A visual comparison between the old character model and the newly-revamped one for Ellie in the upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive title, The Last of Us.
"All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental."
The reason this disclaimer exists is because for any character you create, there is going to be someone, somewhere in the world, who looks like him/her.
People are reading into it too much. The original design was perfect, not plastered in make up and not in any way masculine. Perfect female character design for a game with this sort of setting.
Although I wouldn't have noticed her appearance had changed had people not pointed it out lol.
Actually I think the real reason is facial animation - Naughty Dog has really step up their game in this aspect - It looks as if they have a really amazing facial animation system for this engine..
You can see how scared she is just from the facial expression -that just amazing.. Looks really good, this could be one amazing game...
-and so I just think it was more about showing the face then anything else, as it clearly is easier to see her facial expression with the hair moved slightly up..
Naughty Dog really looks like they are going to set the bar once again with this one...
Im surprised no one has picked up on the characters age difference. The Joel is like Obi-wan: Wise, Intelligent and has seen the world in 2 different forms. Ellie is like Luke: Young, innocent and unsuspecting of the world around her. In the first trailer she says "these streets used to be full of people" as though its a myth.
There's a lot this game can do and im sure ND will take advantage of their characters to tell a brilliant story like Uncharted!
Erm...I think you've got it the wrong way round. In the new character model, she's more chubbier. It gives her a childish look, unlike the previous model which resembled a 15/16 year old teenager.
She actually looks her age now. Her previous model made her look older. I find that her new model looks a bit unnatural though, kind of like Elena's new model in Uncharted 3.
its same with the black guy in starhawk, it was reported they was getting hate for that, CJ is black in gta oh and they was no hate that a guy was called packy yes and he looked like on oh and no hate for the guy been black in prototype.. its just sony haters as always
I don't think people we're making a big deal about it, i think people just thought that she looked like Ellen Page but really wasn't complaining about it but maybe the developers saw the similarities and they didn't like it so they probably changed her.
She completely looked like Ellen Page and older than the character's age. The new one brings youth back into the face with chubbier chicks and a less defined face.
Gah! Beat me to the draw. Anyhoo, I preferred the original design, but I'm not going to cry about the change. Can't wait for more information on the game.
Does anyone else kinda prefer the Ellen Page look alike? I mean the new one look's kinda younger than 14 probably like 11-12 while the other one look's pretty matured but a teenage kinda matured.
Bigger eyes definitely help to show expressions easily from a distance.. Same thing that happened with Elizabeth in Bioshock infinite, just less extreme.
I think she better looks her age now, and given this is a ND game and likely sure-fire hit that means shell grow up in the inevitable sequels. I don't see how the other model couldn't have aged even MORE into Ellen Page!
Think either of them might die? So far ND haven't killed off characters much.
I can see it when I'm actually trying to notice the differences but from a quick glance it's really not that noticeable to me. Meh all you white folks look the same lol j/k.
New version of her has hair resting more naturally on her head. Eyes are closer together. Eyebrows are slightly thinner. Scar over her right eye is slightly smaller. Lines on face and around mouth are more natural. Nose is smaller. Freckling is more detailed. A lot of the lighter brown was removed from her hair.
Unless I have the models reversed. Then oh well lol
The Ellen Page comparisons were probably another incentive to change her up
less chubbier
She actually looks her age now. Her previous model made her look older. I find that her new model looks a bit unnatural though, kind of like Elena's new model in Uncharted 3.
I think it's cause people thought she looked to similar to Ellen Page which she did.
No one ever complained about the guy in LA Noir looking like Robert Duvall. I don't understand why now.