Sneak Peek: Meat Pit #2

I've gotta agree with the others. I'm really not a fan of the newer look for Claire. Sorta ruining it for me. [Please take what i'm about to say a constructive criticism, because I do really like Claire's Quest and I want it to succeed!] It's almost as if they are trying too hard on the shading, and that's either taking away or reducing the overall appeal and quality of Claire's facial features. Switching up the art style halfway through development (IMO) is a really bad idea. Even if that isn't the intent, it will appear that way to anyone that ends up buying the game after Development is complete. If the new/second artist simply can't reconstruct the original art design then they shouldn't be working on the project. (Only as far as artwork goes) Its almost like Dragonball Super TV broadcast/simulcast vs Bluray version. If you don't know what I mean, a simple google image search will show you all you need. I mean if all the newer artwork will be redone for final release then (IMO) I don't mind if these are just placeholders.

Storyline

I guess maybe they seem to have a bit less detail or a less realistic style and tend more towards comic/anime style? Not sure if that makes sense. In any case, i hope you can still take that as positive feedback :)

Lena

I have to agree with Corax. It is hard to point out exactly what it is, but since a while the new cg sets look/feel "different". I guess i prefered the style that was used before. I don't want to sound mean towards Pigu or Nikki at all. In my opinion it is good that you guys managed to "grow" and not give up when problems arised. So overall it is really going into a positive direction if you ask me.

Lena

might be the hair style that looks different because some of it is hidden. To me the face is too short it seems longer in other images. I'm not saying it has to be redone tho I'm sure the scene will be as immersive as always, when seen in full.

Corax

Hmmm... For me the problem was Nikki tended to make it 100% exactly the same face every time by doing a "copy paste" painting technique, which made the head look awkward at times. While Pigu does an original sketch every single time, with the consequence of the angle being fine, but the face looking different. As they get used to working together I hope it'll streamline more though!

ArchitectOfDystopia

to be honest the face doesn't look like Claire, I agree somthing is off. It looks like an different character. The scene is nice tho.

Corax

meh... looks fine to me?

PinstripedHart

Hmmm... Interesting, if more people feel that way I'll have it pulled and redone.

ArchitectOfDystopia

Sorry, but that CG would be a net loss for the scene in my case. As in, I'd prefer not to see it at all. The face is not quite uncanny valley stuff, but it's close enough to throw off the impression entirely. I think it's something with eye positioning? Like, they seem less angled away than the rest of the face and it gives this sort of squished, skewed look. Combined with the ambiguous expression, it somehow makes me think of trollface X_X

We've been letting Pigu do lines while Nikki does the color and rendering, so the style may look different! In this case though, it's the angle of her face.

ArchitectOfDystopia

Not sure if that's a different artist, or her nose just looks super weird.