with this Cadillac of men?

 

[Huge Succeeded]

This impostor they got to play Sully in Uncharted 4:

I mean, you aren't going to confuse him when you hear Richard McGonagle's voice coming out of his mouth, but in terms of facial features that's a completely different person.

You could rationalize that the Sully on the right is just older. Everyone looks older in Uncharted 4.

 

[R00bot]

all of the humanoids in Xenoblade Chronicles bother me. Can someone post one? I'm about to head to work.

 

[bobawesome]

Everyone in Zero Time Dilemma.

This doesn't even look like Akane.

 

[spazchicken]

OP can't keep his eyes of that succulent booty and it confuses and scares him.

 

[Otakumegane]

It's the one with the really big eyes that are weird. Strangely, enough, the ones with smaller eyes in the original game, Egil/Dunban etc. were the best looking as well.

 

[Green Mamba]

how are you gonna hate on the booty OP

Just jealousy I guess.