Summary
- Gamers are ‘Yassifying’ game characters like Aloy, Ciri, and Alma, changing their appearances.
- Multiple mods for Alma in Monster Hunter Wilds have appeared within weeks of the game’s release.
- Some mods aim to enhance Alma’s character, while others make questionable changes, sparking debate.
Now, I’m no game developer, but you have to imagine that when a game is created, all characters are designed in the team’s vision. The way they look, the way they act, the way they speak— it’s a form of storytelling in its own right.
Over recent years, however, a subsection of gamers have decided that characters should only look the way they want them to and have started to ‘Yassify” them. It happened to Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy, Ciri was quickly slated after The Witcher 4’s Game Awards reveal, and now some players seem hellbent on changing Monster Hunter Wild’s Alma.
Some Monster Hunter Wilds Players Really Want To Change Alma’s Appearance
Although Monster Hunter Wilds has been out for less than a month, gamers have been hard at work “fixing” Alma. In just two-and-a-half weeks since the game launched, there have been no fewer than six mods on Nexus Mods that change the appearance of Alma or the way she acts.
Some of these mods are good and help add a little depth to the character, with one player giving her black nail polish and another aiming to remove her skimpy armor in favor of more appropriate hunting gear. Other mods, though, are a little more nefarious.
One mod, called “Alternate Alma”, makes a lot of changes to her character model. While her face kind of stays the same, the mod comes in multiple parts: replacing her body, changing her hair, and having the option to remove her glasses. A second takes things a step further, though.
The “Alma Face Edit” mod completely remodels the character’s face, which, according to the creator, “makes her more attractive.” Naturally, many of the comments on the mod aren’t great, insulting the original design of Alma, and other characters in the game.
If you really must change Alma, might we recommend the “Seikret Alma” mod, which replaces Alma’s character model with a Seikret in horrifying fashion? It’s still better than the mod, which removes all fur and feathers from the monsters, effectively making them bald.
- Released
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February 28, 2025
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Violence, Blood, Crude Humor