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[carlsojo]

Dead Space 1 Isaac to Dead Space 2 was fucking amazing. That suit! The reveal trailer gave me chills when he turned around and the helm did that .. thing.

His voice actor was great too.

 

[Davide]

amphibian geralt best geralt

edit: to be clear the 2007 version is obviously the best and least generic

One of the best progressions.

IMO:

 

[Moonlight]

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League is full of old champions with busted art, but Poppy was in every respect the most improved by her visual rework.

 

[SoundPulse]

Athena changes design with basically every KoF, which makes some sense, I suppose.

I love her 2000 design, but I absolutely hate her XII/XIII design.

 

[Sami+]

Glad to see we made it a page without Sonic tbh lol.

Worst:

 

[Azzawon]

I always disliked the character designs from the first 2 Killer Instinct games which stopped me from wanting to play them. But KI 2013 completely changed my mind on the franchise. Im just going to pick my three favorites from KI:

*snip*

Beat me to it with Killer Instinct, some of the character redesigns are astounding. Personal favourite is Fulgore, however:

Honorable mention to the remastered Crash, too. Can't wait to play the N. Sane Trilogy next year.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Gracia's old design(s) were an affront to life, but Samurai Warriors 4 gave her this stylish gothic lolita look that raised her about 3,264 places in my fashion rankings.

 

[WooHooAlex]

Here is Vaan, wearing a shirt.

Why would he cover up those abs???

 

[aBarreras]

Glad to see we made it a page without Sonic tbh lol.

Worst:

look again

 

[SolidSnakex]

Is it just me or the scar changed from the left eye to the right ?

The person that made the comparison flipped the original image of Geralt in TW3 to make it so that he's facing in the same direction in all three. Here's the original one

 

[EVIL]

There HAS to be a story behind this. This has bugged me forever. It seems clear to me she was supposed to be Player 2 initially and her redesign seems like a "fuck you, fine I'll make her character garbage then" to whoever told them they couldn't use her as player 2.

EDIT: For god sake she didn't even have an eye at the end of DS2

according to deadspace wikia:

Sometime after the incident on the Sprawl, Ellie and Isaac begin a relationship. They settled on Luna and live in an apartment on New Horizons Lunar Colony. Ellie was able to purchase an eye to replace the one she lost. Believing Isaac was wallowing in the past, Ellie broached the subject of his confronting the past several times. Isaac chose to “run” from it, believing the past was better off buried. Eventually, Ellie ended their relationship and left Isaac, frustrated with his inaction.

 

[Shmef]

Gotta say, hard for me to pick a Link design I like more than Hyrule Warriors versus all the other ones.

 

[cheez124]

daisy's n64-era design vs. her modern design starting with mario party 4. i personally prefer the old design

 

[GabeTheGrouch76]

Sonic Boom. Enough said.

Knuckles was the absolute worst though. A perfect representation of a guy who was merely gullible being flanderized in both appearance and personality being a strong idiot stereotype.

And on the topic of Sonic, the 2006 "realism" retooling was awful on everybody, but nobody got hit harder than Dr. Eggman.

On the flipside, I also gotta agree with those who liked the more streamlined appearance Rayman has gotten over the years come Origins/Legends. I also do like the Wind Waker/Toon Link design as its own thing, though I can understand why people don't like it and prefer the more realistic standard adult Link and/or the N64-era "Young" Link in comparison.

 

[Blitzrules240]

Normal everyman.

Dan Aykroyd midlife crisis.

GODDAMN IMPOSTOR.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

Gotta say, hard for me to pick a Link design I like more than Hyrule Warriors versus all the other ones.

Hyrule warriors also has my favorite zelda

 

[Spinky]

Not an AWFUL redesign, but wetsuit/Revelations Jill was a pretty significant downgrade from 1 or 3 Jill.

 

[Shmef]

Normal everyman.


Dan Aykroyd midlife crisis.

GODDAMN IMPOSTOR.

For me, he should look like he could quote the entirety of Smash Mouth's discography, like any good Joe Schmo dad could. Only the first one had such a perfect balance of "memorable nobody"

Hyrule warriors also has my favorite zelda

So many good designs in that game!

 

[Strangelove77]

Not an AWFUL redesign, but wetsuit/Revelations Jill was a pretty significant downgrade from 1 or 3 Jill.

I hate that they changed her face. Could they not afford to pay the person they modeled her after in all the other games?

 

[SephLuis]

The person that made the comparison flipped the original image of Geralt in TW3 to make it so that he's facing in the same direction in all three. Here's the original one

But wouldn't the scar remain in the correct eye ?

 

[Toad.T]

It seems that even Bomberman's act zero redesign has been forgotten.

 

[Spinky]

I hate that they changed her face. Could they not afford to pay the person they modeled her after in all the other games?

Maybe? Revelations was a budget game, after all.

 

[cheez124]

I hate that they changed her face. Could they not afford to pay the person they modeled her after in all the other games?

that, and her voice. i really liked patricia ja lee, her VA in RE5. shame they couldn't get her back.

jill in revelations just feels like a completely different person, tbh

 

[Shmef]

I hate that they changed her face. Could they not afford to pay the person they modeled her after in all the other games?

For me I feel like I need the beret. Like even with the wetsuit, or the weird crop top, I need more chicks in berets. It's the shit

 

[foxuzamaki]

Ken's SFV design is kind of hit-and-miss in-game, but in fan art/basically anything where he doesn't have banana hair and a busted face model, he looks pretty great IMO.

I actually really love ken's redesign, it's especially great because it's a older ken and he kept himself busy being a family man, but he still is in the best shape of his life.

 

[Spinky]

that, and her voice. i really liked patricia ja lee, her VA in RE5. shame they couldn't get her back.

jill in revelations just feels like a completely different person, tbh

Her VA in Revelations was really wooden. I'll never forget her saying "Parker. Come take a look at this." and literally laughing out loud at how uninterested she sounded.

RE5 one was probably the best.

 

[Cepheus]

Knuckles was the absolute worst though. A perfect representation of a guy who was merely gullible being flanderized in both appearance and personality being a strong idiot stereotype.

And on the topic of Sonic, the 2006 "realism" retooling was awful on everybody, but nobody got hit harder than Dr. Eggman.

Yup. The Sonic Boom cast is fine, it's just Knuckles that doesn't look good at all. They both scare me. At least they're not their designs for the main games now, though.

 

[AlexBasch]

daisy's n64-era design vs. her modern design starting with mario party 4. i personally prefer the old design

Back when I was 11-12 I had a crush in her because she looked Latina.

It's pretty much why I main Peach in Smash and use her colour instead.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Great


Bleh

This constantly aggravates me.

 

[Vanadium]

Why did they redesign Elena for Uncharted 3?

 

[Icyflamez96]

Not super dramatic redesigns, but Ratchet changes pretty regularly.

Original

Good

Terrible

And for fun, original vs PS4 remake.

 

[cheez124]

Her VA in Revelations was really wooden. I'll never forget her saying "Parker. Come take a look at this." and literally laughing out loud at how uninterested she sounded.

RE5 one was probably the best.

i remember one part where they need to go to one of the upper areas of the ship, and jill says there might be a nice view up there and winks at parker. i guess it was supposed to be playful or something but her voice just does not convey that at all, lol. completely monotone

i do remember reading something a while ago where the VA (michelle ruff) said that the voice directors told her to dial back the emotion to make jill seem "tough" or something. i wouldn't be surprised if that were the case since i've heard her VA in other things and she sounded great. still would've preferred patricia ja lee though

 

[tapedeck]

->

 

[AzureFlame]

Great


Bleh

My man.

 

[Killer Queen]

Come at me brehs.

Stop right there

 

[Sami+]

look again

You know I actually completely forgot about Boom lmao. I was more referring to the SA1-onward design which I always thought was fine.

 

[kurahador]

Best:
Raiden

Worst:
Claire Redfield

to

 

[Gnome Scat]

I really love the job 343i did redesigning the Chief.

 

[Servbot24]

Come at me brehs.

They're practically indistinguishable. Still boggles my mind that anyone could possibly care either way.

 

[Inuhanyou]

AC Tifa. best redesign of all time.

 

[Gattsu25]

Worst:
Claire Redfield

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That's...the worst?

Post #2 is my pick. By far.

amphibian geralt best geralt

edit: to be clear the 2007 version is obviously the best and least generic

I love the design on either end of this image. Witcher 1 Geralt is how I view the character when I think back on him but Witcher 3 Geralt has that "201X old-man protagonist" look down to perfection. PERFECTION.

 

[QuantumSquid]

Karthus from League of Legends

to

 

[Easy_D]

amphibian geralt best geralt

edit: to be clear the 2007 version is obviously the best and least generic

You're missing one Geralt:

 

[GabeTheGrouch76]

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God I knew I was forgetting something lol.

Young Conker is without a doubt one of the worst character redesigns out there.

 

[Reset]

They ruined Ken in SFV.

His best design was in SFIII.

Zero's original design is also better than the Zero series design.
X Series original design:

Zero series design:

 

[PSqueak]

Skylanders version of Crash Bandicoot... Kill it with fire.

I said it once to a surprisingly amount of attention in tumblr, and i'll say it again, no matter what you think about Skylander's Crash, he still looked a thousand times more faithful and overally more eye pleasing than Skylanders Spyro.

 

[Spinky]

Worst: Claire Redfield

There isn't even anything wrong with RER2 Claire, people are just upset that she kind of looks like a real person now.

But with that being said, classic/Darkside Chronicles Claire is bess.

 

[Synth]

Vanessa Virtua Fighter. Wtf.

Glad to see this one covered so quickly.

 

[rtcn63]

Normal everyman.


Dan Aykroyd midlife crisis.

GODDAMN IMPOSTOR.

Frank from DR2 to DR4 just lost weight and got semi-swoll like Evilore

 

[roflwaffles]

Best:

1. DMC2 Dante
2. Revengeance Raiden
3. FF7AC Tifa

Worst:
1. DmC Dante
2. Stella > Lunafreya
3. SF4 Evil Ryu