Ghost images

[Mark Anthony XIII]

Really enjoying this game, but I can't be the only one who is a little displeased that every ghost I have seen so far is humanoid/zombified.

Is there any actual Ghosts like floating apparitions etc?

[☠Dragnoros, der Wächter]

Not really... Um, at most the model in pajamas, looks a bit like a ghost... not really otherwise.

You should also note that everyone has different ideas of what a ghost looks like.

[Cruddy]

I think they're going for a more grounded approach to the models. But gohsts will sometimes appear in a silvery translucent silhouette and sometimes they appear as Mist forms that fly into a targeted player and that's where the whispers come from. DOTS projections also make them look like what you may want.

Like I said though something like a floating upper body would look silly to me, sounds like something out of scooby doo. Some mutated-looking monstrosity would look a bit off too.

[Kelrycor]

Ghosts are usually dead people and no fantasy creatures. So the dev chose zombie like character from the Unity Asset Store to match this. There is nothing wrong seeing a humaniod/zombified ghosts in this games, as it wants to stay as realistic as it can be (despite the fact that ghosts don't exist in RL, of course).

Like Cruddy horse alreay pointed out, the ghost has 5 different forms they appear:
1. mist form (like a fast flying cloud that just hiss you)
2. glass form
3. shade form (like a shadow)
4. physical form
5. white transparent shadow (DOTS event exclusive)

Form 1 and 2 are spook event exclusives. 2 was patched lately to be that.
For 2-5 are bound to the physical model the RNG chose for the ghost. The ghost model will not tell you anything about the ghost type. Only Banshee has to be female due to her Siren giveaway (only female singing and howlings voice during events and hunts).

[☠Dragnoros, der Wächter]

Don't make it so complicated... he just asked if the ghosts look different too. So your answers are wrong. Understand the questions.

It would be like asking for the other color of a ghost and getting height, weight and dozens of other pieces of information I don't want.

My answer is enough without making a science out of it.

[Mark Anthony XIII]

Thanks for all responses :).

I understand the Humanoid/Zombified forms for the ghosts, Ive only seen the D.O.T outline, Humanoid and A ghost that crawls on all fours (Like the Girl from The Ring)

Just when I see a ghost with a baseball bat or hook gives me a Dead By Daylight feel to the game.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by mark_anthony_brown:

Is there any actual Ghosts like floating apparitions etc?

What does an "actual ghost" look like?

[Mark Anthony XIII]

Well no one really knows, guess I should have worded my question a little better.

I wouldn't mind a few floating spectres, I am surprised they have not added the famous Gray Lady to the game. Or something along the lines of the Library Ghost from Ghostbusters.

[☠Dragnoros, der Wächter]

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/geist-mit-bettlaken-78212742.jpg (Don't forget, don't trust links sus persons)

heheh the ultimate ghost.

[LunaticLun]

I think there used to be a model that looked somewhat like a shadowy HL2 headcrab, I'm like 99% sure its unused now though

[datCookie]

The ghosts look the way they do because they're essentially zombie model assets taken from the store. They're meant to be placeholders until the developers find the time to make better and more appropriate assets of their own. Not really a priority right now though.