Am I the only person who thinks the characters in XCX look good?

[SubiyaCryolite]

Nem said:

SubiyaCryolite said:

Nem said:

That looks good to you? Looks incredibly fake to me. Whats with all the gloss? Despite that, it isnt one of the default characters and wait until he starts talking. The hair clipping, the weird beard texture. In the back you have an aberration. Look at that dead stare.

Thats the thing... realistic is incredibly difficult to pull off. The game that has the closest is probably LA Noir. These efforts are cringe worthy to me. Xenoblade X doesnt try that. It takes on its own art direction based on anime. 

 

As for the "Anime look and feel" I can think of several games that pull off anime models much better than XCX. Final Fantasy XIII, XIV and XV. Dead or Alive. Guilty Gear Xrd. The Last Story. Etc  

I feel the same way when i see the criticism for Xenoblade X faces. The difference beeing that Xeno isnt trying to be realistic, and DA is.

 

Also, bringing cell shaded games and games that arent even anime styled into this makes me not even want to bother having this conversation. Your whole problem seems to be that the eyes are big anime eyes, while those games you mention arent using that style. If you dont like the style, you dont like the style. There are no horrible looking faces. There faces you personally dont like the style of, just like i dont the DA ones. 

Let me make this clear: These faces are not supposed to look realistic! 

They are meant to be pleasent and cute though. Something that wont be achieved if you keep expecting them to look realistic. I swear... its like you have never watched anime. I'm saying this to you, but i'm sure it applies to more people.

You are right this conversation isn't worth having. Enjoy XCX advanced beard textures, lip sync and lack of clipping.