Updated benchmark

[LlymlaenGreene]

Character updates is always difficult because characters are going to look different, it's just a fact. With more polygons, better lighting, shadows and textures the characters would never look 1:1 the same as their 6.58 even if they tried.
(Like imo your new au ra looks pretty much identical to your 6.58 au ra). But to you it looks different.

At this point I think it's better to just either make a new character or just try to get use to your new look in-game where you can dress them up and see them in varied lighting.

You can tell these fairy tales to children at night. You don't need to be a graphic artist to understand that new shapes are a free interpretation of existing shapes. They don't have the task of recreating 2d graphics from the Nintendo era. They have enough of the current polygons to add better textures, polygons, lighting so that the character remains the same and at the same time looks like an improvement. To leave everything as it is and improve the details, you need to try a little. It takes a lot of effort to change ALL the current details of the face, and make them different, which we see in the benchmark. I see you are concerned about likes and this is an indicator for you. Take my gorgeous dislike for this square enix work.