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[Juantyr]

Ian McShane

[Naughty Bear]

LTD wrote...

I has an inquiry

Would you view it a bad thing if, for once, BW released an RPG where main male/female protagonist wouldn't fall well within boundaries of western world norm of OMG SO HAWT? Would this be a bad and unfortunate thing by default? Does male PC always have to be some Calvin Klein model and his female counterpart  some super model acress chick? Do they always have to be handsome,beautiful,sexy and in  their early 30s(if male) or early to mid 20s(if female)

Is it very important character is handsome, young ands fashionably beautiful? Is it by feault less interesting and less fun to play a character who is old, ugly, rugged, scarred* or any combination of these?

*As in Hound from SoIaF"-scarred, not  "clean sexy anime boy hero line across the eye - scarred"

Kane and Lynch. Both old, disgusting creatures, ones a psychopath who beat his ex wife up and the other is a **** dad who got his wife killed and traumatised his own daughter, both regularly kill police officers and wherever they go death follows them and there is always an high civilian casualty rate.

[Jonata]

Lathrim wrote...

Sean Bean:



Dunno about the female yet.

Does that mean that the PC will die at the end? I'm all for it though. 

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

Nizaris1 wrote...

lament.ballad wrote...

 

I think it's difficult to make a character with Asian features in DA:O and DAII.

I love to see Asian in DA world....but Gaider must have a big headache to create a backstory on where she come from and her background...

Uh...the Jade Empire on the other side of Thedas?

Kidding. I know the two series are not related.

Why would it be a headache for David Gaider? He's a writer. It's his job to create. Besides, why should we assume that what's shown on the map constitutes the entire world? Surely there are other lands on other continents. Thedas might very well have its own equivalent of Far Eastern peoples (I hesitate to use the catch-all term Asians since it also includes ethnic groups such as the people of India, sometimes referred to as South Asians).

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Nizaris1 wrote...

lament.ballad wrote...

 

I think it's difficult to make a character with Asian features in DA:O and DAII.

I love to see Asian in DA world....but Gaider must have a big headache to create a backstory on where she come from and her background...

What backstory? There's already black people. There isn't even a need to put them in the game world besides letting the player create one.

Afaik no game so far has really allowed you to create an oriental character, due to the lack of their most disinguishable feature- epicanthal folds. or what causes misinformed people to call "slant eyes". So no slanting the eyes won't work. Seems like a costly feature so I don't see it happening.

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Nizaris1 wrote...

Why would it be a headache for David Gaider?

Just look at Fenris...he is Japanese Elf

No, he's a JRPG elfmo.

[freche]

Jonata wrote...

Lathrim wrote...

Sean Bean:
*picture removed*

Dunno about the female yet.

Does that mean that the PC will die at the end? I'm all for it though.

You shouldn't reach the end. Only if you make a custom character would you be able to finish the game.

[NoForgiveness]

I think Asian characters would be great but that would require discovering a new continent which is highly unlikely

[JCAP]

Male:
Portuguese actor, Ricardo Pereira.


or



Female:
Well, we want a nice face(or the more appropriate word is beautiful?) But we want too a "warrior" face, you know, a face that imposses some respect.

Where did I look? DevianArt!

Kinda reminds me Miranda



It's a draw, but I really liked this



Not exactly "warrior" face, but it would fit well in an orlesian mage.

[d-boy15]

[Swagger7]

The Teryn of Whatever wrote...

Swagger7 wrote...

The Teryn of Whatever wrote...

Swagger7 wrote...

The Teryn of Whatever wrote...


She looks happier here:



and here:



Better?

Now she looks far too innocent to have the title of Inquisitor.  That's just my opinion though.

Would you like me to search for a picture where Erika looks intimidating, because I will do it.

Sure.  That would be an interesting face to see intimidation on....

There is one really great photo of her, but posting it here would be breaking a certain BSN rule (hint: she's not wearing very much clothing in it).

So here's another one:

She looks a little... unstable here, what with the cold stare and head tilt and all.

Admittedly she's not the most expressive model, facially speaking. She does innocence, aloofness, arrogance all quite well, but finding a shot of her actually looking pissed off and scary... not so much.
Whatever, I still think she's got a great look. She's sexy, elegant, cute (she's 5'5" tall and slender like an elf... ) and would be great as the inspiration for a character, not even necessarily for a Dragon Age PC's default appearance. I think I'm going to use her features as the basis for a character in DA III, most likely a rogue.

Now I can sort of see her as the cover Inquisitor. 

You could always crop and reupload the other pic by the way.

[lil yonce]

Swagger7 wrote...

Now I can sort of see her as the cover Inquisitor.

She looks too juvenile and slight to be the default Inquisitor. Just sayin'.

Modifié par Youth4Ever, 21 décembre 2012 - 03:03 .

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

Youth4Ever wrote...

Swagger7 wrote...

Now I can sort of see her as the cover Inquisitor.

She looks too juvenile and slight to be the default Inquisitor. Just sayin'.

I don't think her youthfulness or small stature would make her a bad Inquisitor. Leliana is pretty bad-ass despite looking sweet and saintly. Just sayin'.

Aside from the fact that we know the Inquisition will play a rather large role in DA3, given its prominence in the title, and we can assume that the protagonist is in some way inolved with the Inquisition, though in what way we can't be certain at this time, given the lack of information available to us at this time.

However , let's assume, for the sake of argument, that the PC is an Inquisitor. This does not necessarily mean that he or she is a torturer, and even if that is the case, why should a torturer have to look frightening or be big and/or tall or older-looking. These things have no bearing on a person's effectiveness as a torturer.

I also think it's likely that the Inquisition would have different branches serving different functions: soldiers/ muscle, the aforementioned torturers, bureaucrats, the brass (organizations need leaders), healers (apothecaries, surgeons), investigators, hunters, etc.

I think it's quite likely that the Inquisition of DA3 is a revival of the Inquisition which arose after the First Blight. The original Inquisitors were blatantly anti-magical, which would make playing as a mage somewhat... awkward.
   

Modifié par The Teryn of Whatever, 21 décembre 2012 - 04:39 .

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

The Teryn of Whatever wrote...

Nizaris1 wrote...

lament.ballad wrote...

 

I think it's difficult to make a character with Asian features in DA:O and DAII.

I love to see Asian in DA world....but Gaider must have a big headache to create a backstory on where she come from and her background...

Uh...the Jade Empire on the other side of Thedas?

Kidding. I know the two series are not related.

Why would it be a headache for David Gaider? He's a writer. It's his job to create. Besides, why should we assume that what's shown on the map constitutes the entire world? Surely there are other lands on other continents. Thedas might very well have its own equivalent of Far Eastern peoples (I hesitate to use the catch-all term Asians since it also includes ethnic groups such as the people of India, sometimes referred to as South Asians).

On that note, having a culture and ethnic group inspired by the rich history of India would be cool in Dragon Age.



... or just a fantasy RPG inspired by Hindu mythology. It's not the sort of thing that is done nearly often enough. Generic fantasy inspired by Tolkien and/or European mythology is all well and good, but also overdone, IMHO.

Modifié par The Teryn of Whatever, 21 décembre 2012 - 04:49 .

[Uhh.. Jonah]

I like the Ali Larter suggestion.

[lil yonce]

The Teryn of Whatever wrote...

I don't think her youthfulness or small stature would make her a bad Inquisitor. Leliana is pretty bad-ass despite looking sweet and saintly. Just sayin'.

But Leliana did not look juvenile, and I would say her build was more athletic. But from what I can tell, she had the exact same build as every human female character in the in-game universe. This girl, however, looks very small.

However , let's assume, for the sake of argument, that the PC is an Inquisitor. This does not necessarily mean that he or she is a torturer, and even if that is the case, why should a torturer have to look frightening or be big and/or tall or older-looking. These things have no bearing on a person's effectiveness as a torturer.

I couldn't take her seriously as an Inquisitor is the true issue. Maybe if the PC were an elf. In those images, however, she reminds me too much of a day dreaming fairy, not a skilled human fighter or mage. It may be this model reminds me too much of default Fem!Hawke in some features, and I did not at all like her appearance. She was a swing and a miss for me.

I'd prefer a default PC with more universal appeal. Not too old or young. Not to small or large in build. Not plain or dramatically attractive. Basically, a late twenty, early thirty-something, fairly good looking, generally well-built PC with brown hair-- short hair for a male and longish hair for a female-- brown eyes, and tannish skin. That's the safe choice. I wouldn't veer to much from that model.

Modifié par Youth4Ever, 21 décembre 2012 - 03:54 .

[Grand Admiral Cheesecake]

I kind of want to play as a fat guy.

No particulars really, just want to save the day as one of the squishies.

[l7986]

Rosie O'Donnell as the model for genlocks.