Character designs: THE SUBJECTIVITY THREAD :'D

[miyabi95_]

Please note that I have noticed that there is a thread discussing favorite game graphics here: http://www.vg-resource.com/thread-28560.html. But I'm trying to make this thread more centric around how characters look and how they effect the game overall.

No, this is not a thread purely for posting "I LIKE LINK. CUZ HE HAVE SWROD." This is more about the visual presentation of characters and how they impact playing the game for you personally. However, you can talk about the sprites/models of that character if you like, instead of the general design.

Allow me to start. You probably already know that I love girly cuties, so how about I break the boundaries a bit:



For me, Sonic has looked his best in the DS trilogy (Rush, Rush Adventure, and Colors). There's something about the bright DS screen that just fits like a puzzle with the colorful cel-shaded polygons of the blue blur. Also, the way that he animates is not very choppy at all like in the Adventure games and 06 and whatnot. When I first got Sonic Rush back in like 2006-ish (woah, that's ten years ago from now...), I would always set my DS backlite to the highest brightness. My eyes would start hurting from playing too long, but that was mostly because after getting the game for Christmas, I was completely hooked to it and played it for like weeks afterwards. Eventually I'd start playing in smaller bursts, lol.

So yeah, Sonic's vibrant and colorful model made nearly every aspect of the DS games so much fun to play for me. There were a few downsides to them, of course (Rush having excessive death pits, Rush Adventure having ridiculous special stages, Colors being too short, etc.), but Sonic Team aced the graphics with flying colors, and I'd probably say those games are up there with CD, my other all-time favorite Sonic game.

So what are some character designs/sprites/models that you think improve gameplay/gamefeel/whatever you wanna call it? You can also feel free to bring up designs that don't really have any great impact or are poorly-designed.