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SkinniMini

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Rebecca's appearance? I mean look at these pictures.

Pre Overhaul
Resident Evil PS1
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Resident Evil 2 Easter Egg
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Post Overhaul (and the look she is known for today)
Resident Evil ReMake/Zero In Game Model
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Resident Evil Zero CGI Render
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Now granted the change IMO was definitely for the better as she is prettier in the face (she is just not cute in that RE2 pic), looks her age (resembles an older teenager now as opposed to before) and has unique qualities to her look (correct me if I'm wrong but she is the only character in this series with green eyes and only female character to wear earrings although the earring aspect isn't new).

However, despite me seeing the overhaul as a positive, I can't help but wonder why did they change things so drastically, things like her facial structure, eye color, hair color and skin tone. I mean its obvious she had big brown eyes before REMake. How did the character model developer come up with the idea to change them to big green ones(p.s I'm happy he did)?

Then there's her hair color. In the earlier games she had reddish brown hair that almost appeared red yet now she has mousy brown hair. This is one thing I wish they hadn't change bc this series has enough brown haired girls and I think it would have fit her green eyes better.

I also noticed that her skin tone changed as well. She is kind of pale now and in fact she is only rivaled by Re5 Jill in this regard. No issue with it really.

But the biggest change in terms of her look has to be her face. I mean wow. If it wasn't for the costume and name, this with the combo of the things I listed above, I wouldn't even believe it was the same character. No one would have been able to convince me it was. Pre ReMake she looks like an average caucasian girl. Post REMake? She looks like an Asian woman with caucasian features at times (although being modelled after Ayumi Hamasaki- which was an extremely odd choice- can do that), esp her in game model. Why would Capcom model her after an Japanese pop star and not an Caucasian one? I mean she is a white woman after all.

Her costume is another small thing but I do remember reading an interview on why it was changed slightly (at least from Re1 to ReMake. Can't explain that N64 Zero version at all). I believe they changed it because they felt that with the headband and large jewelry too much was going on. Good changes esp making her shirt a regular tee as opposed to a v neck (which was kind of odd imo).
 
I've never really seen the changes in Rebecca's appearance as an overhaul by any means. (Definitely not that drastic.) If you look at the live-action model from Resident Evil, the woman in the live-intro, the changes seem logical as the updated character looks more like her. (The brown hair, lighter eyes, etc.) To me the inconsistencies from Resident Evil and the Resident Evil 2 egg to the REmake and Zero amount to nothing more than a poor color pallet and the graphics of the time.
 
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Magnolia Grandiflora said:
I've never really seen the changes in Rebecca's appearance as an overhaul by any means. (Definitely not that drastic.) If you look at the live-action model from Resident Evil, the woman in the live-intro, the changes seem logical as the updated character looks more like her. (The brown hair, lighter eyes, etc.) To me the inconsistencies from Resident Evil and the Resident Evil 2 egg to the REmake and Zero amount to nothing more than a poor color pallet and the graphics of the time.
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I can't say I agree with this buddy (I definitely appreciate your response and find it cool how different we see her changes). I don't think she resembles that live action actress from the original opening at all but that's just me.
 
That's just Capcom, I suppose... What you say about the auburn hair turned brown also happened to Chris and Claire, and they can't really seem to agree on an eye colour for Chris either (blue in 1 and CV - brown in 5, 6, and probably Revelations too). Then there's the matter with Jill's face in Revelations... but Rebecca? I never really noticed, to be honest. I remembered her as a sweet young girl with short hair in RE1, and she was still a sweet young girl with short hair in REmake, but with more distinctive facial features due to better grapics, so I didn't really question anything else about her.
 
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That's just Capcom, I suppose... What you say about the auburn hair turned brown also happened to Chris and Claire, and they can't really seem to agree on an eye colour for Chris either (blue in 1 and CV - brown in 5, 6, and probably Revelations too). Then there's the matter with Jill's face in Revelations... but Rebecca? I never really noticed, to be honest. I remembered her as a sweet young girl with short hair in RE1, and she was still a sweet young girl with short hair in REmake, but with more distinctive facial features due to better grapics, so I didn't really question anything else about her.
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Yeah you are right about one thing and that is that Capcom sure can be inconsistent with the characters from Chris' eyes to Jill's REV face (which is a true crime as Rev is between Umbrellas end and re5, two instances where she had the same face). Anyway, I guess my beef with ReMake/Zero Rebecca is that I can hardly buy her as an update to the classic version (and she isn't the only one). She imo just looks too different in comparison to other characters that has been updated. I mean despite the changes (bc those do come when updating something) I can buy ReMake Jill as an update to classic Re1 Jill, same with Chris, Wesker, Barry. I can buy Darkside Claire as an update to Re2 and CV Claire. I don't know its just the way I see it.
KennedyKiller said:
...It's just better Graphics...They were able to refine her more. She's probably the MOST consistent character in the series. I mean...Look at the changes in Jill, Chris, Ada, and Wesker...Rebecca is NOT the one we should be discussing here lol.
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No Rebecca should always be talked about ;P. Nah I'm just joking. In all seriousness, the only reason why she seems so consistent compared to those characters is bc she (along with Barry for instance) hasn't been aged yet unlike some of those people and didn't need the graphical overhaul like Claire and Carlos (both of whom resemble their classic selves more than her imo) from not being on a newer system. Also I think I may be confusing some of you unintentionally. What I'm talking about is the physical differences- her eyes, completely different styled face not graphical differences. Better graphics don't change eye colors or give characters faces that don't fit their race sometimes.
 
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But she doesn't look that much different; she does look like an updated character. Her face shape, facial features, hair and overall design is the same the only thing that really changed is the color of her eyes and hair and her face isn't quite as thin as it used to be.
 
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Magnolia Grandiflora said:
But she doesn't look that much different; she does look like an updated character. Her face shape, facial features, hair and overall design is the same the only thing that really changed is the color of her eyes and hair and her face isn't quite as thin as it used to be.
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I dont know Magnolia. Outside of having on the same outfit and short hair, she really doesn't look like the same character. The original and the update doesn't match as well as it could have (and I'm happy with that as she looks much better imo) I will agree with one thing though, her face is definitely bigger.
 
How can you buy REmake Jill's model as an update but not Rebecca's, when they were both modeled after real people? Jill's character model, along with most others in REmake were all major overhauls since characters on Gamecube can actually demonstrate human faces. Juila Voth looks nothing like what Jill used to. If anything, Ayumi Hamasaki looked similar enough to Rebecca Chamber's original depiction than anyone else.
 
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The reason THIS picture looks so different is because it's a REAL picture, with a fake face put over it. Capcom admitted that's how they did it.
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However, the rest IS all graphical. They had the graphical capabilities to make her look more Real, Proportional, and give her more depth as far as colors go, again, adding to the realism.
 
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Turo602 said:
How can you buy REmake Jill's model as an update but not Rebecca's, when they were both modeled after real people? Jill's character model, along with most others in REmake were all major overhauls since characters on Gamecube can actually demonstrate human faces. Juila Voth looks nothing like what Jill used to. If anything, Ayumi Hamasaki looked similar enough to Rebecca Chamber's original depiction than anyone else.
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I'm not trying to be funny or B.S you when I say this but I just can.

As I said, even with all the changes (as I never said any of them were the perfect update, I would be lying if I did) I feel ReMake Jill is just a better update to classic Jill in comparison to Rebecca.

The fact that they are modelled after celebrities doesn't really matter. I believe they just found people who had some similarities to the old character models. I just don't think Ayumi Hamasaki was a good one to use for a Rebecca update (Don't get me wrong I like Rebecca with her Ayumi inspired face as I have already said but still) bc IMO there was no similarity to the previous model and thus changed her appearance too much. However if you think it was a good choice then hey that's fine, everyone is entitled to an opinion, that's why we are here. I just don't agree.

Why do I feel like I'm on the defense here? I was simply sharing my opinion, that's all.
 
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Sharing your opinion is a ok...We're Definitely not dogging that...We just ALL can't see what you see...Maybe it's because it doesn't exist...Maybe it's because we don't recognize some things...It doesn't really matter...There's really no argument here. It's just a matter of us not agreeing...Or really even caring in some peoples cases...about Rebecca's updates and whether she did or didn't change a whole lot. Hell, the new generation of RE fans probably don't even know who Rebecca is. or only even KNOW her updated version.

Also you have to realize that most of the original artwork is hand drawn because they used the live action cut scenes back then, and now, they're all CG...If you're really going to compare, you have to compare in game to in game...Not in game to other artwork...
 
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Sharing your opinion is a ok...We're Definitely not dogging that...We just ALL can't see what you see...Maybe it's because it doesn't exist...Maybe it's because we don't recognize some things...It doesn't really matter...There's really no argument here. It's just a matter of us not agreeing...Or really even caring in some peoples cases...about Rebecca's updates and whether she did or didn't change a whole lot. Hell, the new generation of RE fans probably don't even know who Rebecca is. or only even KNOW her updated version.

Also you have to realize that most of the original artwork is hand drawn because they used the live action cut scenes back then, and now, they're all CG...If you're really going to compare, you have to compare in game to in game...Not in game to other artwork...
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I truly wish you all could see what I see but if everyone I've talked to so far can't , then either I'm just want to see something that isn't there or you all don't want to see something that is there (not dissing anyone of course). I don't know, I guess this is one of those agree to disagree moments. I do appreciate you all for replying to my post though. Its been interesting to say the least :-)

So is it true about that pic? Is it really a real life pic with a fake face? If so why do you think Capcom did that? Its so odd.
 
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SkinniMini said:
I truly wish you all could see what I see but if everyone I've talked to so far can't , then either I'm just want to see something that isn't there or you all don't want to see something that is there (not dissing anyone of course). I don't know, I guess this is one of those agree to disagree moments. I do appreciate you all for replying to my post though. Its been interesting to say the least :-)

So is it true about that pic? Is it really a real life pic with a fake face? If so why do you think Capcom did that? Its so odd.
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Yes that is true about the photo. The did it in effort to make it look as realistic as possible. And I'm assuming it may have been cheaper as well...I mean, they didn't have to put a LOT of work into it, considering it was an easter egg.
 
KennedyKiller said:
Yes that is true about the photo. The did it in effort to make it look as realistic as possible. And I'm assuming it may have been cheaper as well...I mean, they didn't have to put a LOT of work into it, considering it was an easter egg.
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The only thing they achieved when they did that was made Rebecca as ugly as possible (and she was never ugly). For real though that is just sad. If they were not going to put 100% effort into the picture they shouldn't have even bothered. To be honest this Easter Egg was completely useless and unneccesary. I mean its not like the picture had something interesting attached to it like oh let's say "This girl is a threat to Umbrella, eliminate her." No it says recruit. Wow cool easter egg (rolls eyes).

The one thing I want to know about that Easter Egg though is why was it on Wesker's desk when Rebecca had a desk in the same room. Capcom logic I guess.
 
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The only thing they achieved when they did that was made Rebecca as ugly as possible (and she was never ugly). For real though that is just sad. If they were not going to put 100% effort into the picture they shouldn't have even bothered. To be honest this Easter Egg was completely useless and unneccesary. I mean its not like the picture had something interesting attached to it like oh let's say "This girl is a threat to Umbrella, eliminate her." No it says recruit. Wow cool easter egg (rolls eyes).

The one thing I want to know about that Easter Egg though is why was it on Wesker's desk when Rebecca had a desk in the same room. Capcom logic I guess.
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That is an easter egg though. They're just supposed to be fun. No point to them.
 
KennedyKiller said:
It didn't mind one way or the other to be honest...until RE0 I didn't care for Rebecca...
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It's okay, honesty is the best quality. Until RE Zero huh? What was it about her presentation in that game that caused you to change your mind?
 
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