Should BHVR Focus on Getting the Likeness Rights for the Licensed Survivors?
Credit goes to Reddit user Chattywindow. Instead of making so many new cosmetics, I think BHVR should focus on getting the likeness rights for the licensed survivors. They would look so much better and more realistic. I understand that the cost may be very high, so maybe they could start a kickstarter-like system so that everyone who wants these characters improved could donate? What do you guys think?
EDIT: Since they’re using Bruce Campbell’s likeness and voice acting for the new Survivor, Ash Williams, maybe they could update the older licensed Survivors? It’s not right that Ash gets more love than them.
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They would look awesome, but I would rather have a bunch of munny dedicated towards other things in the game.3
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I don't mind too much, the only small gripe I have with one of the licensed characters is Michael Myers, because it looks like he is smiling which looks a bit odd to me.
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YES
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@not_Queen please, consider this
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I believe they said back when the Halloween chapter came out they couldn't get the likeness rights to Laurie. However I've heard nothing about the other 2 survivors so maybe they could get them.0
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They look reasonably close to the source material already. It seems like time and effort that could be better spent.
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It'd be neat but probably not beneficial for the Devs.
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The team working on cosmetics has created so many new outfits by now. I doubt it would take that much effort to change SIX cosmetic pieces, their heads alone.Dreamnomad said:They look reasonably close to the source material already. It seems like time and effort that could be better spent.
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I understand that the Devs would lose a lot of money to buy the likeness rights. Since these three chapters are already so popular, there’s no reason for them to spend the extra money. This is why I suggested starting a campaign, so people who really want these changes can donate, and the Devs don’t spend any extra money.MojoTheFabulous said:It'd be neat but probably not beneficial for the Devs.
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I’d love for Quinten to not be so ugly! No hate to the people who worked on his design, granted I don’t think they were going for attractive as a main goal anyway, but just a tired brunette white dude, lol.
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I wish... they could look so awesome. I feel like the change to Quentin would also be great and actually fit him better. He doesn't look like his original even in the slightest.
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@IronWolf115 said:
I don't mind too much, the only small gripe I have with one of the licensed characters is Michael Myers, because it looks like he is smiling which looks a bit odd to me.I'd be smiling, too, if I was ~6'9" murderous psychopath and able to just lift a ######### with 1 hand while the other investigates their guts with a dull kitchen knife.
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Bump.
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Quientin is the only one who scares me in both of those images, but I like the idea. :)
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Quentin and Laurie look horrible in comparison to their actors but tapp doesn’t be look too bad
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Nah it's fine. I would like Laurie to be better, but the Tapp is pretty close already and the Quinten looks cool as it is. Just Laurie I think.
Besides... there's bigger fish to fry for sure.
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That does not sound right. Are you saying that all "detectives" look the same to you?
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I wouldn't mind the Quentin change tbh, but Tapp actually looks a little bit like Danny Glover, As for Laurie i don't really care.
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The in-game Detective Tapp looks stoned. Sometimes I swear his eyes are looking in two different directions.
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I would rather that than have shovel chin.
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I just want Quentin changed, Tapp and Laurie look fine to me
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I'd prefer fixes to game issues over artwork fixes. They aren't a huge team - focus the resources on keeping the game alive, not pretty.
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There are separate teams, one for balance and technical issues, the other for artwork and visuals.
The art team has been focusing a lot on new cosmetics lately. I’m just suggesting that maybe the art team should redesign the licensed characters, since Ash is going to have the likeness of his actual actor. It seems that Ash is actually gonna be the best looking licensed Survivor.
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The difference is that Bruce Campbell is generally very easy to work with when it comes to his likeness for the Ash character in video games and artwork for table-top RPGs and card games. He honestly loves that Ash and Evil Dead have been as popular with fans for so long, and across two generations. I only say that because I've worked with him in the past and have spoken with him. He and Sam Raimi wouldn't have the careers they have today if not for Evil Dead.
That said, not all actors and actresses are the same. Take Robert Englund, for example. He's strict as hell on his likeness being used, and generally doesn't care for it being done at all. On the off chance he can be convinced to do it, he is expensive as all hell. To the point that unless you know you have a product that will print money, it isn't worth the cost.
I can't speak for Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny Glover, or whoever played Quinten, though. Never met them. Have never spoken with them. And have never worked on a license that involved them. But it's quite possible that they simply aren't interested in their likenesses being used. I know as fans that sometimes seems foreign to us, but some actors and actress simply do not like their faces being used in video games, table-top games, toys, et cetera.
You're also not dealing with the actors directly when negotiating a deal, but their Agents. Trust me, you are never going directly to that actor. And sometimes the Agents are impossible to deal with because they're simply pricing their clients too high. Other times they just turn you away outright because they don't feel having their client's likeness in your product is of enough benefit to their client. So, could be a lot of reasons.
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What? No. Goodness no. Let them be, they're fine as is. Let the money go toward dedicated servers or something. They're already identifiable.
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