Jill Valentine's New RE3 Remake Design: Less Sex Appeal, More Practicality

The latest issue of Game Informer is out and the cover story is (rather unsurprisingly) all about the Resident Evil 3 remake. One of the topics addressed by the developers is Jill Valentine's new RE3 remake design, and the game's Art Director explains why they've made a shift in style.

[annoyedgamer]

https://kekpe.pe/i/5e7614a9...

Sure...

[isarai]

Lol was gonna say it's also less iconic.

[CatCouch]

I think the new Jill looks alright, though you can definitely see the trend they are following with this design here.

I'm going to be using the classic outfit, myself! I never played Resident Evil games for realism or practicality. I loved all the goofy and sexy alternate outfits in previous games. I guess those are not coming back.

[TricksterArrow]

I'm torn with the changes. They could go for something more iconic and different albeit more realistic. I feel like while they nailed Claire's new look (the jacket alone makes her stand out quite a bit), they dropped the ball with Jill ://

[Rachel_Alucard]

Tank top and pants is the go to outfit for every major female this gen. It's too boring and safe. It feels like their design process is just removing feminine aspects and going for this fence-sitting gender neutral option.

[isarai]

It's the female equivalent of the short brown haired 20-30yr old white guy

http://www.abload.de/img/vi...

[Rachel_Alucard]

That pic is not the female equivalent. Each of those characters were not defined by their looks but their character and it shows that our creative industry is capable of creating a variety of different characters despite all looking similar. Our problem is the men creating those men understand men better then anyone else to do that in the first place. When you try to have those same men create something they aren't familiar with, they all start blending together in personality. Our industry's artists and writers are still the same group it was before, so nothing has changed to help them write characters they don't understand how to write or design. Alot of the women caricatures being made now are all under this "Tough-girl who needs no man" type. They could adapt many different character archtypes, but they apply the same non-offensive protagonist template to them instead. I don't know if its because they all want girls to look at their characters for inspiration like how Disney failed at, but it's not helping the product they are making.

[rainslacker]

@Rachel

I can barely remember most of those characters shown in either image posted. Some I remember because they stood out more because they were more interesting characters. Lara I remember because of how pathetic they made her character, which had nothing to do with her looks.

Male characters are generally just as generic, both in looks and the tropes by which they abide by in games. There is nothing more or less special about male characters, and generally, male characters are also sexualized, so this notion that people only focus on the looks is completely off base. Some female characters get more attention because of their looks, but if that's all people focus on, then they aren't interesting characters to begin with. If those same characters are still not memorable because they don't have the looks to remember them by, it doesn't make them better characters, just less memorable.

[Rachel_Alucard]

@rainslacker

There is not a single female protag I can think of that fits a character like Francis York. Yes you have gruff and gritty white men, but you have more variety in the field for them beyond what female protags can do. I have never seen a suave female, a wisecrack female, or just anything outside of what we've all seen before. There is way more variety in the male department then females ever get. If they would step outside what's safe for once they would see that.

[rainslacker]

To be fair, Elena from UC came out before all this SJW stuff, and she's always done the sports bra and top that seems so popular nowadays. It made sense for her character back then, and given that it wasn't as common back then, it kind of set her apart and people did focus more on her character. They did sex appeal with Chloe, but she still wore practical-ish clothing.

To me, sex appeal isn't an aspect of the clothing, but in how the character holds themselves and wears their look to be sexy. Generally, I find over the top not as sexy, but that's a different matter. What I find with this style of design you posted is that there really isn't much which sets them apart, and for the ones that lack any personality or character, there is nothing to really remember them by. I had to think on who some of those characters were, even though I've played most of the games represented from that collage.

[Auron]

Claire is dressed exactly like Jill when she removes her jacket

[zsquaresoff]

Still looks pretty sexy to me and thats a good thing.

[Kornholic]

Her face has masculine features that are off-putting in a woman.

[rainslacker]

I don't think she's ugly by any means. I'm not even put off by her clothing.

I'm maybe a little disappointed, because I always thought my wife resembled some of the older character models. Especially the darker haired with ponytail versions where she was usually wearing a baseball cap. My wife even cut her hair and looks a lot like the original RE3 version, or maybe Umbrella chronicles. She looks nothing like the new model though.

This is kind of an anecdotal opinion specific to me though, and this resemblance my wife has is about the only interest I have in the character to begin with, and I'm not even a big fan of the games, so I'm not that fussed about it either way.

[xTonyMontana]

I don't see the sex appeal with the original design tbh, the outfit was just more of a "hip" thing for the era.

[Spurg]

Yeah, it was for the sexy for the era not practical...but its didn't make sense to wear that top in a zombie apocalypse

[Charlieboy333]

So everything in games must be practical ? Better not sprint more than 5 seconds in case you run out of breath...

[rainslacker]

She had a nice athletic look, while still being feminine. I think the newest model lacks a lot of that femininity. I'm not against the look of the new character myself, and think she looks attractive enough for what this is. I find her overall design kind of generic though.

Realistically, if this was a real woman one saw out at the store or something, sans the guns of course, I doubt most people complaining here wouldn't be taking a second look, or watching her walk away. Curves are still there, just doesn't have everything exposed, or cleavage hanging out, which the original never did as I recall.

[Shiken]

I pre ordered, so the sex appeal lives.

[akurtz]

Is there still a choice in costume design? If not, oof.

[Shiken]

Right now, it is tied to pre order. If you pre order, Jill and Carlos can have their original outfits.

[Shikoku]

Well that sucks

[BioShockGX]

Bring back my sexy jill

[Loktai]

Ironically the ultra thin, flat chested " model " look popular in the 80s and 90s that the mainstream woke crowd kept saying was an "unrealistic depiction" and "unhealthy" is exactly what this seems to be trying to do. Western women at a healthy weight have hips and a chest- and guess what? Health is what men are attracted to- which is what makes it sexy which is why those things are considered good and are emphasized - for sex appeal.

Making them look like 10 year old boys- yeah throw a thick layer of makeup on them and thats a model.

[william_cade]

She doesn't like an old hag stepping off of the Mayflower. Rather, she looks like every female character from this gen

[SugarSoSweet]

Good, sex appeal while fighting off zombies who are trying kill you is dumb....

[Darkstorm6111]

You can use the sex appeal to create sexual bullets and shoot zombies.

[jambola]

Seriously
Not funny enough to be making the same joke twice

[rainslacker]

Guess you've never played School Girl Zombie Hunter or any of the onechanbara games.

[Xaevi]

I would argue that shorts are more practical. I've never found wearing pants to be comfortable when doing any physical work.

[rainslacker]

I'd like pants better, but can't imagine wearing tight pants that women wear nowadays to be that comfortable for running around, and sweating in dingy dirty places. I wouldn't want to wear shorts in a zombie apocalypse. A tank top....that's probably more practical than the typical T-shirt, and it's more realistic than the standard button down shirt you see male characters wearing that never seem to come untucked.

[NukeDaHippies]

Thankfully Ada had 0 practicality to her design. I'm gonna rock that classic if i get it, tho i wish she wore the gloves too.

[Dixiedevil]

Sex appeal gone? I don’t think so. The fact that she’s not big and beautiful or LGBTQ is still incredibly problematic. Also...Hello! Honky Alert! Take some ques from Marvel, Capcom! If you’re not going broke, you’re not doing it right!
/s

[Auron]

Her ass still be bouncin

[AAACE5]

It's amazing that no one has realized that she looks like Natalie Portman!

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh shut up

[jambola]

I think they mean less fun and more easy to avoid oversensitive idiots being offended by clothing

[-Foxtrot]

She could have worn her classic outfit at start of game then she goes to her apartment (there’s a clip in the trailer where she seems to be in it watching madness outside) and when she gets home she changes from her civilian clothes to something more tactical

Like how Leon was wearing normal clothes in RE2 and then got into his police outfit

[P_Bomb]

"The original design of Jill Valentine was clearly going for sex appeal, but that was not the right direction. This is a very strong character, and it is a character that's going through a lot of adversity, so we wanted to home in on that and make sure that there's a certain level of believability in what she's wearing, a certain level of practicality."

At least it’s an alternate skin that hopefully doesn’t stay locked behind a preorder or paywall. History remembers the game as a hit and that skin became videogame famous. Or infamous. Even the movie adapted it for Sienna. The blue tank top with cargo pants they remixed it to is basically Tomb Raider, which runs the risk of distracting that subconscious part of your brain that knows Lara shouldn’t be in Raccoon City ;)

Believability and practicality went out the window after my 5th time getting bit in the neck with no viral repercussions a green plant couldn’t fix. A green plant that took up the same inventory space as that shotgun I didn’t have room to carry. Then there’s the fro. Shamblers are gonna love Carlos in close quarters :p

[Darkstorm6111]

Sex appeal is more practical.
I can destroy zombies with sexual energy.
Otherwise whats the point of the game?

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I never saw any sex appeal in the original model.

[gamer7804]

Sexy can’t be practical? Okiedoke

[rainslacker]

It can be. It's just we aren't allowed to find it appealing.

I see women walking around all the time in clothes like these, as it seems to be a very popular style nowadays, and I never thought those women didn't look sexy....at least if they were sexy anyways. I find sex appeal to be more than the clothes one wears though, but tight clothing like this still shows off enough curves to be catch the eye.

[gamer7804]

i would say should looks just normal honestly, its a game about zombies, its okay if they make their characters fit as well look and dress a little sexy

[rainslacker]

I guess it's a matter of one's frame of reference. I'd say her original design was sexier, or at least she dressed sexier. I think her overall character model was different, mostly in the face and hair.

[whitbyfox]

After numerous playthroughs platinuming Resident Evil 2 remake then seeing the overpowered unlockable weapons were available to buy a couple of months later for £2.50 i’ll be waiting for the price drop and an easy platinum. And by then the original polygon characters will be released for free, just like Resi 2.

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

I'll wait for the mods on PC. Had fun with naked Claire mod. Judge me all you want, bite me.

[Kostche]

all the while it has super mutant and zombies... but hey keep the dress classy.... smh

we all know why they changed the art style, stop with PR bullshit...

its there game, they can do whatever they want, but dont fucking lie about it

[gamesR4fun]

no worries modders will fix it....

[ShadowWolf712]

"Less sex appeal"

To YOU, maybe... 😏