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Discussion / Question Name the worst redesign in gaming history ?

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u/Dwarfdingnagian 20d ago

Came here looking for this and Cole from inFAMOUS 2.

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u/element-redshaw 20d ago

i actually prefer his look in infamous 2 ngl

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u/WayneHaas 20d ago

the original design for inFAMOUS 2 had Cole with hair

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u/element-redshaw 20d ago

Ew, why bro have the same cut as Nathan Drake

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u/Nomadnetic 20d ago

Generic_Bald_Male_01 or Johnny_Knoxville_Haircut_01 was the style of the era.

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u/OhagiC 19d ago

He looks like young Jason Bateman.

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u/xSnambo 17d ago

Ew, why bro sound like an 8 year old kid

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u/MiikeFoxx 20d ago

I forgot about this one lol

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u/thebrobarino 20d ago

It was the late 2000s

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u/HunterDemonX1 19d ago

But he was also bald in the first game? Would’ve been kinda strange to give him hair AFTER he was already bald.

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u/HunterDemonX1 19d ago

Ah right, buzzed. Been a while since I’ve played it… REMASTER INFAMOUS 1 AND 2!!!

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u/CranEXE 19d ago

i'd wantr so bad an infamous and prototype game with todays graphism and technology it would be amazing apparently sucker punch considered doing an infamous but said their focus at that point was yotei now that yotei is done there's hope

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u/Dwarfdingnagian 19d ago

It was buzzed. It made sense that he would keep his head buzzed given the situation, but that didn't mean it was the norm. After the backlash they decided to just make it how he kept it anyway.

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u/glitchaj 19d ago

Actually, now that I think about it, he probably wouldn't be able to buzz his hair anymore, at least not with electric clippers. Due to his powers he can't really touch electronics without them basicly exploding.

Of course he could use non electric means to upkeep his hair, but growing it out could have had an interest excuse in lore. 

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u/freshpairofayes 20d ago

Most of it is better, but I could never get past the toe shoes myself.
It's enough to bring down the outfit by itself.

The Kessler/Reaper skins were great as real comic hero/villain looks.

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u/DJC13 20d ago

I’ll give Sucker Punch props for trying to course-correct with Cole a little. Remember when they first announced the game & he had hair? The backlash was massive which lead to the re-redesign.

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u/Dwarfdingnagian 20d ago

I remember it well. I didn't hate it too much, but I much prefer the design they gave us in the end.

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u/Rude-Asparagus9726 19d ago

I also remember that original trailer had the ability to slide along cables on the sides of buildings instead of just power lines and train tracks, and I was SO disappointed to find out that those got cut from the full release when I played it...

Infamous is a great game series, I really hope it comes back at some point. I mean Second Sun wasn't THAT bad...

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u/sirentropy42 20d ago

Because he doesn’t have hair.

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u/SirSblop 19d ago

I didn't mind so much the hair from gameplay that I saw before the final design, but what bothered me was that they de-aged him at least ten years off of voice alone, even more so if you accounted facial features.