Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Argantaelle]

I have a feeling that they did correct smiles to some extent; it seems like they put the corners of the mouth when smiling a little bit lower. Some of my friends noticed that smiles improved for many race/gender combinations.

[Router]

I am once again posting a JP Midlander Face 1 comparison pic. Credits to the person on the JP forum who originally posted it.

EW on the left, DT 7.1 on the right. Should speak for itself...

[LisseyCrowe]

I am once again posting a JP Midlander Face 1 comparison pic. Credits to the person on the JP forum who originally posted it.

EW on the left, DT 7.1 on the right. Should speak for itself...

Face 1 Middie here. I wasn't sure if I should post any pictures as I don't have any good ones, and I also felt like others were more articulate and explaining why the changes were bad, but I feel like these pictures show really well what I've been feeling.

1. Thinner eyeliner, somewhat replaced by a weird shaded area.
2. Outer eye looks off, on the left you can see that from the bottom of the iris to the corner is a more pronounced curve than on the right.
3. Harder to see here, but the mouth has a more neutral expression at base.
(4. Cheeks seem a tinge puffier, but might be the lighting.)
(5. I don't like how much the model on the right pops out of the background compared to on the left? I don't know how else to describe this.)

To be honest all those changes are very minor on their own and I understand anyone who doesn't see it. Even for me it took a while to identify things and I'm probably still missing quite a few. But what has been felt from the beginning is that my character just feels less determined. Together, these changes made it so that my character's expression has gone from a quiet confidence to looking at bit vapid at neutral. A lot of times it feels like my character is barely "there" until the cut-scene projects an emotion on them, and not all of them aged well either.

I don't know if this was useful or not, but maybe that's not as important as simply having more feedback out there.

[Kaziek]

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It certainly can't hurt for more players to give feedback, especially since F Midlander Face 1 players seem to be on the same page with issues (all of your points and more have been expressed by myself and others earlier in this thread). But at this point I don't really expect much. 7.1 changed next to nothing, and I get the feeling that we will see less and less about this as time goes on. Best to temper expectations and be pleasantly surprised if they happen to actually come through with some nice fixes.