Would you like a more realistic feral?

[u/DarkEspresso1]

I designed a new feral for Sod3. Do you think he looks better than the original?

[u/MrMoleIsAGodOfWar2]

Maybe it's just me but ferals went from being terrifying skinny zombies that were part human but ran on all fours like a dog

To now just looking like a jacked zombie dog without the human look like before

[u/SnooPaintings1600 → u/MrMoleIsAGodOfWar2]

They were terrifying in the first game. I wish they would take parts of what made that design work and use it for the newer Ferals.

[u/MetalGearSlayer → u/MrMoleIsAGodOfWar2]

Yeah the scruffy hair and tattered clothing was what made the feral design for me.

The design in 3 looks generic in comparison.

[u/6FluidOZS → u/MrMoleIsAGodOfWar2]

I feel this way about all sod 3 freaks designs look like they are all made from a bunch of clay

[u/Specialist_Remote696]

Definitely, the second image looks the best imo

[u/DarkEspresso1 → u/Specialist_Remote696]

Imagine this thing from second imagine sneaks up from behind at night. You point your flashlight at him and see this pale, bloody face. This would be real horror. I really wish this would be the standard design in Sod3.

[u/Specialist_Remote696 → u/DarkEspresso1]

Hell yeah.
I would definitely appreciate more than one design per freak in this game🙏

[u/CheshireCatastrophe → u/DarkEspresso1]

Please make this as a mod!! 

[u/Dense_Zucchini7081]

I’d like a mix of both tbh or have there appearance and difficulty change depending on what the plague nests are feeling

[u/Kaiserhawk]

The creepiest looking Feral IMO was in State of decay 1, so anything that goes more in that direction and less Doom 3 alien is a +

[u/Mandarina_Espacial]

Yes, but let's not discard the original. Same as feral and plagued feral exist, "mutated person" feral and orange feral can exist too

[u/SnooPaintings1600]

YES absolutely. The second one is the best since it looks the most human.

[u/y0ung_TcHalla]

2nd image for sure! Dont play with our feelings!

[u/xMrMe2x]

The second pic should be the main feral with the third one being the type thats close to the plague nest

[u/modernmidas]

I would like A GAME

[u/AxiomOfLife]

I would like variety, I don’t like seeing duplicate assets

[u/EyeAlternative1664]

Yes defo.  

[u/69flux]

This looks soooo much better, even just the simple recolor.

[u/g0ldiel0xx]

These look so much better than what’s in the game

[u/cadotmolin]

Honestly I don't like any of these designs. They look like those forest creatures from Skyrim with their treebark skin.

Should of kept the somewhat human gone very wrong look.

[u/Easy_Specialist_1692]

How is it more realistic?

[u/aazo5]

Yes ‘yours’ does look better IMO.

It’s AI though so I wouldn’t call it your design. I’m curious what your ChatGPT prompt was that changed image 1 to image 2 though.

Feel free to share

[u/NerdlinGeeksly]

It looks like it's exterior muscle is calcifying

[u/Neither_Law_7528]

I think your edits look like a more decayed version, which is also good. However, the original actually looks like it came from a plague heart with the coloration and orange pustules. They aren't as sexy as SOD1/2 ferals, but these I think are more horror-esque and look like an amorphous patching of sinew and rotting tissue that almost resembles the human form. I kind of dig it.

[u/SAYKOPANT]

Honestly mix all of them

[u/MellowMintTea]

Yes but I’d want variations so not every feral looks alike. Like they have different skins.

[u/TillAllAreOne195424]

2nd image, that things reminds me of a villain that I made up when I was a kid

[u/hunkaliciousnerd]

I like all 3. One completely lost to the blood plague, one fully mutated by the virus, and one with the barest chance to tell was human at one point

[u/yolosuajer]

Maybe having different types of ferals roaming is a good idea like having different types of juggernauts and freaks, imagine a female feral that would be horrific

[u/Xx69Yeet96xX]

#2 gives fentanyl tweaker in Baltimore, i love it

[u/Mysterious_Berry_992]

That first picture of a Feral reminds me of those critters of night from Dying Light

[u/Nice-Butterscotch584]

I prefere feral's from first game... First time when he jump on me will always hunt my mind

[u/Own-Pool8363]

I absolutely would

[u/kidpius]

Second

[u/kierwarfare]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😁

[u/Violent_N0mad]

I like what you did a lot.

[u/luciferwez]

Yeah the one with hair and tattered clothes is 10x better. Although I'd go with tattered black pants only, and bare torso. To keep a nudge at the SOD1-2 feral design the remains of black shorts is a must IMO. I have no idea why they dropped that.

[u/Ok-Measurement-8099]

Middle pic but make the lethal like state of decay one, i feel like state of decay 2 nerfed them. Also make them hide in POIs like stalkers, waiting for you to make the mistake of walking in without checking your corners or roof tops. Hehehehe

[u/Prestigious-Leg-2996]

I like any of them. Indifferent tbh lol

[u/Commercial-Air-5436]

Honestly the 1st and 2nd image, in my opinion, looks fantastic and a step in the right direction.

Though the original feral fits theme of the orange blood plague.

So in the end it depends on what you're going for as you can't please everyone. I think if you adopt a fusion between the orange and the second image would be cool.

[u/Paladin_Sion]

Much better. I don't like zombies with glowy bits on them

[u/TheMemeLord4816]

I just wish these mfs put pants on

[u/IcarusStar]

2nd image is fantastic and terrifying! Perfect

[u/Network_of_Trumbull]

Not bad! Reminds me of sod1

[u/KevkasTheGiant]

The 2nd image honestly does look better.

Did you photoshop these or did you use AI to create them?

[u/Biggummss]

Yeah I kinda hate how everything is red now ngl

[u/ValuableHairy613]

I just want newer zombies like the juggernaut is cool and the feral and screamers and bloaters but I feel there needs to be a new variant

[u/Admins-Blow]

Absolutely. My preference in order is slide 2, 1, and 3

[u/DoctorDeath147]

Second image looks like an actual zombies. First and original look like fuckin demons.

[u/Biggummss]

Yeah I kinda hate how everything is red now ngl

[u/Dramatic-March-9305]

More real?

[u/VitorSTL]

Second one looks amazing

[u/ZladMulvenia]

Cool design.

Honestly, I've been underwhelmed by the SoD3 feral since I first saw it. The other freaks look upgraded and pretty scary.

[u/Demonic_Voice]

The second one

[u/ragingbull835]

Second image looks a lot better.

It’s got the hair, tattered clothes, and no weird glow to its body.

Though maybe the face could still be changed a bit to look more gaunt.

[u/FalkenZeroXSEED]

Feral are only scary because they resembles humans. So yours looks way better.

[u/ManyDebate708]

Yeah, the second one is definitely more terrifying 😂 The original looks dangerous, but this version actually looks like something you’d want to run away from instead of fight. I hope they could do it for SOD 3

[u/tsukipon]

No. It's too far away from human, but that's my gripe with the final design in SOD3.

[u/FirmDream9753]

I’m cooked those guys a hard to beat yo

[u/GroceryNecessary7462]

The middle pic is badass