Speaking of beauty, most men still consider Marilyn Monroe to be extremely attractive despite the best efforts of various industries to push the image of women as sticks with balloons tied on.
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder and men like women with a little meat on them =3
Not just men.
Oh my. I'd like to officially nominate @Jalily for best poster ever.
Neera's cute. Not my style, either, but not every NPC can be a gorgeous vixen like Viconia or a fiery valkyrie MILF like Jaheira.
Well there is no absolute rule against it mate... since its kinda up to people making the game for us and not the other way around... but i get what your saying .. still .. if i where them i change it... if its realism they are worried about, well you can summon hord of gibberlings .. so its kinda
"ps medivh loves gibberlings .. just so we are cleare on that, dont change that"
Got to appeal to the guys who like the Girl Next Door, too. Also, her character is that of an untested, unskilled, down-on-her-luck Wild Mage. Typically, characters that aren't confident don't get the vivacious vixen treatment the same way the physically strongest female character often has the biggest breasts. It's an aesthetic trope.
Got to appeal to the guys who like the Girl Next Door, too. Also, her character is that of an untested, unskilled, down-on-her-luck Wild Mage. Typically, characters that aren't confident don't get the vivacious vixen treatment the same way the physically strongest female character often has the biggest breasts. It's an aesthetic trope.
Sounds like Harem Anime typecasting to me... and am the shallow one....
Meh whatever i cannot see the niche at all...
Ill leave with this picture from the movie "girl next door"
Apparently you CAN be the girl next door and be pretty...
What you're missing is that Neera is pretty to most/many other people. Your problem lies in not being able to accept that your perspective isn't a universal truth. If your idea of beauty revolves only around women like Gemma or Elisha (who've gone through heavy use of make up and image editing software) then maybe the "evil media" really did get to you. The random cheerleader I posted was at least genuine.
Apparently you CAN be the girl next door and be pretty... and in this movies case... also be kind of a bitch
But we got Viccy for that hahahaha
Yeah, except in that movie Elisha Cuthbert is not the traditional Girl Next Door. She's a porn star. But, she also lives in the house next door. The title is a play on words. If anything, that proves MY point, not yours.
Ehh... I don't know. I've seen so many super-model faces, "perfect bodies", and zeppelin tits barely contained by chainmail string-kinis that I was quickly burned out by that crap. I think Neera looks cute, and I have a sneaking suspicion that her personality might be cute too.
Also, it's not the beer gut nor the abs that we find attractive ;3
Why not take Neera along for a bit anyway? Even if you don't consider her a pretty woman, you may well consider her a handsome man after one of her spells backfires. >:3
Problem solved! ^_^
Well, i guess i could do that... i could roleplay that my companion was Chaz Bono... But it kinda ruins the romance aspect , well for me that is hehe
On the looks scale for BG1 females I'd say she rates quite high, up there with Safana, Jaheira, and Dyna. For side-by-side see here.
I would rate her lowest, both in image quality and looks.
Compared to say Rasaad that has a awesome portrait both in sense of looks and color.... when i scroll down, Neera is the combo breaker in every sense, it looks like somebody dumped flour on her and put a flashlight in her face..... compared to the other well shadowed pictures...
And yes.... "it could be worse".. is somewhat of a valid argument... i just dont feel like its a good one
Wow, I am glad the developers do not follow your frame of mind. I like the game to have hot girls, but also plain girls. Good story and believable characters trumps looks by a huge margin.
She's not good enough because she isnt hot enough? There are plenty of hot girls in the game if that is so important.
Games should generally have less hot girls, breaks immersion. And the hot girls would be hotter when not everyone looks perfect.
@Medivh1234 Yeah, in terms of coloration she is a little ashy looking, that's true. I was speaking of her actual features.
It's obviously impossible to please everyone. Just as an illustration, quite a number of folks here have commented on how much they dislike Rasaad's portrait, and yet you like it. (As do I.)
I actually dig all the new portraits. I do agree that for some odd reason Dorn's and Neera's use a comparatively washed out color palette, and it is does make them stand out as such.
Yes but neera stands out even more, becouse her face structure is hitting the uncanny vally..... its mostly to do with shadowing, her face seems flat and unreal.
Now Rasaads portrait is slightly different from say Ajantis but it seems more "powerful" both in color and structure and its a well made portrait, that i would prob select for my main char if i could. Neera on the other hand is giving me the uncanny vally and a much more "low ReS" feeling
Just to prove everyone wrong , here is a picture of neera that some other dude made or the same person i dont know http://www.niezgrani.pl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//2012/07/Neera.jpg This is a picture of Neera that makes her look cute and attractive? But she dont have "zepplin tits" or all the funny comments people are howling.
But back to the portrait
If people saying that they want a plain girl for the realism thats fine, good for you, but i still think the portrait is bad even if i find it ugly.. its perfectly possible to add facial shadows and increase res and keep her features, but if am gonna guess thats where they actually got issues.
Adding shadow dept to it will prob just make her look more horrible and that might be why we got such a white portait. But i will be suprised if the same person that made Rasaads portait made Neera .. becouse its much better.. even if you dont like Rasaad, the quality is bulletproof and even if you dont agree on that part. its the closet portrait to the other BG portraits! but i dont like the quality gap.
And if am expected to buy the enchanted edition vs just downloading all the great mods out there then i dont like such a lazy solution
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Mark Vanderloo
http://www.nowhavefun.com/celebritypictures/d/106885-1/45+Mark+Vanderloo+photo.jpg
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Hill
http://icedteaandlemoncake.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/jonah_hill.jpg?w=640
Most women would say Mark was more attractive.. but thats my "guess" anyway
"ps medivh loves gibberlings .. just so we are cleare on that, dont change that"
Meh whatever i cannot see the niche at all...
Ill leave with this picture from the movie "girl next door"
Elisha Cuthbert
http://www.paparazziwallpapers.com/wallpapers-elisha-cuthbert-wallpapers-003-435.html
Apparently you CAN be the girl next door and be pretty... and in this movies case... also be kind of a bitch
But we got Viccy for that hahahaha
2>1
Right now with Neera you have a portrait, I'm sure similar excellent characterisation will be present.
Indeed o_O
Also, @Medivh1234, Y U NO LAIK SHAKIRA??
Also, it's not the beer gut nor the abs that we find attractive ;3
But it kinda ruins the romance aspect , well for me that is hehe
Compared to say Rasaad that has a awesome portrait both in sense of looks and color.... when i scroll down, Neera is the combo breaker in every sense, it looks like somebody dumped flour on her and put a flashlight in her face..... compared to the other well shadowed pictures...
And yes.... "it could be worse".. is somewhat of a valid argument... i just dont feel like its a good one
Wow, I am glad the developers do not follow your frame of mind. I like the game to have hot girls, but also plain girls. Good story and believable characters trumps looks by a huge margin.
She's not good enough because she isnt hot enough? There are plenty of hot girls in the game if that is so important.
Games should generally have less hot girls, breaks immersion. And the hot girls would be hotter when not everyone looks perfect.
It's obviously impossible to please everyone. Just as an illustration, quite a number of folks here have commented on how much they dislike Rasaad's portrait, and yet you like it. (As do I.)
I actually dig all the new portraits. I do agree that for some odd reason Dorn's and Neera's use a comparatively washed out color palette, and it is does make them stand out as such.
Now Rasaads portrait is slightly different from say Ajantis but it seems more "powerful" both in color and structure and its a well made portrait, that i would prob select for my main char if i could. Neera on the other hand is giving me the uncanny vally and a much more "low ReS" feeling
Just to prove everyone wrong , here is a picture of neera that some other dude made or the same person i dont know
http://www.niezgrani.pl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//2012/07/Neera.jpg
This is a picture of Neera that makes her look cute and attractive? But she dont have "zepplin tits" or all the funny comments people are howling.
But back to the portrait
If people saying that they want a plain girl for the realism thats fine, good for you, but i still think the portrait is bad even if i find it ugly.. its perfectly possible to add facial shadows and increase res and keep her features, but if am gonna guess thats where they actually got issues.
Adding shadow dept to it will prob just make her look more horrible and that might be why we got such a white portait. But i will be suprised if the same person that made Rasaads portait made Neera .. becouse its much better.. even if you dont like Rasaad, the quality is bulletproof and even if you dont agree on that part. its the closet portrait to the other BG portraits! but i dont like the quality gap.
And if am expected to buy the enchanted edition vs just downloading all the great mods out there then i dont like such a lazy solution