POLL: Do you prefer the DA:O or DA2 Elves' look?

#126
FieryDove

Posté 25 novembre 2011 - 10:59

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Clertar wrote...

Pretzel shaped female bodies =bad. Hunchback idle male stance = bad. I could go on but it boils down to =BAD.

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#127
Kail Ashton

Posté 26 novembre 2011 - 12:56

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Bioware definetly needs to smooth out the radical transition from "short human with pointy ears to what the hell is that giant eyed thing with the funny nose?"

It's definetly a problem of extremes, they went to one side then the other, if they can find a good middle ground on the design it'll be fine, felica day's elf was more the right direction to go in

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#128
Rawgrim

Posté 01 décembre 2011 - 07:14

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Felicia Day`s elf was a giraffe.

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#129
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Posté 01 décembre 2011 - 07:36

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I don't think the new look of the elves looks bad. I think their heads are a little too big for their body, but I like the overall look they have and appreciate how different they look from humans.

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Posté 01 décembre 2011 - 08:59

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RagingCyclone wrote...

Marvin_Arnold--I can see both sides. Whereas you may not see the argument that DAO elves look like humans with pointy ears...it is still a valid argument:

What I am trying to get at is that the devs have stated the new art design will stay. My initial reaction to the new design was like yours...not favorable at all. It wasn't until I saw it in DAO that I could see it's potential since we have been told it's staying. And because of how it looks in DAO is why I can accept it.

Then I hope they reconsider. This is the only attractive elf in this thread.

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#131
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Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 12:48

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I like elves to not just be "pretty humans with pointy ears" so I vote DA2, but the design still needs some work. I don't think everything needs to look sexy or pretty either, so I find the "But some of them are ugly!!!" argument silly. Not to mention a lot of the humans are just as ugly. Heck, looking at some people's screenshots, most custom characters are too ugly to be considered human.

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#132
Aaleel

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 01:07

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One thing I hope they get rid of is the need to give all the non humans these bright neon eye colors.

They also need to tell the elves to take their fingers out their mouths and eat something because they were far too thin, which made some of their heads look dis-proportioned from their bodies.

Also the whole no shoes thing, scrap that too.

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#133
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Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 01:17

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I don't mind some of the elements to the new elves, though I do think they're too thin looking for their own good, neck to head ratio seems a bit....off.

Kind of reminds me of those aliens from Kamino from Star Wars Attack of the Clones.

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#134
Rawgrim

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 02:30

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More like the Harry Potter elf.

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#135
OMTING52601

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 05:09

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Is there a way to marry the two? I kind of like the more classical fey facial structure, but gods, it's no wonder we never see fenris without clothes. Merrill looks like the worst kind of anorexic, gah! It'd be nice if they could be filled out a little and be slightly less.... I don't know... Schmegally(sp)? That's what they remind me, of an upright walking Gollum(sp) from the LOTR movies.

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#136
DeathDragon185

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 07:48

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in DA:O elves looked like humans with pointy ears. im glad they changed that for DA2.

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#137
GodWood

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:08

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Fun Fact: Elves are humans with pointy ears.

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#138
DeathDragon185

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:14

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GodWood wrote...

Fun Fact: Elves are humans with pointy ears.

Fun Fact: they are known to be more beautiful than humans.

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#139
GodWood

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:24

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Fun Fact: DA2 elves are not.

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#140
Gibb_Shepard

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:30

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DAO: Generic fantasy elves.

DA2: An attempt at being more original, but an absolutely poor one. DA2 elves are just...bad. Things become generic for a reason, mainly because they are good. This attempt at recreating the elves failed imo, as they just look horrid from an artstyle standpoint.

Also, has it been confirmed by any of the devs that the artstyle is written in stone? If so, woulld it be possible for a provided link?

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#141
TEWR

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:43

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Gibb_Shepard wrote...

DAO: Generic fantasy elves.

DA2: An attempt at being more original, but an absolutely poor one. DA2 elves are just...bad. Things become generic for a reason, mainly because they are good. This attempt at recreating the elves failed imo, as they just look horrid from an artstyle standpoint.

Also, has it been confirmed by any of the devs that the artstyle is written in stone? If so, woulld it be possible for a provided link?

well, I know David Gaider said the Elves are staying in the DAII style in the "Will Bioware change the elves back?" thread in the Story section.

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#142
Tom12

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:04

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DeathDragon185 wrote...

in DA:O elves looked like humans with pointy ears. im glad they changed that for DA2.

Elves are described to be humans with pointy ears thats why i dont like the da2 style, they arent elves anymore. The next thing they could change to make things more unique is to make a beardless and a taller dwarf.
There are simply some clichés you cant change, when they didnt liked how the elves looked, they could simply have let them out of the game and could have made an entire new race.

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#143
thats1evildude

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:08

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There are already beardless dwarves in the game!

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#144
TEWR

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:10

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Tom12 wrote...

DeathDragon185 wrote...

in DA:O elves looked like humans with pointy ears. im glad they changed that for DA2.

Elves are described to be humans with pointy ears

No they weren't.

There are simply some clichés you cant change

Their game. Their incarnation of elves. Their decision.

They're allowed to change it if they want to. It's not like they started demanding all Elves that anyone ever uses look like this.

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#145
Tom12

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:17

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Still if they didnt wanted them to look normal/pretty they should have let them look ugly in dao but in dao lore they are described to look attractive to humans and i wouldnt call their new look attractive

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#146
TwistedComplex

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:37

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They're both kinda crap to be honest

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#147
Tom12

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 10:05

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TwistedComplex wrote...

They're both kinda crap to be honest

Yes thats true,
Except the witcher 2 i dont know any game with pretty normal looking elves. skyrim has some fugly elves and i fear that bioware is still going to make them more ugly. :crying:

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#148
Marvin_Arnold

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 11:11

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I don't care about ugly, but they should have some character. Some that a human viewer can relate to. Not look like aliens.

If they were such a "different species", you couldn't cross-breed them with humans with so little ill effect.

On a related note, poll results are in.

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#149
Marvin_Arnold

Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 11:13

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I also wonder how nobody ever complained that "DA:O Dwarfs are just short stocky humans with an alcohol problem."

And there aren't even "half-dwarves" in DA lore.

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#126 FieryDove Posté 25 novembre 2011 - 10:59

#127 Kail Ashton Posté 26 novembre 2011 - 12:56

#128 Rawgrim Posté 01 décembre 2011 - 07:14

#129 Guest_PurebredCorn_* Posté 01 décembre 2011 - 07:36

#130 Guest_Sareth Cousland_* Posté 01 décembre 2011 - 08:59

#131 Guest_Rojahar_* Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 12:48

#132 Aaleel Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 01:07

#133 Guest_wastelander75_* Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 01:17

#134 Rawgrim Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 02:30

#135 OMTING52601 Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 05:09

#136 DeathDragon185 Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 07:48

#137 GodWood Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:08

#138 DeathDragon185 Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:14

#139 GodWood Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:24

#140 Gibb_Shepard Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:30

#141 TEWR Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 08:43

#142 Tom12 Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:04

#143 thats1evildude Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:08

#144 TEWR Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:10

#145 Tom12 Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:17

#146 TwistedComplex Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 09:37

#147 Tom12 Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 10:05

#148 Marvin_Arnold Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 11:11

#149 Marvin_Arnold Posté 02 décembre 2011 - 11:13

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