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[Varteras]

What a fuck is this ridiculous bullshit?

Did you lose a fight with your wife or something, bro? You wanna talk about it?

 

[Goalus]

She is transitioning.

Exactly my thoughts.

 

[Atrus]

The costumes are in line with the cultures they’ve built in the game so I don’t see what the problem is. The new Quen ones are not as great as the ones seen in the main game but I don’t see what is “nightmare fuel”.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

I'd say more goofy/funny than "nightmare fuel"

especially when combined with her ridiculous derpface expressions

 

[Oddvintagechap]

God of War Armors were pretty bad in the second game.

Same with Horizon. There was “cooler” armors in the first. But it makes more sense in Horizon for armors to look home made, as they almost all do. GOW2 practicality makes no sense, since armors are magical in nature.

 

[tkscz]

What a fuck is this ridiculous bullshit?

They are VERY busy so to me they're gaudy, but far from nightmare fuel.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Can we still see the nip, though?

 

[GMCamaro]

The woman on the right is trying her hardest not to look.

 

[Ribi]

Did she transition to the Asian on the right?

 

[nightmare-slain]

I don't like most of the gear she has. I wish they were better looking. I didn't bother changing her look much.

 

[simpatico]

I've always enjoyed Horizon despite the atrocious aesthetics of the protags. This doesn't even turn my head tbh

 

[adamsapple]

Most of this is a non-issue if you keep the head gear hidden

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

To be fair, shes ugly as fuck anyways so who cares

 

[CatLady]

Most of the armors/costumes in the game look bad IMO.
Thankfully they let you transmog, I played through the entire game with the look of one of the earliest armor sets:

That armor doesn't look bad at all. Much better than what's in the OP.

 

[onnextflix5]

Who is she trying to attract, the robot dinosaurs.

 

[Rush2112]

if youre a fan, just letting you know to any normal person this looks fukin stupid.

 

[Ansphn]

Looks amazing honestly

 

[KXVXII9X]

 

[Kdad]

What a fuck is this ridiculous bullshit?

You the resident GAF fashion critic?

 

[TheKratos]

Her face is nightmare fuel, mostly due to inconsistency. It can be feminine but at times also an ugly ass lil fat boy-ish.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

She looks like Ronald McDonald.

 

[Flabagast]

Character design from Horizon series must be the worst of Western AAA industry. So weird because the environments look very very nice.

 

[bender]

 

[Fredrik]

Her face is nightmare fuel, mostly due to inconsistency. It can be feminine but at times also an ugly ass lil fat boy-ish.

I hear she’s a lesbian now so I’d say they held back, could’ve had colored short hair and rainbow tattoos or the boring flat pants leather jacket look.
I don’t understand the design philosophy though. Why is everything screaming for attention? Why not go with something that could be good for stealth?

 

[Salz01]

I for one think most of the armor sets are shit. They looked better in the first game.

 

[supernova8]

Definitely funny how they made her uglier than the model is in real life, and then did exactly the same thing for the Asian girl. Also unrelated, but looking at videos and images of HZD makes you appreciate how shit the Death Stranding sequel looks visually in relative terms (which I think is fair to say given they're using the exact same engine and presumably Guerilla are still offering help to Kojima studios).

 

[hemo memo]

Okay seriously why did they maker her face fat like this? What was the thinking behind this?

 

[lmimmfn]

Okay seriously why did they maker her face fat like this? What was the thinking behind this?

It's obvious.

"They are transitioning"

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

I mean.. a vast majority of the art for the game is laughably bad (as it pertains to costumes and outfits anyway). Makes sense that the DLC is the same.

I don’t remember the names, but that first religious preacher guy you protect in the game, and the black dude who is the leader of one of the main tribes, both have hilarious costumes on.

 

[hemo memo]

It's obvious.

"They are transitioning"

Should we expect Aloysius with a beard next game?

 

[Danjin44]

Definitely funny how they made her uglier than the model is in real life, and then did exactly the same thing for the Asian girl. Also unrelated, but looking at videos and images of HZD makes you appreciate how shit the Death Stranding sequel looks visually in relative terms (which I think is fair to say given they're using the exact same engine and presumably Guerilla are still offering help to Kojima studios).

It has nothing to do with graphics or engine of the game and more to do with different philosophy of how Japanese developers model their characters and how western developers like to model theirs.

For Japanese developers it doesn't matter if character more realistic or even using face scan they will always try to make characters pleasent to look at.

Meanwhile western developers are different.

 

[Robb]

Doesn’t look great, but how is it nightmare fuel?

 

[PeteBull]

Okay seriously why did they maker her face fat like this? What was the thinking behind this?

Woke agenda, mountains of woke agenda, actress she is based on, looks like this even in H:ZD they made her uglier(standard procedure, proof of that is my beloved diablo2ressurected faces/designs) but in 2nd game they decided its not enough, who knows how it will look in 3rd game, if they decide to make it ;/

 

[UnNamed]

OP upset because Aloy doesn't wear a bikini Armour.

 

[hemo memo]

Woke agenda, mountains of woke agenda, actress she is based on, looks like this even in H:ZD they made her uglier(standard procedure, proof of that is my beloved diablo2ressurected faces/designs) but in 2nd game they decided its not enough, who knows how it will look in 3rd game, if they decide to make it ;/

The actress looks cute. They screwed her face up to the point if that was me I would honestly sue.

 

[Sub_Level]

OP upset because Aloy doesn't wear a bikini Armour.

OP is upset cuz Aloy looks worse than the average chick at a dive bar. Its like they’re making these girls ugly on purpose.

Objectified women is one thing but these new girls in Western games look like men lol surely there is a middle ground.

 

[mrmustard]

She looks like she is helping people climb up Mount Everest, but i don't see nightmare fuel.

 

[UnNamed]

OP is upset cuz Aloy looks worse than the average chick at a dive bar. Its like they’re making these girls ugly on purpose.

Objectified women is one thing but these new girls in Western games look like men lol surely there is a middle ground.

It's not a game you should play with just one hand.

 

[hemo memo]

OP is upset cuz Aloy looks worse than the average chick at a dive bar. Its like they’re making these girls ugly on purpose.

Objectified women is one thing but these new girls in Western games look like men lol surely there is a middle ground.

Exactly. The west went from Playboy to muscles and beards. From an extreme to an extreme. From Lara Croft with boobs of a truck tire to Abby. Sadly the rest of the world get influenced but hopefully Japan can keep this mental fuckery out. I would take anime girls over western atrocious designs.

 

[The Cockatrice]

This thread and some of the replies are just embarrassing. Get laid.

 

[Hoppa]

Dunno about the baseball glove on her head but otherwise looks the same as her other costumes tbh

 

[hemo memo]

This thread and some of the replies are just embarrassing. Get laid.

 

[The Cockatrice]

 

[rofif]

Yeah the costumes in fw are terrible and look like if they were designed by some lesbian grandma afraid to show any skin

 

[lh032]

 

[Perfo]

Woke agenda, mountains of woke agenda, actress she is based on, looks like this even in H:ZD they made her uglier(standard procedure, proof of that is my beloved diablo2ressurected faces/designs) but in 2nd game they decided its not enough, who knows how it will look in 3rd game, if they decide to make it ;/

Still going with this myth of making her look different cause of agenda when in reality they just made her identical to her VA probably for easier translation of animations. She’s literally Ashley Burch now and that’s all there is to it.

Also armors all look fantastic. Too bad that’s all there is: everything looks good except when you start to play it you stop noticing and start getting bored asap by the shallow and bland gameplay behind it all. Really a missed occasion here :/

Open worlds really have to die as fast as they can. Not everyone is Nintendo and it shows.

 

[Business]

Why are people so obsessed with Aloy's appearance?

Humans like their heroes attractive, from the heroes of Ancient Greece to Hollywood. Now one can scoff at that, but it is what it is, I don’t make the rules.

 

[Spaceman292]

Why does she constantly look like she has a skin infection on her face?

She's ginger

 

[EddieVanHelgen]

Joe Rogan.

 

[nemiroff]

The game has some of the most ridiculous over the top art direction. That pic is a good example of how crazy it has become.