>character's design gets worse and worse with each new game

>>378889886
Most modern artists fail to understand that simple and iconic always wins.

>>378889886
Explained in the lore. Nice bait though.

I actually like the wrapped up Reptile

1=2>5>4>6>3 (based on picture order not release)

>>378890079
>muh lore

>>378890079
>Dev: You're design is shit
>Artist: LORE
>Dev: still ugly, but we can sell it

>>378890079
>"""""lore"""""
MK2 and 3 had the best aesthetics that the series has been coasting on for the longest time. That's why Netherrealm only brought back a handful of the MK4 thru Deception characters.

>>378890629
But his design in Alpha was the best.

>>378890409
I wish they stuck to 1 and 5

>>378889886
He looked sick as af in MKX tho, his best ever

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What bothers me more then how they ruin Reptile's design every game is the fact they achieved perfection during MKX's concept stage but didn't use it.

>>378890629
It angers me how his hair in the 3D games is green because of some shitty shadow technology Capcom keeps pushing.

>>378892209
Rayman is the only one that got better.

>>378890629
I like Ken's outfit in V, but the hair just ruins it.

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Serious Sam, kind of.

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>>378892558
He should have stayed a Douk clone.

>>378890079
what was the lore again?

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>>378890629
But the first five there are pretty much the same design.

Anyway, I don't actually hate Ken's redesign in V but I don't really love it either. It's kinda 'eh' for me. What was much worse was Hakuma Matata.

>>378890643
But the original MK trilogy was ugly as fuck.

>>378889886
His X design was good.

Fuck his Green Sub-Zero look from the old games. Reptile should look like a goddamned Reptile man.

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>>378892652
I liked his first look the most

His alt costume in MK9 is the best one tho

>>378892376
And Zero.

resident evil leon

>>378891727
They really should have used this.

It was best of both worlds. HumanRep fans get the Green Ninja look back BeastReptile fans still got the sick lizard hidden underneath.

>>378893098
He looks even more feminine now though

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>>378893265
I like both looks, but the MMZ look just looks sleeker, cooler, and more functional to me.

>>378890629
Really not a fan of SF's character design in general.

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>when the concept art is much better than the final design
I would literally have bought the game if they had used the cute Ferra.

>>378894336
SF has pretty strong designs in my opinion, especially in 4. 5's designs kind of ruined some of the originals. No fighting game really has better character design than it. Tekken maybe in a few instances but that's mostly meme factor.

>>378894013
Duke Nukem Forever Duke has a good design

>>378894336
Why not? I much prefer SF's more grounded look more steeped in actual martial arts, yet with some characters still having unique quirks over other fighting games.

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>>378893110
RE4 Leon is way better than RE2 Leon tho.

>>378894493
I wanted the Boar Head Torr.

The one with the Tusks? That shit looked cool.

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>>378889886
>Mei changed from a cool bounty hunting adventurer to a chubby environmentalist

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>>378890079
>lore
>fighting game
people care about this shit?

>>378894785
OH MY GOD

>>378889886
thanks doc

>>378892662
the longer he's away from his people the more lizard like he becomes, despite being away for hundreds of years in the original and only over the past 20ish mortal kombat years has he devolved

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>>378894573

>>378889886
the chest plate and the missing shoulder pad are the only negatives. i like the scrawny reptile man

>>378894013
I know this is a bait image but I disagree with a lot on this pic.

I prefer Bayonetta 2's design over the first game for the title character.

SFZ's Fox design is fine.

Bearded Ryu is a legitimately great look and I'm kinda sad that it's not his default look in SFV.

Rayman Legends has the best design Rayman has ever had.

BotW Link is fine. A wild departure but it actually works and looks freaking great.

Not a fan of the Zero Suit in general, but Smash 4 had the best official version of it, at least, sans the rocket heels.

I hate Nomura usually but Lightning is fine.

Scorpion in X had the best design he's ever had.

NuLara is actually a decent design and she's probably had the cutest face out of any Lara Croft, though I do miss the classic outfit.

Pretty much all of the others that I can identify are shit. I have no idea what Mario is doing there though.

>>378892209
What the fuck is with 2016 Pac-Man

Also this should be updated with Bomberman R's design

>>378894513
>SF has pretty strong designs in my opinion, especially in 4
I didn't care for some of the new characters in 4, but the ones that were good, like Abel, Juri, Decapre, and Seth, were really damn good to be fair.

>5's designs kind of ruined some of the originals.
I think Akuma's the only really bad one. Ken's is neither here nor there. The rest that have been changed are good, if not quite as good as the original designs. With Juri, my one real issue with her is that her feet are ugly as fuck in a game where every other female character actually has pretty nice feet for video game characters.

>No fighting game really has better character design than it.
Completely agree with this. No other fighting game roster really does it for me, although they all usually have some great designs sprinkled here and there. But I generally prefer the SF design aesthetic.

>>378894960
>Bearded Ryu
yeah because asians can grow beards isnt totaly for the
>nu-male, hipster, cuck look meme
I agree with you about bayoneta, is fucking stupid because is the same fucking character but with short hair.

>>378894013
Bayo. Rayman, Big Boss, Duke, Ryu, and Link all look better.

And if you honestly think that Samus looks worse than her original depiction then you are fucking retarded.

>>378890079
I'm not sure if that applies in the new timeline given that he looks reptilian right away and doesn't change over thirty years.

>>378894513
>>378894568
Gave it some thought and I may not dislike it quite as much as I thought I did because I do like a lot of the classics. But there are staple character I really dislike. I've always thought Cammy looks like shit, any costume that moves away from the leotard is always a plus. I'm also just not a fan of the style in 4 or 5, just doesn't look appealing to me.
I actually don't play fighting games, I just think about it sometimes because it's a genre that has to put so much effort into character design and yet I find the biggest of them all kind of "meh".

>>378894493
I really hope Ferra and Torr return in MK11.

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>>378895468
>I've always thought Cammy looks like shit, any costume that moves away from the leotard is always a plus.

>disliking Cammy's design

I've always liked that 'modified, fantastical military' aesthetic so I've always loved it. Her battle outfit alt in V is fucking sweet as hell, though that's a leotard as well. I should probably buy this but then for the moment, I don't main Cammy so I'm not sure if I'd ever use it.

Honestly I kinda think that SF's characters are all over the place, mostly good, because Capcom isn't really afraid to try new things or reinvent certain characters, which can be very good, or it can be very bad.

>>378892748
BLACKED

>>378894818
When it's MK you bet your ass they do

>>378894785
holy fucking shit I can't believe they used what we got in the game instead of this

>>378897370
If you make all the female characters beautiful with nice figures, the silhouettes will become an issue at long distances unless the animations make them look like retards.

>>378896232
Kind of like that one because it looks more like a diving suit or something than a leotard. I just prefer her a bit more tacticool. British spec ops (or whatever she is) in a green leotard and red beret really doesn't do it for me.

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>>378893135
It's cool, but I'm pretty sure autists on both sides would've been flailing and flapping their arms in anger.

>>378897461
Her clothes make her look unique enough to be recognised at long distances. Besides, it's not just the fact that they made her fat. They got rid of the outfit's cool details and gave her retarded glasses.

>>378897370
>we want the tumblr audience

>>378894493
Never did play MKX but this really was a better design. Interesting how they seem to be wearing clothes from EarthRealm. Plus Ferra had a freaking flintlock pistol. Man, what the fuck happened?

>>378894573
True, but his design in RE6 is pretty boring. Also he lost that sweet as fuck jacket in 4.

>>378894785
Damn. I love the final Mei but this was really damn good too.

>>378894573
Um, no

>>378897670
Maybe.

The only real solution is to have a lizardman skin like DA, a humanoid reptile skin like X and a Human Ninja outfit like MK2

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>>378898064
Maybe they were afraid of creating a good looking loli character? MK needs to be grim and dark all the time.

>>378898064
Ferra/Torr aren't from Earthrealm, thats what happened.

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>>378892652
DID SOMEONE SAY DUKE CLONE?

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>>378889886
He was fine as a color palette swap, but you aren't posting MKX because it would refute your whole argument

>>378890079
Still looks like shit

>>378898129
um, yes.

>>378899681
>shit taste: the remastered edition

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>>378894127
Damn I love IX's Bahamut. He's so shape-ish.

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>>378896232
Cummy is like fine wine
I love all her versions

>>378894127
It's missing XV, the worst one of them all

>>378902272
It's an old image

>>378900714
Cammy is like Chun-Li. Absolute perfection. You'd have to try hard to ruin either.