Why new Leon looks so UGLY? ☹️

[Hunter]

Leon new model looks very weird and lazy compared to RE2 Remake.

Even RE6 model looks so much better, released 12 YEARS ago!

https://youtu.be/ZHv23ClN8s0
https://youtu.be/_aVXkee35D0

Capcom needs to fix his face!

[Shao]

Originally posted by lunatic:

Originally posted by Shao:

There's similarities but looking like him? It's a 2005 game, your mind is filling the blanks from all the faults you'd have in todays view. Have anyone make a proper rendition of all actors in of RE engine and take the same exact angle in the same lighting to have the fantasy ruined, especially in the context of him growing as a character.

New actor looks fine and people whining about it can keep losing their time on it. If they want old perfect baby face Leon they can just mod it in to fangasm off to.

https://imgur.com/GkQbbdQ

I was just playing the original yesterday. My brain isn't filling in anything. Anyway, no man Leon in the remake looks really odd, some angles + lighting he looks fine, but outside of those rare instances, he is difficult to look at. Man the lighting makes it even worse, regularly there'll be a strange yellow in the whites of his eyes, a glowing sheen come from his lips, bright teeth that act like LED's, light coming through his mouth, strange bug eyes, REALLY horrendous neck positioning, jaw is wider than his neck in a lot of angles too, there's a lot to fault.

https://preview.redd.it/new-leon-is-ugly-capcom-needs-to-fix-him-v0-49z68vis1bna1.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1f2db5e2116a69b93c34f378c61c92c34bcbefa1

That picture doesn't really do the terribleness justice, but it is still horrible, gives you an idea on what I mean. I've since downloaded a face mod which looks far, far, far better than what Capcom delivered with this remake, fixes his eyes, jaw, chin, bulbous head, everything. Sadly there does not seem to be a mod fix for the odd lighting, the lighting always looks "off" when bouncing off or shading a character in the world, specifically human.

Yes it is filling blanks, RE4 OG is super basic compared today and the HD Remaster doesn't really add much to it. It's obviously gonna look better against something that tries to look realistic. This is such a common issue with games that human faces simply don't look good, that's the uncanny thing about it.

The example I gave you makes Leon look like he's been pampered up before going on mission while having this "perfect" shape with no features to discern from anymore which was the idea behind the devs design, to make him look hardened after the years, not turning cuter.

[ChiefMendez]

Originally posted by Shao:

Originally posted by lunatic:

I was just playing the original yesterday. My brain isn't filling in anything. Anyway, no man Leon in the remake looks really odd, some angles + lighting he looks fine, but outside of those rare instances, he is difficult to look at. Man the lighting makes it even worse, regularly there'll be a strange yellow in the whites of his eyes, a glowing sheen come from his lips, bright teeth that act like LED's, light coming through his mouth, strange bug eyes, REALLY horrendous neck positioning, jaw is wider than his neck in a lot of angles too, there's a lot to fault.

https://preview.redd.it/new-leon-is-ugly-capcom-needs-to-fix-him-v0-49z68vis1bna1.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1f2db5e2116a69b93c34f378c61c92c34bcbefa1

That picture doesn't really do the terribleness justice, but it is still horrible, gives you an idea on what I mean. I've since downloaded a face mod which looks far, far, far better than what Capcom delivered with this remake, fixes his eyes, jaw, chin, bulbous head, everything. Sadly there does not seem to be a mod fix for the odd lighting, the lighting always looks "off" when bouncing off or shading a character in the world, specifically human.

Yes it is filling blanks, RE4 OG is super basic compared today and the HD Remaster doesn't really add much to it. It's obviously gonna look better against something that tries to look realistic. This is such a common issue with games that human faces simply don't look good, that's the uncanny thing about it.

The example I gave you makes Leon look like he's been pampered up before going on mission while having this "perfect" shape with no features to discern from anymore which was the idea behind the devs design, to make him look hardened after the years, not turning cuter.

It's not "filling" anything. They obviously tried to make his face much more feminine and "babyface" than the OG, which is part of the reason he looks so off. Their modern facescan tech and designers are awful, this was evident from the start in RE7 with Mia's face looking hideous and uncanny as hell. Re2 remake suffered the same with nu Claire and Leon looking very, very off.
More polygons and more advanced lighting doesn't mean your new model is suddently great just because of it. A talented artist will create a masterpiece with a pencil and a sheet of paper while an incopetent talentless artist wouldn't be able to create a compelling piece of art with all the technology in the world.

[Shao]

Originally posted by ChiefMendez:

Originally posted by Shao:

Yes it is filling blanks, RE4 OG is super basic compared today and the HD Remaster doesn't really add much to it. It's obviously gonna look better against something that tries to look realistic. This is such a common issue with games that human faces simply don't look good, that's the uncanny thing about it.

The example I gave you makes Leon look like he's been pampered up before going on mission while having this "perfect" shape with no features to discern from anymore which was the idea behind the devs design, to make him look hardened after the years, not turning cuter.

It's not "filling" anything. They obviously tried to make his face much more feminine and "babyface" than the OG, which is part of the reason he looks so off. Their modern facescan tech and designers are awful, this was evident from the start in RE7 with Mia's face looking hideous and uncanny as hell. Re2 remake suffered the same with nu Claire and Leon looking very, very off.
More polygons and more advanced lighting doesn't mean your new model is suddently great just because of it. A talented artist will create a masterpiece with a pencil and a sheet of paper while an incopetent talentless artist wouldn't be able to create a compelling piece of art with all the technology in the world.

Dude, feminine and babyface doesn't go with having strong cheekbone and cleft chin among all the other features are masculine by nature.

You should really look at what it means before implying, he is on the testosterone here, way more than his previous appearances and it shows with his arms being bigger than before.

[ChiefMendez]

Originally posted by Shao:

Originally posted by ChiefMendez:

It's not "filling" anything. They obviously tried to make his face much more feminine and "babyface" than the OG, which is part of the reason he looks so off. Their modern facescan tech and designers are awful, this was evident from the start in RE7 with Mia's face looking hideous and uncanny as hell. Re2 remake suffered the same with nu Claire and Leon looking very, very off.
More polygons and more advanced lighting doesn't mean your new model is suddently great just because of it. A talented artist will create a masterpiece with a pencil and a sheet of paper while an incopetent talentless artist wouldn't be able to create a compelling piece of art with all the technology in the world.

Dude, feminine and babyface doesn't go with having strong cheekbone and cleft chin among all the other features are masculine by nature.

You should really look at what it means before implying, he is on the testosterone here, way more than his previous appearances and it shows with his arms being bigger than before.

The discussion is about his face, bud. His face is feminine and it's obvious to anyone. Small chin, receding jawline, bulb-like head shape. Doesn't mean his face is that of a woman, but it is feminized. It's why you have so many twitter k-pop fan types going crazy about nu Leon specifically.

And on the topic of the quality of their face tech - tell me how this looks anything but unnatural and uncanny https://imgur.com/a/dWL2ANW

[lucent]

I thought people wanted the games to be more horror. Here is the next remake with Leon in Resident Evil: The Possession!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-1wwxK2wIs&t=3s