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waterjoe
03/02/24 11:11:45 AM
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I mean Lara Croft still looks good.
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Dungeater
03/02/24 11:13:36 AM
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they arent usually my style. i like that middle era from like resident evil 5 to metal gear solid 5 tho

generally i prefer western designs. i would say uncharted and left 4 dead are some of the best designed casts in gaming

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Ricemills
03/02/24 11:14:44 AM
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Yes, but because they're the idealized looks.
Western characters lean more to realism, and guess what? Reality is ugly.

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PraetorXyn
03/02/24 11:16:17 AM
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Thats subjective, but I would say that at least as a rule, they tend to age better, PS1 / N64 era excluded, because stylized artistic designs will always age better than hyper-realistic ones.

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MirageOfRuins
03/02/24 11:17:08 AM
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Looks at Final Fantasy games >_>
yeahh they do.
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Nemu
03/02/24 11:17:28 AM
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Id say yes for the current gaming landscape. Facial scans and motion capture have not led to many good looking characters. It can be on the border of uncanny valley at times.
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viewmaster_pi
03/02/24 11:19:48 AM
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it's not a fair comparison if we're talking anime games vs. something like the last of us

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PraetorXyn
03/02/24 11:23:10 AM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
it's not a fair comparison if we're talking anime games vs. something like the last of us
How is it not fair? Designed characters versus face and body scanned characters that often touch upon the uncanny valley is the most apt comparison for this discussion. Now you can say that TLOU is set in apocalyptic world so the characters are purposefully grimy and weary, but the underlying faces arent really changed by that.

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Seaman_Prime
03/02/24 11:24:10 AM
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Gobstoppers12
03/02/24 11:26:32 AM
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Almost always, yes. It's a difference of art style and a difference in beauty standards both.

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Dungeater
03/02/24 11:27:32 AM
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im tryin to think of the last japanese game- yakuza 8. i like yakuza character designs a lot but they suck at designing women for sure

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Maverick_Reznor
03/02/24 11:29:11 AM
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Ricemills posted...
Yes, but because they're the idealized looks.
Western characters lean more to realism, and guess what? Reality is ugly.
Western characters have slowly become dramatically ugly though. Like the average person isn't as fuck ugly as a lot of these newer western game characters.

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viewmaster_pi
03/02/24 11:29:44 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
How is it not fair? Designed characters versus face and body scanned characters that often touch upon the uncanny valley is the most apt comparison for this discussion.
because they're supposed to be very different. you can of course prefer one over the other, and i agree about the facescanning, i will always prefer a character designed by a professional artist, but anime is supposed to be perfect, ideal, attractive, not realistic or gritty or anything. which is fine, don't misunderstand my point, but it's like comparing anime to western cartoons, they're supposed to be different

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Piplup_Sniper
03/02/24 7:03:30 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
because they're supposed to be very different. you can of course prefer one over the other, and i agree about the facescanning, i will always prefer a character designed by a professional artist, but anime is supposed to be perfect, ideal, attractive, not realistic or gritty or anything. which is fine, don't misunderstand my point, but it's like comparing anime to western cartoons, they're supposed to be different
I agree. Typical anime style is highly stylized with lack of facial definition. Noses and lips are prominent in human beings but are practically nonexistent in most anime styles, or at best partially defined and you also have huge eyes. Games like tlou are going for realism, not a highly stylized art style.

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Wandering__Hero
03/02/24 7:12:37 PM
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Japanese developers don't listen to their equivalent of Tumblr leading to much better looking designs. You won't see a reboot of a 90s anime that ends up looking like Thundercats Roar and then failing to finish its first season even after network praise and retooling it to follow of the most commercially successful cartoons of all time

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ellis123
03/02/24 7:14:04 PM
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Depends on how much you like the look of cartoons, I suppose.

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 7:15:04 PM
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Yup.


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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 7:16:33 PM
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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 7:18:19 PM
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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 7:20:43 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/88e19653.jpg
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BloodMoon7
03/02/24 7:22:46 PM
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Generally, yes. Japanese games are superior in basically every aspect, not just the characters.

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viewmaster_pi
03/02/24 7:23:44 PM
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BloodMoon7 posted...
Generally, yes. Japanese games are superior in basically every aspect, not just the characters.
oh yeah? name them all

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The_Popo
03/02/24 7:31:24 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f9176ca6.jpg

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 7:32:36 PM
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The_Popo posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f9176ca6.jpg

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creativerealms
03/02/24 7:35:52 PM
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No.

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Dungeater
03/02/24 7:36:07 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
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pjnelson
03/02/24 7:45:03 PM
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The men in Japanese games usually look effeminate or goofy. They can't (usually) make a man look like an actual man. They're either women that identify as men or whatever this crap is:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/22c8d882.jpg

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YugiNoob
03/02/24 7:47:43 PM
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pjnelson posted...
The men in Japanese games usually look effeminate or goofy. They can't (usually) make a man look like an actual man. They're either women that identify as men or whatever this crap is:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/22c8d882.jpg
Thats a man who needs to enter every fighting tournament he can to support his hair gel addiction

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Dungeater
03/02/24 8:01:29 PM
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pjnelson posted...
The men in Japanese games usually look effeminate or goofy. They can't (usually) make a man look like an actual man. They're either women that identify as men or whatever this crap is:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/22c8d882.jpg
bruh what

japan has some of the most famous dudebro manly men in gaming

they had freaking re5 chris redfield lmao

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03/02/24 8:02:57 PM
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Tyranthraxus
03/02/24 8:03:25 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/df59d85e.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d6fa9c8e.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6a23ad11.jpg

Y'all just not looking in the right place if you think Western characters aren't attractive.

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kingdrake2
03/02/24 8:04:30 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d84a295f.jpg


i must resist the urge to start yakuza kiwami.

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 8:04:44 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/df59d85e.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d6fa9c8e.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6a23ad11.jpg

Y'all just not looking in the right place if you think Western characters aren't attractive.

Its funny that all those characters are of Asian descent lol.

I mean Final Fantasy tries to emulate the western design, but their chracters still end up looking Japanese for the most part.

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Dungeater
03/02/24 8:05:50 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
Its funny that all those characters are of Asian descent lol.

I mean Final Fantasy tries to emulate the western design, but their chracters still end up looking Japanese for the most part.
he prolly picked em specifically to counter the weeb brigade. as in to show western companies can do weebesque shit too

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Tyranthraxus
03/02/24 8:06:50 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
Its funny that all those characters are of Asian descent lol.

>_> it was the first three names that popped into my head. Purely coincidence I assure you.

All three games have tons of similarly attractive characters from other ethnicities.

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 8:10:02 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
>_> it was the first three names that popped into my head. Purely coincidence I assure you.

All three games have tons of similarly attractive characters from other ethnicities.

I know them lol. Especially Smite. Damn I was on that game everyday for a few years back in the day. So many memories. Loved Neith.

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Dungeater
03/02/24 8:12:54 PM
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i also find that japanese devs cant really do a down to earth, normal looking older woman

freya from god of war is a really good example

also jaheira in baldurs gate (3 specifically obv)

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 8:14:02 PM
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Dungeater posted...
i also find that japanese devs cant really do a down to earth, normal looking older woman

freya from god of war is a really good example

also jaheira in baldurs gate (3 specifically obv)


Master Matoya from FF14

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/93efe07d.jpg

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Tyranthraxus
03/02/24 8:18:24 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
I know them lol. Especially Smite. Damn I was on that game everyday for a few years back in the day. So many memories. Loved Neith.

Gonna play Smite 2?

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 8:19:15 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Gonna play Smite 2?

Maybe one day. FF14 kinda took over for me. I do miss it though. I remember having the OG skins like Archon Thanatos and every other one up until one point.

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Dungeater
03/02/24 8:27:53 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
Master Matoya from FF14

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/93efe07d.jpg
this woman looks like a crone, im talking way less than that. like a 40-60 yo woman

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 8:29:34 PM
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Dungeater posted...
this woman looks like a crone, im talking way less than that. like a 40-60 yo woman

Lmao >_>

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Dakimakura
03/02/24 8:31:12 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/56de3366.jpg


Remake Cloud as a woman would be so god damn hot. Female Cloud is my waifu.

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SpiritSephiroth
03/02/24 8:32:11 PM
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Dakimakura posted...
Remake Cloud as a woman would be so god damn hot. Female Cloud is my waifu.

I mean theres his mum.

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Dakimakura
03/02/24 8:35:20 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
I mean theres his mum.

Too old. She is in her 30's which in Japanese media is like someone in their 60's.

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PowerOats
03/02/24 8:35:36 PM
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Everytime I look at the Jedi Souls protag, I think ' Who the fuck wants to play as THIS GUY'
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ellis123
03/02/24 8:36:07 PM
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Dakimakura posted...
Too old. She is in her 30's which in Japanese media is like someone in their 60's.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0131a4fe.jpg

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Dungeater
03/02/24 8:42:24 PM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
Lmao >_>
is she like 18 or something >_>

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ellis123
03/02/24 8:44:43 PM
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Dungeater posted...
is she like 18 or something >_>
No.

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