Yeah, this is an improvement imo.Strange thing to get angry about, especially when technically the new model is far superior.
Not my image, but saw online.
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Polygon: The fallout of Spider-Man’s recasting on PS5 has been swift and ugly
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At this point, Peter has been Spider-Man for 6 years. That's 6 years of fighting and constant stress. Should he still look a teenager?
They would've been able to accomplish something like that on PS5 if they kept the original design as well. Instead they changed the entire character into some generic CW prettyboy.
A lot of people in the thread on Era about it seem like they're about to throw hands (if they could over the internet).
I just don't get being upset about a new face for a character that has had many faces over the years. He also doesn't look like Tom Holland. They both look young and are white, but they really don't look alike.
It's easy to see why people are upset. Emotional connections are important to this kind of storytelling, "eyes are the window to the soul". For a lot of people they connected to the original. It's unsettling to see the exact same scenes, everything else being the same (technical improvements aside), with a new head placed on the body.
Still, no need to be mean about it. Express your displeasure without directing vitriol at the devs or actors.
But not all of those copies sold are going to be the $70 deluxe edition.
It blows me away, every time, the trivial shit people will complain about. New Peter looks good, old Peter looked good, everything will be ok.
I really don't think the old version looks that much nerdier than the new one to be honest. He just has a receding hairline lol.
Ok, this cracked up haha, I would love to see that now.
why not? people blamed Brigitte VA for the character inclusion ...
I think it looked good. I figured it was a coorinated effort to have him look the same here and in Avengers. It's a stupid thing to get worked up over anyway.
This isn't a new story by new artists. They literally took the exact scenes from the first game and popped a new head on the body. It's easy to see why that is unsettling.
Once again, no need to be mean to anyone about, though.
The guy is also Spider-Man. He's beyond peak human physical condition & physiology. You can get that stressed and tired performance out (and Yuri did with his mo-cap and voice work) without him needing to look 4-7 years past his age. And 23 is still young, but this new model does not look like a teenager.
I don't remember seeing anyone making a big deal over it. Most posts were along the lines of "new face looks too young/too much like Tom Holland" which is a completely reasonable milquetoast reaction. Obviously people harassing the actor on instagram are assholes, but calling era part of the problem is a weird stretch.
No, it won't.
Miles Morales might though, and that's cool, no beef with that game.
I really wanna credit the constant outrage over people being bored and miserable during a pandemic, but in reality, people have been fucking miserable online forever. Latching onto whatever the current "controversy" is gives them some excitement in their lives.
Base on what? Who knows when it release and how big the install base will be at that time.
What? The old face wasn't exactly iconic, how is it generic to just look younger?
I prefer the new face by faar, but people not happy with the change sound normal and expected to me? people don't like change in actors or even voice actors unless it's necessary. Totally understandable. I like to trash gamers from time to time too, but not this time.
the new face just gives me weird uncanny valley vibes, also his facial expression vs the old peter seems off or different, like he is a different person in some cutscenes and that just rubs me the wrong way. I hate any sort of recast in tv/movies or games, it just takes me out of it.
Agree to disagree. I have a sibling in high school. No one their age looks like Ben Jordan.
What difference does knowing this exact detail make?
Eh I think this is good press.
All of the sudden people are talking about Spiderman all over the media and social media. It's just bringing more attention to the PS5 and the upcoming Spiderman games.
The new Peter model is good. If it were laughably bad, that might hurt it. But this model is perfectly fine. But it's generating tons of discussion.
All of the sudden people are talking about Spiderman all over the media and social media. It's just bringing more attention to the PS5 and the upcoming Spiderman games.
The new Peter model is good. If it were laughably bad, that might hurt it. But this model is perfectly fine. But it's generating tons of discussion.
I mean it could be, the reason doesn't have to be a single one, but besides disliking the change, discussing a bit about it and moving on, the fact that people are taking their sweet time going to Twitter, YT and posts from people involved in the game to voice their concern and pretty much yell at everyone involved is just pathetic. Then again I'm not surprised at all, to this day ND and TLoU posts on Twitter and Facebook still get the expected "game is trash!" comments and shit like that. I don't even recall when was the last time I disliked a video, let alone for such a harmless reason.
This wasn't based on a request. It's a technical change.
Also, the new face looks better.
Why waste the money? I think the previous looks better anyway. I don't want a teenage looking Peter Parker #BringOldFaceBack
You have some weird infatuation with CW or hollywood in general? New model looks "nerdy" enough and it'll look even better in motion. Kind of bizarre you see the new model as a pretty boy, but to each their own.
I don't think it's a stretch. People complained on Twitter, Youtube, ResetERA over this. How is this weird? People complaning over the most trivial stuff just like they did with the same game with puddlegate.
The facial animations bother me with the new face, people are right when they say the new one doesn't look as concerned at all, and a few seconds later the animations have clearly changed, with Peter no longer looking at Doc and instead focusing on his mug the whole time.
I feel bad for both the old and new character model. It's both gotta be sad to be just replaced in a game like this and for the new one to get this reception out of the gate. I'm a straight guy who doesn't really see one face as better looking than the other, it's sad to see people call an actual face ugly. But totally changing the face of a character we were all particularly invested in is just weird.
The real reason is the old face doesn't look good in all the puddle reflections it was either change the face or downgrade the puddles again.
This is one hell of an absurd "controversy" even by gamers standards, 2020 the worlds falling down around us and we're supposed to get angry about spidermans face changing? I don't think so.
This is one hell of an absurd "controversy" even by gamers standards, 2020 the worlds falling down around us and we're supposed to get angry about spidermans face changing? I don't think so.
I'm not happy at all with the recast, but I'll get over it. More annoyed that they recast the original model with a fresh faced model instead of having a more careworn Peter Parker. Ultimately, I just wish this was disclosed earlier with a full-throated explanation. It probably would have gone somewhat less terribly had it been done like that.