Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16581186-20151227004739/@comment-26062541-20160126144352

Gilgameshkun wrote: The problem is, with precious few exceptions, regardless of artist, the Triceratons have a long history of being portrayed as ruggedly handsome brutes, almost to the point of fan service. Even with more clothes on, they have a commanding majestic presence. Here are some of the better examples:

Even "plain"-looking Triceratons usually couldn't be called ugly.

But in 2K12, they seem to be going out of their way to make sure Triceratons are unsightly, as if they partially imploded in on themselves and are made of plastic. They're off-model, uncanny valley, and overall just terribly designed. It feels like a betrayal of a proud TMNT aesthetic tradition.

(And please don't say "no offense"&mdash;it always implicitly draws offense. Better to say "with all due respect.") I debate the uncanny valley nature of them, that's like Robinsons animation for me(good movie, CRAP character models at times). And yeah it breaks tradition, but is there not merit in trying something new? Shel, April was consistently an adult woman hanging around 4 teenagers, now she's a teen and its less creepy! As dumb as Irma was, she was there so an adult woman's only friends weren't just four teenaged boys and her boyfriend....did she have female friends in the comic? Kinda failing the Bechdel test there.