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I have an unhealthy obsession with the organising of image files and collecting them on mass and this is what happens when I should be studying for a test,
please don't judge me. I love CDPR interpretations of the characters and really don't have any critique for them so just consider this a celebration/observation of what happens in production - promo vs gameplay and perhaps the changes over time.
Geralt gets more images due to being the main dude but also because of the variety of beard growth. I think they've captured his predatory look very well, although he's not as ugly/scary as he was from tw2. I'm okay with this, personally, though I really appreciate the whole 'being an ugly fucker' that really made him in tw2. Though in real life, I'd probably keep away from a man who looked like that. They would be very strange. I'd probably keep away from bearded Geralt, too, so I suppose there's something I can mess with with the real time bread growth fun. The hair seems to be more white now,
ignoring his eyebrows, which sells the albinism thing to me much better. I also noticed in the Sword of Destiny Trailer the comparison between Triss and Geralt's skin, which is a touch I'm a fan of because I have no idea I just love the attention to this shit good god CDPR you're killing me with your awesomeness.
Also worthy of note is googling albino folk and realise they're quite pink because ~blood vessels~ so there's that for those who may think Geralt isn't pale enough. I mean not to argue, but to offer explanation.
Also Triss and Geralt's eyes are open and that's weird.
Vesemir looks sad perhaps because his nose is red and his eyes are puffy like an old man's. I have no idea why his nose is red. No complaints, he's probably only around for the beginning anyway. Or it's story related. Maybe he's on potions. *shrug*
I had my doubts about Dandelion -- he's suppose to be some kind of adolescent heartthrob! -- from the SoD trailer, but my feelings are rectified by the more recent promo render in which we can see Dandelion's delightful face front on in decent lighting. Now I look back at that screen from SoD and wonder why I had a problem. The design on his garb is
impeccable. I can definitely see this man causing Geralt agony and witty amusement.
I consider the shot I got of Yennefer's face in the Elder Blood trailer the sort of thing when you take a terrible portrait photo -- front on with terrible lighting, which is why I included a few extra shots of the light catching her face and her head changing angle. She still looks very different from the promo shot, which is a pity I suppose but what can you do? It's a promo shot.
I trust that she's going to be the predatory sorceress we know and love/hate so yeah I'm hanging out for faith in CDPR deliverance. I quite like the promo shot, personally, that face is perfect.
I highly doubt the Emperor has changed much, so I don't have much to say other than he's juuuuuust right.
I don't know what to make of Triss' cosplay guide vs her gameplay shots which I assume are from the same time period: (THESE IMAGES ARE LARGE TOO for some reason.)
What I assume to be a promo render...??
What appears to be a gameplay render -- from the same time period since they're both in the cosplay guide.
So I just sort of ignored that and left her with what we'd seen in trailers. Her face is the face I recognise from the previous game in both the promo render and the gameplay one, so I'm all cool with that. Her outfit suits life in a city more than life on the battlefield beside Foltest or travelling with a monster slayer on an immediate quest. I think this suits a change in her regular activities, being a fancy sorceress and whatnot.
Not on here, but I fucking love Dijsktra. 10/10, don't cross him.
I'm fairly positive that everyone is pretty much perfect, in the overall design sense and ignoring arbitrary things like faces. Ciri's outfit doesn't make 100% practical sense to me but I do think if that's my only complaint then really I have nothing at all on the whole enterprise.
I also have the promo vs gameplay shots for the Wild Hunt generals but I think that doesn't really mean much since that would be a judgement of graphics and not tastefully selected facial designs/redesigns. Well, Eredin changed, but that's a little more of a personal thing imo, I have nothing to say about it personally.
TL;dr -- made a pretty. no real opinion, dang these virtual people are hot, stoked/10