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Chris from RE1 has a bit of the woodland elf about him..
Not that the steroid special in 5 is any better, in fact it's worse
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Best and worst videogame character redesigns
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Chris from RE1 has a bit of the woodland elf about him..
Not that the steroid special in 5 is any better, in fact it's worse
Weltall Zero
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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.
How in the flying blue fuck did they go from that to this?
The character designer upon seeing the final model:
Strangelove77
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I dont know if anyone had posted this yet but The new Barret is so good it looks like someone other than Enix designed him.
vs old and older.
AC Barret is so bad.
Really like the remake version. I'm eager to see more characters from it.
MilkLizard
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There never was and probably never will be something worse than this
InsaneTiger
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BEST
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Here's another one for the worst pile courtesy of Castlevania Judgement.
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How do you fuck up Death?
What the fuck? I never knew there was a Goemon game released after the second N64 one.
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How do you fuck up Death?
Anyone remember the Goemon redesigns?
What the fuck? I never knew there was a Goemon game released after the second N64 one.
allenpergallon
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Gonna say Dogi from Ys, even though it's nowhere near as abyssmal as things like Young Conker.
It's not even so much that I think the 7 and 8 designs are inherently abominations, but it's just kinda silly when you know that they don't exist in a vacuum. Seven's is particularly painful though since Adol had such an excellent redesign in that game.
Starts off as your average buff bandit in Ys I
First major design buff is making him...well...more buff, which is his staple characteristic. This artwork is from Ys VI, but it's more or less what his original design was shooting for for in Ys I, II, and IV. Perfection.
What he actually looks like in VI is a modest update to the design, one which is also used in Felghana albeit younger.
Then comes Ys Seven, which uh....what's wrong with your faceeeeeeeee and where's your iconic green????
Lastly Ys VIII, which takes place before Ys VI, and Dogi has fully embraced what I guess is the modern aesthetic.
It's not even so much that I think the 7 and 8 designs are inherently abominations, but it's just kinda silly when you know that they don't exist in a vacuum. Seven's is particularly painful though since Adol had such an excellent redesign in that game.
Toadthemushroom
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New Little King's Story was particularly bad - they took the rather charming chibi King designs which easily communicated each king's character through their face alone and replaced them with far less distinguished artwork that could have come from any random JRPG you could think of.
Luckily they righted those wrongs with the DS game.
Luckily they righted those wrongs with the DS game.
How in the flying blue fuck did they go from that to this?
The character designer upon seeing the final model:
The artwork of Ken looking over his shoulder isn't an official Street Fighter V concept art. It was done by an artist called "Artgerm" after the game had already launched.
Artgerm usually has a very pretty artstyle:
http://artgerm.deviantart.com/
Why is the reason people hate Vaan original design? It is true that his abs looked kind of funny but beyond that is not really a bad design compared to the rest of the cast.
That shirt does looks mighty nice on him tho and I lowkey hope that they give you that as an alt costume (along with Penelo dancer costume) in The Zodiac Age even if it does not make sense =P
That shirt does looks mighty nice on him tho and I lowkey hope that they give you that as an alt costume (along with Penelo dancer costume) in The Zodiac Age even if it does not make sense =P
The metal vest looks ridiculous, plus the armoured trousers he seems to randomly be wearing despite living in the desert
Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order
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Cecils Dissidia redesign is still great though, as it improves upon the original art while moving away from the weird ass sprite.
I honestly can't think of a single FF character that doesn't look better in Dissidia. And if you can, they probably have an alternate costume that fixes what you don't like.
It looks great over his white pirate shirt though.
I mean, it's not as ridiculous looking as Ashe skirt/pants/fabric...
or those boots Penelo wears.
Hell, i dare to say that Vaan has the most normal design right behind Balthier and the vest is not really made of metal, its more like leather with a TON of metallic details.
What? I mean Cecil isn't really a redesign it's just the same design as amano's done by nomura but that's not even what i was trying to say.
ouch, my bad ;-)
There are much worse in this thread.
Strangelove77
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Chris Redfield has already been brought up, but can we talk about his redesign from RE5 to Resident Evil Vendetta (CGI movie)? Holy crap he looks even worse in Vendetta.
Holy shit. He looks psychotic.
Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order
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Cloud.
Pretty much just his posture through. His design is the same.
You're probably right that Cloud has among the least changes of any character. Too bad he's drawn being sad in the key art though, since it doesn't reflect his battle stance and demeanor within the game at all.
Melkezadek
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Chris Redfield has already been brought up, but can we talk about his redesign from RE5 to Resident Evil Vendetta (CGI movie)? Holy crap he looks even worse in Vendetta.
It's like they don't know who they want him to be.
I think every single design in Castlevania Judgment is pretty damn fucked up.
Isn't that basically the Yoshi's Island design for the boo?
For Worst Redesign... one that really gets me is Boo from early Paper Mario to new:
Isn't that basically the Yoshi's Island design for the boo?
All of Killer Instinct 2013 is the best.
Controversial statement: I prefer Millia Rage's Xrd design to her original
I really like her Xrd design. One of the big issues I had with Xrd initially is how they they had the opportunity to start from scratch with every single character and for a lot fo characters used it to just make the exact same designs and even animations in some cases as in Guilty Gear X.
-Mutsukki-
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Shit you're right. I always realise that when I play Yoshi's Island again but I keep forgetting. They're great though
Strangelove77
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I hate the remaster face so damn much.
Tidus in FFX has 3 different faces - in game face that barely animates, in game face that fully animates during certain cutscenes and CG cutscene face. They all look somewhat different and the remaster face doesn't resemble any of them. I have no idea what the fuck happened.
The messed up thing about it is that they came up with some new art at the same time that looks tons better.
Triggerhappytel
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Those tan lines. I know Netherealm are very hit and miss with their character designs and I personally hadnt really liked a Sonya design until MKX came around, but this one takes the fucking cake. Just...come on.
Yuck. Why are NetherRealm so bad at character models (particularly women).
The Halo Jackal/ Kig-Yar.
Bungie era
343 Industries abomination
Yeah, they changed it from looking like a strange alien creature to one of the baby Godzillas from American Godzilla 1998.
Also, Shred-Zero is best Sub design.
And at least it actually attempted to innovate a little, unlike every single primary outfit he's had since.
I've always hated this design.
Morrigan Stark
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Funny how this thread is literally the first time I hear this complaint. Back in the day people hated Vaan because they said he looked <homophobic slur>.
She was my favourite in GGXX, but now she's ruined. That hat looks fucking stupid.
Iva Demilcol
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petran79
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But picking the first Maria makes the game creepier for male players
New design didnt work for Potempkin though. It is the new characters that stand out.
Problem with Xrd is that it is too colorfoul for a GG game. Older GG games always had that dark color feel, like in anime OVAs
Morrigan Stark
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lol, no, I wasn't saying that
well, I'll take Sephiroth, but not effeminate pretty-boys like Vaan >_<
Masked Devil
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Sonya Blade went from looking like a porn star in MK9:
to an actual special forces agent in MKX
to an actual special forces agent in MKX
Impa, Sheik and Ganondorf from Hyrule Warriors, are the best versions of each character.
One of the worst redesigns ever is Shanoa. From this (Order of Ecclesia):
To... this abomination (Judgment):
The original design had "spunk and personality", how, exactly? A nonsensical shirt with boob socks and a mini-skirt that makes no sense for a martial artist? I'm not a big fan of the redesign either (the back part of the shorts, like a butt cape, is kind of silly), but let's not kid ourselves, the original was even more absurd and goofy looking.
No way, the worst is this piece of trash. *shudders*
Man, this one is criminal indeed.
To be fair I never really liked the rounder looking Bomberman either.
Demon_Stephen
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I completely agree. Was never a fan of the MMX jagged pointy look. I much prefer the smoothed out designs in the Zero series
Vlaphor
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Sonya Blade went from looking like a porn star in MK9:
to an actual special forces agent in MKX
Much worse redesign indeed.
Steady progression here m8
TheGreatDirector
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NEVERMIND
Wait the remaster face is the one on the left right?? That looks way better. One of the right looks like Meg Ryan.
I hate the remaster face so damn much.
Tidus in FFX has 3 different faces - in game face that barely animates, in game face that fully animates during certain cutscenes and CG cutscene face. They all look somewhat different and the remaster face doesn't resemble any of them. I have no idea what the fuck happened.
The messed up thing about it is that they came up with some new art at the same time that looks tons better.