NPCs have same faces

[AsuraStrike]

men, women, children... I'm so tired of seeing the recycled faces over and over, especially the guy with vertical wrinkles. Every time I see him, I'm like "oh not this guy again".

[katzenkrimis]

Sounds like Pro Evolution Soccer.

[Beyuhz]

You should set out and model many unique faces for the next game you decide to grace with your artistic capabilities.

[Regret and Redemption]

Originally posted by Beyuhz:

You should set out and model many unique faces for the next game you decide to grace with your artistic capabilities.

[Locomotive]

You expect every generic NPC in the game to have a unique face? LOL. They serve as background settings so that you have hundreds of NPCs in a city. Think of them as inconsequential NPCS in Skyrim :) THey don't know you and you don't know them. There's enough NPCs that have story in this game.

[AsuraStrike]

I know having unique faces can be expensive, but this is such a mood killer

[Beyuhz]

Originally posted by Asura:

I know having unique faces can be expensive, but this is such a mood killer

You have very sensitive moods. There are pills for that.

[kralmir]

Originally posted by Beyuhz:

Originally posted by Asura:

I know having unique faces can be expensive, but this is such a mood killer

You have very sensitive moods. There are pills for that.

[AsuraStrike]

oh merchants have the same voice too. "welcome, welcome!"
might as well just not say anything.

[Coin]

Originally posted by Beyuhz:

You should set out and model many unique faces for the next game you decide to grace with your artistic capabilities.

[Aaronsteel123]

The times it gets really jarring for me are when several characters in main quest scenes look the same and you have to interact with them, or when right after I've finished a quest and run through town I see someone who looks exactly the same but has a different name. One example was (minor spoiler that's got to do with a minor monster contract) when hunting the basilisk or whatever at Crow's Perch for the baron, you can talk to a kid who witnessed the attack. Later, when helping a woman who's been having her chickens stolen by children wearing wolf paws, the exact same kid shows up, character model, face, clothing and all, but is supposed to be a different person. It was quite immersion breaking.

I get that we're all Witcher 3/CDPR fanboys here, but I do think that CDPR could have at least made the interactive characters more varied. If they're just villagers or whatever I couldn't care less, but if they're someone who you're gonna have to talk to in cutscenes, it would be nice to not have that "Hey... you look just like somebody else I knew over in Velen" moment.

[fdsrh]

Doesn't matter, really. Stop whining about everything in video games.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by Beyuhz:

You should set out and model many unique faces for the next game you decide to grace with your artistic capabilities.

Indeed, just like how you shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion regarding Aliens: Colonial Marines until you've made a game that's at least as good (or bad, as it were).

Basically, here's how it breaks down for games with THOUSANDS of different NPCs:

1) Poorly detailed, very homogeneous and often downright hideous faces, but every single one is at least a little bit different (see Oblivion, Fallout 3, most post-Jade Empire BioWare games)

2) Intricately detailed, very distinct, very realistic BUT a fair amount of re-use because every single unique face has a dollar value attached

Choose ONE

[Regret and Redemption]

They are jsut as varied - if not moreso, then say DA:I. Or at least, the previous witcher games. I'm not really sure what you are using in your mind as a reference that "does it right". Becuase I feel that there is plenty a variety in both facial details and voices in this game.

[KaFrost]

shut up man, you know nothing. its hard to do thousands npcs uniques .-.

[kralmir]

Originally posted by ydraig:

Originally posted by Beyuhz:

You should set out and model many unique faces for the next game you decide to grace with your artistic capabilities.

Indeed, just like how you shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion regarding Aliens: Colonial Marines until you've made a game that's at least as good (or bad, as it were).

Basically, here's how it breaks down for games with THOUSANDS of different NPCs:

1) Poorly detailed, very homogeneous and often downright hideous faces, but every single one is at least a little bit different (see Oblivion, Fallout 3, most post-Jade Empire BioWare games)

2) Intricately detailed, very distinct, very realistic BUT a fair amount of re-use because every single unique face has a dollar value attached

Choose ONE

there is an option 3. which is the best of option 1 and 2 combined, BUT, the base game now costs 129.95 because the production costs increased by an unholy amount.

i say no thank you to that.