At a San Diego Comic-Con panel, the Infamous 2 studio, Sucker Punch, acknowledged that fans’ antipathy for McGrath’s sleek, utilitarian style and will remake him more in the way he looked in the first inFamous last year.
Sucker Punch provided no images of the new (or old) Cole but it’s interesting to note that the studio told Game Informer that the old-new look was changing because Cole was moving to a new-new setting and fans also had a meh reaction to his old-old look. And now my brain hurts.
Sucker Punch Scraps Infamous 2′s Cole MacGrath [Game Informer]
Dunnowhathuh
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 11:34 AMGood to know. You can’t really go from gruff to sleek in one leap without people raising eyebrows.
Andrew Burdusel
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 12:29 PMUnlike a lot of people I thought the design of Cole’s character in the first game was well done. People complained about his gravelly voice, but I thought that suited him. His voice has character. People also said they just didn’t find Cole memorable. Granted, he doesn’t have the most electric personality ever. But I think it’s the transformation you really remember, Cole isn’t too interesting to begin with, but at the end of the game that’s a different story.
I don’t really like the new design of Cole, he looks like he’s suddenly 20 years younger. At least try to make him looks slightly intimidating. And not like a metrosexual kings cross street walker.
Andrew Burdusel
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 12:31 PMDamn, I forgot to put the word “electric” in italics. Now people won’t see what I did there.
Scared
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 1:06 PMI did see what you did there.
Cerzel
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 1:12 PMI saw what you did there, and groaned.
I also agree on all points.
Warlok
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 1:54 PMNow all we need is for Bioware to change back the art style for Dragon Age 2 and we’ll be set.
Dan McD
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 3:22 PMBig bushy beard!
Brendan Ingle
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 10:13 AMBut the static would make it frizzy :O
Matt Gosper
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 3:49 PMPersonally I liked the new-look Cole, it’s a big change from inFamous 1, sure, but I liked it. If they’re reinventing him with a new voice actor anyway, why not go the whole way?
I’m crossing my fingers that they’ll have a skin available of NewCole in the game when it releases anyways.
Steve M
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 7:16 PMHow does “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” abbreviate to “Star Wars: STFU”?
Kizaru
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 9:51 PMWell, that’s just great… why don’t they change it back to Empire City as well then…
Fans don’t KNOW what they want, they think they do, but they don’t. People are adverse to change, even if that change might end up being better for it.
If I recall correctly, people weren’t exactly excited for the first Cole either. Fan feedback was the REASON that brought about new Cole.
But you know what, by the end of the first game, it didn’t matter what he looked like, it just mattered what he went through, and that defined the character.
And now that they see *new* Cole looks different, they presume all that history goes away, even before they given the game a chance to impress them.
All I know is, changing things back to Old Cole won’t make him the same guy, as they’ve already recorded all of Cole’s lines with the new VA. But who knows, maybe fan backlash can change that too.
I’m personally a little disappointed in Sucker Punch, for not sticking with their guns. You are the ones who made this game, not the fans, don’t presume they know what’s best for your game.
/rant
Trent Strickland
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 11:14 PM“Fans are clinging complaining dips***s who will never ever be happy with absolutely any concession you make. The moment you shut out their shrill tremulous voices the happier you’ll be”
-Yahtzee.