I hate the Cartoony designs of the Humans

[Arim]

I think the realistic designs of the humans in the original were way better and captured the eerie B movie atmosphere and made the story more engaging and serious. In this remake, the humans look so ridiculously like cartoon caricatures that it detracts from the atmosphere and makes it hard to take seriously. Makes the game seem like a complete joke. I'm glad the remake for the second game toned down the cartoony designs but not enough, I'm still probably am going to buy Reprobed since the second Destroy All Humans! is easily the best game in the entire franchise.

[AngryFace*]

fully agree they look terrible some look ok but there are a few that are absolutely awful

[Arim]

Originally posted by AngryFace*:

fully agree they look terrible some look ok but there are a few that are absolutely awful

Naw they all look horrible and ruin the tone and seriousness of the original. Funnily enough, Silhouette was sexually exploited in this remake to such a huge degree lmao you can see her cleavage. It feels so unnecessary and I bet they're gonna do something similar with Natalya in Reprobed.

[Local Dispenser]

I own this game for so long, want to play it again sometimes but then I think about such things that ruin my thought of getting in and having some fun. It's really annoying that this game has things done amazingly well and things that are off-putting.

[Local Dispenser]

Fortnite and Goofy had a date

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The original didn't look too desimilar to the original stubbs the zombie, which was a pretty cartoony looking game. The game has always been cartoony and non-serious.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by cool-dude:

The original didn't look too desimilar to the original stubbs the zombie, which was a pretty cartoony looking game. The game has always been cartoony and non-serious.

It was cartoony only in the sense that graphics at the time couldn't do realism. But this doesn't attempt realism, it goes for caricature.

It's probably easier to show it than talk about it, watch:
https://youtu.be/3QAs2OAtcy4

I think the new one is still a lot of fun, but if you don't like caricature, the human models can be pretty off putting

[Local Dispenser]

I see a difference between caricatures and cartoons and I was alright buying the game after watching a trailer (and reading a bit), knowing how this game would look like.

In my case, I would say I'm fine with a cartoonish style, but perhaps it's a bit too much. Maybe I'm not fine with caricatures that are super cartoonish.

Just look: https://youtu.be/3QAs2OAtcy4?t=207

What I might complain about:

- oversized parts (it can be the ears, the hair, anything) in comparison to the rest
- that almost everything is now round like a baby's bottom

Can we now understand the sense of this topic?

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The word you're looking for is caricature.

[Local Dispenser]

The word we're already using.

What I don't get is why they look like that. It did nothing to the age rating of the game. From the looks of it, it might be something for children. But not the events and actions.

It's like a puzzle piece that doesn't match. Perhaps someone thought caricatures are cool. Of course they are, as long as they don't look like abominations.

I'm not hating their looks, but I don't love them equally.

[JessTrek]

I agree, it turns the game into something sillier.

[Phantom Limb]

I don’t like it either, but it’s not something that ruins the game for me. I’m just glad to see the game back.

[PlebNC (UK)]

Hotter take: I like the caricature-ish character designs and always thought the original characters were supposed to a cartoon like due to how the entire game is a giant parody. People be like "it makes it look silly" and I'm all "what part of this is supposed to be serious?"

[Local Dispenser]

Originally posted by PlebNC (UK):

Hotter take: I like the caricature-ish character designs and always thought the original characters were supposed to a cartoon like due to how the entire game is a giant parody. People be like "it makes it look silly" and I'm all "what part of this is supposed to be serious?"

yeah, that's individual taste

what I greatly dislike is the too repetitive voice lines. you play the game for 50 hours because you like it and some dude says "ALIEN FROM MARS!!!" the 300th time because the pool of voice lines is too small. my ears started bleeding due to that spam

[Zekeon]

I think the disconnect here is because while the game has an overall silly tone, the original graphics also allowed for moments of scariness, though not necessarily horror. The aliens were a little more intimidating looking, and the humans couldn't be immediately written off as a joke until they opened their mouths. I think the new style is probably something the original devs might have done but decided not to either due to graphical budget limitations or simple stylistic preference.

That said I do find a couple of the new models hit or miss. The farmer for example I think is especially jarring. However, this is not enough for me to stop loving the game.

[Phantom Limb]

Originally posted by Zekeon:

I think the disconnect here is because while the game has an overall silly tone, the original graphics also allowed for moments of scariness, though not necessarily horror. The aliens were a little more intimidating looking, and the humans couldn't be immediately written off as a joke until they opened their mouths. I think the new style is probably something the original devs might have done but decided not to either due to graphical budget limitations or simple stylistic preference.

That said I do find a couple of the new models hit or miss. The farmer for example I think is especially jarring. However, this is not enough for me to stop loving the game.

100% agree with this