THIS IS A DISASTER!! Pokémon GO's New Avatar Update is Awful! Plus Cleffa Hatch Day is a Mixed Bag
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- Опубликовано: 18 апр 2024
- Niantic has finally released the new Avatar Customization Update in Pokémon GO, and the community is absolutely unhappy about it. We also need to talk about my last video on Sustainability Week, and an upcoming event which has some players feeling mixed.
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I tried to be positive to the new character changes, but the way they executed it is just lazy and horrible, i can't believe anyone looked at the bodies and said: „This is fine"
It's not lazy. It's uglifying characters on purpose for sjwism.
if you've seen who Niantic's community manager head is then this all makes sense... All the new avatars look like they/them
I hate the way my character looks now. No matter what I do I can’t seem to fix it…
Same
Cause we look like DUDES!! The body types and clothes fit us like a dude no matter how feminine we try to make it!
@@The_Cherokee_Gypsy That's exactly how I feel! My avatar started looking terribly masculine. Somehow, at the same time, they also increased her cup size so that she now has big boobs that are unnaturally high up, too close to the shoulders. The end result is a character who looks like a guy who has dressed up like a woman for a costume party.
@@The_Cherokee_Gypsy i play with a female character and they made my character look extremely horrible
Same
If our avatars were meant to look like us….where are the options for height, facial hair, age, etc. This sucks sooooo bad.
It looks like they lied on this one, to try to playoff our complaints.
Niantic totally wiped out genders. No matter what I try I can’t find a body type nor adjustment that can make me look like the grown ass woman I am. For me all I see is a shapeless blob options- no waist, droopy drawers with apparently a full diaper. Every cute fitted outfit I bought now looks like a stretched worn shapeless bag. Yes I’m superficial- I don’t want to open my game and see my sad, pale, lumpy avatar
Totally agree! I'm all on board for making games more inclusive, but that doesn't equal taking away options. The original female avatar body was much closer to my actual form than the current one featuring giant man hands, no discernible waist, ape torso, flat butt/hips, massive calves and hunched shoulders. There's nothing inclusive about eliminating options for female players with classically feminine bodies! I'm convinced that the PoGo devs don't understand the concept of basic female anatomy, but the proportions aren't even correct for the male forms.
Like you mentioned, many of us spent coins to curate "cute" outfits for our avatars, based on the dimensions of the original model. Those outfits now look like absolute rumpled trash on these new models. Ill-fitted, drooping crotches, "front butt", dull colors, flat textures, you name it. These changes were poorly thought out, poorly executed, and should never have passed QA (does Niantic even have QA?), much less made it into the actual game. It's embarrassing.
@@practicaldreamyr Yes, put on some leggings, put on the detective pikachu pose and you get this weird pointy crotch hanging down lol. It's not pretty!
After this update, do NOT spend coins on outfits. It’s very apparent Niantic does not care about your purchase and can change or remove it at any time.
They did it for sjwism. Period. Like there is no other reason. They uglified the women like many sjw games do.
DO NOT SPEND MONEY ON POKEMON GO YOU MEAN!
Full stop cut off all money until the woke goes away.
How the hell do the pokemon in the game have male and female and male and female differences but the human trainer doesn't lol
Good point.
Be careful with this, they might make the changes to the Pokemons next 😂
Yes so true 👏
I applaud their inclusivity... Niantic has united the community once again... to universally hate another update. An impressive feat in this day and age
This wins the comment section today 😂but so true
How do you applaud the fact that some are using it to fat shame? I know at least ten people in my town who have mock accounts in their name (by people angry we attack “their” gyms) and the avatars have been made to look morbidly obese, etc.
@@RichardSmith-pb8qkmaybe if your blood type wasn’t pudding no one would call you a fat pig.
@@RichardSmith-pb8qklmao that’s so petty
@@tsgcomics2684 yup, but it was instantaneous. The only saving grace would be if Niantic finally removes those accounts (especially since they are mocking the new system).
My avatar currently looks like a 12 year old boy with anemia and bow legs 😅😅😅😅
Lucky...mine looks like a 14 year-old girl wearing her dad's baseball cap...and she has bowed legs too.
Lol no Niantic messed up big with this because they removed Male and female they should have just done the update with the male and female
The avatar update has got to be the most embarrassing character creator in any game on the market. The cracks were showing when they first released Jessie and James and how out of band they seemed in their design, looking like the inflatable tubes at car dealerships. I know its a mobile game, but when you look at the character creators in other games such as Fallout/Starfield and Dragons Dogma 2, these abominations make Oblivion characters blush, and that game came out 18 years ago. Miis from NIntento Wii had more personality that whatever Niantic has created. This is legitimately damaging Pokemon's brand. According to my girlfriend, the only thing good about this update is the boob slider, except it's not even that good. Twinkification of the men's bodies and deyassification of the women's bodies and horrification of everyone's faces. And what is up with the skin tones?? They don't even match with the color picker either being sickly pale white or so dark it looks like blackface racist. The organization of the skin color picker is also so random and all over the place. This will drive players to quit. Me and my gf's enthusiasm to keep playing after this has tanked tremendously. Thanks for covering this, Jinsula.
Indeed it’s cheeks. They could easily have multiple templates. No reason to eradicate women from the game.
If it is good enough for womens sports why not gaming next...
I so agree. Male, female & other. Or two avatars not called male female but taller & petite or something also the hip adjusters truly adjust as can have a waist & hips.
Helloooo... Have you checked out the MEN? All men now have B.O.O.B.S !!!
Even the guy avatars look ugly.. not only the female ones..
No reason to eradicate female and male. It's all a he/she blend! Big L!!!
My character now looks like a 14 year-old girl wearing her dad's clothes...and her dad does Not buy his clothes in the Men's Department.
I won't spend another dime on a game I don't even like opening up, and looking at, anymore.
When you said that now everyone has "the face of a baby", I was reminded of what people said when The Sims 3 was first released. Many people said that they don't like it because the new sims looked like "blobs". That's what the Pokemon Go avatars look like now: blobs. The bigger bodies don't look like adult bodies, they look more like adult-sized baby bodies. There's something creepy about that.
Also, I hate that they changed the Power pose that I purchased with money. It was originally a "superhero" pose, with hands on the hips and the upper body slightly leaning back. Now they've changed it so that the upper body seems to be a bit more crouched and the knees have a bit of a bend to them, so that... um... it looks more like an old man who is trying to stand up straight but doesn't quite manage it. That's not what I paid for.
this new feature is relised when Bug event is on, so no surprises that its full of bugs :D
Right
What I see as the main problem is that they chose to have only one "naked" avatar, not a male one and a female one. I believe they did that because it simplifies greatly the programming and memory load behind the management of all the clothing and accessories options: having two very different bodies would make it much more complicated to have everything fit. The BIG problem: in the end, a female trainer cannot look feminine the way they want to, a male trainer cannot look masculine the way they want to, everything is bland and close to nobody is happy. A big L for NIantic, this update is a real disaster.
It can't be that because 2 genders are hard coded in. You see this as the icon version shows before it rezes.
Yeah, "simplifies the programming/memory load" is tooootally why they did it. I think you're giving them way too much good will with that assumption. Androgyny is being pushed everywhere in gaming these days, and saving on resources is not the reason they've been doing it.
1 with sliders is 1000 times more lines of code and complexity than 2 static ones. Just something as simple as a pikemon sitting on a shoulder takes way more programming to change for various numbers then just 2
@@JohnTruempy Those " sliders" are simply what is called in most 3d packages "Morph targets" it´s REALLY simple, create a mesh, save it´s format, deform it, save as a morph target, put those same morph targets in the clothes and everything and they will deform similarly.
Daz studio even have a unified mesh for both male and females that work REALLY well, with a resolution a million times bigger than POGOs abomination...
@impactsuit9871 yes I am very fermilyer with them. My only point is it's more lines of code. Dez and stuff is on a PC that handles more lines better. But in the end it was not done well even if the goal was androgynous bodies
the new character changes are hilariously bad. it's like they didn't test the feature or ignored any feedback on it if they did. it's clear they have lost a ton of money from the remote raid nerf because since then they have been making free stuff into paid stuff which games only do if it's not doing well.
Yeah just let whales remote raid all day. It’s like they are so stupid at making money.
It's not an update if they change everything. They should have just added in options without taking anything away
Yea I used to like my avatar at least it didn’t look like me but it was cool my character sucks now I can’t fix it
The DEI advisors got control over this change to appease the gay community. They erased the female avatars, and now everyone is trans. Niantic has admitted to this change, and have taken pride in this removal of females. It's disgusting and offensive. Not only that, but a lot of the clothing that we've bought over the years have been put back in the 'to buy' category. They forgot that we've already bought those items. We've all stopped playing, unless they fix this, apologize for their horrilbe error, and go back to the way is was. (not holding my breath on this) We're not playing anymore.
The game could have focused on actual core mechanics that would give everyone a better gaming experience and environment but nope let’s make nightmares for all of us to stare at onscreen…. I love anime for a lot of reasons and one of them is the unique character design and art that sets anime apart. It’s ridiculous to me to move away from a character structure that literally sets anime apart as a unique form of art and design. I absolutely hate the new character designs and I can’t even open the game because I don’t want to see the freakish things that are now happening. Bring back classic anime characters. Theres literally games shows pokemon cards art and manga all showcasing a variety of anime character designs that would have made infinitely better sense than the horrendous alien life forms that now grace the screens.
I tried to make my avatar chubbier, it ended up with a tiny head, so I changed it back. XD
I hate Niantic for this there should be an option to choose old avatars and new avatars the new avatars are disgusting my old ones looked dope now yhey look werid.
I was so looking forward to the avatar update and thought it cant be as bad as the beta players showed us, turns out it is extremely disappointing. Not only the face but also the gestures. I really hope Niantic will spend another month or two to polish it. As a male player I want my masculinity implemented back on my avatar.
What bugs me isnt the face. it's the NO NECK adjustment. How am I gonna have a big body with a lil NECK😅
Or small body and no neck
The avatar updates are sickening. And Cleffa Hatch day? Zzzz
I bought so many outfits and now they all look weird 😢
You’d think they’d take the feedback from the beta testing and make some changes prior to the global release. They didn’t change anything and there were so many bugs. Great concept, lazy execution and definitely not worth the wait.
At this point there is very little in the game which is exciting and incentivising me to play. Same spawns, boring egg pool and very little to work towards in terms of gameplay and challenges. All my open special research is waiting on time-gated tasks and the last page of the WoW to be released. My wallet is thanking me but my goodness the game is boring right now.
Trainers look like a drad queen characters gone bad...
My female character doesn't look feminine at all. No matter how I customize her. She looks like a guy
I'm a hell no on hatch days. refuse to participate or spend any $$.
Dope vid Count and yea, the fact that they’re making our avatars androgynous is WILD
Calling the implementation "very bad" is putting it very mildly. They need to fire those involved with this downgrade.
Lips are invisible and the wide hips and my lower area, is just "manly". I'm glad my avatar isn't pregnant that baby would fall right out. BTW were you raiding in Schaumburg the other day or did someone else have a similar user name? xD
The more I look at it the more I find. The shoulders & stance are very broad & manly. I agree the lower crotch area is "off" & implies a man. I disagree with the hips though. There is literally no hips & the torso is so long now that the crop outfits look terrifying! That part I found super weird. You can increase the boobs but can't have feminine shoulders & womanly curves...I hate it sooo much!
I'm in schaumburg for Raid Hour and Raid Days xD
Gotta love how Pokémon still have genders. Yet our avatars don't have genders anymore. Seriously WTF were they thinking?
...a stupid little pleasure that I truly enjoyed! I've collected a bunch of pieces for my wardrobe, favorite outfits to match my Buddy etc... seriously since 2016 earned some really cool pieces from events, pvp poses and on and on. Every single outfit that I've once loved are entirely useless!!! I've literally found one outfit that is somewhat bearable to look at!!! 😭😭😭 An aspect of this game that was once enjoyed is now...as count would say...Complete TRASH!!!!
Same
I had to put on a onesie
And even it doesn't look right
Quite literally they just had to add sliders and new hair styles, they didnt need to change _everything_
Once again Niantic give us a updated feature we didn't ask for, I wish this company would have asked the player base for feedback on update features 😒😒
from now on my avatar has the black face mask/skarf, pilot glasses and the furfrou hat.
I recommend you all do the same.
Like The Elephant Man, and his trusty burlap sack with an eye-hole cut out.
I put on a onesie and mask to cover up
Niantic ,- give old my avatar back!!!
February was great with the debut of Drampa and the Dragon event not to mention Sinnoh Tour
March was great with Primal Raid Days and Shadow Mewtwo raids
April is the worst month of the year so far, every event that gets announced turns out to be worse than the previous one. I haven't been playing this month the events are so lame
this 100% is false advertising i bought items on the basis of how they looked on my character, the way the item appeared on my character had a big part on why i would purchase any said item. if i was to look at what it is now it no longer falls under somthing that i would be willing to purchase.
My male character now has breasts and I can't get rid of them no matter what body type, weight, or chest size I use. This is my life now, I might as well strut my stuff.
They claim I can have my avatar look more like me. Yet, I have a beard and there is still no facial hair option. Also, the skin colors don’t actually represent most skin colors now. It’s just so bad!
I’m sick of every event being a paid event.
The avatar update is so bad that it's almost unbelievable. It's a perfect example of good idea, terrible execution. Almost all of the skin tones look pale, the bodies never look right and missing out on some of the clothing or poses is really terrible. I can't seem to put on most hats I already have, which is probably some kind of bug. Wanting to update the trainer customization isn't a bad idea, but they really needed to do a lot more fine tuning before this was released. I still think if they just released more hair style options and left everything else alone, it would have probably been better.
I'm excited about Cleffa Hatch Day since I've been trying to find a Shiny Cleffa for ages, but I can understand being upset over features that were free suddenly being locked behind a paywall.
Why couldn't they give us the option to get a new avatar or keep the old one. Why did Niantic force it? Do they want all the avatars to look like niantic employees or what??
You're being way too kind.
This is literally one of the worst-received updates I've seen across any game..
Love the outfits and saved heaps as I always match my avatar and they deleted them all in the update 😭
Its really hard to rediscover kanto when theres a kanto event every 2 days.
Yeah, indeed, they erased women. This looks just like a nightmare. Even if I try to make my Avatar look like a woman, it doesn't look at all. So what I did is I am wearing an outfit that covers the whole body and the punkin on my head so I don't see that nightmare. I'm stopping playing this game little by little.
People don't understand that if I have spent money on the game, including customization, I have the right to complain to the company if I don't like what they have done
I agree. The colors are off and everyone looks androgynous.
I am truly disappointed with the creepy faces
I actually don’t mind all of these crappy events, bug event, sustainability event, hatch day, as we had great events with raids lately and drained a crap load of money so it is nice to take a break from Pokémon go
If every person unhappy with the update would uninstall the game right now, Niantic would change things back in an instant and write an apology on top of that.
But gamers are dopamine addicts with no backbone, so we all know this is never going to happen.
They will complain, and then they will continue to play and pay.
I was never a fan of the original avatars. I could never imagine they'd get worse haha.
Let's just address the elephant in the room, by eliminating the Male/Female Customization and going into a non-binary route, this is a slap in the face of over 90% of their players. This company has employed a consulting agency specialized in "inclusivity" agenda and this was the result of their plan. it is not a technical mistake, making male characters look feminine and females look bulky and muscular, and pushing this directly for little children without any parental consent, this isn't an innocent technical issue.
Comparing it to the incomplete rout feature is not correct. if this is how Niantic is positioning itself to the future, then this future is doomed and evil and should not be supported. Children should not be brainwashed or adults. They are going after people in every direction, and recently their concentration seems to be digital gaming, I hope parents wake up and stand up for their children's safety as no game is ever worth my child's wellbeing.
This makes me worried for all the other updates coming next week. I bet there’s going to be tons of bugs and issues
i hate this new avatar omgg wtf
Why didn’t Niantic did surveys in which variety of character models does the best? They put no effort and the designing of the characters looks super cheap
This avatar update is pathetic
Disappointed with the avatar overhaul, Indifferent about sustainability week, Not sure if I'll hatch a single Clefa. Not a fan of egg focused events.
Get ready for another quit wave
Send a message to the fools by not purchasing anything till they roll it back.
What we wanted? Superhero,Marvel,Suicide Squad.....What we got?...Boss Baby🤦🤦🤬
ever since i came back to this game last june, i have actively participating in most of the events. however, after the new update to the avatar, i have lost all drive to more. i hope everyone has a fun
I like how you praised the changes in one video, saw that other people didn’t like it, then decided you don’t like it either
Im from the destiny 2 community so with the frequency they make events in pokemon go, i dont mind events like sustainability week being more about features already in game.
As for the avatars, its just like you said. It could have used a lot more time in the oven. A lot of the features feel rushed and the clothing just doesnt look like it was actually changed to fit these avatars. Either they need to roll it back or be quick to fix these new avatars or im just going to keep making fun of it.
I think mine has a glitch but now I’m fat, bald and have a goatee.
I do want to point out that in a past video for Sinnoh Tour, you had said that you and others had agreed that being able to buy a ticket which can give increased shiny rates was okay. This 2x Hatch Stardust bonus is the same thing. Features/modifiers previously being free now being locked behind a pay wall, because what, they can? I refuse to buy this ticket and I hope others do as well to show Niantic that some things should stay free and others should be paid for.
Idk how game decisions are made at niantic labs but I have a theory. Ol’ John is sitting in his San Francisco office and the team is giving you a presentation on a revolutionary avatar project they’ve created. The presentation consists of a 2 slide PowerPoint, one with pictures of these ridiculous avatars and the second slide has a picture of a shiny Cleffa with dollar signs.John absolutely loves it and gives the green light to release the update live…
Something weird is going on. There is no way any competent game dev would be proud of this. Oh btw here’s a hatch day please keep giving us money. Vote with your wallets because if we don’t send a message, the game we all know and love with just keep declining:( The players deserve better.
The concept is great but the execution is terrible. Also, they should allow you to keep your old avatar if you prefer that.
Good to see Sweet baby inc is still getting work 😂
This is "how to have a great discussion" - address comments on previous videos before starting new content - keep this idea in future cos I love it
as for avatars - I personally haven't altered mine since completing the johto masterwork and adding the ho-oh wings well over 2 years ago, I don't care too much about avatars, they do very little for the actual gameplay of pokemon go
cleffa day, it'll probably be a disappointment like the other ones, and the tasks will probably be too hard for those of us with mobility issues to get a fair shot at even if we play the whole 3 hours - particularly if they involve a number of egg hatches greater than one
Next update must bring back the original aviator design but also have this option for those who prefer it .
All in all balanced and fair.
I never really cared about the avatar aspect. With this update my avatar looks like something out of an adult horror anime and I like it
No ONE Talking About How SLOW throwing a poke ball is so CLUNKY with the New update. It harder to make excellent throws, it’s weirdly ugly soft.
It's awful. I got scared first time I saw lol
They should have just pulled all the models and options from Sword and Shield...
Thank you !!!
They can fix it by giving remote raid passes
Yeasss it’s finally about clear what this 💩 company has been about 😂 go woke go broke 🙏 please let this year be last year for niantic 🗑️ company this shows they have no clue about loyal players
It doesn't look great, but I like the fact that when I scroll through the friends list, avatars actually look different
Unneeded update. The effort should have been put into reworking GBL to be more balanced and less meta heavy/reliant.
Leave them a bad review and stop cashing
Thumbs up for your transparency
The character update was not all bad... a few bad things but generally ok with me.
We need facial hair and option for no hair and receding
Yeah dont like my character but least it's under the costume. I dont have a shiny cleffa after so many years. I have the other two evolutions
Time to wear the pumpkin head. Problem solved.
avatar update is awful. i was expecting to finally be able to have my avatar look like me. instead it’s worse than ever. cleffa hatch day is disappointing especially since you already have to pay for incubators. just to clear out your egg storage for the event takes a lot of effort and money if you don’t have incubators saved up.
The male body with added weight looks feminine at the chest this update was definitely for the trans community 💯
A big L for NIantic
Avatar's - was lame, now even more lame and my character looks like a junkie. Congrats niantic, reaffirmed my view to never waste money on avatar bling.
Sustainability week - looks pretty lame. Only interested in the buddy benefits if it means 1/2 walking distance before candy pickup. Rest is lame
Cleffa - entirely lame. Couldn't care less, will not be engaging any more than my regular play style.
This new update seems like a downgrade rather than an update. The quality of the new avatars are botched and looks horrible. And cleffa hatch day is just a slap in the face to the community, with a lack luster Pokémon and a locked paid bonus. IMO nobody is hype for this event and just seems like a cash grab for Niantic. WERE NOT YOUR SHEEP
Idk I had fun once I stepped away from the community. Anymore I just laugh when something glitches.
good video! watched it all
A said it before and I will say it again as long as people keep paying they gonna do what they want… for example for go fest they doing something call raid lover hatch lover which use to come with the thang event it must be working cause they keep on buying it
If there is no new pokemon I will pass
I just put a mask on my face because of how bad it is 😂
anybody's gonna be annoyed at getting clickbaited, whether they comment or not