I know FF is a JRPG but damn.... I feel no desire to play these games with these type of characters
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Character designs that put you off from wanting to play a game
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Yeah, Gears' character designs are definitely an acquired taste. If I hadn't been an Unreal fan from several years before the first Gears was released, I'd probably feel the same.
For me, the only one that recently comes to mind is Battleborn, which is a shame since I'm a big Borderlands fan. But the designs in BB were just... eye-hurting. A complete turnoff for me.
I used to love Final Fantasy games but I can't.... This isn't the cute cartoony graphics I loved
I know this is supposed to be a gender bender example of how bad Cidney's design is but....I think this male variant design would work.
I mean I dont particularly like it but if the jacket was another color and the head didnt look so large i think itd be fine.
The thing about gender bending is you cant swap the costume one for one. You have to make adjustments. Just like you cant put a skinny guy in a fat guy suit. You cant put a man in clothing cut for a woman without it looking weird.
Not to convince you otherwise, but just gonna say the designs and tropes are there to be deconstructed, basically putting generic anime characters in an awful scenario where those traits will get them killed.
This new Xenoblade:
Seriously. What?! Designs like these are why people have trouble getting into JRPGs.
And I thought the main characters looked like trash. Wtf is this
It's funny about Cindy. The way she's always in the discussion about FFXV you'd think that the game revolves around her while in truth she's really such an insignificant character in the grand scale of things in FFXV.
WAT!? Are you serious? Man, I am not understanding the hate for this game at all.
My thoughts exactly. I got it anyway and it's alright. But... Jesus fucking goddamn Christ the dude's outfit is so awful.
I seriously thought this was an edited pic, and that the other one that was modified with smaller proportions was the real one. Guess I had it backwardsThis new Xenoblade:
Seriously. What?! Designs like these are why people have trouble getting into JRPGs.
Do they really need to though. Threads like this is basically asking which ones appeal to your taste aesthetically and which ones are not, it's basically the same with how people like certain physical characteristics about others they're attracted to---sometimes, it's just what it is, you know?
The travesty that is Bomberman Act Zero
I keep forgetting this exists.
Definitely. He was also a bit of a favourite so I don't really understand how they could have butchered him so much. I guess originally he didn't really look like a war general but he was a pirate so that is sort of the point.
Being a pirate and rebel his design made some sense. It's odd that they'd drastically redesign a character with such a distinct look.
With DW8 he finally started to looks like Gan Ning again. And his design for DW9 is even better. Still miss his pirate sword, though.
Elex. I'm interested in the game but I don't want to play as that ugly dude. Let me create my character, goddammit!
Any sort of disproportionate muscular character like Gears of War.
Any cartoony knight figure like Darksiders.
Any sum of the two above like most Blizzard games.
Any sort of disproportionate muscular character like Gears of War.
Any cartoony knight figure like Darksiders.
Any sum of the two above like most Blizzard games.
Didn't put me off from completely playing the game, but just so extremely generic.
I thought their clothes were actually super stylish and cool. And they do kinda give an explanation for why they all dress similarly. Also you can change their clothes to more casual "realistic" type clothing in the game as well.
Same here. Not feeling it and put me off from the game. And I dated many white hippie women with dreads, lol. Her face is too goffy for me.Ugly.
Danganronpa designs are actually really well done imho, a lot of the time its used to relate to their talent so you can quickly get who is who especially given that its strength really is in its characters
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The travesty that is Bomberman Act Zero
Let's take it a step further.
Why?
Thankfully the game is shit.
I find character designs that sacrifice believeability for style or cool-factor to be deeply irritating. Case in point:
I will never not find this shit dumb, and unfortunately Japanese designers seem way into it.
Actually, their designs are quite believable in the context of the story and what their role are in FFXV. I mean, as far as Final Fantasy goes they're actually dressed like real people, TBH, hahaha.
Those XB2 character designs are horrendous. Also getting a laugh at people suggesting HZD and Overwatch have horrible character designs...
I would play a FF with that main character...
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I would play a FF with that main character...
Nah, that stuff doesn't bother me. Even if it's really bad, I'm not playing the game for character designs. But interestingly enough, I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 right now and that has some of the worst character designs I've ever seen so maybe that's not quite true.
It's progress, but unless the story is actually about a gang of male models who go on an exciting road trip, I'm gonna struggle to let those hair styles slide.
Actually, I would be way more interested in the game if it actually were about that.
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I didn't say thing were equal. Stop moving goal posts. 3rd time you do it, btw.
I asked you what you felt about the characters that are pandering to females. First you called them power fantasies for men. Then you claimed they weren't sexualized. Now you move on to "it's just one of two, it's not as many as the girls".
You arrived where I knew you'd arrive because I'm familiar with your post history. No need to reply. I won't bother entertaining hypocrites any further.
For the record, Ed's battle costume is on the level of R. Mika.
Rayman has always looked really dumb to me. It kind of blows my mind that this series is still (sort of) active.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has already been kicked and stomped to a pulp in this thread, and I feel I should contribute to it, because it deserves it. What a horrendous collection of some of the worst designs I've ever seen clustered together, egregious enough to the point where I may just pass on this game and hope that Monolith's upcoming fantasy RPG project can wash away this unsavoury flavour. Rex's design I grew to forgive and look past. It's an endearing kind of goofiness, and that thigh gap certainly doesn't bother me at all - especially not when you look at how most of the women are treated in the design department. Sure, Pyra deserves ire as there is no adequate reason for why she has to dress like that, but most of the Blades are just aesthetically worse in ways that leave me completely astonished. I'm seeing so many overdesigned things often with clashing colour combinations, what looks like a very young girl with an open derriere, and a lot of juvenile female designs that look like a teenager's caricature of what they think a woman looks like.
Star Ocean turns me off the moment I see those porcelain faces and the appearance of characters like Lymle and that sorceress from the latest game. I also genuinely don't think these designs translate well into these kind of 3D models where animations are limited, stiff and barely functional. Meanwhile Kingdom Hearts has me sitting up straight with that last Toy Story trailer - it looks brilliant and a wonderful in-game recreation of Pixar CG, until I see one of Nomura's trademark Organisation XIII designs pop up near the end and ruin things with its sheer incongruency. No, it's likely not going to make me pass over Kingdom Hearts 3, but the thought of having to deal with yet more remnants of Organisation XIII and Xehanort drain much of my personal enthusiasm.
The thread on why women criticise sexualised female character designs has taught me that mobile games like Fire Emblem Heroes and Fate: Grand Order are likely offerings that I may as well avoid, given some of the embarrassing screenshots I've had the misfortune of seeing.
Unrelated to sexualised designs though, I did find a game called EGGLIA: Legend of the Recap. The people who made the Mana games had their hand at this, I thought? Well, I can't say I've played anything other than Secret of Mana, but this could be worth checking out. I wonder what it looks li-
OH GOD
Star Ocean turns me off the moment I see those porcelain faces and the appearance of characters like Lymle and that sorceress from the latest game. I also genuinely don't think these designs translate well into these kind of 3D models where animations are limited, stiff and barely functional. Meanwhile Kingdom Hearts has me sitting up straight with that last Toy Story trailer - it looks brilliant and a wonderful in-game recreation of Pixar CG, until I see one of Nomura's trademark Organisation XIII designs pop up near the end and ruin things with its sheer incongruency. No, it's likely not going to make me pass over Kingdom Hearts 3, but the thought of having to deal with yet more remnants of Organisation XIII and Xehanort drain much of my personal enthusiasm.
The thread on why women criticise sexualised female character designs has taught me that mobile games like Fire Emblem Heroes and Fate: Grand Order are likely offerings that I may as well avoid, given some of the embarrassing screenshots I've had the misfortune of seeing.
Unrelated to sexualised designs though, I did find a game called EGGLIA: Legend of the Recap. The people who made the Mana games had their hand at this, I thought? Well, I can't say I've played anything other than Secret of Mana, but this could be worth checking out. I wonder what it looks li-
OH GOD
I am fine with cartoony style stuff, I am find with "superdeformed" proportion even, but The wonderful 101's design I find it absolutely dreadful.
I know the hardcore fans praise the game to the moon, but I just don't even want to try the game because of these characters....
You're missing out as this is an amazing game ! I also love the art... Might be my favorite PG game. Not sure yet :P
Bravo :D
Ugly.
This was actually the first game/character to come to mind when I saw the title of the OP. I'm still trying to give Horizon a fair shake, but the ugly character designs aren't helping. I can't tell if it's due to uncanny valley or just poor art direction. Naughty Dog games don't seem to have this problem even though their character models are more realistic looking.
It is not on the level of R. Mika. He needs to be wearing tights with idiotic strategic cutouts that don't look functional (note: male characters don't have a functional equivalent of those massive mammaries), on top of having camera angles that sexualize him to the same degree (remember when they changed the camera angles on her critical art?).
Beyond that, you're constantly trying to get some kind of idiotic "gotcha" when I was never trying to be that particular in the first place. I told you why I don't like SFV's female character design and instead of accepting that explanation you keep trying to push me on the character designs that I don't care about (note once again: I don't play games for male character designs - they are irrelevant to my purchasing decisions). Ed is a lone exception in a sea of power fantasy male character designs and I really don't give a shit that he's there since it doesn't equalize the ratio of sexualized female-to-male character designs and I am the one who sets that goalpost because it's my decision whether or not their treatment of their female characters is good enough for me, got it?
Christ, you're a real piece of work.
Let's take it a step further.
Why?
Thankfully the game is shit.
Well, at least it lived up to its name. The game BOMBED.
I'd say Bayonetta but I played that. Had ta skip all cutscenes though cause ughhhh!
Anything Atlus as well. Whatever I see of theirs just has a very offputting look to it! Which I think should prove a point that "anime games" isn't a real thing. Cause I like anime and jp games alot!
Anything Atlus as well. Whatever I see of theirs just has a very offputting look to it! Which I think should prove a point that "anime games" isn't a real thing. Cause I like anime and jp games alot!
Visuals overall push me away more than character design honestly.
It's the only reason why I haven't rented xenoblade 2, mainly play switch on the go and you are telling me it drops to around 360p?! What the actual fuck is that.
It's the only reason why I haven't rented xenoblade 2, mainly play switch on the go and you are telling me it drops to around 360p?! What the actual fuck is that.
Yea, I was just saying in some other thread how the landscapes look good in that game, but the character and creature designs do not.Ugly.
This new Xenoblade:
Seriously. What?! Designs like these are why people have trouble getting into JRPGs.
I don't know, that seems like a totally normal shape for the human spine.
