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The art aesthetic EVE so casually threw away
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Vilnius Zar
SDC Multi Ten
#21 - 2013-04-30 01:00:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Vilnius Zar
For a long time CCP adopted the "that'll do" mediocre approach. Lacking balls, vision, artistic quality, excellence and awesomeness. Look at all the old characters, ingame effects and whatnot; yes they're low on polygons etc but the aesthetics are awesome, different and showing an eagerness to make something amazing.

These days it's bland, entirely forgettable, boring and grey. As if they just can't be bothered anymore to be awesome, or simply lacking the talent to make it happen.
Guttripper
State War Academy
Caldari State
#22 - 2013-04-30 01:15:21 UTC
Fortunately, my EveMon never updated the picture of my avatar so I can always see how I used to look.

Being a Caldari soldier, I used to have bandoliers across my chest. Some wrench-like object I probably swung as a club in a moment's fit of rage was slung across my pack. And after enough battles, metal plates and tubing as part of my cranial and facial features gave the appearance I might be a bit more machine than flesh at this point.

Now - clean cut? Check. Leather jacket? Check. Appear like everyone else? Check. What?
George Wilkes Hill
Liam Neeson Never Dies
#23 - 2013-04-30 01:20:13 UTC  |  Edited by: George Wilkes Hill
Guttripper wrote:
Fortunately, my EveMon never updated the picture of my avatar so I can always see how I used to look.

Being a Caldari soldier, I used to have bandoliers across my chest. Some wrench-like object I probably swung as a club in a moment's fit of rage was slung across my pack. And after enough battles, metal plates and tubing as part of my cranial and facial features gave the appearance I might be a bit more machine than flesh at this point.

Now - clean cut? Check. Leather jacket? Check. Appear like everyone else? Check. What?

And so did every other Caldari Civire male back then.
Valerie Tessel
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2013-04-30 01:28:35 UTC
Nexus Day wrote:
mkint wrote:
Remember when the EVE art style used to look like this?

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/232750/ss_df22d493e831eeea4952ce201ea5bbdccabbcefc.600x338.jpg?t=1366983478

Why'd CCP ever give up on things that look like that?

The old art style was not compatible with creating avatars with large breasts.

Please allow me to assure you that the Gallente see-through clothing was 100% compatible with said assets.

Tactical destroyers... I'll take a dozen Gallente, please.
Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#25 - 2013-04-30 01:30:56 UTC
Minmatar tribal clone with dreads and facetats reporting in....my cousin the handsome gallente guy with short black hair and a nicer jacket says hi, too. He used to be ugly, sad.... =(

Poster is not to be held responsible for damages to keyboards and/or noses caused by hot beverages.
Lost True
Perkone
Caldari State
#26 - 2013-04-30 02:17:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Lost True
WTF are you complain about?
All of the avatar development was stopped. You wanted the ships only, so don't complain now. Get you ships, and a console shooter instead of of avatars, snd STFU.

in 2007 i've thought it's a sci-fi simulator, not an "e-sports" game. I'm not a teenager, how would i like it much?
FluffyDice
Kronos Research
#27 - 2013-04-30 02:22:34 UTC
I do miss the salad bowl headgear and pink latex shirts. Gay Gallente = Best Gallente.
dark heartt
#28 - 2013-04-30 02:39:27 UTC
Confirming that you can still be mostly naked in this game.

http://tetrisisunrealistic.blogspot.com.au/
Alternate Poster
Zerious Fricken Biziness
#29 - 2013-04-30 03:01:37 UTC
Nexus Day wrote:
mkint wrote:
Remember when the EVE art style used to look like this?

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/232750/ss_df22d493e831eeea4952ce201ea5bbdccabbcefc.600x338.jpg?t=1366983478

Why'd CCP ever give up on things that look like that?

The old art style was not compatible with creating avatars with large breasts.


Of course it is!
Just be sure to have some wires coming out of them connecting to some random piece of clothing.
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#30 - 2013-04-30 03:09:53 UTC
Thank god they did, that style was like a poor imitation of 5th element missing all the notes that made it great. The new style is very slick, particularly for the ship redesigns.
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2013-04-30 03:29:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Fredfredbug4
UghPart of why I miss the old avatars was because the old Gallente were flamboyantly futuristic and weird to the point they seemed alien, and that was why they were awesome.

Now we look pretty bland. I tried to restore some of the craziness and Cyberpunk of the old Gallente with the intentionally mismatched hair color to the outfit and weird facial tattoo but it's just not the same...

Just look at the difference. Admittedly the new avatars look less like creepy zombies but at the expense of so much awesome...

http://www.eve-avatars.com/?Fredfredbug4

Watch_ Fred Fred Frederation_ and stop [u]cryptozoologist[/u]! Fight against the brutal genocide of fictional creatures across New Eden! Is that a metaphor? Probably not, but the fru-fru- people will sure love it!
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#32 - 2013-04-30 03:31:15 UTC
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Part of why I miss the old avatars was because the old Gallente were flamboyantly futuristic and weird to the point they seemed alien, and that was why they were awesome.

Now we look pretty bland. I tried to restore some of the craziness and Cyberpunk of the old Gallente with the intentionally mismatched hair color to the outfit and weird facial tattoo.

Still not the same as when my clothes were made out of some clearly synthetic material, and I had some odd green implant over my right eye but hey.


I'm pretty happy Akirei no longer has to wear this.
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2013-04-30 03:34:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Fredfredbug4
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Part of why I miss the old avatars was because the old Gallente were flamboyantly futuristic and weird to the point they seemed alien, and that was why they were awesome.

Now we look pretty bland. I tried to restore some of the craziness and Cyberpunk of the old Gallente with the intentionally mismatched hair color to the outfit and weird facial tattoo.

Still not the same as when my clothes were made out of some clearly synthetic material, and I had some odd green implant over my right eye but hey.


I'm pretty happy Akirei no longer has to wear this.


But my dear, its what ALL of the ladies in Amarr are wearing this autumn!

But anyway, I personally like some aspects of the new look, while others not so much. Really if we had all the crazy stuff we could chose from, as well as the more reserved stuff I'd be fine with it. Personally, I think an even mixture would be the best.

Watch_ Fred Fred Frederation_ and stop [u]cryptozoologist[/u]! Fight against the brutal genocide of fictional creatures across New Eden! Is that a metaphor? Probably not, but the fru-fru- people will sure love it!
Lost True
Perkone
Caldari State
#34 - 2013-04-30 03:45:56 UTC
Well, i want anything for the avatars more than any of you, but this one was awesome from the begining Big smileOopsRoll
http://evefaces.com/?Lost%20True
But i'm also miss the Deteis leather coats...

in 2007 i've thought it's a sci-fi simulator, not an "e-sports" game. I'm not a teenager, how would i like it much?
Setaceous
Nexus Prima
#35 - 2013-04-30 03:51:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Setaceous
Stegas Tyrano wrote:
The forums look like a GAP advert, all the models in leather jackets and t-shirts with their hands on their hips....I wish we could get some sci-fi backSad

It's all about attitude, not clothing.

Besides...... http://evefaces.com/?setaceous .........ew.
Lost True
Perkone
Caldari State
#36 - 2013-04-30 04:03:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Lost True
well, not so much changes for these...
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in 2007 i've thought it's a sci-fi simulator, not an "e-sports" game. I'm not a teenager, how would i like it much?
Lost True
Perkone
Caldari State
#37 - 2013-05-02 04:33:39 UTC
And i've found an old devblog...
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/character-portraits-1/
look at the second picture - WTF? Where's all this stuff in HD?
Is not that old avatars were cooler, it's just the new ones is still in "beta" state...Straight

in 2007 i've thought it's a sci-fi simulator, not an "e-sports" game. I'm not a teenager, how would i like it much?
Tavin Aikisen
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#38 - 2013-05-02 04:50:07 UTC
I'm sure all that awesome character art was on the way, until a large portion of the player base cried "spaceships"... Straight

Now we're left with the incomplete clothing options, useless captain's quarters and a lack of imagination.

"Remember this. Trust your eyes, you will kill each other. Trust your veins, you can all go home."

-Cold Wind
Katrina Oniseki
Oniseki-Raata Internal Watch
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#39 - 2013-05-02 05:58:49 UTC
Tavin Aikisen wrote:
I'm sure all that awesome character art was on the way, until a large portion of the player base cried "spaceships"... Straight

Now we're left with the incomplete clothing options, useless captain's quarters and a lack of imagination.


QFT

Katrina Oniseki
Xen Solarus
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#40 - 2013-05-02 06:07:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Xen Solarus
This is a picture from a new game called "mars", pretty sure it has nothing to do with EvE. I also imagine its from a high-graphics cut scene. EvE has plenty of those, with avatars that look loads better.

This guy has just linked it directly from steam.

Post with your main, like a BOSS!

And no, i don't live in highsec.  As if that would make your opinion any less wrong.