With the additon of the horned viper its becoming clearer and clearer how truly bad most of the base game snakes are. The malayan tapir gets alot of flak for how its just repainted bairds tapir, but you can atleast instantly tell what its supposed to be, some of these snakes on the otherhand are so unaccurate that you can barely even guess what they are.
I know snakes are not for everyone, but as someone who loved snakes since i can remember and is fascinated by them ever since i always get a little angry when i see how dirty those were done in the game.
I hope with this demonstration i get some limelight on these guys and gather some support for our legless friends, so maybe, just maybe, frontier will take another look at them.
First up we got the puff adder, probably the worst one. As you can see the real puff adder is a rather short and stocky snake with a thick build which is nothing like they look ingame. The pattern is also not as detailed as it is in the real animal, but it varies quite alot among them so it gets a pass. The coloration is really staturated which is something it share with alot of the older animals, especially the reptiles so i wont judge that too hard. Headshape looks fine.
Next one is the common death adder. This one also should have a really plump, short bodyshape. These guys also vary quite a bit in coloration from beige to red to almost black, so the planet zoo one is in the realm of possibility. Headshape isnt that far of.
Onto the western diamondback rattlesnake. A true icon of north america and also really bad. The bodyshap is again way to long and lanky, their beautiful patterning is really washed out and their trademark black and white ringed tail is missing completely, like what? Also the head is way to long.
With the boa constrictor you can atleast tell what it is. Though the headshape is really bad, its this weird cone or torpedo shape whereas it really should be flat, square from the side and almost triangular from above. Also they are just round although their body really should basicly be a rounded off rectangle in cross section.
I left out the yellow anaconda and the eastern brown snake because they are okay with really just some minor nitpicks.
I know snakes are not for everyone, but as someone who loved snakes since i can remember and is fascinated by them ever since i always get a little angry when i see how dirty those were done in the game.
I hope with this demonstration i get some limelight on these guys and gather some support for our legless friends, so maybe, just maybe, frontier will take another look at them.
First up we got the puff adder, probably the worst one. As you can see the real puff adder is a rather short and stocky snake with a thick build which is nothing like they look ingame. The pattern is also not as detailed as it is in the real animal, but it varies quite alot among them so it gets a pass. The coloration is really staturated which is something it share with alot of the older animals, especially the reptiles so i wont judge that too hard. Headshape looks fine.
Next one is the common death adder. This one also should have a really plump, short bodyshape. These guys also vary quite a bit in coloration from beige to red to almost black, so the planet zoo one is in the realm of possibility. Headshape isnt that far of.
Onto the western diamondback rattlesnake. A true icon of north america and also really bad. The bodyshap is again way to long and lanky, their beautiful patterning is really washed out and their trademark black and white ringed tail is missing completely, like what? Also the head is way to long.
With the boa constrictor you can atleast tell what it is. Though the headshape is really bad, its this weird cone or torpedo shape whereas it really should be flat, square from the side and almost triangular from above. Also they are just round although their body really should basicly be a rounded off rectangle in cross section.
I left out the yellow anaconda and the eastern brown snake because they are okay with really just some minor nitpicks.
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