Can we have the Half-Orc inventory avatar back?
RedGuard
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I'm not really a big fan of the new Half-Orc inventory avatar. It looks like it might have some nods towards the old avatar, but it just looks like someone has bulked up the human avatar for the most part. Pretty underwhelming and kinda amateurish looking in my opinion. Can we have the old one back?
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In all seriousness, however you characterise it, I do prefer the old one. It had more character, was more unique and was noticeably a Half-Orc.
Personally, I'd like to see some new paperdolls drawn by Nat and/or Mad. It'd be a lot less work than redoing the animations, too.
What I really miss about the avatar is it's Conan-like build and more noticeable Orc-like facial features and dreadlocks, both of which are hardly perceivable in the watered-down version (imo) in BG:EE.
Also, on a side note (sorta related) there are a couple of other inventory avatars I miss from BG2. The human Druid and half-elf Bard. Though I believe those two inventory avatars were shared with multiple classes, but I'd bring those back just for those classes only to keep them more unique.
Order is: Fighter, Cleric, thief and same order for the females.
Order is the same as BG2 half-orcs, only with the armoured, unarmoured versions switched.
My main reasons why I prefer the BG2 half-orc to the BG:EE versions are that they are recognisably orc-like and have the features and Conan-like build to show it. I also prefer their armour variants greatly over the new ones.
That's not to say I utterly hate the new avatars. The female BG:EE half-orcs don't have that odd hour-glass frame (though their avatars are generally the more plain ones when it comes to designs sadly).
I think the armoured fighter (middle top row) is interesting enough, but none of the new avatars have quite the style of the old ones (despite the odd nods here and there). Also, the BG2 half-orcs look to me to be of a higher quality, the BG:EE seem to have less definition and often have much less going on in terms of detail. However I think the thieves of both genders really lose out with them being the most plain of the new BG:EE half-orc avatars.
Would it be too much to ask for including both as an option during chargen? I have no idea on programming/developing w/ the Infinity Engine though, so i understand if that is simply beyond the current scope of the project.
EDIT: forgot to mention that if I had to choose one, I'd go with the old BG2 model
I hope that since in BG2 is where the Half-Orc inventory avatar originally came from that we will see have it back. I just don't think the BG:EE inventory avatars really do them any justice. While I think they are good for something that is fan made, I still think they pale in comparison to the original BG2 avatars (though clearly not flawless themselves), but more importantly I'd appreciate something that you can actually tell is part Orc.