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[Sejborg]

Depends on the story.

[themikefest]

I like a character in their late 40's. My age. A lot of older folks don't look their age. Some look older and some look younger. Depends on their lifestyle.
An older more experienced character can make decisions easier then someone with less experience depending on the situation.

[brushyourteeth]

I'd just be happy with a protagonist that looks the same age in the trailer as they do in the game....

Modifié par brushyourteeth, 20 mars 2013 - 07:33 .

[Captain Crash]

I think the player has more control over this then people realise. This comes from the character creator.

This will allow players to have the flexibility of choosing their age range, from early twenties to mid forties onwards! Some people are natural leaders, some through experience. Bioware just provides the vessel and dialogue.

Modifié par Captain Crash, 20 mars 2013 - 07:34 .

[sandalisthemaker]

I hope we won't have a default inquisitor and their age isn't mentioned in game. That way, we can make the protag whatever age we want them to be via character creator.

[RaidenXS]

how about we control the age range with the complexion slider?

[Fredward]

No older than thirty pls. Your life is basically over by then anyway. xp

[Lady Mortho]

27 Would be a favulous number!

[BigEvil]

Captain Crash wrote...

I think the player has more control over this then people realise. This comes from the character creator.

This will allow players to have the flexibility of choosing their age range, from early twenties to mid forties onwards! Some people are natural leaders, some through experience. Bioware just provides the vessel and dialogue.

I agree that this is what it should be like, but the story itself (at least in DA:O and DA2) hampers this. No matter what you make your Hawke look like, you cannot avoid the fact that you have a mother of a certain age, and twin siblings who are, I think, around 18-20 at the beginning of the game. You can certainly make your character look to be in his/her fifties but you have to deal with the immersion breakers, which not everyone can.

Personally, despite being 27, I want to play an older character for DA:I. To me it seems that being an Inquisitor and investigating all that's going on suits an older, veteran character. I'm just hoping that regardless of the default appearances for the PC, there's nothing in the story that limits the age, such as family members that tie the PC to a 20-something age range.

[Wulfram]

sandalisthemaker wrote...

I hope we won't have a default inquisitor and their age isn't mentioned in game. That way, we can make the protag whatever age we want them to be via character creator.

They'd have to make the backgrounds a lot less specific and detailed than any of their recent games have been to allow that.

Modifié par Wulfram, 20 mars 2013 - 08:07 .

[brushyourteeth]

Captain Crash wrote...

I think the player has more control over this then people realise. This comes from the character creator.

This will allow players to have the flexibility of choosing their age range, from early twenties to mid forties onwards! Some people are natural leaders, some through experience. Bioware just provides the vessel and dialogue.

I agree with this in general. There are some limitations to how that works, though, since our character so far has always been given some kind of background.

For instance, the game tells us that Hawke is older than Carver/Bethany and younger than Leandra. There's a window there that it's immersion-breaking to design your character outside of (unless you come up with some serious personal RP about magical accidents or physical augmentations or family lies and scandals and so forth). EDIT: to give credit to BigEvil for getting there first.

In DA:O the only origin I can think of without a strongly implied age window would be the Dalish Elf origin. And I could even be wrong about that one (I only played it once).

Not complaining since it's always worked out for me. Just commenting.

I'll never forget the tantrum my husband had when he realized his Cousland would look awkward with a grey beard and wrinkles standing next to his *big* brother Fergus. 

Modifié par brushyourteeth, 20 mars 2013 - 08:14 .

[Bekkael]

Old enough to know better, but young enough not to care.

[bmwcrazy]

16 please.

[Blackrising]

I want to be able to CHOOSE whether my character is older or younger.
I can imagine playing a veteran guy, but when it comes to females, I like 'em young. (wait, that came out wrong)
Having a choice would spice things up.

Bioware already said we'd have backgrounds, so maybe age could be part of that? So you could be a grizzled war veteran of fourty or a street rat that spent his/her 20 or so years fighting for survival.
I could live with that.

[Tootles FTW]

In a perfect world I'd like DA3 to implement time jumps that feel impactful towards the characters and story & allow us to progress with our character through portions of their life (early-20s to late-30s range?). As loathe as I am to bring up Fable as an example, I liked how in Fable 1 your PC was captured and enslaved - during which time your head was shaved and you were tattooed (unless I'm completely mis-remembering this, by all means remind me) and when you finally escape several years have gone by. It gave meaning and a sense of loss to the jump, and the physical change to your character was interesting.

I didn't hate the "And then 3 years went by! Fill in the blanks with your MIND!"-thing that DA2 presented, but it was obviously not the ideal solution we were all hoping for when we first heard of the time jumps. If my character ages I'd like to feel it.

[brushyourteeth]

Blackrising wrote...

I want to be able to CHOOSE whether my character is older or younger.
I can imagine playing a veteran guy, but when it comes to females, I like 'em young. (wait, that came out wrong)
Having a choice would spice things up.

Bioware already said we'd have backgrounds, so maybe age could be part of that? So you could be a grizzled war veteran of fourty or a street rat that spent his/her 20 or so years fighting for survival.
I could live with that.

No silver foxes in your RP'ing future, eh? 

(Flemeth disapproves -10)

[brushyourteeth]

Tootles FTW wrote...

In a perfect world I'd like DA3 to implement time jumps that feel impactful towards the characters and story & allow us to progress with our character through portions of their life (early-20s to late-30s range?). As loathe as I am to bring up Fable as an example, I liked how in Fable 1 your PC was captured and enslaved - during which time your head was shaved and you were tattooed (unless I'm completely mis-remembering this, by all means remind me) and when you finally escape several years have gone by. It gave meaning and a sense of loss to the jump, and the physical change to your character was interesting.

I didn't hate the "And then 3 years went by! Fill in the blanks with your MIND!"-thing that DA2 presented, but it was obviously not the ideal solution we were all hoping for when we first heard of the time jumps. If my character ages I'd like to feel it.

Double post because this is awesome.

Every time we did a time skip in DAII, I went immediately to the Black Emporium to alter my character in some way so I could feel like time had actually passed. Would have been awesome if the CC/Mirror of Transformation screen could have popped up immediately following the previous act's final cutscene, though I realize that might have annoyed some players.

It only made sense to me that Hawke's hair might have grown out during her long trip into the Deep Roads. Or that she chopped it all off on the boat voyage from Ferelden to Kirkwall to avoid puking in it. Maybe she started wearing more makeup when she joined the Kirkwall nobility. Etc. etc.

[BadExamp1e]

Youth4Ever wrote...

I want a twenty-something PC.

Yup.

[Ridwan]

Early thirties.

[Knight of Dane]

Wulfram wrote...

I probably prefer fairly young because it means less pre-written backstory that'll have to be revealed through play.

What I want too.

I prefer a character I can make my own.

[Teases]

n7stormrunner wrote...

old enough to know better and young enough to not care... I'm sorry.. someone had to say it

+1

[Trolldrool]

I tried making an old, white bearded Hawke in DA2. It didn't last long. I couldn't take the character seriously when he was speaking with the voice of a young man.

[Cigne]

Captain Crash wrote...

I think the player has more control over this then people realise. This comes from the character creator.

 

<Yeah. And if Da hadn't called me 'Pup' he might have been given a chance to experience DAO.

Foopydoopydoo wrote...

No older than thirty pls. Your life is basically over by then anyway. xp

Hmph.<_<