That doesn't explain uncanny-valley faces or the lack of variations for faces, hair-styles and clothing. Nor how the different parts rarely fit together properly.
Really like this game but the models are its biggest flaw.
Yes. Yes it does.
You just don't
understand the explanation.
Each face used, has to be created as a small image in each and every expression and angle, to be used as a 'sprite', meaning a small image that is layered and combined with other small images to form a larger composite image. It's kind of like a very high tech collage. And there are several faces, that must be multiplied by the expressions each need to be rendered in, multiplied by the possible angles you can see the face from, multiplied by the 3 different skin colours, and each and every one of those needs to be pixel-perfect in position to align with all the different body images in all the different poses and skin tones.
When you look at a 'character' in this game, you are seeing a near random assembly from thousands of possible image combinations, each part of which had to be rendered in advance, pixel-perfectly positioned to align with all the other parts.
Seriously, if you still don't understand the explanation, go ahead and download DAZ3D for free and try for yourself to add just one face and one hairstyle that will work for all the possible body, expression,skin tone, and pose combinations. Take as long as you need. Take six months, much longer than the dev has for each update, and add just one face and one hairstyle.
You are right about one thing, but you are still wrong about that right thing too. The models are for the majority the biggest flaw or weakness of the game. How you are wrong about that correct fact is thinking that the dev doesn't know it. He
knows. He's simply far more concerned about creating a game than whether or not you can have a wank.
You see, to him, and anyone with sense, gameplay is more important to a game than visuals. When Sid Meirs original classic "Civilization" came out, it looked visually quite a long way behind the times in its graphics - but the gameplay... man you could (and many did) play for years and not get bored. "Minecraft", another famous game that looked entirely out of place in an industry that usually goes for ever slicker graphics. Again, years and years later, people are still playing it. Long, long, long after they ditched the slicker looking games that were boring after one play.
I know, I know. You don't care about gameplay, you just want to wank over little pictures. Well, shocking as it may be, I don't think the dev places a great deal of thought, and absolutely no priority at all, over you pulling your pud. I think he wants to develop a good game. Emphasis on game. This is not a VN. If you want pretty pictures, play a VN.