They transformed the faces of the game characters into realistic ones, and the effect was sometimes grotesque

YouTube channel Corridor Crew posted: “We’re trying to put realistic faces in video games.” As the title suggests, The creators took nearly a dozen of the game’s characters and, using the Stable Diffusion XL AI image generator, rendered the characters in a slightly more realistic incarnation..

During the 17-minute film, the creators sit on the couch and watch the effects of their work. The heroes touched by the invisible hand of AI are: Aloy from the series HorizonLara Croft Z Tomb raiderCommander Shepard Z Mass effectSarah Morgan is StarfieldAnd for dessert, even Mario from the platformer series Super MarioAlthough this attempt was very annoying and best forgotten.

Interestingly, The effects presented – despite the clear enthusiasm of the creators of the material – did not win the approval of the audience. The comments section below the video is full of opinions that the original, imperfect artistic vision of the vast majority of creators is much better.. The flawless faces in the “reproduction” (well, except for Mario) look like they were created with an Instagram filter. Here are some sample comments:

The community was also angry at the words of Corridor Crew co-founder Niko Pueringer, who said in the material that players can only create a strong bond with perfectly designed, realistic-looking characters. In order to justify the creator’s false belief, viewers began to cite examples of game heroes from the 90s who – although they were often pixelated mush – won the hearts of millions of players around the world.