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[jett]

Huge fan of KH but I don't like what they did to Sora imo..

Before (KH3 initial reveal in 2013):

E3 2015 (new outfit and hair)

Not saying he looks terrible but that hair change is bothering me so much.

Nomura has changed his belts fetish for a buttons one.

 

[Lijik]

Jak is bizarre between Jak and Daxter and Jak II, but that really applies to his entire second game and onwards. (Love all of Jak, but it was a very bizarre transition)

His Jak II -> Jak 3 design was less weird, but for the worse, IMO. The kilt was cool, though.

The whole shift to Jak 2 is really bizarre but I think i actually prefer Jak 2's design over Jak 1's (other than that ugly goatee i was always thankful you could disable). The gloves and boots hides Bob Rafei's bizarre "Sports Tape = Athletic Character" obsession that also runs rampant in the Sonic Boom redesigns.

 

[Dice//]

I actually love how...relatively safe that new Sora design is for KHIII. I like it, you expect a FINAL DESIGN FORM to go a hell of a lot crazier like this hot mess (tribal + JRPG Mickey Outfit?):

 

[Nemmy]

Good thing that's not the final version of the redesign, then!

Final DmC Dante has slightly different clothes/accessories than this, a different face, and all the bruising/jaundice/diseased skin is just regular skin tone.
Why is it every time someone wants to complain about DmC Dante they use the worst looking "in-production" design and try to pass it off as the release version?

You're just straight up lying.

THIS is DmC Dante.

Nobody said anything about the redesign being "final."
But this is an official image that was released to the public at the game's reveal as a redesign of the original character. Which is what this thread happens to be about. It's not some overdone Photoshop parody that someone is trying to pass as NT's work.

You may want to check what "lying" means before accusing someone of it. Also chill a bit.

 

[AlStrong]

5 just looks like a higher poly version of what was seen before. Think they lost the rights to Julia Voth's likeness, because this looks terrible.

I want to believe that they just messed up the aspect ratio. She doesn't look as um... bizarre... if you scale the horizontal a bit. Tbh, I don't mind it as a standalone character, but it is indeed too bad they have discrepancy with previous art.

Maybe that sounds a bit too sexist, in which case, apologies.

 

[Servbot24]

Very few redesigns posted in this thread are at all bizarre.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

From this:

To this:

Bizarre...

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Chocobo Chick from the Final Fantasy XIII series

This is not a joke.

 

[lcap]

From this


To this:


Bizarre...

Isn't this a major spoiler? I didn't know about this. Sigh...

 

[Kamina777]

Good thing that's not the final version of the redesign, then!

Final DmC Dante has slightly different clothes/accessories than this, a different face, and all the bruising/jaundice/diseased skin is just regular skin tone.
Why is it every time someone wants to complain about DmC Dante they use the worst looking "in-production" design and try to pass it off as the release version?

You're just straight up lying.

THIS is DmC Dante.

He still looks horribad. One just looks like a closeup of the other.

 

[Chuck Norris]

I still hate what they did to Lara. She looked beautiful in original PC version. The definitive looks terrible and the new Rise does not look much better.

She looked like a delicate model in the original. She looks more like an outgoing girl in the newer version

Still neither looks like Lara originally looked like

 

[Akainu]

Huge fan of KH but I don't like what they did to Sora imo..

Before (KH3 initial reveal in 2013):
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/kingdom-hearts-3/thumb/9/99/Sora.png/228px-Sora.png[/IMG

E3 2015 (new outfit and hair)

Not saying he looks terrible but that hair change is bothering me so much.[/QUOTE]

only weird thing to me is the face.

 

[SimonM7]

I liked the look of 47 in Absolution. Why did they have to go and make him look 25 years old in the upcoming one?

He was to be played by Paul Walker in the new movie, and that may have informed his new look a bit. That's pure speculation on my part, but the emphasis on his piercing blue eyes in the trailer made me think of Paul Walker.

 

[SlashX]

Isn't this a major spoiler? I didn't know about this. Sigh...

I'm also annoyed that I saw that.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

I'm also annoyed that I saw that.

Isn't this a major spoiler? I didn't know about this. Sigh...

Wait, what? You're not being serious, right?

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Isn't this a major spoiler? I didn't know about this. Sigh...

No, it's pure fan speculation.

It will become a spoiler if it turns out to be true.

As for the whole Dante arguments, they are all kinda kinda crappy and awesome in their own special ways. If anything, both DMC1 and DMC2 Dante have the best designs, while DMC3 Dante's is too brash and pretty boring of a design, he had the best DT though. DMC4 Dante's cowboy flair was kinda lame honestly. He makes up for it by being Uncle Dante. DmC Dante works for his universe, his original design was a bit off-putting but I didn't care I like it when they go crazy directions with character designs. His actual design wasn't as interesting in my opinion. At least they show how he get's his white hair in the game.

 

[Chuck Norris]

Good thing that's not the final version of the redesign, then!

Final DmC Dante has slightly different clothes/accessories than this, a different face, and all the bruising/jaundice/diseased skin is just regular skin tone.
Why is it every time someone wants to complain about DmC Dante they use the worst looking "in-production" design and try to pass it off as the release version?

You're just straight up lying.

THIS is DmC Dante.





Yeah, I can't play Dragon's Crown because I hate looking at the screen. Character designs like the Barbarian and Witch there make me think of the word "grotesque."
Who is this supposed to appeal to? Horny teenagers with body proportion disorders?

There was still no reason to change his hair from white. Besides some bizarre wish fulfilment from Tameem Antoniades

 

[lcap]

Wait, what? You're not being serious, right?

I am. I honestly didn't know about that. And I didn't go blind for the game, but never saw this outcome.

Edit: oh, so, just speculation...

 

[Dysun]

I hate the Definitive Edition version. She looks like a real person in the original not some approximation of perfection in DE

 

[ZeroMaverick]

I am. I honestly didn't know about that. And I didn't go blind for the game, but never saw this outcome.

Noo! It was a joke. That never happens in the game.

 

[Wanderer5]

WHY?

Lol yeah that was a WTF. Kind of a shame that they didn't make a design around the old one, much like her brother, who look pretty badass.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I never understood WHY

You know why

 

[crazyturtle]

Surprised no one posted max yet

The Quantum Break guy is the amalgamation of all 3

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Lol first to come in mind is the MC of the upcoming Tales of game.

How is this a redesign? The game isn't even out yet.

 

[Alric]

Rena from Star Ocean 2 Second Story and Second Evolution. She is 17 and the remake makes her look 12.

 

[Wanderer5]

Nomura has changed his belts fetish for a buttons one.

Least they aren't big ass buttons heh, or makes the outfit looks more complicated than it needs to. I really dig Sora's new outfit alot, through yeah his hair looks a bit weird.

 

[Diablohead]

max payne 2's face never felt right to me.

 

[Wanderer5]

How is this a redesign? The game isn't even out yet.

Oh I mis-read the title, nm.XD

 

[Piano]

http://i.gyazo.com/ad6c500dfc14efd826e012db963f010f.png[IMG]
Specifically from 3-4.[/QUOTE]

"Up her cup size and make sure it looks like she's not wearing a bra"
Sexy Cortana bugged me so hard.

 

[foxuzamaki]

From this:

to this

her actual latest design, probably her best design tbh

 

[KHlover]

5 just looks like a higher poly version of what was seen before. Think they lost the rights to Julia Voth's likeness, because this looks terrible.

followed by this

That's really strange but ok.

Looks a lot like Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2 imo

 

[Toxi]

her actual latest design, probably her best desing tbh

Needs to change the arm cannon to the Prime design. The Other M one looks like a pea-shooter.

I do like how the helmet somewhat resembles a bird head from the side. Not sure if that's intentional.

 

[Cynn]

Why, I dislike everything about 343's are direction.

Because they got rid of the metal diaper?

 

[Crossing Eden]

i think it's the opposite he looks good in that mug shot picture just beaten up but looked way worse in the reveal trailer.

I absolutely hated that reveal trailer and those awful renders when the game was first revealed. I mean, it was terrible. I can appreciate it knowing the context, (which they didn't give out until like, a year after release), but still.

Jak is bizarre between Jak and Daxter and Jak II, but that really applies to his entire second game and onwards. (Love all of Jak, but it was a very bizarre transition)

His Jak II -> Jak 3 design was less weird, but for the worse, IMO. The kilt was cool, though.

We went from kind hearted mute to "I'M GONNA KILL PRAXIS!!"

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

Huge fan of KH but I don't like what they did to Sora imo..

E3 2015 (new outfit and hair)

Not saying he looks terrible but that hair change is bothering me so much.

It's funny that you say this because this new design actually matches more with their original intent when making Kingdom Hearts 1, which was to have Sora fit in with other Disney characters. He is starting to have that pixar-esque look, stature and smile.

 

[fatalflame]

From this:

To this:

Bizarre...

Didn't Kojima and other production staff bunk the rumor and confirm it's not him. Although knowing their propensity for bait and switches...

 

[ShinMaruku]

Chocobo Chick from the Final Fantasy XIII series

This is not a joke.

Dat fro was magical.

 

[injurai]

Huge fan of KH but I don't like what they did to Sora imo..

Before (KH3 initial reveal in 2013):

E3 2015 (new outfit and hair)

Not saying he looks terrible but that hair change is bothering me so much.

I really like this new look, and compared to other examples it doesn't seem all that drastic.

 

[Wanderer5]

Didn't Kojima and other production staff bunk the rumor and confirm it's not him. Although knowing their propensity for bait and switches...

Wait what, there was a rumor that Quiet is a older Chico?

 

[foxuzamaki]

Im probably gonna get crap for this but I hate what they did to Sabrina from Pokemon:

OG Sabrina



Heart Gold, Soul Silver remake



I dint buy the remake so I dint even know about this until I was looking for some Sabrina images for a photoshop. I was shocked....and yeah yeah I know that HGSS remakes are in a alternate universe, but that only means that we will never see the old designs again! Too be fair Sabrina is the only redesign I dont like.

Are you aware that gold and silver takes place 2 years after red and blue? Just asking.

 

[Crossing Eden]

There was still no reason to change his hair from white. Besides some bizarre wish fulfilment from Tameem Antoniades

Capcom literally told them too. But no no continue that narrative.

 

[KHlover]

It's funny that you say this because this new design actually matches more with their original intent when making Kingdom Hearts 1, which was to have Sora fit in with other Disney characters. He is starting to have that pixar-esque look, stature and smile.

Best look ever, almost like Nomura didn't design it. One belt, one zipper and a completely believable amount of buttons.

 

[Crossing Eden]

It's funny that you say this because this new design actually matches more with their original intent when making Kingdom Hearts 1, which was to have Sora fit in with other Disney characters. He is starting to have that pixar-esque look, stature and smile.

Just described exactly why I like this look better. Hopefully the animation comes through with this as well. Those expressions were amazing. T-T

Ofc he was a kid so these goofy expressions were more believable, but I feel like there's a good middle ground.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Oh Lord.

 

[Wanderer5]

Oh yeah forgot about Castlevania Judgement, where almost all of the characters got screwed. I like Death Note art, but no, just no.:|

 

[Creaking]

max payne 2's face never felt right to me.

He reminds me a bit too much of Jim Carrey when playing one of his numerous screwup dad/husband characters.

 

[Anura]

I don't hate the imagry then invoke, I just think they are horrendously ugly pieces of art.

This is also my issue with Dragons Crown. Most characters just look plain disgusting to me... Other than the elf, who I think is a great design.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

 

[akachan ningen]

I don't want to look it up because that would involve LOOKING at it. But Musashi from BFM got the worst redesign ever.

 

[Dimitri LH]

The first one is FRLG Sabrina. And HGSS aren't an alternate universe. Takes place 3 years after FRLG. So the change is simply from time change.

Are you aware that gold and silver takes place 2 years after red and blue? Just asking.

oh right, I forgot FRLG were part of the alt universe thing.

But my point still stands, I prefer her OG/ FRLG design more then the HGSS one.

And in Gold and Silver (Game boy ones) She still had her old look.