Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[nattherat]

I always saw this as a product of the models being so old (remember older races like hyur are like decade old at this point) either forcing the modelers to basically create character with (imo) bad anatomy due to technical limitations or the modelers at the time just not being up to task and I hoped they would fix these anatomy issues in the update.

I won't go on about it, but this definitely wasn't a product of the models being old - it isn't as though people couldn't model humans ten years ago. It was deliberate stylistic choice, it's very reminiscent of things like the Tactics series illustrations, with the exaggerated bodies and poses. Erasing the art style erases the identity of the game, it's the age-old graphics =/= aesthetics. If you don't care for the stylisation, that's totally fine of course.

The odd thing is, if it’s Hyurs that are the base model, why are so many of their faces just as wrong? lol You would think if they were the master template, they would all look more or less unchanged.

Because Hyur got a new mesh too, it just happens that their new mesh is what everyone else's new mesh is based on. So everyone got changed, including Hyur, which is why Hyur players are (rightfully) upset too.

[Iscah]

Because Hyur got a new mesh too, it just happens that their new mesh is what everyone else's new mesh is based on.

I feel like it's the wrong approach to say they are what everyone else is based on.

The new model is a generic human face. The Hyur faces are specific human faces. Their features are getting forced towards the generic face every bit as much as the others; they just aren't coming from such a distant starting point.