vainglorious
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Every single unit/character portrait from Starcraft 2.
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Your favorite character portraits
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Yes
KOF series has so much too
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Character portraits are one of my favorite components of RPGs and they're one of the essential things for a JRPG for me. I just can't think of one without it. They give you a clear since of the character's personality. Bad ones for me are the ones that has the character's mouth open. It looks awkward and I want to read all the dialogue as if the character is shouting.
Here are some of my favorites.
Final Fantasy series
Cecil Harvey from FFIV
Porom from FFIV
Garnet from Final Fantasy IX Couldn't find a non-tiny version of her short hair portrait. It's far cuter than her long hair one.
Rikku Final Fantasy X
Other Games
Choco and Deikbeck Arc the Lad (I'm not sure why it's so hard to find character portraits) This makes three I couldn't find with google.
Dragon Quest V's
Street Fighter II's Lose ones. Would be cool if they brought these back.
Oh that's where this is from? I think this is someone's avatar on here.
Here are some of my favorites.
Final Fantasy series
Cecil Harvey from FFIV
Porom from FFIV
Garnet from Final Fantasy IX Couldn't find a non-tiny version of her short hair portrait. It's far cuter than her long hair one.
Rikku Final Fantasy X
Other Games
Laura from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Choco and Deikbeck Arc the Lad (I'm not sure why it's so hard to find character portraits) This makes three I couldn't find with google.
Dragon Quest V's
Street Fighter II's Lose ones. Would be cool if they brought these back.
Since Minsc was already posted I'll offer up my other favorite cRPG bro.
Oh that's where this is from? I think this is someone's avatar on here.
I love the artworks in Tactics Ogre.
I also really like the portraits in Advance Wars. I prefer the old stuff but Days of Ruin had some charm to it too.
And I'll shout out to Shadowrun series. Every character looks a little twisted and different. Everyone looks like they have their own story to tell. Dietrich, Monica, Gobbet, Lucky Star and Racter are some of my favourites. Izzy, Blitz and Gaichu are pretty great too as are some of the NPCs.
I also really like the portraits in Advance Wars. I prefer the old stuff but Days of Ruin had some charm to it too.
And I'll shout out to Shadowrun series. Every character looks a little twisted and different. Everyone looks like they have their own story to tell. Dietrich, Monica, Gobbet, Lucky Star and Racter are some of my favourites. Izzy, Blitz and Gaichu are pretty great too as are some of the NPCs.
RoninChaos
Member
That Rodney dangerfield lookijg dude from skate or die.
dr_p0p7ar7_
Member
Not sure if this counts, but I've been thinking about this interface and character portraits ever since I played WoW 10 years ago or so (quit a while back)
I think it was called Reborn UI or something, but it was custom made by a member of The Axemen who had a "famous" video back in the day called MC Done Quicker.
I think it was called Reborn UI or something, but it was custom made by a member of The Axemen who had a "famous" video back in the day called MC Done Quicker.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Yo, your link is broken.
spazchicken
Member
The japanese portraits in Star Ocean The Last Hope (JP x360) and International (ww PS3)
If you told me this was PS4 I would believe you. The lighting was always good with this one.
classic high templar
Loved the Protoss portraits in Starcraft 1. Most were obscured in shadow.
Karen till the day I die.
Harvest Moon in general has fantastic portraits.
Oh my god I forgot about these. Early life crushes for sure
Stiler
Member
It's from Pillars of Eternity.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
I'd hang this in my housePharah beta portrait, which is better than her vanilla game one
strider from mvc2
cable
psylocke
both versions of yamazaki in cvs2
capcom side of chun in cvs2
capcom side of sak in cvs2 (luv kinu <3)
snk dict
and
the only gaming portrait that needs to be in houses everywhere
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Some of my favs:
Tiki from FE Awakening
Kuromimi from Suikoden
Tiki from FE Awakening
Kuromimi from Suikoden
TheRedSnifit
Member
The generic portraits in Fire Emblem are pretty sweet.
Zambayoshi
Member
Xenoblade Chronicles - It's Reyn time, baby!
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
90's games, especially JRPGs, were a goldmine for these. FF6, FF7, FFTactics, Castlevania: SotN, Shining Force I and II.. man, Japanese character designs used to be so good.
Loved Anri's in SF1
And Balbaroy
More random ones I found
I won't lie... I crushed hard on that portrait as a 15 year old girl xD
Loved Anri's in SF1
And Balbaroy
More random ones I found
YessssThe GOAT
I won't lie... I crushed hard on that portrait as a 15 year old girl xD
It crushes me how good Yoshida's art used to be. It's such trash now.
It crushes me how good Yoshida's art used to be. It's such trash now.
Bah don't remind me >_<. The worse part is when I see it I am reminded of his older style and it just annoys me more. I like to imagine its a phase and it'll go back to what it was soon.
Alpha 2
Night Warriors
My all-time favorite in-game portraits from SF & DS. Every character looks so sharp & on-point. With all the oodles of character-select portraits some of these characters have since seen, nothing has topped Edayan & Bengus' renditions here.
Broodwar's ones are great as well. Same with Warcraft 3's.
Wibblewozzer
Member
I often feel I'm the only person that really enjoyed Abyss Odyssey and all the character portraits in it were a joy. Here's a little Paganini for you.
Ah this is when they started using that sick redesign of RyoNeo Geo Battle Colosseum
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
Metal Gear 2's celebrity cast.
I often feel I'm the only person that really enjoyed Abyss Odyssey and all the character portraits in it were a joy. Here's a little Paganini for you.
I really enjoyed the game but I was a bit bored with the setting and characters. I wish there was a little more to it. I also don't know why but it takes me quite a while to get back into the groove and flow of the game whenever I try to. The portraits are brilliant though.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Not sure about favorite, but I was shocked by how good EviLore's avatar turned out in Pillars of Eternity.
classic high templar
Damn that's good.
LurkerPrime
Member
There can be only one:
There is no better grin.
(Aumaua portrait from Pillar of Eternity)
There is no better grin.
This. Their personalities come across very clearly in their portraits. I like Hugo's and Sean's the most.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Surprised I'm the first to post this:
I loved seeing this classic art style return, and I hope to see more of it.
I loved seeing this classic art style return, and I hope to see more of it.
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Street Fighter II's Lose ones. Would be cool if they brought these back.
Why not buy the real ones though? Even better!
Earthpainting
Member
Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology.
On a more serious note, I adore the Ace Attorney games' portraits. On top of being large, detailed, and well animated. They often have interesting gimmicks to their designs, usually involving some more elaborate animation. I'd some some examples of particularly great ones, but they're usually a bit spoilerific.
Oh man, the 2K RTP graphics really take me back.RPG Maker 2000 RTP
"My nick is Marcus"
True programmers get this.