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[Kaylis DX]

I love it when games let you customize your character. Getting all the little details and adjustments just right, creating just the right face, making your characters look as strange as possible and much more.

However, I've noticed that Bioware has been kinda slacking with this. While I think the armor customization is a GREAT idea, I've noticed that all that they usually let you customize is the characters head only. This usually ends up feeling very samey and dull after your first character. The hairstyles are ESPECIALLY lacking and offer very little variation. Many times I've been wanting to change things up but found very little I could do about it. What if I wanted to make a shorter Sherpard? What if I wanted to make Shepard fat or skinny? What if I wanted to make a nerdy or old Shepard? What if I wanted to make a female Shepard with boobs three times the size of her head and have them sag past her hips? What if I wanted to make a Shepard that looked like they had one too many eplosions to the face?

I just can't do it. The face customization usually feels underwhelming even though there's a million little options, which usually change nothing noticable. When it IS noticable, it's usually ridiculous to the point where your character will looks like a Frankenstein reject. However that's a feature I like, since you can clearly see the changes happening to your characters face. Not to mention the OODLES of fun it is to make your character look hilarious....which I've mentioned before already....shushireallylikescrewingupacharactersface;-;

What do you people think? Would you like to see a withered old man destroying hundreds of enemies with his sheer awesomeness of oldness? Perhaps you'd like to see a fat midget mowing down Geth after Geth with nothing but the melee attack? Maybe you'd even like to see somebody that looks more customized other than the same copy/pasted character model but with a different face?

Please keep the arguments civil. I know it seems I'm complaining alot, and I am, but honestly I'm just wanting that little extra something in a game about making the character how you want him/her to be. I'm not asking for major stuff. Just a little body customization. A few inches to height here, a few pounds more/less there, just some simple stuff. I don't exactly want my hero having the exact same height and body type as everyone else, ya know?

Anyways, discuss. I'd like to see if it's just me or if there are more like me out there. Also, yes I know there are limitations as to what they can do but a few more options couldn't hurt, right?

[talon4000]

more than anything I want to make a female Shepard that doesn't look like she stretched her neck out surgically

[terminator117s]

talon4000 wrote...

more than anything I want to make a female Shepard that doesn't look like she stretched her neck out surgically

This.  Or a male Shep that doesn't look hideous in any sort of lighting.

[izmirtheastarach]

terminator117s wrote...

talon4000 wrote...

more than anything I want to make a female Shepard that doesn't look like she stretched her neck out surgically

This.  Or a male Shep that doesn't look hideous in any sort of lighting.

Or a MaleShep who doesn't have his eyes half close and staring at the floor at critical plot points.

[Kaylis DX]

So I take it you're not exactly impressed with the character customization? =P

[Paragon Vanguard]

I manage to make a rather handsome Shepard on the last creator. He had brown skin with a mix of white and Asian facial features, which I somehow made work. It wasnt anywhere near as young looking as I wanted  it, tho.

Shep's default height and bulk is just fine to me. And the only thing that I don't appreciate is the hair. That glitchy fuzzy thing was the closest thing I had to what I wanted. Im not asking for much in terms of long hair. Just something similar to this guy's > z.about.com/d/menshair/1/0/V/-/-/-/03long.jpg  I mean he's a Spectre. He could blow some random civvie's brains out on a whim with no reprocussions and he's forced to follow military hair regs when he's not even technically with the Alliance anymore.

Modifié par Paragon Vanguard, 19 janvier 2010 - 04:01 .

[Sir Ulrich Von Lichenstien]

Certainly be interesting to see any cool ones people come up with, specially with the new 'code' system where once someone created a cool one they can pass out the code used to other people so they can use it too.

Wonder how many Celebrity Sheps we'll have in a month

[talon4000]

for the most part the character creator served it's purpose, I'll always want more from a character creator, I did in city of heroes, and champions online, but I was able to make a few male sheps that didn't look bad, and other than the neck my female shep didn't look bad either. Specifically hair is where it fell short for me

[diskoh]

talon4000 wrote...

more than anything I want to make a female Shepard that doesn't look like she stretched her neck out surgically

I think this will be solved by being able to customize her casual clothes. Just choose the formal uniform, it has a higher collar, it helps. I saw it briefly in the customization dev video and she actually looked properly proportioned.

[GnusmasTHX]

Sir Ulrich Von Lichenstien wrote...

Certainly be interesting to see any cool ones people come up with, specially with the new 'code' system where once someone created a cool one they can pass out the code used to other people so they can use it too.

Wonder how many Celebrity Sheps we'll have in a month

I always wanted a Kate Beckinsale Shep. The only FemShep I'd care to have.

Also; your avatar is lol.

[TheAnima]

A few of the OPs demands are laughable.

[Kaylis DX]

TheAnima wrote...

A few of the OPs demands are laughable.

Intended to be so for your entertainment. c: They also help to show a point, even though it's hilarious. c:

[Mr.Skar]

I never really got the whole "make your character look hilarious" thing. Not that I think other people shouldn't be able to make who they want, but for me, I don't really get it. The only thing I want from ME2 in terms of character customization is the ability to make a less than ugly MaleShep and FemShep. And the option to set my existing MaleShep to default Shep's looks if I want. Two things (I did say one earlier, guess I lied) that don't seem unreasonable to me.

[Permutation]

GnusmasTHX wrote...

Sir Ulrich Von Lichenstien wrote...

Certainly be interesting to see any cool ones people come up with, specially with the new 'code' system where once someone created a cool one they can pass out the code used to other people so they can use it too.

Wonder how many Celebrity Sheps we'll have in a month

I always wanted a Kate Beckinsale Shep. The only FemShep I'd care to have.

Also; your avatar is lol.

I'll make a Kate Beckinsale Shep just for kicks. I'll post when I'm done.

[MEUTRIERE]

terminator117s wrote...
Or a male Shep that doesn't look hideous in any sort of lighting.

Done.

[ItsFreakinJesus]

Outside of height, nothing else should be added. The age of Mass Effect takes place where humans openly embrace eugenics. People who're too short won't make sense, as the genes that lead to dwarfism would be taken care of.



Bypassing the eugenics thing altogether, Shepard is a marine, and a special forces marine at that. Special forces operatives aren't fat.

[merikano]

Tada!

[Legend5]

I just want what they had in Rainbow Six. Were you could take a picture of yourself and it would make you in the game... that would be cool.

[NKKKK]

Legend5 wrote...

I just want what they had in Rainbow Six. Were you could take a picture of yourself and it would make you in the game... that would be cool.

Bioware is years behind in that technology

[Velcro5000]

Making height, age and bodyfat changeable isn't all that easy. Making all the different models is one thing, but then there's all the animations too. A fat guy would waddle as he walked an old guy might have a bad posture and hunch forward and so forth.



You also have to remember that the characters have to interact (shake hands, have sex and so on) and the art department would have to make animations for short people interacting with tall people and medium sized people and vice versa. Having a standard height just makes it easier on the art department.



I know they were able to pull it off in The Sims 3, but that game is all about character interactions where as the Mass Effect development team has to spend a lot of time developing squadmates, backstories, armors, enemies, combat mechanics and so on.



I won't even comment on your giant saggy boobs request...

[Marcus Aurelius]

Just a note why would there be a fat shepard as he/she is supposed to be an elite operative with extreme conditioning and training I doubt suffering from obesity would have allowed for entry into the N7 program without work and the old man is a fairly odd idea being that all the backgrounds point to shepard only being in his last 20's early 30's

[GnusmasTHX]

Permutation wrote...

GnusmasTHX wrote...

Sir Ulrich Von Lichenstien wrote...

Certainly be interesting to see any cool ones people come up with, specially with the new 'code' system where once someone created a cool one they can pass out the code used to other people so they can use it too.

Wonder how many Celebrity Sheps we'll have in a month

I always wanted a Kate Beckinsale Shep. The only FemShep I'd care to have.

Also; your avatar is lol.

I'll make a Kate Beckinsale Shep just for kicks. I'll post when I'm done.

I'll hold you to that; and if you disappoint me... The consequences will be negligible to nonexistent. 

[Mr. Gerbz]

MEUTRIERE wrote...

terminator117s wrote...
Or a male Shep that doesn't look hideous in any sort of lighting.

Done.

No.

Anyway, my current Shepard looks pretty damn awesome. But indeed, we need more hairstyle options.

[Necrosis66613]

The only reasonable request I have is , why can't we use the default male shepards's face as a template to edit in character creation? I wouldn't mind playing as a default shepard with maybe a few scars , different skin tone and different hair . I notice default shep. 's face looks soo much better in game this time around, and I'm guessing the custom one's wont look nearly as polished...

[Permutation]

GnusmasTHX wrote...

Permutation wrote...

GnusmasTHX wrote...

Sir Ulrich Von Lichenstien wrote...

Certainly be interesting to see any cool ones people come up with, specially with the new 'code' system where once someone created a cool one they can pass out the code used to other people so they can use it too.

Wonder how many Celebrity Sheps we'll have in a month

I always wanted a Kate Beckinsale Shep. The only FemShep I'd care to have.

Also; your avatar is lol.

I'll make a Kate Beckinsale Shep just for kicks. I'll post when I'm done.

I'll hold you to that; and if you disappoint me... The consequences will be negligible to nonexistent. 

Here you go:



Best I could do with the tools at hand. I could point out a thousand things wrong, but the creator is simply too limited.

Modifié par Permutation, 19 janvier 2010 - 06:24 .