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Character models that bug you
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Bad character models, not MAJESTIC, ELEGANT, AND OVERALL BETTER THAN ALL YOUR FAVES ones.
Lunchbillion
Member
Everyone in Zero Time Dilemma.
This doesn't even look like.Akane
Couldn't you have spoiler tagged that? I only just finished the first game the other day :/
Nocturnowl
Member
I suppose Netherealm's female character models are low hanging fruit here.
Hey remember Camelot's Mario sport titles on the N64? yeah those classic Golf and Tennis titles, now I know age is going to hit N64 visuals a fair amount but even at the time Camelot's character models were particularly dubious and none more so than Bowser...
Clearly got nothing on Hudson's sexy posing Bowser from the Mario Party series
MP2 Samus makes me want to stay under 75% item collection of else I'll ruin the ending.
And if we're going to bring up the Dorf in Smash, 3DS Ganondorf looked like such a dope.
Hey remember Camelot's Mario sport titles on the N64? yeah those classic Golf and Tennis titles, now I know age is going to hit N64 visuals a fair amount but even at the time Camelot's character models were particularly dubious and none more so than Bowser...
Crumbs....
Clearly got nothing on Hudson's sexy posing Bowser from the Mario Party series
Samus' Metroid Prime 2 model will haunt me forever.
And while not quite as bad, Ganondorf in Melee was kind of doughy and off. His face in the current game is markedly worse than Brawl, as well...
MP2 Samus makes me want to stay under 75% item collection of else I'll ruin the ending.
And if we're going to bring up the Dorf in Smash, 3DS Ganondorf looked like such a dope.
SpaceCadetKeon
Banned
The first I had ever seen of Xenosaga Episode 3 was its official strategy guide. I remember laughing as soon as I saw all the anime-style illustrations within. They knew they fucked up.First thing that came to my mind is the ugly models of the second Xenosaga!
I really feel that this is what caused the downfall of this series ):
JonnyDBrit
Member
There is something about Laura's model in Street Fighter V that just... bothers me, and I think its most prominent in the select screen.
It really feels like there is something wrong with that abdomen, even beyond the lack of muscle definition for someone otherwise depicted as a lean martial artist.
It really feels like there is something wrong with that abdomen, even beyond the lack of muscle definition for someone otherwise depicted as a lean martial artist.
Right off that bat.
It's a good thing that they can be fully armoured, including a helmet.
oneofthose
Banned
Majority of the females cammy ibuki are ugly as hell in sf5. Ken is also terrible, claw too but he has a mask to hide that face.
I agree with you, the face modeling in Xenoblade Chronicles X is awful.
Seriously, it's not my genre, but I couldn't stand to play a game with those faces.
And it sucks because the rest of the universe is absolutely cool.
I really don't see how cammy and ibuki could be considered ugly
The Hermit
Member
Dark Souls female model, like she is a doll or something with that pose.
Thank god BB models are less spread in their limbs
Even the ones in DS3 look pretty bad without armor. It also seems impossible to make an overweight character in Souls games. But add some armor and most of the characters look good but combining "fat" armor like the Smough or Catarina with skinny leg or arm armor looks really weird.
The Hermit
Member
cant believe no one posted the definition of uncany valey:
Stereogatari
Banned
Original Crash Bandicoot. HIS ARMS COME OUT OF HIS FACE.
He's a mutant.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
Toon Link in Phantom Hourglass.
Nocturnowl
Member
Toon Link in Phantom Hourglass.
That painted on hair, I can't deal with it after the luscious swaying Wind Waker hair.
Terra from Kingdom Hearts always looked really off to me. In the concept art he's usually depicted as square-jawed, but in the game he has this weird butterface. The effect is only exacerbated by the soft shading KH games employ. His face just looks so round and completely lacks features, it's weird. I really dislike his hair too, but that's a character design issue.
His model in Kingdom Hearts 0.2 isn't looking much better, unfortuntely.
It's OCD to want your characters to have all of their body parts? Come on..
It looks stupid as hell.
Yabberwocky
Member
The Tidus and Yuna models in the FFX remaster still break my heart. Yuna's face used to be capable of all these wonderful expressions outside of dead-eyed and subdued.
The Xenosaga/Xenoblade Chronicles X are still hella creepy. Xenoblade Chronicles' design and models were a nice, generally appealing compromise.
The Xenosaga/Xenoblade Chronicles X are still hella creepy. Xenoblade Chronicles' design and models were a nice, generally appealing compromise.
The Incredible Muffin
Member
Really don't like the art style here. Plus it doesn't hold a candle to this:
EH?
That art style looks soo good imo.
To each its own i guess.
What am I reading?!
Samus' Metroid Prime 2 model will haunt me forever.
Especially after seeing the awesome reveal in MP1...
Never did like the art direction they took Samus after MP1.
XCX was such a mixed bag of models. They did grow on me for the most part, and things like the Skells, design of the xeno models, and the scale of the world managed to override the character models, and I thought most of the main character models were fine. The generic human NPC models, on the other hand...
Going pre-3D, back to SNES, the Gestahl sprite for FFVI always bugged me, took years before I realized he wasn't some dog creature, I always saw that thing on Shadow's head as where his eyes were rather than some sort of head band, and in Link to the Past, I was guilty of seeing Agahnim completely wrong for years and years. Those all bugged me for the reason that I could never reconcile what I knew they should look like with the sprite I was seeing.
older Ys games
new Ys games
While I do agree with you that oldest Ys have a better artstyle, the problem here is not the models (that are pretty well done).
They can't model anything but square shoulders for some reason. Or maybe their model rigging department is just plain crap.
Batman games actually have the same issue where most males are Gears of War style refrigerators.
bobbychalkers
Member
I can't stand baby faced Tidus
Yuna as well
Yuna as well
mcz117chief
Member
an opinion regarding the topic of "Character models that bug you". Overwatch characters bug me, so I said Overwatch. I think I made that pretty clear in my original post.
It's just that Overwatch has probably some of the most commercial, mainstreamy game character design out there right now. It's Disney/Pixar level appealing to everyone and their grandma and it was especially designed that way. That's why the characters have such a huge fan following, even by people who don't even play the game. It's literally the first time I heard someone say that there is something wrong about them.
Yep. Stuck a helmet on her as soon as I got her and never took it off. Actually, it kind of gave her a Celty Sturluson vibe and after my ~75 hour experience with that game it feels weird to see her without it.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Miranda in Mass Effect 2 & 3. They messed something up when capturing Yvonne Strahovski's likeness.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
that and the fact that the game played terribly. I really liked the 3D Anime look of episode 1, the drastic redesign the second game received was completely unnecessary. The third game doesnt look bad, but it still doesnt look like the same series as the firstFirst thing that came to my mind is the ugly models of the second Xenosaga!
I really feel that this is what caused the downfall of this series ):
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Really don't like the art style here. Plus it doesn't hold a candle to this:
Mark of the Ninja's art style is waaaaaaaay better than Ninja Gaiden's IMO.
Easily one of the worst character designs I've seen in ages. He really needs big tubes of mutagen goo jutting out of his back so there'd be no question that he's a horrible mutant super solider.
mcz117chief
Member
I really don't see it that way at all, they all look souless and made of rubber or something. Like, I can't find a single character in that game that isn't wrong, everybody has this zombie feel to them.
Can't understand the art style for this game. Turned me off from playing entirely.
Most of the renders are good renditions of the character artwork, but Zidane, Dagger, and Eiko's faces were changed to look more realistic for some reason, and to me it looks weird and creepy.