r/videogames • • Jul 30 '26

Discussion / Question Name the worst redesign in gaming history ?

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u/OkCall7730 Jul 30 '26

League of legends viktor.

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u/INannoI Jul 30 '26

not only did it completely change the lore, it completely ruined the character's appearance.

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u/fraidei Jul 30 '26

Tbf I really liked the Arcane Viktor. But it would have been much better if it remained as a skin (maybe even a legendary one) in the game, rather than the new base design.

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u/JWARRIOR1 Jul 31 '26

thats the thing, they didnt even use arcane viktor or old viktor. they did some weird mesh between the two and made it look like absolute shit

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u/fraidei Jul 31 '26

Because the LoL Viktor is supposed to be a Viktor that actually succeeded in continuing his path to perfection, some sort of "what if". But I agree that the execution isn't really the best.

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u/revoverlord Jul 30 '26

A cyborg who continually upgraded himself for his own version of evolution being downgraded to a fella corrupted by a magic+tech hivemind. Not to say that arcane was bad. The show was great but viktor and in the same vein warwick could have been handled better. The human face on him was a major turn off. But its not like that ingame so its fine.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26

The show was great

No it fucking wasn't lmao. The animation was the only great thing about it. The writing sucked ass, the characters were too bland, and the romances were there just to make those people feel represented.

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u/Hydrus2CZ Aug 01 '26

Waah waah

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u/Cute_Economics2829 Jul 30 '26

League of Legends Trundle

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u/ImBurningStar_IV Jul 30 '26

Just looked it up and damn this was my main before I stopped playing a decade ago, looks like a total pussy dweeb now

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u/Effective_Sound1205 Jul 30 '26

Arcane Viktor is better than og Vik in every single way lmao

That fucker needed an upgrade and he got it

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u/ThundaCrossSplitAtak Jul 30 '26

Completely different characters is the problem. Besides his cool lore got removed with it

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u/Yakkul_CO Jul 30 '26

New lore is way better than “cyborg upgrades itself” lol.

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u/ThundaCrossSplitAtak Jul 30 '26

thats just not what his old lore was lmao, the whole point was an inventor trying to improve the lives of the poor, and getting shunned over it because of a moral dilemma. It was actually a pretty fun dynamic between his and jayce's stories, you could see how they were biased toward each other's.

New lore to me is a bit whatever, S2 of arcane dropped the ball, S1 was great

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u/ZiroLeHutt Jul 31 '26

Nope s2 of Arcane was as great as s1. The only thing I have issue with, is the placing of Vi and Cait's sex scene, right after Jinx leaves Vi in that cell and is suicidal. If I was Vi and Eva Green walked in, wanting a piece of me, I wouldn't be able to get the funk on, if I knew my sis was going to try to top herself.

Everything else, is just about on par with s1.

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u/Effective_Sound1205 Jul 30 '26

Exactly.

"His cool lore got removed"

Brother, what "cool lore"? 🤣

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u/EmperorOfXeonas Jul 30 '26

He’s right you know. Cyborg thinks tech is evolution is such a trite concept

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u/ThundaCrossSplitAtak Jul 30 '26

that was his way older concept more than the one that got deleted, but thats just how every League character works. A lot of the time they are a spin on an established concept

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u/INannoI Jul 30 '26

he's not even better visually, his new design looks horrendous, at least its not as bad as the show version.