Nudity and Sexual Relations in Mass Effect Andromeda discussion.

The problem BioWare have with eyes lies predominantly with them not realising that in the average resting face you cannot see all the way to the top of the iris (in fact, oftentimes a tiny fraction of the pupil is hidden by the upper lid as well), and there is generally some shadowing at the top of the eye where the light can't hit it because of the eyelid above.

The amount of iris we see above the pupil is a cue as to a person's emotional status.

Take Sera:



Those fucking eyes.

She looks like a psychopath or drug addict because of the amount of iris visible at the top. This is why I try to only take pictures of Sera when she has battle-face on or is talking, because her brow furrows and her eyelids generally otherwise animate to narrow.

This is the problem with the models for Sara et al in MEA. It's less prominent now they've amended it in the character kits at least, but certainly Cora still suffers from it to a larger extent than any of the others.

I'm playing through ME3 at the moment, and the lack of animation of the eyelids is painful. In a general non-film cutscene conversation, Shepard's eyelids rarely move at all, other than to blink. This is especially jarring when Shepard looks down - even a little, exposing a sea of white sclera above the iris as the eyeball tracks the person Shep is speaking to but the rest of the face anatomy doesn't follow suit.

In DAI, I always, always ensure my Inquisitor has a dark eye colour. This helps minimise the effect as much as possible, because you don't always notice the amount of iris visible above the pupil. But of course, it would be better if a) BioWare modelled the lid a little lower to begin with; ensured the lids animate naturally; and c) added appropriate shading to the top of the visible eye. We might be able to mitigate the worst of the worst with our pathfinder, but we won't have any control over the npcs, and I foresee many an awkward conversation ahead.