Character customization.

ozzyjimbob · Jun 15th 2015

I was thinking about how the character customization will go, and i think that it should go to a poll, to see where the interests lie. I vote for all out imagination, so that Red and the folks can really open up this game and add a little bit of fun and intrigue to the realism. I don't want to destroy the realism, because that's awesome, but a little imagination would be a really awesome element.

ArcticuKitsu · Jun 15th 2015

I voted "A combination of real world items and fun items (such as animal ears, makeup, & etc)"-

(Possible ramblings while explaining why I'm wanting this to be a major feature of 'fun'.)

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I don't want to pressure Red51 in any way, just that I'm expecting a nice detailed level of customization while having fun on the other side of things. Of course not all at once, just something that's overly detailed that others can happily praise. Realistic is fine, and I'll welcome it.

Skyrim: You're able to play with the sliders while being able to choose what clothing to wear. Anything. Mods for this game have gone so far that they've even went full nude & detailed. Picking the right ones can have you messing around with various accessories and detailed customization options.
Phantasy Star Online 2: Anime stuff, yet something that also allows you to wear whatever you want. The character creation here is superb with it allowing you to play with the head shape, eyes, eyebrows, tattoos, ears, and everything. The whole model can be played with, as with wearing whatever you want. Everything is fun to toy with. There are even occasional events that you can be gifted, yet still have to earn, to be worn.
Sims (as a whole): Being able to customize everything with everybody being most familiar with this.
Titan Quest: Not much options, yet something that still allowed character creation. Wrong genre and everything, just that it gifted you Robin Hood & other sorts of Easter-eggs to wear.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf: Another 'fun' game that had you collecting things in a loose Facebook manner. Partially Minecraft, mostly 'city building', while nudging designing flags, clothing, and etc. The clothing you were expressed who you were while being able to loosely customize your little character. Being able to wear whatever made the whole thing fun.
Minecraft: Character was male by default (now also female by default in a recent 2015 update) allowing you to customize your skin however you want. Armour is an issue, yet mods pick up where vanilla lacks. Being able to identify yourself goes a way in bringing individuality into these sorts of open-world sanboxy games.
Lego Worlds: Game has you encountering friendlies, even bashing hostile lego characters to earn their customizable mini-fig parts. This game wants you to express yourself by adventuring, unlocking, purchasing (with in-game studs) to have fun with. To have fun mixing and matching parts to make your ideal mini-fig.

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- TL;DR:

I'm happy to hear that we'll be able to choose the gender of the characters, even preset options. That's fine. Even told by a buddy that we'll even be able to customize the hair. If true, that's awesome! I at least want to be able to customize my main NPC to wear anime-styled fuzzy fox ears (head/hat slot), a foxy tail at the bottom of the spine (belt slot), while having the option to have blue eyes. Having these 'fun items' would go a long way in bringing that fun. Basically the lady you see to the right in [this post] in the attached image being fairly important. This implying that I'm hoping the player & NPC Trader customization holds the same levels of customization.

I'm basically seeking to highly customize my character as myself for once while also wanting great level of customization for these NPC Traders that I'm hoping can be nudged into NPC followers with basic AI combat. Being able to customize your character on the level of Skyrim, The Sims, and the other games I'm used to would go a long way. I enjoyed seeing how my friends expressed themselves in these games, more so with the odd items the game would reward you with.

[Apologies for the long-winded post. Just making sure I put all my cards on the table before being ousted forcefully by real-world issues. :)]

rajkox · Jun 15th 2015

I support customization as follows:

- in cold biomes you should wear something to protect you from a cold and freezing,
- in hot biomes you should wear something to protect you from overheating and dehydrating,
- for the hellstone missions you should have fire and high temperature resistant clothing (asbestos clothing, ore, etc.)
- in all other places you should wear casual clothes.
All this should be craftable by the player...

I am just too old to imagine myself with a bunny ears or a horse head. I would leave that to modders...

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