Hair in Andromeda

DA2 had good hair? LOL Nope. But I guess everyone has their own preferences.

I'm liking what I see so far with the hair; the quality is better than what I have seen with their last few games. I just hope that all the good hairstyles aren't only available for NPC exclusive use. I'm getting slightly hopeful that we won't be stuck with wax helmets again, and I'm glad there will be at least one hairstyle that isn't mannish looking (prays for more).

^ The thing is, DAO'S hair texture/style were good for DAO! They fit in, looked natural in DAO. Same applies to DA2, that had a soft/cartoony visual by choice and the hairs options are compative.

But DAI and MEA (it seems) with their HQ textures and realist style. You've humans with pores and this for hair:



It doesn't look as it belongs. It cheapens the game.

BTW someone mentioned Morrigan. Yes, her hair, as does Sera's, moves. She is an important NPC. As are probably Cora and Liam. They aren't really an indication of what we'll get on chargen, but as an example of BioWare's best. If their best is mediocre, we can expect worse for us.

I think people are mistaking DAO with DAO + mods, because I'm not entirely sure where this awesome hair in Origins actually is.

As for Andromeda, I'm hoping for a bald option, with some solid beards as well.

I actually never used retexture hair mods for DAO because they were all fugly imo. All my characters had the vanilla hair. I used some HR texture pack years later when I replayed DAO quickly, though.

People are mistaking good for its game with impressive compared to all. I'm not calling DAO/DA2 teh best hair in the industry or even by their time, but saying that they were good and fitting for their game. DAO/DA2 also had more to offer in style than bald and balding. 

Hair is the most important element in a game and it's worth throwing up a fuss for. More important than the story and gameplay.

I built a PC so I could have better hair in Skyrim.

I approve of this thread.

Just arrived on the forum so apologies if I am beating a dead horse. There seems to be the distinction between good hair mechanics and good hair aesthetics. I never had a problem with any of the hair from the DA games. The technical aspect never mattered much to me as long as it was subjectively not an awful hairstyle. That being said, the subjective part matters a great deal. I would love to see a poll regarding whether people subjectively think Cora's hair is aesthetically acceptable, game mechanics aside. Personally, I believe her hair is so butt ugly that it could be a deal breaker for any romance. If Tali had removed her helmet and had that hair I believe it would have killed many a romance. Every time Cora came on the screen in the trailer I found myself staring at that hair and shaking my head. The default Scott Ryder character appears to have his hair parted in exactly same spot. I genuinely never thought I would find myself ranting about a hair style, but that is how bad this is in my opinion. If there is a method for modding that hair on x-box I will need to find out, stat. For those of you who like her hairstyle, I envy you. I wish I could look past it. Maybe I'll be able to when we meet and get to know the character, but for now that hairstyle is all she is. Okay, rant over.

that it certainly is. I just hope that Boiware have been listening. It certainly looks like they have anyway.

Kelly Sloan isn't necessarily a major character (like Liam and Cora, which hairs in terms of texture looks much better) and they're not final yet. I'll just the whole hair quality at release.

This part of the forum is devoted to an upcoming game. It's a place where people express their hopes, worries, critiques, and encouragement for the devs (nastiness, vitriol, and other things too, but lets not go into that). If it operated as you suggest we would only have 2 threads-- one titled "News: Please Don't Express Your Opinions Because you Can't Change Anything With Them Anyway" and "Twitter: No Personal Opinions Desired we Only Want Cold Hard Facts". I don't think anybody here claimed that the game is going to be unplayable because of the hair. We are here to express opinions about the topic in the title of the thread. If the topic is not important to you just don't look into the thread. I, for instance, think romances are a waste of time and I couldn't care less about how well developed they are, but they are clearly important to some people, and who am I to tell them they're wrong. I simply don't post in the romance threads. Instead, I come here and talk about hair  .

Maybe SAM can manage your hair growth