Worst redesigns in gaming

[Bacon Eater64x]

That guy doesn't come even close to what Simon Belmont went through

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Technically speaking the latter is closer to Simon Belmont as he appears in the instruction manual with the Short Red hair (the "real" Simon as some snobs like to claim):

Also the image you are using form "Classic" Simon comes from Grimoire of Souls, which uses the same design as Simon in Smash Ultimate due to brand synergy (Notice how every appereance from that game onward uses said look)

The Barbarian Simon as seen in the Cover of CV1 was first used in-game proper via Haunted Castle and fully canonized in the Sharp X68000 remake of Castlevania............only to be redesigned AGAIN with Chronicles for the PS1, which i still believe to be one of the worst redesigns of any game character and the worst design by the otherwise talented Ayami Kojima.

I could go and make a huge essay video about every design Simon has went through, but don't mistake this fact-check as me saying Judgement or Chronicles Simon designs are good, they SUCK. It's just that Simon's history is far more complicated than people give it credit for.

 

[destinyduelist]

That guy doesn't come even close to what Simon Belmont went through

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You guys are tweaking with this, the Castlevania Judgement designs are pure fire. Honestly, the one in the thread post is fire as fuck too. People are too scared of different iterations or alternate timeline designs. Yeah, OG Simon is my favourite and I prefer it over Judgement's design, but you're crazy as hell if you think that's a bad redesign. Its dope as hell.

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Example of actual dogshit redesign, this and Donte.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

El donte is too obvious

Same goes for my hatred for the silent hill 2 remake and those new remakes in general, so lets go with...

Or

5 years of meth

 

[Glimbo]

I hate Skylanders Spyro so much.

 

[jon2]

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El Donté​

EL JUST DON'T

From Conan the Barbarian to a Goth/BDSM themed Visual Kei band member

TM Revolution from HOT LIMIT but on steroids

 

[RustySK]

Pretty much every visual design change in the Demon's Souls remake is a massive, frankly insulting downgrade to something more akin to Doom than anything else that really highlights how Bluepoint had no idea what the thing they were working on even was.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

My first goth crush... My Queen of the Dark!

What have they done!

ICRYEVRITIM!

 

[ciro64]

(the "real" Simon as some snobs like to claim):

Wtf he's hot

 

[Bacon Eater64x]

You guys are tweaking with this, the Castlevania Judgement designs are pure fire. Honestly, the one in the thread post is fire as fuck too. People are too scared of different iterations or alternate timeline designs. Yeah, OG Simon is my favourite and I prefer it over Judgement's design, but you're crazy as hell if you think that's a bad redesign. Its dope as hell.

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Example of actual dogshit redesign, this and Donte.

Hard disagree. All of the character designs in Judgement are awful except for the OC Aeon, and even then he pales (heh) in comparison to Ayami Kojima-original characters like Leon and Hector who are far more eye catching. The Judgement character outfits are unappealing and overly exaggerated (even by Castlevania standards) and the fact that some of them look like Death Note characters doing cosplay makes them look dumber.

Also "YoU JuST don'T LikE ChaNGE" is an observation, not an actual argument. If you are gonna make such heavy changes to a character with an established look, there's a point you might as well make a new protagonist instead if you want something unrecognizable. Also Donte is not that bad of a redesign, he is just missing the Iconic White Hair.

 

[Viviana Santos]

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5 years of meth
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Nah, Cloud's design in FFVII Remake is fine what the hell are you on?

 

[RustySK]

Regarding Donte - every time I see that exterminador de demonios, this image of Tameem Antoniades, infamous prick and director of DmC: DMC comes to mind.

Which, you know... sure is a choice you can make when designing the look of the "cool guy" protagonist of the game you're directing.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

You guys are busy arguments about castlevania or something completely forgetting one of the biggest crimes in gaming history.... The red alert 3 artstyle and it's consequences on red alert

Look how they massacred my communist boys

The iron curtain in red alert 1:

Looks basic

The curtain in 2:

Looks like a natural evolution then RA3 iron curtain and oh god....

????? All the cool factor GONE

The soviet conscripts looked rad in 2

(FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!)

THEN RA3 came around and turned them into this stupid twat with oversized AK

And finally my beloved apocalypse tank... Here it is in Red alert 2

And here is its shitty version in 3 THEY REMOVED THE ANTI AIR MISSILE LAUNCHERS LIKE WTF MAN?

Look at this bloated mess with sluggish looks compared to the clean and nice grounded looks of 2 oh my god it's such a disaster that befell the CNC games only acceptable design of RA3 in terms of units is the tesla trooper.

Now don't get me wrong to offset the shitting on the artstyle above here is some images FROM RA3 promotional art etc:

Bro looks really good on paper....

Japanese victory screen

soviet victory screen

Looks good yeah?

Here is the only good looking guys in RA3 the tesla troopers

Yeah they are present in the image above this one too


For comparison here is RA2 art

I'M COMING TO GET YOU

This is how guys want to look like peak male fantasy.

Zappi boy in game

 

[TheCartoonFan9890]

View attachment 64699 What the actual fuck happened here? absolutely awful redesign.

The game is also buggy as hell.

 

[Glimbo]

My first goth crush... My Queen of the Dark!

What have they done!

ICRYEVRITIM!

I'm reminded of the fan redesign that was infinitely better.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

That guy doesn't come even close to what Simon Belmont went through

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Castlevania Judgement as a whole is a case study on shitty redesigns.

 

[destinyduelist]

Also "YoU JuST don'T LikE ChaNGE" is an observation, not an actual argument. If you are gonna make such heavy changes to a character with an established look, there's a point you might as well make a new protagonist instead if you want something unrecognizable.

May as well be a new protagonist, it's a spinoff fighting game. If you think Donte is fine I don't see why this isn't. Donte is missing white hair, the red coat (yes it's red inside but that isn't the point), he has that ugly wifebeater on. Donte resembles the new Nero more than anything, which actually I really like honestly. But yeah, alternate universe, you have to really put into consideration the setting of the entire game, would OG Simon FIT into this new setting and aesthetic? No. I guess that contradicts my Donte point lol, maybe I just don't like Donte much in the end I am what I hate.

 

[ciro64]

Also "YoU JuST don'T LikE ChaNGE" is an observation, not an actual argument. If you are gonna make such heavy changes to a character with an established look, there's a point you might as well make a new protagonist instead if you want something unrecognizable. Also Donte is not that bad of a redesign, he is just missing the Iconic White Hair.

While I like being open to the idea of redesigns (sometimes), and I often find them amusing anyway even if it's just to laugh at it, what truly bothers me in this game is the fact that we could've got a Castlevania fighting game with an actual recognizable cast instead. But that doesn't mean I think some of those redesigns are bad on their own.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Also Awakening Fio was a mistake

 

[Viviana Santos]

Also Awakening Fio was a mistake
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Sadge

 

[bjork]

It isn't so much a visual redesign, but what they did with Valis is a shame

 

[fake-kun]

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The character select on top has so much personality.

 

[Lokgamer]

I know many have already mentioned this example, but I can't think of anything better.

 

[Bacon Eater64x]

May as well be a new protagonist, it's a spinoff fighting game.

By that logic we might as well turn Mario into a albino goblin with a Blue hat in Mario Kart then. Mario Kart is a spin-off of Super Mario Bros, yet most appereances of Mario you can tell it's Mario by looking at him. Wheter be Red Overalls, Popeye-looking face, Literally Flat as Paper or beign chubbier than usual, Mario is still Mario.

There's slight changes, and then there's beign completely unrecognizable.

 

[HextarVigar]

Also Awakening Fio was a mistake
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Kinda hot, though; fair is fair.

 

[Mork]

Mario needs a shitty redesign fr.