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[Akuun]

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[ULTROS!]

holy shit that art style is so bad

edit : or just the proportions, really

Nah, it's bad:

 

[Ragnorok64]

I've posted twice. I haven't posted about it much at all. And I haven't called anyone a homophobe at all, so stop with the shitty straw manning and irrational argument.

My point is quite simple. This is a thread about the worse possible character designs in gaming. Now, even if you don't appreciate new Dante's appearance or find him attractive (which as I said lots of people won't!) there is absolutely no possible way that as objective character design he belongs in the same category as the giant titted anime girls, nomura's outfits of a thousand belts or the pizza cutter guy.

I get it people don't like it. I think a lot of that comes from the controversy over the redesign, or some of the imagery they released first (note, not the final design used in game). But there is no objective way you can describe a fairly bland, standard boy-band designed character wearing normal clothing as one of the worse designs in gaming. That's my point. Someone who could happily front a teen pop magazine in the real world is objectively not anywhere near the same league as most of the characters here.

Fairly certain Donte is bad in the same way Bomberman Act Zero is bad.

An unnecessarily edgy reimagining of a much more likable, and better character is essentially an affront simply by existing. Especially when they totally abandon what was good about the base character. If Donte existed in a vacuum he'd just be an annoying, vulgar, teen protagonists. Seeing that he's supposed to be replacing Dante in a way that aggressively disrespected the original and his fans makes him insufferable.

 

[Ogawa-san]

Nah, it's bad:

I haven't played this game, but it stuck with me for the wrong reasons.

I still can't believe multiple people looked at that artstyle and went "yep, this is what we're going with".

 

[StayDead]

Nah, it's bad:

A lot of posts in this thread make no sense, but I can see the problem with this one. Not only is it the scale of the character, but also the fact that the art style somehow makes the bad design look worse.

 

[arturo2666]

Fairly certain Donte is bad in the same way Bomberman Act Zero is bad.

An unnecessarily edgy reimagining of a much more likable, and better character is essentially an affront simply by existing. Especially when they totally abandon what was good about the base character. If Donte existed in a vacuum he'd just be an annoying, vulgar, teen protagonists. Seeing that he's supposed to be replacing Dante in a way that aggressively disrespected the original and his fans makes him insufferable.

The difference between Bomberman and Bomberman Zero is without a doubt more drastic. Reaper from Overreach would not look out of place alongside original Dante.

 

[Permanently A]

Orisa is so blegh, she's so boring and she has the personality of a cardboard box, especially compared to everyone else in Overwatch.

"Haha, Orisa. this War of the Worlds looking generic ass shit with four legs is a guardian of Nigeria? I could make a more interesting character with a handfull (sic) of french fries."

 

[Masked Devil]

Sonya from MK9 looks like she's on her way to the set of a Brazzers shoot...

 

[tci]

The enemies in Prey are terrible looking imo.

 

[TokiDoki]

Lucio - Overwatch. Or should i say Overdesigned. Some of his alternates are fine, but the default is just as awful as that FF Tactics character tbh.

I'll go with Lucio as well . Some of his hand poses are just , ughhh

 

[Timeaisis]

There is a reason for that 🌚

(from toco toco interview with Yoko taro)

Yeah, the reason is the character designer had a weird fetish.

 

[djtiesto]

With the exception of Witcher 3, I find Western RPG char design to be unbearably hideous (though I quite like the last 2 games here):

 

[pretty done]

Etrian Odyssey thread

Just fucking gross.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

I feel this one has been posted already?

Also Vaans character design isn't that bad, his model is which is a different concept in my brain.

Look, sometimes you're rushing to work and forget which one goes first.

I can't stop laughing.

 

[Stone Vagabond]

This is so bad that it's almost like a parody of bad character design.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Etrian Odyssey thread

Just fucking gross.

There used to be a user here with one of these as his avatar and he went nuts I think in one of those censorship threads.

Rip

 

[gfxtwin]

Come at me bros

And most recently, this:

And even though the game never got made, here is what Vectorman from Vectorman on the PS2 was gonna look like:

But the absolute WORST of any game that ever went into production? Primal Rage 2:

They went from those stylish, memorable Ray Harryhausen-esque beasts to that.

 

[A.J.]

Alice from VLR. There are a few others in this game that don't mesh with me, but Alice sticks out the most. The charcter designs in 999 were way better

 

[dan2026]

This is so bad that it's almost like a parody of bad character design.

Just looked this up.
I did get a chuckle about the boxart censoring though.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Vendi from Yooka-Laylee.

Downright offensive. Holy shit how did this pass the concept stage let alone slip into the final game.

 

[Masked Devil]

Ken's many costumes in Street Fighter V