http://www.play-mag.co.uk/features/top-5-worst-character-reinventions/

Makeovers are for women not game characters. Here are five reasons why…

5.
Cole – InFamous
Now look, if you got set-up to look like a terrorist by an evil secret organisation, you’d be pretty grumpy, even if you did get some pretty cool superpowers as a side effect. You wouldn’t bounce back from the shock in no time looking like some guy from a Pepsi MAX advert.

4.
Price – Call Of Duty
This guy’s had a couple of different reinventions in his time. We didn’t mind him turning from a plummy World War II officer into a gruff, modern-day SAS hard case in Call Of Duty 4, but in Modern Warfare 2, while he seems the same character on the surface, he’s become a total lunatic. We liked him better when he was a mate we could trust, not some freak running around, talking in riddles like a cheap Doctor Who impersonator.

3.
Max Payne – Max Payne
They made him fat and bald. When did getting fat and bald every improve anyone? Never, that’s when. And he’s not even the good kind of fat, i.e. funny and comical, he’s just all miserable and dirty and depressing. Can you imagine what the inside of his pants must smell like? Eurgh!

2.
Baraka – Mortal Kombat
The toning down of violence in Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe was bad news for the entire Mortal Kombat roster, but slash-happy Baraka was hit harder than most. He still manages to shed a bit of blood, but his fatality is little more than a stab in the chest. That’s child’s play compared to a decapitation or ripping a person’s torso free of the rest of their body.

1.
The Prince – Prince Of Persia
Now, it might look a bit weird that we’re knocking Ubisoft for making a chirpy character moody, when we already had a go at Sucker Punch for cheering up a proper misery guts, but it isn’t a question of angry being better than happy or vice versa. It’s a question of if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Warrior Within has to be one of the worst examples of this principle being completely ignored ever.

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Thoughts?

Cole isn't a 'worst' reinvention but I do prefer the looks of the original Cole.

The Prince isn't so bad either. Both versions of the Prince are totally fine IMO except for the latest Forgotten Sands. He just looks different to the original Prince.

Seriously...? Was this whole article just a disguised stab at Cole? We've only seen screens so why jump the gun? Bunch o' morons.

I know he is cartoon-like character.... but.... what about conker?

I echo the sentiments about Cole, it does look as though they are changing the styling of the entire game, let's just wait for the E3 reveal

As for Captain Price, he still remains basically my favourite NPC. He was a little nutty, but I still trusted him above all others

Solid Snake from MGS4...as cool as he is, he turned old on me XD

Seriously the new cole isn't even bad, I don't know why everyones making a big issue out of him not looking like he did in the first one.

ITs like this list was made to mock him.

I think the problem is he seems more colourful (good thing in my opinion). I think the worse I seen, is possibly Bionic Commando.

How is that a problem, I actually feel like looking at him now. Good thing in my opinion too.

Coles now looks like he belongs on American Idol rather than a videogame