7.0 Graphic Update - Lalafell Feedback (please give me back my smudge!!)

[HermitUK]

Yeah, I noticed this too and really don't like what they've done. Completely changes the look of the eyes, and the character as a result. I could not find any options to fix it. Type 3 eyes bring the top eyelid down a bit which looks better, but still nothing like my current character.

[Pablomaldito]

Popoto looks like popoto to me. I'm not seeing any problems with the nose smudge

[PleTwo]

I really don't like the fact that my lalafell's eyebrows are so different in the Dawntrail benchmark, they're thinner and they don't match her hair color anymore. I really hope they do something about this.

[Albaer]

The main thing I'm not too happy with is the changes made to my Lala's eyes:



- The shape is a bit more rounded in general and the slight droop of the outer bottom corners has been removed. You can no longer see the bottom of his irises.
- I also really liked that the eyelids/shadow along the top looked straighter. It gave him an anime-style deadpan look.
- Eyelashes have either been nerfed, or are hidden by...
- My biggest gripe: it looks like he is now wearing thick eyeliner. The shadows(?) around the eyes are too strong in my opinion. A two minute smudging job in GIMP has him looking much closer to the current version:



Apart from that are the changes made to the mouth and smile Skivvy showed on post #12. They've massively narrowed our palate and changed the shape of the smile from a diamond/almond shape to a crescent. It was such a charming smile before and now it looks kind of cursed if I'm honest.

[AlmondTofu]

my wol feels so different and its just kinda unfortunate, i really dont like my eyes

[VictorSpoils]

Holy sh...it's the G-MAN SMILE

[HeyMcFly]

I'm saddened that my Lalafells lip shape has completely been changed- I would have liked it to remain the full, bowed shape - but now there's no real visual difference between the mouth/ lips shapes.
And her sweet, lost looking expression is also gone.
If the devs see this; I would ask that the unique lip shapes remain or are updated to stand out better ^^

Exact same face & presets:
Original, in game



DT Benchmark

[LuminaLumi]

Holy sh...it's the G-MAN SMILE

Male lalafells sure became scary…

The teeth arrangement is drastically different from previous. I see jp players also pointing it out.

[chicinlicin]

i'm pretty happy with how my lalas look, they're different but i can work with it
the nose smudge is really muted on darker skin tones though
current | benchmark


(she doesn't have the nose smudge i'm just posting her too for comparison)

on darker skin adding the nose smudge looks like it makes it lighter? like the texture isn't adjusting for different tones. but even on pale skin it's not as strong
current | benchmark

no smudge | with smudge

[ilustralun]

Didn't see this thread, so I'll repost what I put in another thread since it's lala-relevant here:

The benchmark changed the shape of my character's eyes by removing the dark/heavier upper eyelids and it makes her look shell-shocked. It's a little upsetting because I recall Yoshi-p mentioning that he wanted to move away from characters having "empty dead-eyed" stares and to me it seems like some fundamental eye shape change has inadvertently caused what he was wanting to avoid. I rather enjoyed that my character held a kind of "aloof" or "bemused" expression that made it seem like she was always quietly thinking to herself.

I have the benchmark photo (left), an edit I drew the heavier eyelids onto (right), and the original/before (center). I feel silly because it's just a game I don't usually care to make a fuss over or be a nuisance about.



I'd like it if the update could retain the original characteristic of her eyes and appreciate the hard work of the developers.