Viera Changes

[Clover_Blake]

Another face 3 victim here. I'm never going to play my Viera again (._.)

[INTERNETKID]

I'm seeing everyone post their vieras and i understand why they are angry, they are made to look soulless and they changed facial features that didnt need changing, but man... compared to all the others mine doesnt even look like the same person anymore... i'm so cooked

These are the exact same presets.
The black eyeliner ish markings around the eyes are gone. The skin is weird and oily and looks like wax, and looks flat. The eyebrows are lighter than the hair they are gone from my face at this point. My eyes are dead and the texture changes make their shape look different. The lip shape has been changed, and the gloss is gone (it should just be a base toggle on/off feature man), it looks like im wearing cheap lipstick.
That does not look like the same character .....

The lighting is better though but that is all for me really

[Xurtan]

Blech all around. Really disappointed with how the Viera turned out, just seems like they really shifted the feeling of the faces. Not in a good way, either. Hopefully SE hears and fixes it before launch.

[CVXIV]

Here you go - quote my post and replace the link in the IMG wrap in your post with what's in mine.

I removed the image since I'm quoting you but thank you so much for the assistance! I tried following what DiaDeem said earlier but I've never used imgur before so I guess I must have missed a step somewhere.

[orewing]

My viera is... green?



His skin looks okay in cutscenes at least, but it feels like there's other problems with face geometries, especially around the eyes and the bridge of the nose.

[TW-Luna]

Idk, the more I think about it, the more mixed I am.
Skin just looks so plastic-y or waxy. You make skin look more natural by adding pores and bumpiness to it, not by taking a buffer to it and giving it a wax finish.
And the bottom left lighting conditions just make her eyes look so glassy. As if my character got a madame tussaud style wax replica made.
Additionally, no one's eyes are that white.

[Tethan]

I'm seeing everyone post their vieras and i understand why they are angry, they are made to look soulless and they changed facial features that didnt need changing, but man... compared to all the others mine doesnt even look like the same person anymore... i'm so cooked

These are the exact same presets.
The black eyeliner ish markings around the eyes are gone. The skin is weird and oily and looks like wax, and looks flat. The eyebrows are lighter than the hair they are gone from my face at this point. My eyes are dead and the texture changes make their shape look different. The lip shape has been changed, and the gloss is gone (it should just be a base toggle on/off feature man), it looks like im wearing cheap lipstick.
That does not look like the same character .....

The lighting is better though but that is all for me really

Man, the face 4 vibe has completely changed. It's way softer and lost its characteristic features. Ironically I may have to go from 3 to 4 to try to salvage my WOL but that only illustrates how far we have strayed from Hydaelyn with these changes.

[RulerKelso]

Im mostly annoyed how the black hair looks in the new lighting.
But I think this will be fixed until official release. ...I hope






Althought my character does not look exactly the same, she looks pretty hot in action
If not that washed out hair color.

[INTERNETKID]

I'm devastated, personally. This is awful.

They really completely ruined face 4 huh. That doesnt even look like the same dude. This is crazy

[anzumajo]

Absolutely agreeing with my previous posters, the changes to Viera faces of both genders were absolutely horifying and I genuinely do not recognize my character again.



Just a list of things that absolutely irk me:
- Lack of dimension in lips
-> Lack of gloss in lipstick (main reason for picking lipstick in the first place)
- Pupils are WAY to contracted, used to be more dilated
- The "glow" of the eyes is too heavy and too saturated, gives the whole look a very unrealistic feel, perhaps it's just an effect because of the small size of the pupils
- Nose contouring is too dark on Veena but too light on Raava.
- The shadow cast on the upper part of the eyeball is WAY too dark, it'd need to be toned down a notch.



Went into the benchmark with the expectation of thinking that she'd look like the left but instead was left with the right. For me it'd be fixed if the pupils went back to their former size, it'd restore most of the visual appeal of face 3 for me. But a fantasia wouldn't be enough, I might have to actually switch races if this is left unadressed, it's really disappointing to see.