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[sjay1994]

The artwork showcases a Delsin (to be precise we don’t even know if he already had a name at that stage of early development) displaying his Native American heritage with long raven hair and bandana instead of the beanie that made it into the final game. The “urban” look was already present, shown by the layered clothes and the headphones.
One of the reasons for the change is probably the fact thatproperly rendering and animating long hair is one of the worst nightmares for game developers, and most simply avoid it altogether.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/03...-looked-like-when-he-didnt-have-a-beanie-yet/

 

[potam]

 

[antitrop]

Yeah, I think they were better off with the beanie.

 

[Chamber]

Well, that turned out for the better.

 

[The One and Done™]

Too heavy handed

 

[MrCookiepants]

uh, I like what we got.

 

[daripad]

Final design is great, this pre.beanie looks off for a city

 

[impact]

I'm glad the douche beanie won... those designs are turrable.

 

[Pound_lb003]

Thank feck they didn't go with that load of crap.

Reminds me of Nix.

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

Terrible.

 

[Yobalt]

Beanie looks better. Way better.

 

[Loudninja]

Yeah final design is much better.

 

[dreamfall]

I like this way better than Beanie Delsin.
What can I say? The hair looks awesome. I wonder how they would've animated it.

 

[antitrop]

Those sneakers are douchier than the beanie. He has a fucking bandana tied around his right shoe for no reason.

 

[Odrion]

Delsin's a pretty cool character tbh. sorry beanie haters.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Looks like a Street Fighter character.

 

[Servbot24]

Yeah, I think they were better off with the beanie.

Nope the original of everything is the true artistic vision and always better! /s

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Delsin made beanies cool. It was the right decision.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Leaning a little hard into a couple of stereotypes there.

Funnily enough, Iron Eyes Cody was Italian-American!

 

[UltraGunner]

I bet they also had him shed a single tear when passing by litter.

 

[Foshy]

Delsin's a pretty cool character tbh. sorry beanie haters.

Not sure why so many people were like "ugh what a douche" at first when they saw the character design. I like that he's pretty unique

Spoiler

i also wear beanies myself

 

[Vashetti]

So was he actually meant to be part of Betty's tribe?

Design is way too OTT.

 

[impact]

Not sure why so many people were like "ugh what a douche" at first when they saw the character design. I like that he's pretty unique

Spoiler

i also wear beanies myself

He's the best character from the Infamous series. I say that having only done an evil playtrhough. DAT ENDING.

 

[legacyzero]

I....... AM TUROK.

 

[sjay1994]

Not sure why so many people were like "ugh what a douche" at first when they saw the character design. I like that he's pretty unique

Spoiler

i also wear beanies myself

Yeah, never understood why people were so off put by the beanie.

This original design really looks like something you'd see in a fighting game

 

[Bundy]

lol
Looks like some character from a japanese action game.
Final design is better. Delsin is great.

 

[soul creator]

the "not wanting to deal with hair tech" comment made me think of Bald Beanied Space Marines Urban Superheroes

 

[Abriael]

So was he actually meant to be part of Betty's tribe?

He IS part of betty's tribe.

 

[Coolwhip]

I didn't expect the old design could be worse than the current design, but somehow they did it.

 

[InfiniteNine]

This older designs looks pretty bad. The final one looks almost exactly like my cousin so I like it.

 

[Tucah]

Really glad they changed the design then

 

[kurbaan]

Oh man I wish they had gone with that design. Look so bad ass.

He's the best character from the Infamous series. I say that having only done an evil playtrhough. DAT ENDING.

I think what really helps is the facial animations for him and his brother are SO GOOD. Like many times they just seem like real people.

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

Just like inFamous 2, we like our infamous dudes with the least hair possible.

 

[sjay1994]

He's the best character from the Infamous series. I say that having only done an evil playtrhough. DAT ENDING.

I still haven't beaten the game on evil, but man everyone says its so much better than the good ending, which was pretty underwhelming to me.

Whats with Nate Fox and the evil endings? He seems to put a lot of effort in them.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

So was he actually meant to be part of Betty's tribe?

Design is way too OTT.

He is part of Betty's tribe, what are you on about? The first fifteen minutes of the game are all about how distant he feels from his Akomish heritage.

(incidentally, is Akomish an actual tribe? Googling it just yields tons of Infamous results)

 

[Abriael]

the "not wanting to deal with hair tech" comment made me think of Bald Beanied Space Marines Urban Superheroes

That's exactly the same reason why Cole was bald, mind you.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

I didn't expect the old design could be worse than the current design, but somehow they did it.

Eh... thats why is a old design?

 

[Eusis]

Funnily enough, Iron Eyes Cody was Italian-American!

Yeah, I was tempted to joke "so you're saying he looks Italian?"

 

[Dysun]

Beanie Delsin is way better

 

[Data West]

 

[Vashetti]

He is part of Betty's tribe, what are you on about? The first fifteen minutes of the game are all about how distant he feels from his Akomish heritage.

LOL how the fuck did I miss that.

 

[sjay1994]

That's exactly the same reason why Cole was bald, mind you.

Its probably the reason a lot of characters in video games have short hair/ pony-tails.

 

[WickedLaharl]

I didn't think they could do any worse then beanie douchelord but here we are.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

I still haven't beaten the game on evil, but man everyone says its so much better than the good ending, which was pretty underwhelming to me.

Is better if you like sociopathy and cynism.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Kill it with... Well, something.

 

[MKP64]

Well thats stereotypical.

 

[Gaogaogao]

he looks alot stronger in the concept art

 

[R10Neymarfan]

They could have just TresFx'd his hair.

Just saying

 

[The Llama]

Oh thank god they chose to give him the beanie.

 

[PAULINK]

Still better than the beanie.