Originally posted by FinalAnswerWhich looks better?
The person who looks like a nondescript thug or the dude in bondage gear and mascara?
as far as costumes go...the one on the right looks better. Mainly because I think the cape looks kinda stupid. Although, I would like the hood to extend a little farther. I don't care about the darkened eyes one way or another.
He's wearing a corset (no literally, look at the waist, it's a ****ing leather corset), has painted fingernails, and eye-shadow.
His design objectively has zero positive elements. How can you alledgedly heterosexual males actively defend a character who looks like he should be selling drinks at a gay sex Halloween party?
Originally posted by Arachnid1Only if you grew up on terrible Cable comics in the 90's could you find his outfit "badass" or "practical".
And opinions can be wrong, like yours and Nemes. Garret looks fine (except for that horrendous eye shadow, jesus). The outfit itself looks badass, and a lot more practical than a cape.
That Blax is actually making a post that isn't trolling (<3) is evidence enough of that fact, but let's really analyze Garret's outfit.
As Blax has touched on, Garret is first of all wearing a corset. A corset is famously uncomfortable to just stand around and walk in. Garret has to run, fight, jump, climb, and steal while wearing it. Old Garret has no corset, so in this regard his outfit is more practical.
Now let's look at a pretty similar problem, namely, how tight the outfit is. Look at the legs, torso, and especially the arms, and see how impractically form-fitting the entire ensemble looks. Once more, this would be very uncomfortable and seriously limits Garret's range of motion. Old Garret's outfit is not overly loose, but is loose enough to give him a considerably greater range of motion, so it wins over the new one as well.
Let's see, what else... Ah yes, armour. New Garrett is clearly unarmoured, you can't bullshit me and say that his skin-tight bodysuit provides anything resembling decent protection. Old Garret, while not exactly wearing full plate, has armguards, and wears full leather armour. So, while not impervious to damage, old Garret can take glancing wounds more gracefully than new Garret.
Now let's address the popular criticism of old Garrett. Namely, his cloak. Popular perception of capes and cloaks as impractical is unfortunate, though not entirely unwarranted, admittedly. As seen in Incredibles or Watchmen, cloaks can snag, and cost you your life. But that criticism has far less relevance in a Medieval society, where there are no turbine engines or revolving doors to get your cloak caught on. Furthermore, they add to old Garrett's anonymity, adding to his nondescript appearance (Will elaborate on this later). It hides his full arsenal from being seen at a glance, and in the shadows makes his shape less human so he can blend in better. Also it keeps him warm. The cloak is perfectly practical.
Next let's cover how much new Garrett stands out. I mean really, just ****ing look at him. Eye shadow, painted nails, corset, gimp-esque outfit, new Garrett if actually seen sticks out like a sore thumb. He's very distinct looking, whereas old Garrett basically just looks like a nondescript commoner or thug. The very first level in Thief involves to some extent exploiting the fact that you can just walk the **** up to guards when not on private property without being apprehended because, well, you just look like a regular dude. The same can not be said of new Garrett, who looks exactly like an edgemaster doing edgy, disreputable things. There is literally no practical purpose toward dressing like that.
The final criticism that comes to mind is simple aesthetic. The older Thief games were fantastical, not a real-world mediaval equivalent, but the differences were so subtle at first that you don't even notice. New Garrett shits on the subtlety, he's obviously a cartoonish caricature of a rogue who exists in an equally cartoonish caricature of a medieval stealth game. It looks ****ing stupid. It would be like if, in Game of Thrones, rather than wearing her practical armour, Brienne charged into battle wearing a bikini she stole off the set of Heavy Metal.
tl;dr the new outfit sucks and is impractical.
Edit: Oh hey another criticism came to me.
New Garrett's lack of fingered gloves. This would make swordplay, archery, and really a multitude of tasks involving his hands quite a bit more painful than it need be. A fairly short criticism but, well, icing on the cake.