In all brutal honestly, I don't like Axel's SOR4 design.

Why the heck does he have a flannel shirt tied around his waist? Maybe it's "strategic butt covering". Try as I might, I can't think of any other reason why he'd own a flannel shirt.

The beard doesn't work at all. Sorry. That look might have done wonders for Ryu, but Axel's face is way too perfect to be covered up. Also it makes him look like he aged 20 years.



His frame looks altogether bulky and a little too wide. I think he'd probably look better without the jacket. Instead of yellow, the stripe on his gloves should be white.



For whatever reason, Axel is wearing the exact same shoes as he did in SOR1/SOR3. I guess it wouldn't be that big a deal if the collars weren't ludicrously large. They look like funnels designed to catch rain water.

Also the pants are just awful. Did he find those in a dumpster? Dude needs a new pair with all of the seams intact. Nobody wants to look at that bit of exposed skin between his pants and shoes.



In short, the man looks like he gave up. Maybe the bad ending in SOR3 is canon. Axel failed to save the city, so now he's a broken vagrant.