While PAL regions and Japan both received fairly standard box art, Capcom treated the North American market to an absolute monstrosity. 6 Box-Art Mega Man (Mega Man)Īlthough regional box-art was fairly common in the early days of gaming, it was rare to see something quite like Mega Man. His huge, bulging eyes are the stuff of nightmares and his vacant expression makes him look like he’s either drunk or contemplating an existential crisis. Had this not been a game designed for children and he himself not been a toy, this would fall squarely into the realms of ‘bad.’ Given the context though, it’s absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, that same attention to detail is lost when it comes to his face. The detailing on his body is true to his original design and, with the exception of perhaps his wing cavities, all of the shapes and curves are as they should be. It’s clear that a lot of work went into Buzz’s model in Toy Story 2. Together with the stiff wooden animations, Superman looks more like an action figure that’s been left out in the sun for too long than the hero that we all know and love. His elongated face can at times look like it’s dripping off of his skull and the curly locks hanging across his forehead look more like a hair-dyeing calamity than actual hair. RELATED: 10 Games That Were Impossible As A Child (That You’d Fly Through As An Adult) That doesn’t make his appearance any less jarring though. It’s boring, it’s repetitive, and it’s almost impossible to complete. Its only saving grace, perhaps, is its hilarious depiction of Superman. Given the quality of the game itself, it’s not the least bit surprising that the character model turned out so badly. Superman 64 is a notoriously terrible game. The way that his face stands out against his low-poly hairdo made for some comical moments and being able to watch it fly through the air in bullet-time made them all the better. Max’s appearance in Max Payne 3 may have been significantly more realistic, but it is nowhere near as charming as the original design. Despite his strange looks though, Max’s original appearance went on to become incredibly popular with fans and is somewhat iconic of the era. The range of facial expressions on display in Max Payne was fairly impressive for the time, but none of them really look quite right. The distance between his eyes and the way that his face sinks into the mass of hair makes Hagrid the pick of the bunch, but all of the characters are comically composed. Using textures to provide realistic faces was fairly common in the early days of gaming, but the developers seem to have had issues making sure that the models’ heads were the right sizes. Unfortunately, none of the enemies or obstacles that Harry encounters throughout the game are anywhere near as frightening as the game’s cast.
10 PS1 Hagrid (Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone)įor a game whose main antagonist is an evil wizard who has committed unthinkable crimes, it’s not surprising that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has some frightening elements. Most slowly fade away into memory, but there are some whose iconic designs linger on.
At the time, they were seen as cutting edge, but as technology has advanced, their jagged edges serve only as the relics of a bygone era. While most modern games feature photorealistic protagonists, the graphical limitations of gaming’s yesteryear led to some incredibly unusual looking character models. RELATED: 10 Video Game Characters That Have Not Aged Well Perhaps the biggest improvement though can be found in the graphics department. Even low budget games are now able to provide cinematic experiences while online multiplayer offers functionality that the gamers of old could only have dreamed of. The quality of video games has come on leaps and bounds since the turn of the century.
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