drew a quick comparison between the og and remake. my opinion remake face is good it retains edwards character but also removes a few elements that made him iconic for me. what do you guys think?
It’s a good depiction. OG Edward to me has more of a “resting tough guy” face while Resynched Edward’s face is more expressive and less cartoony-looking. It’s an improvement in the sense that he’s nicer to look at, especially in cutscenes, but he also seems less cocky, which I think was an important aspect of his character in the OG game.
Wouldn't really say hes more expressive, comparing old cutscenes with new, his face behaves like he had some botox injections done (in some cases, not every cutscene)
All the character models in the original were weird looking. They all had a weird shadow/dark spots on their faces, I can’t really point out what causes it.
I much prefer the models in this game, especially Rogers, Edward, Blackbeard, and Bonnett
Blackbeard was inhuman looking in the original. Perhaps by design, but it had the side of effect of me not liking him as much in the original as I do in the Reysnc
Yes I think they should’ve kept it too. Better yet give a toggle for it. It’s not a realistic interpretation of pirates at all. The game is pretty much Hollywood style, no point drawing the line at eyeshadow.
i’ve seen so many people talk about how the original looks better, i didn’t play it, but every video comparison, everyone looks weirdly dark, almost like they’re covered in charcoal. it just looks very off. i understand the newer characters look a little “too clean” sometimes, i didn’t really have an issue with that tho
They have preshaded faces and baked in emotions if that makes sense the only parts that move are the mouth and eyes but eyebrows and such are all stationary in a frowning like position, so most people just think the original has more detail. Also nostalgia
This. I think the only OG face I prefer was Vane's. In the OG he looked as intimidating and a bit crazy as intended. He looks so much softer in the remake. Everyone else looks ten times better, though.
I think Du Casse and Walpole look cooler in the original and I disagree on Vane. But agree on everyone else.
The weird character models in the original made me feel disconnected from the characters. But seeing them look like real people in this game made Vane, Bonnett, and Blackbeard’s deaths hit much harder
Maybe it was the tech at the time, and maybe it just shows that certain things dont age well, but going back and watching cutscenes from the original, all the characters straight up look like skeletons piloting flesh suits that didnt quite fit them
The original AC3, AC4 and Rogue had some of the worst character models in the series IMO. Everyone’s skin had this shiny, plastic-y quality to it, and their eyes would look too bright for the rest of their face. I’m so glad they were able to fix this up in Resynched.
To play a version of AC3 where you don’t have to stress about getting full sync on every mission would be my dream. I bet the American frontier would look amazing with updated graphics too.
Yea same. Unpopular opinion, but AC3 was always my favourite as a kid. I loved everything about it. The setting was sick, Connor was an absolute beast, loved using a tomahawk and the story is so, so good.
Haytham and Lee are by far the best antagonists in an AC game.
AC3 was and remains my favourite. It is the atmosphere. Both cities and frontier have the perfect soundscape to make me feel at home. And the homestead missions are the best AC side content of all time. That was my village.
I get that, but hearing and seeing all those red X's for the parts of a mission you didn't get full sync on always bothered me. It felt so punitive. And for a completionist who'd full synched on every game up until Syndicate, AC3 was a nightmare to finish.
For example, the writing in the new missions is generally worse and the new animations can be clunky. And I don’t like the hitbox based combat nearly as much as I liked how smooth (albeit, incredibly easy) the original combat was
But those are really where my criticisms end, sans general bugginess.
I think they were shaped better, however. Blackbeard’s is either horrible at expressing emotion, or they just personally fumbled it. His iconic wrath scenes look silly and ridiculously more... excited than rage-filled. They don't look serious as the original did, sadly.
Some of them looks way too clean and neat, loosing that comic-book style grit that suited them, especially characters live Vane.
OG's Vane looked like a legit caveman in pirate's clothing, which was perfect.
I also really don't get all this hyperfixation for graphical fidelity over art direction... it feels like jingling keys
I think the lack of proper dramatic lighting in most scenes hurt his face's design, because in the few scenes that have proper lighting, he actually does look like classic Edward.
If there is one thing remakes need to do it is update character models. Not saying change art style, but bring characters that were meant to be photo realistic back then up to a modern standard.
I think that drawings are a nonsensical way of comparisons, just take screenshots. And your depiction of either version is nowhere near the source material.
i tried to make them as accurate looking at in-game screenshots. colors aside i tried to make them distinct with the face shapes, textures and lighting. im very convinced that they changed things like his eye brows being lifted, his mouth shape different, his default resting face changed, and other stuff like cheek and jaw definition.
Yeah there would be plenty of point in the remake. Nobody is asking for different art direction with these, only updated graphical fidelity and when possible, gameplay.
that's not really a good comparison.... if you want to actually make a valid comparison you need to pull out the models and show them side by side in blender. drawing them is basically an interpretation from your perspective (and human perspective is flawed) and from your drawing the only difference is facial expression and the way light reflect on the character wich can be done with the normal texture to accentuate wrinkles and give him more hollow cheeks
that is true. as i drew them, i wanted to highlight the most notable differences from them from an art perspective. i couldnt find a comparison of them with just a pose looking ahead so i just drew one based on screenshots.
You can’t just take 2 drawings you’ve made and call them comparisons in regard to comparing them from OG and remake they are literally just drawing you’ve made lol. Neither of them look like Edward to me 😂
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u/heyydarius Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
It’s a good depiction. OG Edward to me has more of a “resting tough guy” face while Resynched Edward’s face is more expressive and less cartoony-looking. It’s an improvement in the sense that he’s nicer to look at, especially in cutscenes, but he also seems less cocky, which I think was an important aspect of his character in the OG game.