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I was thinking about this the whole time because when I saw the DT trailer long before the arrival of the benchmark I thought I was going insane. To me his facial features in the CG trailer looked so...

Thank you very much!

I actually completely agree. This is why I'm clinging so hard to the tiny bit of edge that's offered in face 4, haha. Because now even this pathetic hint of severity is gone.

Please infiltrate...

That is a very good point and I'd say (in an ideal world where it would be possible): don't put away with old options but keep the new ones too. Like this players who prefer their old look are happy...

The eye brows are fine actually. I agree that they in particular are the same. So I need to clarify again: I did exaggerate the features based on the "soul" of the sum of the face, if that makes...

But that's the point. I don't try to argue anything objective here. If you want a more objective comparison of the features I've done that here.

The point is to illustrate how I perceive my...

No I see what you mean haha. Female au ras were unfortunately always on the milque-toast side as opposed to male au ras but face 4 did have a bit more bite. I think the smaller pupil and the more...

Thank you, I'm very happy if it's helpful! :)
And also very cool to hear that someone perceives it similarly!

I've tried something to illustrate why for some people certain changes may completely alter a character's perceived personality and why people like me are unhappy about it.

I hope with this I can...

Edit: Sorry for those extra large images! orz

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Here is my female aura (face 4). She went from stern to soft and cute and I don't like it. :/
I genuinely wish I could keep my old model tbh....

Oh, this is a very interesting point! Thank you for sharing! I am not a commission artist but my first reaction when I saw the new features also was an intuitive "ok, that is a completely different...

We are not disputing that characters can look bad in the current version of the game. Many people even agree with that. What we say is that they don't look the same.
Even in the most atrocious...

I know this is primarily a meme/joke but I would still like to argue that uniqueness in terms of "my char looks different from everybody else" is not really the point of contention.

But rather...

Ok, sorry this became a lot longer than intended. No hate or attack intended.
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But that is the point I'm trying to make. The screenshots of the miqo are not just from the CC, they are also from...

I think a lot of this has to do with hindsight. In hindsight, yes I can immediately spot the alluded dimples in the official picture. But that's because I now recognise it due to the much clearer...

I'm an artist too and I do think these changes make the characters look different so I don't know how helpful these appeals to our perceived creative authority* are.

A person that has spent lots...

The thing is, yes the lighting is terrible, esp. in the first pic. But even in the creepy flashlight-to-the-face-and-telling-you-a-horror-story lighting context I can still recognise/perceive the...

With all those rich greens I think I'll fantasia into a plant when DT comes around. I always wanted to know what's it like to be a cactuar anyway. They looked pretty nice in the benchmark.
(For...

Thank you so much for this detailed comparison! Your viera looks very similar to mine but due to irl stuff I don't have time to do a proper screenshot analysis of him myself unfortunately, so your...

I don't even dislike the mouth shape on the right. It looks good in its own right. It's the fact that it replaces the other really lovely mouth shape that is so upsetting (I use it on my viera too...

Yeah I have the feeling the new lighting was optimised towards better displaying the environment and that does look great, not gonna lie.

It just doesn't really complement the characters for some...

Yeah I noticed that too. My current femra has a bit of lip colour (the "weaker" of the two options) that's barely visible. In the bench mark it has transformed into some really bold lipstick. If I...

Yeah that is a good point. Even if it was just the lighting, the lighting is still a major part of the aesthetic and the appeal of a game. Not only does it set the mood, it does have the ability to...

Thank you very much, those are great comparison images! They show the difference in mouth and eye shape as well as bone structure really clearly.

The mouth change really stands out here. It looks...

Square Enix really created one of the most beautiful mouth shapes when they came up with male vieras' face 3 and then decided to take it and yeet it into the void. :'|