Can you post a pic comparing the two? I hadn't noticed it.

Not really because the mask is metallic. It would stupid if the mask was a metal painted yellow.

Before (Yellow):





Now (gold):

Easier to see the difference in gameplay the gold mask is fierce.. so shiny.

It doesn't bother me TOO much, but I do prefer the original yellow.

Plus, we're getting that Coarse Scorpion which legitimately has a gold mask. So I'm not sure why they would change it. Unless of course it's just the lighting in these shots.

I'm nostalgic so I prefer the yellow mask but the gold one doesn't look bad.

What about the GOLDEN Scorpion skin :D How you like the mask there :P

I'm glad you posted this. It's one of the many small changes I've noticed since the game was shown last year. Unfortunately, I like how most of the things looked before they were changed. My biggest issue is the head tracking they've added. It makes the characters necks movie in terribly awkward positions and compromises the visual look of their stance. I question whether NRS understands how much of a characters charisma comes from their fighting stance. Like you said, it's a superficial/trivial thing that doesn't affect gameplay, but it's almost like they change things simply for the sake of change nearing the games release, when the original design/function was better.

well I would hope the gold skin has a gold mask. It's fitting for that skin.

But the flat yellow mask on his primary looked so old school scorp I was super hyped. Then they went full poster child and made it gold.

I'm more bothered that SZ now looks at his opponent in his fighting stance as opposed to looking down as he did in previous builds. That takes away so much of his badass pose, it really bothers me.

Badass

Not Badass

At first I was gonna say this is really nit picky, but I got admit now that you've pointed it out I do notice it in the game play design. Hopefully thats just awkward lighting as I've noticed a lot of the characters seem super shiny. Like Johnny's in game model reflects light like a mirror practically. Really hope they didn't make his mask gold tho, that would be really lame.

Also, the pre order black and gold costume he has looks terrible. I would never in a million years pay money for that.

I think the gold color on him looks flawless. I like it a whole lot.

My only gripe is all the details. It has too much going on, it looks too busy. The mask looked much better in the CG reveal trailer for some reason, like it was more rounded with smaller details put into it.

Dude! I know! This drove me crazy, because why change something that looked so good? But I've learned to live with it. I think it's due to the head tracking they seem to have added, a lot of the characters appear to be looking "up". Oh well I guess.

I agree. His eyes are bothering me as well. They look brown instead of white in some of the intros