I was also one of the people who didn't like Claire's look at first, but ended up loving her by the end.
The whole face scanning thing can make you're characters look beautiful from certain angles.
https://external-content.duckduckgo...id=OIP.JIvTbloG5tmpjxRb0WQ6cwHaES&pid=Api&f=1
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And look rather derpy from other angles.
https://external-content.duckduckgo...t/2019/08/death-stranding-mama.png&f=1&nofb=1
https://external-content.duckduckgo...play.com/walls/full/2/3/c/7338.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
Game devs these days are not using photogrammetry to it's fullest and are instead just scanning in the models, doing some light polish and then rigging the faces up with animations, problem is most of the time the face meshes don't really fit the animation points so well, it can look very strange at first, but you end up getting used to it.
Still at least Capcom are hiring good looking models for the men and women and not turning the women into transgender surgeries gone wrong like Mortal Kombat 11 and Mass Effect Andromeda, Dante from Devil May Cry 5 has to be my favorite choice, I can not unsee Adam Cowie's face on Dante as it fits so well.
As for what I've seen with this leaked cover art.
I'm mixed.
Jill's face is ok for me, don't love it, don't hate it, but it could be Claire all over again where I'll end up liking it by the end.
Carlos is yeah, kinda what RE7 Chris should have been.
I HATE that they've given Jill the same dirty top from the imposter in the newer Tomb Raider games, but if REmake 2 is anything to go by, Hooker Jill's costume will be back as an unlockable along with Jill getting the legions of mods that did Claire so good.
But I gotta say when I first saw Nemesis, I was convinced the leaked art was a joke.
The teeth, the obstructing metal tubing and worst of all, THAT NOSE!!!
I can not unsee that nose, it looks so wrong, not in a terrifying way, but a funny distracting way.
This Nemesis doesn't scare me at all, just looking at him makes me chuckle.
I hope more gets shown at the Game Awards and we'll get to see have Nemesis acts in real time, same with Jill.