Graphical Update Character Creator Feedback [Miqo'te Male]

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Originally Posted by Averax

I'm looking at it, and you're confusing textures for geometry.

No eye shine, darker lip color, deeper shadows, and nose shine. If you threw on eye shine and a ligher lipstick it would look 75% more normal.

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Bruh I am convinced you're trolling at this point. Those eyes are NOT the same SIZE and SHAPE, is what I'm saying. If you have nothing constructive to add, then I bid you good day, otherwise stop telling people it's in their heads.

Unfortunately I didn't end up as one of the lucky ones that didn't have much change about their miqo. Loading up the appearance data into the benchmark had my heart drop that my initial concerns born from seeing the preview images on last live letter ended up becoming reality ;
- the nose looks somewhat smaller
- the lip shape is completely thrown off with the upper lip looking slightly more stretched out and the bottom lip doesn't look as full anymore, both because of the shading on it being more flat and that the underlip shadow is just completely gone
- the eyes are just so much more dead and dull after making the upper part of the iris darker , removing highlight and changing the sharp tapering shape of the pupil.

https://i.imgur.com/zKiIPOg.png
https://i.imgur.com/FnQ7WYd.png

I did also check how he looks in the benchmark itself and not just the character creator and not that much changed. If anything it brought on another problem of how much the new skin texture feels incredibly waxy and off-putting , especially in close up shots. The updated textures for the hair , clothes and overall world looks good! Wish they didn't touch the faces though.

Idk its just kind of a bummer how much it throws off the vibes of what I had in my head for my WoL as a character. Went from having somewhat more lively and fuller defined features to an empty husk of his former self after some plastic surgery lol.
I really think Square underestimate how defining even the smallest features can be for a character and it breaks my heart seeing how many people open up the benchmark to see a character they don't even recognize and knowing the one they've come to love will be gone in 2 months. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Eyes aside, there's definitely something going on with the mouth of face 1. It becomes fairly obvious if you pick mouth 4 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...d28d6e751&.png

Yeah they look so scuffed after the update :(

Face four miqos having it rough out here... :(

For real . The more I look at him the more things are wrong too. The scars for whatever reason are longer and the markings on the side of his eyes are lighter too , sigh , hope they read some of the feedback.

i have only a couple complaints. this seems like a problem with all pcs, but where is the shine in his eye ... ? i only see it at very certain angles ..

https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...460&height=437
https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...483&height=675

and secondly... fangs are shorter? shaved? :confused: not visible in the benchmark, only during emotes in the character creator ... it's disappointing, i could look past it, but i want them sharper/longer ..

https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...201&height=181
https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...402&height=292

unlike everyone else, i'm fine. tweaks would be nice, but i feel like the general consensus is an overreaction. the result is not final! they will make changes.

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Originally Posted by AsterBurwani

unlike everyone else, i'm fine. tweaks would be nice, but i feel like the general consensus is an overreaction. the result is not final! they will make changes.

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Honestly this is the time to have a major reaction before they release the game. With how the forums are reacting and social media, a lot of players aren't happy with how their WoLs look so SE needs to know.

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Originally Posted by Azhyk

Honestly this is the time to have a major reaction before they release the game. With how the forums are reacting and social media, a lot of players aren't happy with how their WoLs look so SE needs to know.

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i agree. some of the reaction is extreme, but necessary. change will come.

My main issue is the dynamic lighting on my miqo'te lad's facial hair (including his eyebrows). He's one of the darkest skin tones in the game and his hair is the darkest black available, but in certain lighting his facial hair is strangely reflective, almost like it's textured as skin and not hair? Here's what I mean:

https://i.ibb.co/Bg3vY2m/Bench1.png

https://i.ibb.co/nm96s17/Bench2.png

It doesn't make the game unplayable but it is a bit bizarre.