The original design was meant to be unrealistically disproportionate as it's fiction, fantasy, a part of imagination. Yet the majority of modern media are having very difficult times to separate fiction from reality.
What Are The Worst Character Designs You Have Ever Seen?
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I do remember the entire Asstroversy. People bitching and moaning because Tracer stuck her butt out a little and that was totes "objectifying women"
I don't need to go into a long paragraph about why that is retarded.
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Tracer's ass wasn't always that flat...
Was it?
Was it?
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To my knowledge, no. And she had a pose where she highlighted that a bit. It was what caused the controversy. So I guess Activision Blizzard took the extreme route and made her as shapely as a lamppost on the street.
They also made her a lesbo, probably to punish those DIRTY male gamers. Or something, idk. Modern-day gaming clout is retarded.
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The worst character design I've come across in recent memory is definitely The Riddler in the recent Batman movie. While I would say that the casting was on point; the costume was stupid and the line delivery was a bit ridiculous. For instance, the meme where I took this image from would be said like something this:
"WEEEELLLL Batman. WHEN IS MICROSOFT EEEEEEEEEDGE!!!! ALLOWED!!!! TO MICROSOFT CUUUUUM!?!?!?"
I do believe that "Classic" Paul Dano can play the Riddler well, but his rendition didn't quite manage the "smarter and clever than you" attitude that say the Arkham games' or the Gotham TV series' depictions pulled off.
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That was the entire point of this Riddler incarnation though. He's supposed to be a weird costumed introvert who makes puzzles involving cryptic symbology etc (based off of the real life serial killer, The Zodiac Killer), and shout unhinged into webcams etc. He is batmans opposite in the movie, since Bruce Wayne is the popular, beloved billionaire of the city, and Riddler was the forgotten orphan. The designs for both of them were made to be similar/have scenes that mirrored each other (especially the nighttime/darker scenes). Also, again with the serial killer theme, his arrest and interview by batman very much does reflect the superior than thou mentality that serial killers have, especially when he realizes that batman does not agree with his views and rejects him, causing him to lash out.
The Zodiac Killer himself is supposed to have also worn a stupid looking outfit, which again, is what this one was based on:
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Sweet Jesus you're right, the dragon in the blue shirt looks like he has a terrible tumor on the side of his head instead of a muzzle.
Not surprised to see public access toddler fodder riding on the anti-White racism train either. Remember peeps, never let the children you care about watch anything unless you've seen it yourself.
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On that, the new golden axe designs look fucking awful, especially Tyris
For those unfamiliar, this is what she's supposed to look like but of course an attractive woman could not be allowed to exist in 2024
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They niggerfied everything in the new Castlevania show and even went as far as to fucking glorify HAITI. Now I know the series has always played loosey goosey with Christian stuff but it still had an admirable reverence for the religion itself, so fucking glorifying Haiti and literal named voodoo is just another huge current year slap in the fucking face for this franchise.
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something about the riddler in that movie reminded me of fuckin Keith Apicary.
I can't remember why specifically now but there was some line delivery or something that made me laugh out loud in the theater because all I could think of was the riddler autistically ranting about how awesome the neo geo was
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Completely unrelated but this just reminds me of the infamous video of that dude in a green diving suit, fucking around in a septic tank.
Which is to say that this Riddler made me flinch heavily and I would not have known it was him if you didn't mention it.
Well, there's always Bloodstained...
That aside, the only thing I remember from the Castlevenia show, as someone who hasn't watched it, is the fact that everyone was pissing themselves in MUH REPRESENTATION because Alucard had a threesome with a dude and his sister.
Ahahah, you just reminded me of Crash Bandicoot.
See, this is Tawna from the remake. Basically just an upscale of her old design.
And this is Tawna in It's About Time. AKA, the other Crash Bandicoot 4 that people actually talk about.
Now to be fair, this is technically not the same character. It's an alternative universe Tawna so they didn't fuck her actual persona over entirely. But I still hate the outfit.
What is up with those fucking legwarmers? Is she an adventurer or whatever or is she running late for her fucking aerobics class?
Her ears are fucking massive too. It's like the Lombax from Ratchet and Clank. you know, the species of alien (furry bait OC) that Ratchet is.
All she's missing is some stripes and a tail, and she'd fit right in with the Ratchet and Clank universe.
While I'm at it, I might as well complain about more Crash Bandicoot designs.
God, what did Crash of the Titans fucking do to Aku Aku? He doesn't even look like a mask anymore, he looks like a fucking monkey.
It's horrendous when you consider that Aku Aku actually looks like this. Which genuinely looks like a wooden mask instead of a fucking baboon or whatever.
Coco also got shafted pretty hard in the Mutant series. I've always hated this design; her head looks fucking massive and her mouth is really weird. And I don't like that they gave her tits when Coco has always been pretty child-like looking.
She looked slightly better in Mind over Mutants but they decided to give her bigger tits too.
Thank god, she got fixed in the remake and It's About Time.
And this is Tawna in It's About Time. AKA, the other Crash Bandicoot 4 that people actually talk about.
Now to be fair, this is technically not the same character. It's an alternative universe Tawna so they didn't fuck her actual persona over entirely. But I still hate the outfit.
What is up with those fucking legwarmers? Is she an adventurer or whatever or is she running late for her fucking aerobics class?
Her ears are fucking massive too. It's like the Lombax from Ratchet and Clank. you know, the species of alien (furry bait OC) that Ratchet is.
All she's missing is some stripes and a tail, and she'd fit right in with the Ratchet and Clank universe.
While I'm at it, I might as well complain about more Crash Bandicoot designs.
God, what did Crash of the Titans fucking do to Aku Aku? He doesn't even look like a mask anymore, he looks like a fucking monkey.
It's horrendous when you consider that Aku Aku actually looks like this. Which genuinely looks like a wooden mask instead of a fucking baboon or whatever.
Coco also got shafted pretty hard in the Mutant series. I've always hated this design; her head looks fucking massive and her mouth is really weird. And I don't like that they gave her tits when Coco has always been pretty child-like looking.
She looked slightly better in Mind over Mutants but they decided to give her bigger tits too.
Thank god, she got fixed in the remake and It's About Time.
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He looks like that soyjak with the really long philtrum.
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Sums up pretty much the designs in Nu-Ra.
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Yeah, the interrogation scene is definitely what makes me think that "Classic" Paul Dano can pull off "the Riddler". What you point out is valid, and I would say that the villain performance in The Batman was very strong and presented a compelling dichotomy between itself and the Batman. I just found it a disagreeable rendition of the Riddler.
This is probably a similar situation that some Joker fans found themselves in with Heath Ledger's performance. It's a fantastic performance, but is it the character? That really depends on your sense of it. A matter of taste and technicality.
Still, calling it "the worst character design I have ever seen" as implied by this thread is largely hyperbole. The character renditions I've seen in recent memory have all been 8's or 9's of 10 (I've watched very good old films). This Riddler rendition is just a 7. However, I can't stop laughing at reading the Microsoft Cum meme in his voice lmao.
We live in a grim reality when Amanda Morris has more ass than Tracer.
EDIT: I'm having genuine issue trying to recall "the worst character design I've ever seen" but, should the thread allow it, I can present an example of "the best character design I've ever seen", below.
Halo 4 Cortana, otherwise known as the only good thing those good-for-nothing's in 343 Studios did with the Halo IP until Halo MCC's recent developments.
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I think it would be interesting to depict the Bat-Rogues escalating and undergoing a decline in normalcy as their original plans were foiled and they start engaging in more elaborate plots and styles until they become something resembling their iconic designs. Perhaps Riddler starts wearing his question mark suit in a sequel and the Joker gets a scar to finish his rictus grin.
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Since I sperged about Crash Bandicoot, I thought it was only fair if I sperged about Spyro the Dragon. Specifically Skylanders. Now, Spyro's design in that game has already been mentioned in this thread so.....
I hate this fucking thing. This ugly ass thing cat-dog whatever the fuck she is.
Everything looks disproportined, her eyes are bulging, she looks like a chihuaha if you smashed its face in. She's like those cats with zero snouts.
I think the concept art really highlights how eugh, the design looks.
Everything is wrong with the bitch.
I hate this fucking thing. This ugly ass thing cat-dog whatever the fuck she is.
Everything looks disproportined, her eyes are bulging, she looks like a chihuaha if you smashed its face in. She's like those cats with zero snouts.
I think the concept art really highlights how eugh, the design looks.
Everything is wrong with the bitch.
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This might be me but this irks me on everything, might be the coloring or just how the characters are done.