Graphical Update Thread: Midlander Hyur

[Wasselin]

Looking at these, the place where the neck joins the head looks strange to me. Like the neck is flaring out as it goes up. That's probably minor, but I'm not sure why that looks different, unless it's caused by shadow that's no longer there on the updated midlander. It makes the head look different in comparison.

It's amazing how little things can make a character look so different.

having seen a lot of other folks' characters now it seems like a lot of the warmth got removed from darker skin tones. like, even the red-aspect of purple-y toned au ra and elezen. its weird.

I think that's part of what makes some midlanders look older, because the skin doesn't look as bright.

[hiedra]

I feel like I lucked out in that I don't mind face 5 looking a bit older for my guy specifically, and I don't mind his features being softened a little (even though I prefer harsher shading to define things like brows or noses stylistically). I came out more unscathed than my partner who plays as m!elezen. That said, there's still some things about the lighting that are really weird with darker skin tones. of course, it looked better in the trailer than the CC, but even just comparing between the CC....



(in case that link embed doesnt work, here's the image https://imgur.com/a/DWDbRkR )

like, the weird points of light at either side of his lips dont make sense to me, and he is overall a little more grayed out to the point where I'm going to consider taking him a shade darker and seeing if I like that more. (but that doesnt help anyone whose characters are already on the darkest settings they can use)

The highlights on the darkest skintones look kind of greasy to me and the shadows are not prominent enough so the face loses a lot of depth.

[Heavenchild]

I think he looks much better now. I also tried with other cosmetics and the new hairstyle and I loved it.
But I wished that also the bodymodels would get a real improvement.

[Jaydenz]

In general, I'm super happy with how my character looks in the benchmark, but my complaint is the stubble for face 7. In the benchmark it's barely noticeable compared to the current game. Not really a complaint but the character also looks a bit older than he does in current patch.

[Haru304]

I primarily play hyur midlander. I'm happy with how my dude looks but my chick looks a bit odd within the creator itself, though that may just be down to lighting as she looks a lot better during the actual benchmark test.

[cbanogueira]

It seems to me that the designers paid attention to isolated details of the characters' faces, individually analyzing eyes, nose, mouth, jaw, etc.
However, they forgot to analyze the entire work, the final face and how far it is from the original face. This can be seen in the links below. When seen up close, the face doesn't look that different, but from afar, when you look at it as a whole, it doesn't appear to be the same person.
I can't recognize my character after 9 years of playing Final Fantasy XIV. I'm very sad about this.

https://imgsli.com/MjU1ODQx

https://imgsli.com/MjU1ODQw

https://imgsli.com/MjU1ODM4

[Wasselin]

Maybe they haven't updated facial hair for face 5 and 7 yet? It seems so non-existent that I can't believe that it's intended.

[LaurentusYarabor28]

I have the same face type as your character and the same has happened to me. I think because they have rounded everything off and got rid of the sharp edges it has taken away the cheek bones. Also the lighting changes make a huge difference as well. Sadly I think that's why mouth 1 now looks like it has no upper lip. The eye brows as well look weaker and smaller due to making them softer. It's so sad but I hope square enix take this feed back and make some improvements. Ultimately they have made the face seem more fat, soft and rounder than it's original counterpart.

[posona]

I like the changes EXCEPT the shape of my boy’s eyebrows are different now, and those were a really big charm point for me. I like that they look sculpted, but now they’re thin and lost their shape. I chose them specifically because they had a different shape compared to the other options. I tried all other options just in case but it looks like they changed the ones I chose to match the other ones.

Current:



Benchmark:

[Miketsu]

I like the changes EXCEPT the shape of my boy’s eyebrows are different now, and those were a really big charm point for me. I like that they look sculpted, but now they’re thin and lost their shape. I chose them specifically because they had a different shape compared to the other options. I tried all other options just in case but it looks like they changed the ones I chose to match the other ones.

Current:



Benchmark:

I like the graphics update overall, but I have the same complaint as you. I use the same eyebrows on my Face 1 Midlander male. The eyebrows are a lot thinner and more sparse now. I wonder if it's the result of the new shader making hair look lighter.

Before and after: