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[Labrys]

what's wrong with "this"? would you prefer this instead? lol

i would actually, gotta get me some of that hunky snake yo

as for the thread um

new wolfenstein looks good as a game but i don't like the character designs at all especially the male ones, awfully generic and "sculpted"

 

[MisterGrey3000]

I'm amused at the JRPG design hate when Western games can give us horrors like this:

Gears isn't aging very well.
:/

 

[SolidSnakex]

Not that that is the entire issue. It's that most of the time it isn't necessary or makes absolutely no sense. Video games that continue to be made like this for prepubescent teenagers or man-babies, are simply ridiculous and the reason why games are rarely taken seriously by the public

Music is far more sexualized than gaming and people don't seem to have a problem taking it seriously. Prepackage pop acts where their whole concept is built around sex.

Anyway, Konami's butchering of Vandal Hearts with Flames of Judgment takes the cake for me

 

[the_batman]

new wolfenstein looks good as a game but i don't like the character designs at all especially the male ones, awfully generic and "sculpted"

he's just staying true to himself

 

[EmpReb]

Yep, along with the myriad of fighting games that also go for the "lets give every single woman massive boobs and barely any clothes"

Not that that is the entire issue. It's that most of the time it isn't necessary or makes absolutely no sense. Video games that continue to be made like this for prepubescent teenagers or man-babies, are simply ridiculous and the reason why games are rarely taken seriously by the public

Heck, I take it as part of the territory for Anime, Fighting games and certain JRPGs. Mean while Riot shamlessly sets up every new female in League for rule 34 and that game is popular beyond heck.

See what I mean... do like the more clothed females like Irelia, Lux and Fiora. but give me a second....here is a approate song for the LOL female situation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THi1oCRJYZ8

 

[Raist]

who thought it was a great idea to cut out their heads?

I like the NTSC 'stache.

 

[Ipsoclipso]

I find this one particularly troublesome. What the hell is going on with this guy's hair? Is there a reason it looks like that? Did a witch turn it into cheese or something? Why are his eyebrows attached to it?

Wait, that's not his helmet?

Holy fucking shit, his design is now 100 times worse.

 

[OnimaruXLR]

See what I mean... do like the more clothed females like Irelia, Lux and Fiora. but give me a second....here is a approate song for the LOL female situation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THi1oCRJYZ8

Wait, did Riot actually hire this guy to produce these? Because... That's a weird guy to hire to be involved with your T-Rated game.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

JRPGs: The thread

Straight and to the point

 

[MisterGrey3000]

I find this one particularly troublesome. What the hell is going on with this guy's hair? Is there a reason it looks like that? Did a witch turn it into cheese or something? Why are his eyebrows attached to it?

LOL
I think that's supposed to be a helmet.

Edit: Okay, now I'm not sure anymore and I can't stop laughing.

 

[Moff]

definitely bayonetta for me, the sad thing is I would have loved the game probably. but not with that player character, never.

also, this:

 

[sacrificengineer]

OP just nailed everything I wanted to say. I can't stand that too.


Oh, and that TLOU grotesque monster is gorgeous.

 

[ScepticMatt]

Master Yi, what where they thinking!

typical bad JRPG design.

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[Puru]

Most games in general. Especially western ones outside of a few indies.

 

[Mr_Zombie]

Concept arts for Catwoman's costume in Injustice are just awful: skimpy lingerie and/or dominatrix costumes. :|

 

[Sini]

...

Is this seriously in the game?

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I don't dislike any artstyle, but I've always disliked when girls that fight and do some incredible feats are wearing fucking High Heels, it just makes no sense for me.

typical bad JRPG design.

I love how one of my favorite designs ever is always posted.

You guys should at least post the superior brown version.

 

[Currygan]

the modern cartoony style most indie games have. I just find it unattractive to the most

 

[Captain Tuttle]

...

That camel toe is likely shopped but yeah, Edie (however you spell it) was embarrassing as hell.

 

[MrBadger]

It isn't the worst looking game on the planet, but before the game was out, Nintendo were showing off all this lovely 2D art (that found its way onto the box) and I'm constantly wishing they used that style for the game.

 

[Funchameleon]

I don't dislike any artstyle, but I've always disliked when girls that fight and do some incredible feats are wearing fucking High Heels, it just makes no sense for me.



I love how one of my favorite designs ever is always posted.

Describe the feeling you get when you look at it

 

[Adaren]

Surprised that there's been no mention of DmC Dante yet.

Count me in the camp that really liked Lightning Returns and majority of the garbs, but some of the outfits really annoyed me.

It's not the skimpiness. It's the fact that they're trying to look good and failing spectacularly.

The second outfit is also one of the best in the game, much to my disgust. And the only thing that can be recolored on it is the goddamn button. It's like they're mocking you.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Describe the feeling you get when you look at it

Happiness, I really like how cheerful looking she is, it also helps that she's a beast in the game.

 

[ScepticMatt]

Is this seriously in the game?

Yes, I remember seeing it in-game.
IIRC it's her "from Ashes" outfit that you gain after completing a mission

I love how one of my favorite designs ever is always posted. .

http://a.pomf.se/fwimqd.webm

 

[Ithil]

Surprised that there's been no mention of DmC Dante yet.

Count me in the camp that really liked Lightning Returns and majority of the garbs, but some of the outfits really annoyed me.


It's not the skimpiness. It's the fact that they're trying to look good and failing spectacularly.

The second outfit is also one of the best in the game, much to my disgust.

Gotta show off the boob job they gave her, dude.

 

[Brashnir]

This thread was just posted, and I feel it is appropriate here.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=825496

 

[Deleted member 74300]

Gonna get hated on I know, but I always found newer non human Sony characters to be very stupid looking.

Creative? Maybe, but still ugly as shit.

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

Surprised that there's been no mention of DmC Dante yet.

Count me in the camp that really liked Lightning Returns and majority of the garbs, but some of the outfits really annoyed me.


It's not the skimpiness. It's the fact that they're trying to look good and failing spectacularly.

The second outfit is also one of the best in the game, much to my disgust. And the only thing that can be recolored on it is the goddamn button. It's like they're mocking you.

From a modeling standpoint though, fuck me amazing.

 

[MrBadger]

Gonna get hated on I know, but I always found newer non human Sony characters to be very stupid looking.

Creative? Maybe, but still ugly as shit.

With the exception of Sackboy, who's design I like, I agree. I've always found characters like Knack to look really unappealing for whatever reason.

 

[Dr. Buni]

- Very "anime-ish" art styles, like in Tales of and Disgaea games (and most JRPG lol). Unless the art style is very unique/stylized, I can't take a game with anime visuals seriously.

- Loli and/or shota character designs. No thx.

- Extremely sexualized characters. You know, like the one in post #6 and the characters in that Demon Gaze game, for example. Just no.

 

[pupcoffee]

Certain AAA games taught us we can't trust graphics to mean good gameplay. Indie games have now killed my interest in beautiful art design in the same way. I can't look at GAF's monthly indie thread without feeling a pinch of cynicism at how nuts indies are going for well-presented but unfun/medicore gameplay.

I just wait for genuinely good indie games to earn their own topics on GAF rather than let myself be hooked in by more art trash. But I guess that's my reaction to a new indie title now - "it looks good, but it is possibly just well-drawn trash." My own cynicism towards this upsets me I guess.

 

[Piers]

I never liked Jak & Daxter's design, as well as Ratchet and Clank's. They just seem grossly generic, like the sort of thing you'd see The Simpsons use as a 'every 3D game ever' stereotype.

 

[MisterGrey3000]

Gonna get hated on I know, but I always found newer non human Sony characters to be very stupid looking.

Creative? Maybe, but still ugly as shit.

I think the MM characters are pretty charming(Especially the Tearaway one), but Knack and the puppeteer character do look pretty bad.

 

[Dr. Buni]

typical bad JRPG design.

Nice post. The character design for the Etrian Odyssey series is simply terrible.

 

[OnimaruXLR]

For some reason that picture of Knack really reminds me of Rayman, who I also think is a terrible dsign.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Nice post. The character design for the Etrian Odyssey series is simply terrible.

I respectfully disagree, I can see how you may not like that design but the series has tons of REALLY well designed characters.
One of my favorite:

 

[EmpReb]

Wait, did Riot actually hire this guy to produce these? Because... That's a weird guy to hire to be involved with your T-Rated game.

Is it really a T game when you look at the backstory of 9 Tails Cat Girl Ahri(I know she is a fox) and no those guys are just part of the fandom of Lol I leave you with another song from the old days when champs came out every two weeks *shutters* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOc0tD5Kdjs

 

[moozoom]

I find a lot of Rares work just aesthetically ugly, particularly where they branch out from cartoon animals.
JFG characters, the KI crew, the GBTG cast... yeah, I'm not a fan.

I mean;

come on.

This. When another nostalgic RARE thread shows up on the front page, I wonder if all those people are blind to the atrocious art direction of most of their games.

The Kong family with their googly, blank stare embodies all that I hate about character design. Especially Diddy's goggle-eye-face-mask.

I have the feeling these characters were designed at a time (90's) when 3D modelling was still pretty basic, and bad taste ruled the designs. But they haven't really evolved since.

The last DK game on WiiU is gorgeous, the enemies are really funny and sometimes beautiful... but the player characters - ugh. DK himself could pass, but all the others are atrocious. Same thing for Rayman, the art is really good in the latest games but I can't get over his eyes.

 

[Deleted member 74300]

For some reason that picture of Knack really reminds me of Rayman, who I also think is a terrible dsign.

Those limbless losers wish they can be as cool as Vectorman.

 

[Acquiescence]

+

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It's the proportions that make this a really repulsive character to look at.

 

[Forkball]

Last gen's JRPGs had some really generic medieval designs that had no cohesion at all. Each shot is from a different game.

All of these characters look so interchangeable. There's no sense of connection between their art style. If I showed you characters from FFIV, FFVI, and FFVII you can easily see that each game has its own unique design even though they are from the same gaming series.

 

[Chrillen]

These atrocities:

 

[gigantor21]

This. When another nostalgic RARE thread shows up on the front page, I wonder if all those people are blind to the atrocious art direction of most of their games.

Seriously.

As much as I love DKC and KI, I've never liked the design work in Rare's games. I had no problem with them changing things up in the KI reboot, although Fulgore, Spinal and Sadira are the only real standouts.

 

[Sciortino]

Thread made for westernized Knuckles. Why..

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I'm having a Déjà vu here =P.
With me agreeing that one bad apple doesn't immediately ruin all character designs of EO and that the game might have some excellent alternative designs, with me only vehemently disliking the one that was posted earlier and finally stating that I'd be interested in trying the game out if it ever went on sale and I had some cash to spare.

War never changes.

I just dislike how some people just see the dancer and then go ahead and say every single EO character design is crap.

 

[akalongman]

who thought it was a great idea to cut out their heads?

I always thought that this was an attempt to dehumanise them, and make their characters appear as blank slates that the player will then fill as he/she plays the game?

I may be wrong, but that was always my thought behind this layout.

 

[Evilisk]

I find this one particularly troublesome. What the hell is going on with this guy's hair? Is there a reason it looks like that? Did a witch turn it into cheese or something? Why are his eyebrows attached to it?

Oh geez all this time I thought it was a helmet

Seriously what the hell is going on with that hair now

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Heck, I take it as part of the territory for Anime, Fighting games and certain JRPGs. Mean while Riot shamlessly sets up every new female in League for rule 34 and that game is popular beyond heck.

See what I mean... do like the more clothed females like Irelia, Lux and Fiora. but give me a second....here is a approate song for the LOL female situation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THi1oCRJYZ8

That can't be official art....surely the girls of LoL have more clothes.

Master Yi, what where they thinking!

typical bad JRPG design.

...

Yeah that EO dancer has to be one of the most embarrassing designs I have ever witnessed.

 

[sublimit]

Anyone else think Aiden's hat, mask, and trenchcoat combo looks super tacky and bad?

I seriously have a hard time not laughing every time I see this or the box art image.

Yup.Main character design really puts me off as well.As you say it's just stupid,boring and tacky.

 

[Karl Hawk]

That can't be official art....surely the girls of LoL have more clothes.

That's a fan art.