Do you like the new survivor portraits?
So with the mid chapter release, some of the survivors got new portraits (Kate, Nea, David, Jake, Quentin, and Feng).
Personally, I hate the new portraits. They look very out of place and downgraded compared to the older ones.
Do you like the new survivor portraits?
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No
They look plastic compared to the others with a more rustic vibe and stick out to much. Prefered them before
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Other
Can someone explain what changed?
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No
They changed the portrait looks of Feng, David,Kate, jake, nea and Quentin in the survivor selection. In my opinion i prefered the old portraits and dont like the new ones as much they look really un-uniform.
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No
It doesn't look remotely professional.
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Maybe
David, Kate, fang, and jake all look ridiculous and should be combed back closer to their originals, everyone else looks fine.
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No
The lack of shadows and extremely sharp edges make them look awful.
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Yes
Hate Davids but I love the rest of them.
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Other
Quenquen and Jake are great. Nea is looking much better too.
No comment on David, Min and Kate tho. Ew.
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No
they're ugly
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Other
I haven't seen them as I haven't had the time to get in game, and I probably won't have that time for the next few days, could somebody post a screenshot?
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Yes
why the ######### would you want those ugly ass portrait's returned? maybe your eyes just have them singed into your retinas like me and anything looks odd
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No
I remember seeing a few comments about it during the PTB, but I was like, "That's a very minor thing -- how bad can it actually be?" and then I loaded in today to see the Rift and LMAO.
I've never thought the portraits are a great representation of what the characters actually look like, but these ones are as if you tried to make them look worse.
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No
Not at all, I rather old ones.
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No
David King 🤢
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No
These are what the portraits look like now:
Only Kate, Nea, David, Jake, Quentin, and Feng's portraits were changed so far.
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Other
I won't say they look worse necessarily, undoubtedly they're higher res images of the survivors themselves.
I think the problem is that the art style is so undoubtedly disjointed from the other survivors of the cast that the result is they seem so completely and utterly out of place. That contrast is what's ugly and disgusting, not really how each survivor appears individually.
Although on a side note, I will say that the lighting the survivors seem to share across all of them looks worse on the new portraits. It makes them appear as though they're glistening, like they're slick with some kind of oil / sweat, or that they're plastic and look like a figure as a collector's item.
Though I get why the dev team is doing it- since they've updated the character models that are used in game they've got to update the portfolio images as well, it was especially noticeable for characters like Jake and Nea- their faces and hair changed completely to the point that you might not recognize them as the same character between the portfolio picture and how they actually appear in game.
But yes, I do see the problem here.
EDIT: I think the worst one has gotta be Feng Min because of the hair. I think the dev team should maybe reconsider just straight up porting the models into the portfolio's, I think there's nothing wrong with having an artistic representation of each character that isn't 100% representative of how they appear in game. Just similar enough to provide the unique details of each character which make them identifiable. This is partly why people tinker with the game files to mod the icons for perks, items, and characters as well- they have unique art styles which make them attractive options if you want to mess with how the game is visually presented.
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No
They're crap, mate.
I mean look at David. Looks like he's been stung by a load of bees.
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Maybe
"And that's why you don't eat raw chicken folks"
Said David King right after the portrait rework probably.
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Maybe
I like Jake and Nea, mostly like Quentin (just needs some lighting adjustments), am neutral on Min and Kate (they're fine on their own, just not next to all the others), and hate David (there is no fixing him other than going back).
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Other
Mixed bag for me. For example, Quentin's portrait is spot on, and of course the old one didn't do the new one justice, at all. Jake looks good too. Great change here.
Then you have David, who looks like a completely different person. Or Feng, whose portrait looks like it was made by one of those random modders from the community who changes in-game portraits but they look out of place.
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Maybe
Models are fine. I think they ######### up the lighting. Classic renders have counter light from behind. New portraits looks like they lighted only at front so it looks out of place. I also don't like the shine on Kate's hair. But her new face looks prettier. Previous Kate's face was little bit uglier.
Overall new models remind me faces from Japanese 3d games like Dead or Alive. Probably because of very clean face textures.
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Maybe
Only David portrait is terrible. Everything else is fine
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No
They would be fine with some polish.
All except david. #########
I saw them on the PTB and was like "eh its early, they'll be polished on live"
why do i let myself believe things I know aren't gonna happen...?
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Yes
Quentin is hot. Shame what they did to David though. He really needs a paper bag cosmetic for his head now.
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Other
The in-game portraits is fine. But why did they also change it in the survivor portraits??
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No
Poor quentin, there is nothing left of what he was
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