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[House Lannister]

Didn't know where the best place to post this was, but I thought this video was very interesting.

 

[Cyonan]

An interesting video, although it's all probably stuff I would have already figured was the case.

 

Personally I fall into the "doesn't make characters that resembles themselves" category.

[JonWoo89]

An interesting video, although it's all probably stuff I would have already figured was the case.

 

Personally I fall into the "doesn't make characters that resembles themselves" category.

 

Same for me. Whenever I make a character in a game it's always based on what type of role they're going to be playing and even then it varies. Watching this kind of reinforced my feeling about not immersing myself into a world as if I was in it. I really just see games as stories, even when I'm the one "making" it.

[Eternal Phoenix]

I normally try to make my characters in RPG's resemble a battle worn warrior as it makes sense given all the fighting and out door exploration they're doing that they should have scars or at least some fine-lines on their face rather than a perfect complexion with flawless skin. I might only go for the later look with a rogue or mage as, for me, that look could only work on them but the mage needs to look like a mage (preferably by having a beard!) and the rogue needs a stubble at least for that rugged rogue look.

 

For me, it's all about making the characters look like they resemble their work and class. There's no place for catwalk models who wear makeup on the battlefield son!

[wepeel_]

No deep analysis exactly, but interesting observation from Mark. Personally I'm the opposite of the above posters, all my characters resemble me or at least have elements of me, and I always play as if it were me inside the game. Honestly that's where all my enjoyment comes from, I generally don't enjoy games when the immersion doesn't hold up.

[Kenshen]

I usually just stick to a preset since my fail is absolute when it comes to making an attractive face.  I was hoping we would get face codes again like in ME3 so i could rely on other talents to do what I can't.  Hopefully Gibbed or someone else will find a way to import head morphs.

[Merengues 1945]

Yeah, I don't like this kind of things. This video was passable, but some others go into saying that if you like broken noses in your characters you are actually in love with your mom, or if you like black hair in your characters you are deeply troubled, depressed and in love with your mom.... Don't overthink things.

Although Inquisition was the exception, I often go for female characters in this kind of games. Not because I secretly want to be a girl or anything but because if I'm going to stare at someone's butt for an entire day of my life, then let it be a good butt.

[llandwynwyn]

I created sims, a vault dweller and a Hawke after me. Hawke was a big mistake. I don't like to see myself on the screen, it's unnerving.

 

It's why I'm having problem with Josie rn, from the nose up she looks too much like me, especially 10 years or so ago, when I was way more tanned and not pale like Cole. It's like she stole my likeness.

[bodhili]

I always made my main Shepard look like me in ME but I have never done it for DA and usually not for other games. Not sure why that is.

[panda_express12]

I never make character look like me or even have features similar to me. I like creating a unique character and design them based on their role. I see myself enough everyday so I don't want to look at myself in a game.

[JR1911]

I don't know what it says about me, but ever since Mass Effect I've always played with a female character in any game that offers a choice of gender. Maybe I just want a change after always playing a male character for 20+ years.

[Rykoth]

I mostly play characters based off my novel in progress characters >.>

[Ziegrif]

Usually I just make something I find beautiful.

 

When I make females I pretty much try to follow the scientific method of attractiveness. Mostly symmetrical.

 

When it comes to men I try to recreate Letho from the Witcher 2. Or make a beastkin if possible.

 

Neither have my traits.

[Sylentmana]

Now that its pointed out to me, I realize that my character kind of is an idealized version of myself. That's kind of neat.

[wicked cool]

I always make my characters ugly and flawed looking.my mage has receeding hair and a flimsy moustache. Reminds me of Vincent Price and the british voice is perfect

My dwarf is bald with a moustache and mean looking. Looks like a true carta dwarf

[Jaulen]

I'm in the 'makes characters that doesn't look like me' camp. I try to go for something decent looking, yet unique....and for females non-super model. I'm playing a rogue or a warrior, they should kind of look like it. Circle mages can look a little more frou-frou.

 

Now my husband goes for the 'makes someone that looks like him as much as possible.' But his first DAI playthrough is as a female Qunari so he went with the 'just get me through the CC as fast as possible'. (minimal edits)

[DukeMcFishy]

An interesting video, although it's all probably stuff I would have already figured was the case.

 

Personally I fall into the "doesn't make characters that resembles themselves" category.

 

Yeah me too. My mage has a skinny tall face with an epic beard. I don't have a skinny tall face with an epic tall beard... 

So I guess I have to wait for part two to find out whether or not I'm a freak. 

[JonWoo89]

Yeah, I don't like this kind of things. This video was passable, but some others go into saying that if you like broken noses in your characters you are actually in love with your mom, or if you like black hair in your characters you are deeply troubled, depressed and in love with your mom.... Don't overthink things.

Although Inquisition was the exception, I often go for female characters in this kind of games. Not because I secretly want to be a girl or anything but because if I'm going to stare at someone's butt for an entire day of my life, then let it be a good butt.

 

Why stare at the butt though? All of the exciting stuff is happening else where.

[Maria Caliban]

80% of players just use the default head.

[Kappa Neko]

Interesting. I tend to agree on the idea that insecure people create characters with flawless features while people who are fine with how they look add flaws. Because if you feel too ugly in real life you still aspire to this ideal of perfection, I guess. You define your worth through beauty until you realize that it shouldn't matter. It's fine to have flaws. Flaws can even be charming. The sum of them make us unique. While utter perfection is pretty boring. The most interesting faces are not perfectly symmetrical...

Or maybe it's complete bullshit, I have no idea *g*

 

It's no secret that we are fascinated by beauty, even if we don't much care for it in our relationships. Beauty can even be measured by the degree of symmetry displayed. How interesting we find something is highly subjective, but most people will find faces or landscapes beautiful if they meet certain criteria. And why wouldn't we want to create something pleasing?

 

I'd be interested in a real study about what influences our *preferences*, what we find most interesting/beautiful. Blond or black hair? Short or long? Round faces or lean faces? Straight or curly hair? How about ethnicity? Personally, I dig Asian features, especially in men (I'm a Caucasian female).

Do we prefer a certain look because one of our parents looks that way? Or a sibling? Does it depend on what kind of TV shows we watched as children? A certain commercial in childhood? A pop star we had a crush on? And why did we have a crush on that particular person?

It's a fascinating topic.

 

Me, I never create characters that look like me. I'm blond but I HATE blond in the character creator ;P

I ALWAYS go for other hair colors. I like red on women (with green eyes, yes, how boring!). All my male characters have dark brown or black hair. I model male characters after how appealing I'd find them in real life. So I'm creating the perfect boyfriend appearance-wise. Unless I'm doing an evil playthrough, then I model them to look the part.

I like beards in games but not in real life, however.

 

Oddly, I like blond women in movies/TV shows but always like the dark-haired ones better in video games.... when asked what actress I'd like to look like I always pick blond ones or those who were blond in the role I liked them in. It's like I can't imagine myself having a different hair color. Probably because I'd look like a corpse with dark hair. I'm VERY pale. So the ideal me would not look radically different. It would be a better version of myself, I guess.

 

In video games I don't play characters as myself, so they don't need to look like me. I don't want them to look like me. However, I always play female first if that's an option. And I always play an idealistic person. So personality-wise these characters are quite a bit like me. If I was strong and heroic in any way...

I identify emotionally with a character through moral choices not looks. If thats making any sense.

 

I find dark hair much more interesting than blond hair. I figure that's because being blond myself, it has no appeal to me. It's boring. I see a blond person every day when I look in the mirror. So I find the polar opposite of me interesting. So much so that I'm into Asian men or pretty much any man who doesn't look like a pale middle European.

Dark haired people even look stronger/healthier to me. But that's probably just me projecting. I'm a bit of a sickly person. Physically weak and I allergies. And pretty much all blond women I know are the same way.

My best friend has dark brown hair, she's a very healthy person and strong. So perhaps she has influenced me too (we've known each other since we were two years old). My mother has dark hair as well and she's much stronger than me too.

 

However, what this psychologist says about keeping SOME aspects of our features when creating characters rings true. I noticed that I like hair styles that are close to my own. I might choose them, but I'm drawn to them. And I like pale female characters. My canon femShep is super-pale with a hair style similar to my own. Her face shape is somewhat like mine too...

I feel very emotional about her. I never felt that way about my warden or my Hawke. Or the Inquisitor now. Perhaps because they look so unlike me? Who knows... maybe I just fell in love with Jennifer Hale's voice acting *g* Voices do a lot for me, and I don't like the one my Inquisitor has.

 

I try to make my characters as pretty as I can according to my preferences, but I like adding tiny flaws like scars. Some might say face tattoos are flaws too, and I adore them in games. Make of that what you will...

 

*shrugs*