Quote Originally Posted by linesthatinterlace View Post
What I'm saying is exactly the same as what you are: of course you're going to notice the difference of a face you spend hours and hours and hours staring at. It would be very strange if you got exactly the same look, honestly: I had to rework my character a little until she looked right again, and I'll definitely be taking the chance of the free Fantasias to make the change.

Look, I'm not saying you shouldn't be unhappy. I'm just saying that - while they should fix the obvious glitches - your standard for "my character looks the same" is going to be much higher than that of anyone else for your character. The graphical update is happening; none of us have any choice about it; feedback isn't going to address the myriad small issues (things like eyebrow tweaks!) that people have. If you look at any HD remake or remaster of a game, this kind of thing happens - it isn't surprising it has here. I just think we should make emotional peace with the change.
I think it is important for us to make a stink about changes that were very clearly the result of developer preference and not graphic updates.
Faces looking softer is a nasty result of us Elezen being five polygons and then getting more. I think these are the graphic updates that won't get addressed. Sometimes, I don't see the difference people are pointing out.

BUT! Eyebrow shapes changing, addition of extra textures (dark circles), harsh lip outlines, female Elezen bean mouths, completely changing features like Sir Grinnaux's lips on page 6 are not a result of upscaling but an actual human going in and making an alteration. These are the things that need to be addressed ASAP. These are 100% not okay.

Too many of these feel SE doesn't care about the "original feel" of the character. Like someone at SE decided they thought certain facial features were ugly and then sanded them down to be more in line with their apparent goal of plasticine beauty.