This thread seems to have went a bit unnoticed, but 100%, the TSW human's in general pretty terrible. It's not even just Hatt, whenever you see a driver or fireman in a scenario they look almost as bad. They're ok in the context of TSW when so little attention is given to them, but it's frankly so distracting how bad the human models are when focus is given to them more this time around. It's also worth baring in mind, that the human's in Thomas have their own distinct look, and that Hatt family are just as iconic as the engines are in many regards. I really wish they went ahead and did away with all the generic UE asset humans, presumably using the actual CGI models from the show in their place.
Yeah honestly I think the passenger system in TSW really does have it's flaws and I was hoping we'd get a little more in a new game that would polish it up a bit more. Especially for main characters.
He does seem a little off to me, like trapped between model, CGI and a real life Fat Controller. I wonder what the other human characters coming to the game will look like, like Mr Percival for the Skarloey Railway.
I appreciate how they keep all the characters out of focus so we don't get to see how truly hideous they are lol
He's just an unreal engine asset. I do wish someone could mod the people into what they looked like in the show.
Honestly it would be fun to have little figurines that would move in a stop motion manner like in the show, but I'm not so sure it would render great in a video game.
I know what you mean, I literally was given a jump scare when I saw Hatt for the first time. The first time I saw him I was like, that is not Topham. Why does he have a double chin? Why is his head so Oval shaped instead of circular shaped like it is in the show? Why does he literally have a long face? He looks like the Topham Hatt I would see in a Day Out With Thomas event, which I guess is what they're going for because it certainly doesn't look like the TV series, not even the Railway series. What's worse is that in the scenarios where it says that he's smiling, he clearly isn't. And even when he does smile, it just looks so odd and weird.
I got told off by the Fat Controller once, I parked my diesel too close to him at the station and he insisted I shut it down so that he could hear himself think. I told him to beep beep and I'll be on my way again in a minute. That's real world too, pulled into Rammy with the 40 at a Thomas event and he wasn't happy with my parking - I mean I got as close to the signal as possible, not like I could roll it on any further...
