Why do some characters in vidya look almost completely different when shaved / have one minor visual taken off them?

Why do some characters in vidya look almost completely different when shaved / have one minor visual taken off them?

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The same reason people in real life look almost completely different when shaved/have one minor visual taken off them? You're just used to seeing them one way.

I'm Patchy the pirate!

well in this case, Snake was modeled after David Hayter until Ground Zeros, which he was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland.

WOAH OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH

Snake in GZ is a composite of several people, Kojima didn't say who though.

Kiefer's motion capture is what makes him look like the drunk voice actor he is in the first place. MGO3 uses a different actor for mocaps, hence why in some stances (i.e. taking selfies), Venom really looks off.

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Are you fucking autistic or have you just lived at a convent your whole life?

The former :^)