Guild Wars 2

I like the young 20s faces, actually, the ones that are similar to the black-eyed face. There are like 3 or 4 that I would consider ridiculously young/“pretty” (especially the default face of eles and the default face on necros) and never use.
Even so, I agree with Stramatus in that:

TL;DR—>Almost all are too “Perfect” looking, too westeren-media-standard-model-of-beauty looking.

I would like to have the option, even if I do like the younger looking ones, to have a “seasoned veteran of war” too, an older more masculine guy. But, most importantly, a more realistic face, not “ugly” as such i guess, but nearer to that end on the line than the ridiculously photogenic models.

And, well, this is even worse in the female humans. They really all look so similar, so photoshopped, so barbie. At least it would be nice to have the option of removing all that make up.

And finally, the worst thing is seeing the humans as npcs. If player characters and story-relevant characters were like this, well, alright, but EVERY single random peasant girl or guy of the entire city is absolutely gorgeous and in his/her early 20s?? There is a 90% of 20 year olds in kryta and a couple of elderly 60+ men and women.

Marge.4035:

I’ve found these old pre-release screens, where you can gush over Anise’s corset top. I like it a lot, mostly because of this comparison with the elite Kurzick armor. Once I too thought it will be available, mostly because it was presented in mesmer class video.

This. Like many, I read almost everything anet publicated while the game was in development and when I saw this image I was certain I would get this armor (also, my mesmer wore the same gw1 one, Kurzick Elite, so everything was like, destined XD). It looks even better with Anise’s skirt/pants/bottom thing.

And I completely agree with OP, the npc noblewoman’s dresses scream gw1 mesmer style, just look at the second image attatched!
Come on, its even the type of clothing that the mesmer concept art features.