Cassiopeia visual "update"?

Vortex IV·8/27/2014, 11:00:56 PM·69 votes·9,130 views

More like a visual regression. I could pick apart every skin except Mythic Cass, but this one stood out as the worst VU i've ever seen. Click picture for the larger pic (from surrenderat20) below.

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What is this exactly? This isn't the skin I purchased. Every single aspect of this great and unique skin was destroyed. Look at the corset, it goes from deep black with a bunch of amazing details to what looks like literally water damaged and color drained bluish grey rags. The gloves and necklace have all of the same detail regression. The "scales" on her lower half went from amazingly detailed realistic looking black/grey with yellow fade rattlesnake scales to something that looks more like brown eagle feathers than anything I can liken them to. The same terrible detail in the scales is present on all the other skins being "updated" too.

And the hat.. What is this? Again the rich deep black color is gone but this time replaced with some nasty brown that doesn't match or visually pair with anything else on the skin. We lost every single amazing detail in the hat but got a fatter trim and a large ugly asian style beaded necklace on it?

I bit my tongue when you turned classic Karthus from vibrant red to watered down pink, Phantom Karthus went from deep black to muddy grey, Grim Reaper Karthus from deep vibrant purple to what vaguely resembles cloth that used to be purple. Same with Twitch, the models were amazing but most of the bold colors of each skin were washed away. But really this is an all time low, why are you guys calling these detail deletions visual updates? You got rid of all the ornate details and rich colors and left us with something that vaguely resembles the originals. I'd like to hear someone with an art background at Riot explain this one away because I can't find a single place where I can justify this as an update or upgrade.

I feel like Gordon Ramsay looking at a piece of rubbery overcooked chicken.

103 Comments

Dom1nati0n8/28/2014, 3:25:18 AM27 votes

You don't buy any piece of digital goods, expecting the quality of your product to degrade. Overhauling the graphics is one thing. But I would appreciate a token for a refund in return for degrading digital goods that I already own.

I bought this skin knowing what I was getting. As well as appreciating the details immensely. Very few skins have that kind of art style that is detailed and interesting. Her hat is beautiful. It wasn't 4-5 weeks ago I was pointing this out to my fiance.

CmereCupcake8/28/2014, 3:19:10 AM19 votes

This honestly deserves a red post. That skin looks easily worse than the old model. I actually really dig the old scale pattern.

A Retarded Clown8/28/2014, 1:32:53 AM16 votes

yeah it's horrid. Same for renekton, I feel the more realistic textures before were far better on both.

BabySnatcherr8/28/2014, 12:13:22 AM12 votes

I'd agree that the new skins are better texture resolution and brighter. My favorite Cass skin is Mythic, and for her- the new tail looks fantastic. But if that was all they did with that skin, I would be perfectly happy with that. That would definitely be an upgrade in my book. But they changed her facial geometry, gave her ugly highlights and even darkened the leaves around her head. Also, you can't see the three jewels on her forehead as clearly as before.

I just want them to revert the new changes to Mythic Cass' face. The rest of the changes on her are for the better, for the most part, I think. But that new face.... total butter/horse face.

Total butter/horse face

Dellusional Zen8/28/2014, 1:27:53 AM11 votes

The Siren and Mythic skins look awesome but the Desperada skin is missing all of the details that made that skin stunning. It really looks like a downgrade. :\

ZekromEX8/27/2014, 11:07:06 PM11 votes

you guy's aren't happy with anything are you?

Krom8/28/2014, 7:42:21 AM10 votes

Refund please. This "upgrade" is just terrible, generic, and rushed. This was one of my favorite skins and its completely ruined.

This is worse than what Riot did to Blast Zone Heimer and even worse than when they shrunk Kayle and ruined the Battleborn skin.

Renekton got similar treatment too. His actual physical body doesn't look bad, but all the colors are washed out, and the armor is now low detail, generic and looks really flat. I'm assuming the same person worked on both "upgrades". Please find something else for them to do, no offense.

exec38/27/2014, 11:04:47 PM9 votes

I agree that this one isn't very good and it is disappointing how Riot has favored less detailed textures with recent TU's however I do think that base Cass and especially Siren Cass were HUGE improvements.

Lady Luck8/28/2014, 1:42:55 AM9 votes

I concur on this skin. But my biggest issue... is changing the species of snake.

Seriously. It's my only Cass skin and... I really like the snake body on it. But it's completely changed in the new one.

I don't mind the softening of individual scales - that can make the model look cluttered when zoomed out. But ffs... It's a different species.

I also agree regarding the hat and the corset. And the overall color scheme. Omg, the color schemes are completely different. This is why Whistling Village Twitch went from my favorite skin to mediocre... The color scheme was completely changed. I find overall colors to be more important than details.

Hexs Fortune8/28/2014, 7:48:45 AM8 votes

At least keep the rattlesnake colors

Why the dingy blue corset and brown hat?

mtman3188/28/2014, 5:39:01 AM8 votes

Now it doesn't even match the splash art.

AvariceSyn8/28/2014, 3:24:40 AM8 votes

Yeah, this is pretty freaking disgustingly disappointing. Definitely a regression. They can't honestly believe this is in any way better!

proxyone8/29/2014, 2:12:11 AM7 votes

Just throwing in my two cents, I completely agree with you. I came on here just to check if anyone else has as much of a problem with the TU for this skin as I do, and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. And before people butt in, I'm not necessarily complaining that the skin looks "bad" (because that can be rather subjective, I understand that, although personally I DO find it very unappealing, especially with that weird color on the body); the problem is that it's too different from the skin I purchased. The color scheme on the tail is completely different; the corset pattern is completely different; etc. If this TU goes live as it is, I will definitely be asking for a refund on this, because it's not the item I bought and it lacks all of the details that made me fall in love with it in the first place.

Ceteral8/28/2014, 4:45:34 AM7 votes

This breaks my heart. This is my third favorite skin behind Pax Sivir and Gentleman Cho'Gath, and it is going to be not just smoothed out, but COMPLETELY changed. I am so very sad about this. :c

Bribaryan8/28/2014, 11:41:40 PM7 votes

The Desperado Cassio new design is disgusting. Just hideous.

Serpents Embrace8/28/2014, 12:06:36 AM6 votes

PRETTY sure the textures are still in development.

It's what I'm hoping, anyway. This skin has personal significance to me, and is one of my favorites.

Guessing by the quality on the other skins I'm assuming this one is just the last one to get the run-over and therefore still has the most work left. Fingers crossed!

Teslyn8/28/2014, 4:52:09 AM6 votes

DO NOT UPDATE DESPERADO SKIN!!

its why i bought her. i liked the snake look. i like the hat.. it one of the few gems in this game that looked perfect.

Also .. her new death animation is bad.. i would rather her turn to stone then crumble to pieces then fall over like a cartoon and break.

Angry Monster8/28/2014, 6:56:13 AM6 votes

The details are the problem with the original skin. Riot wants things you can see all the way zoomed out. It is visual clutter with that much detail at playing distance.

Wullf8/28/2014, 4:22:32 AM3 votes

These updates are made with considerstion of new SR. Bold bright colors and sharp little detsils would be disturbing elements. Though I agree that from conservative point of view it is not update but downgrade. Some unpopilar changes has to to be made to better fit new map.