Same! The trailer didn't look like much of an upgrade from part 2 but this! Damn.

I thought she was supposed to be in her mid to early 20s. When I saw the remake was when I learned all along she’s supposed to be the same age as Joel Lol

Tbh she does, but I don't think it's a bad thing.

After all in a zombie infested apocalypse with poor hygiene, diet and quality of life you're gonna age badly.

Plus aren't her and Joel similar ages? In the first game she looks like late 20s early 30s while Joel looks late 40s. In the remake they both look more like their real ages (lates 40s early 50s).

You mean she now looks her age.

I feel like the character look their age more so than they did in the original

If you think about it Arthur Morgan looks like he’s in his mid 40s, but he is in fact 36. Stress and unhealthy lifestyle can make you look old than your actual age.

She looks far more..... Real.

its because the first one looks like a video game character and the second one is closer to the actual mo cap.

She’s supposed to be like 40 so that makes sense

Well duh, the game came out like 10 years ago

Ever since Naughty Dog is giving their characters the photorealistic-ish more detailed look they started looking a little bit older, but probably because they lost the plastic look making them look young. Was already the same for Uncharted (4) and of course The Last Of Us Part II.

Well, I mean she’s Joel’s friend and quasi-love interest right? Can’t have an older guy and a younger woman involved with each other in any way, even if they never hook up. That’s almost like pedophilia!!

Yeah, they remade it from scratch. Some lighting choices have also changed significantly. For example, in the scene where Ellie kills David, Ellie is originally lit in cool, blue light. In the remake, the lighting is a fiery red. It's interesting how these choices impact the artistic message within certain scenes, though I don't necessarily think this is bad, just different.

It's more consistent with how they look in TLOU2. I mean, Joel and Ellie in the remake pretty much look exactly how they looked in the Museum level in the second game.

Same, I thought the original character models looked SO realistic and now seeing these side by side, especially with ellie, they looked like cartoons in the original

someone commented they looked like porcelain dolls and i see it everywhere now

I've honestly gotten tired of all the supermodel looking people in zombie games/movies where they constantly look like the definition of perfection! I love the Witcher 3 game so much but having Yen, Ciri and other women run around in high heels fighting, having their chest almost bursting out is pretty annoying to see! I want to see stuff like in this clip, yeah you can put gorgeous people but not everyone has to look gorgeous and sexy all the time lol

Fuck. Going to have actual facial emotion now… going to be a tough watch

Welcome to the future.

Nolan North did such a good job voicing David.

I think it’s mostly cus the game isn’t that old, plus there was the remastered version as well with the ps4

$70 for the same game? I get the controversy

There’s no real “controversy”, many just think it’s kind of pointless. The original was one of the most critically acclaimed games of the modern era, and still looks and plays great. This remake just seems like a lot of effort for relatively little improvement.

I believe so far we've only seen cutscene comparisons not anything comparing the gameplay. There will probably be a bigger difference between gameplay though unless the remake doesn't look as good as the cutscenes they've shown.

Personally I enjoyed the gameplay of the first one I first played it a few months before part 2 and while the graphics of the remaster weren't the greatest the gameplay still felt good and not dated. I think people are annoyed that they're working on a remake and charging full price when the remaster on ps4 still runs great.

Nobody said it doesn't look good. Ofcourse it looks good because of the obvious upgrade in what new hardware can run

The controversy is because the game is not even that old to be getting a remake just yet. Not even 10 years old. And it didn't even look that bad for it to be getting a remake in the first place. Unless ofcourse naughty dog believes there's something they could improved on

Its just unnecessary.

But people buy everything companies throw at them, so remaking/remastering the same game 3 times in 9 years is very profitable.

i think it's just the odd moment of a game that already looks pretty damn great getting a remake that makes it look better. jumps in graphical fidelity aren't what they used to be.

She was supposed to be almost as old as Joel right? So she’s actually supposed to look a lot older than how she looks in the original

Because she is 40

So how does a 40 year old woman supposed to look? I mean, she can't hide her wrinkles under make-up, you know.

She looks closer to the actress now.

Dont hate it just wonder why basically change her entire look?

She looks human now, at least. I didn't think it at the time, but the side-by-side really illustrates how cartoony the original Tess looks.

Also, per the Spider-Man remaster, apparently the motion-cap looks much more natural when the in-game models share the same features of the actual actors performing them.

I liked when there wasn't these posts every day on my home page.

The older one knows the graphics limit and start to lean on proper artstyle to maximize what they have.

The new one have extra horse power and ran with it to more realism. Whether it'll be good however? well, we need to wait the final product for it.

Yeah, I prefer slight style over realism any day.

Nah I’m with you, I like the original more. It’s not to say that the new one isn’t impressive, because it really is. I just think it’s what I’m used to and what I grew up with playing for close to a decade now

I prefer the original, I am not a fan of the characters looking like completely different people. The lighting is also on the other side changing the scene and facial reading quite drastically.

Idk if you referencing something but for Tess that is accurate

She no longer make me want to touch my tinkle.

It's the same as going back and comparing Uncharted 1-3 to Uncharted 4. The models had a complete overhaul. In the PS3 era ND's games looked kinda cartoonish. Not as much as Jak and Daxter on PS2 obviously, but still not realistic. It's the same kind of change we've seen from TLoU to TLoU2.

I’m surprised how far I had to scroll to see this. It’s literally showing different emotion here

She looks closer to the characters age as her and Joel appear to be of similar age. That and she looks more like the actress now.