Benchmark 1.1 Feedback - Female Hyur Midlander ~ Eyeshadow Option Issue

[NoxLuminos]

I'm so glad I'm not alone here! The new makeup changes the look and appeal of the face wayyy more significantly than some people give it credit for, and those changes aren't exactly positive ones in a lot of cases.



1. The fact that the color selection for these pictures are set to black and on the dark setting is just wild to me. The new puffy eyebags of the face model only make the reduced makeup even MORE noticeable, since there isn't as much to counter-balance the shadows they cast.

2. If someone wants their character to have a more natural look without makeup, then cool! They can just toggle it off! But not even being able to opt into the alternative of using a saturated + high-contrast makeup for a more dramatic effect is a huge bummer.

3. Despite the fact that we no longer have the semi-transparent "veil" covering the tops of our eyes anymore (which, like others in this thread mentioned, I also super loved for the unique expression it created), the eyes somehow manage to look even smaller.

TLDR; Smaller eye shape + drastically reduced makeup = beadier looking eyes and an overall less expressive... well... expression. Hyper-realism isn't always a boon when it ends up just making our fantasy character turn uncanny valley.

[Rikizza]

I'm so glad I'm not alone here! The new makeup changes the look and appeal of the face wayyy more significantly than some people give it credit for, and those changes aren't exactly positive ones in a lot of cases.



1. The fact that the color selection for these pictures are set to black and on the dark setting is just wild to me. The new puffy eyebags of the face model only make the reduced makeup even MORE noticeable, since there isn't as much to counter-balance the shadows they cast.

2. If someone wants their character to have a more natural look without makeup, then cool! They can just toggle it off! But not even being able to opt into the alternative of using a saturated + high-contrast makeup for a more dramatic effect is a huge bummer.

3. Despite the fact that we no longer have the semi-transparent "veil" covering the tops of our eyes anymore (which, like others in this thread mentioned, I also super loved for the unique expression it created), the eyes somehow manage to look even smaller.

TLDR; Smaller eye shape + drastically reduced makeup = beadier looking eyes and an overall less expressive... well... expression. Hyper-realism isn't always a boon when it ends up just making our fantasy character turn uncanny valley.

Agreed with everything you said. I was so happy when i saw the first benchmark that they gave us (atleast miqote) thicker lashes. Then i went to the forum and saw everybody complaining about it. It made me scared square enix would remove it, and boom they did. And even toned down the eyeshadow too. Why not just make it optionable so everyone wins ugh. It actually made me sad lol. I hope they do something to this before release.