I didn't mind the original new Cole design that much but I am just glad that the complaints will stop.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=112067&page=1

Good news for Old Cole fans ! And has anyone watched the new cutscene ? Amazing !

Damn! that was incredible!!!!

Am actually glad to hear that, now please change back the voice actor

Sigh, people always complain, stick to the old farce, Complaint; change to a younger version, Complaint; sex-change Cole to a woman, Complain.

Sucker Punch, watever u do, there will always be people demanding this and that. Link of Zelda has changed so much over the years, and you never see Miyamoto listen to all the suckers when people complain, Wind Waker Link is cute in his own way and fit in the game atmosphere just fine. Link has even morphed into a wolf in Twilight Princess. 

So,  just cover up ur ears this time,  and deliver one hell of a good game with your own design. If its a good game, people will love it and love the new Cole, if its bad, haha, not even Harrison Ford can save the train disaster of Indiana Jones: Crystal Skulls.

Good decision IMO. There was no need to sex him up and turn him into a cookie cutter action hero. It's not so much the giving him a new look that I thought was off, but rather that the new look was so cliche. Even with the current trend of being all tattooed. It was like badass by numbers.

Wouldn't have stopped me from playing the game though. Rerally liked the first one, even though I was initially not interested in buying it. Lucky when I bought my PS3 it was bundled either with inFamous or Ghostbusters. I think I went with the right choice.

Aka, they shaved his head.

Can't believe most people's complaints were about the lead characters looks. They aged him, gave him development. Did the look of the main character really stop all you lot from buying it? I mean seriously?

Thank god.

Yes! Back in my to buy list!

I liked the "Anatomy of (the new) Cole" picture. I have no idea how to embed btw.

Just cut his hair.