Quote Originally Posted by EchoingPulse View Post
I think we can all agree is that Square shouldn't have touched the character models AT ALL. Whatever the old settings they had for years clearly were working.
Not sure I agree with this. I think it's important to remember that a lot of the issues also stem from the new lighting that highlights different areas than before which is what makes some areas of the models look weird. Take hyurs puffy eyelids for example, they obviously don't look good but the old models also had them and the new lighting just makes them more obvious where previously they were not that noticeable. The best solution would have to actually edit the model itself and reduce the puffiness of the eyelids to account for the new lighting but in attempt to keep the models as close to original as possible, they opted not to change that area creating an even bigger disillusion.

Sure, some areas have been changed too much but and this thread is proof of that, however to think that everyone would be happy if the models were not changed at all and only textures and lighting were updated shows imo a lack of understanding on how delicate of a process it is to actually upscale models and the environment while retaining the original look.