Character Creator & Character Customization (Official Thread)

Don't you talk shit about my meme machine

There is an implementation option where you can store your facial code for future creations. Is that what you wanted to know?

I've thought about it and I think I've figured out the core issue everyone is having who is upset over this CC, people like me who LOVE going deep into character creation. Past all the specific grievances about sliders and hair and presets we can't make our Ryder with this.

In all of the past Bioware games I've played we've been able to make our Warden, our Hawke and our Inquisitor. We could make them look like an actor or actress, we could make them look like ourselves, or we could just make them look cool. We could make them super attractive or normal looking, maybe play up their eyes or their nose and make that a defining feature that made them look unique. We could even take a trip to the Monster Factory and just wreck their shit. But we were able to make them ours. So, prior to yesterday, everyone automatically assumed we would be able to do that for ME:A as well, because we were given no reason to think we wouldn't. After all, it's something we've done for the past 7 games, multiple times over, so much so it's become a staple of Bioware games.

This CC, as it stands now, feels like Bioware saying 'here's 9 versions of our female main character and 9 versions of our male main character, tweak them however you want. But they're ours, so don't change them too much!'. And it feels like a slap in the face because for the past 10+ years we've been able to make our characters, not Biowares.

In my mind, it would have been smart for Bioware a year or two ago to say 'this is the path we're on with our CC. It's a big shift from our previous games, so what do you guys think?'. Maybe they could have even shown a rough demo so we could at least get the idea. Then all of this feedback and feelings everyone's been having could be heard in time to be implemented. Right now I think it's extremely important we voice our opinions and disappointments to the devs in a respectful and well thought out but firm way. I think if we have any hope at all of getting them to patch something in in the future we have to go beyond the 'the animations are shit' or 'all the presets are ugly' opinions because those kinds of things, true or not, are extremely easy for the devs to ignore as personal opinion or 'the dudebro gamers' talking. Let's put their constant assertion of 'we listen to our fans' to the test, and see what they do or say.

Basically - yes. Thanx.

 It's good to know that it's supposed to be there. One of the reasons I'm not going to replay DAI any soon is that I'd have to recreate the proper face. 

Right now, the CC is pretty much pick an ethnicity, bleach the skin or darken it, make the face more or less bloated, change the hair, add clown make-up, and voila, you look like that person living down the street from Bioware.

I'm heart broken there's no freckles. Complexions are not there at all. ME1 had more options than this. Going from Dragon Age Inquisition to this is kinda mind-boggling.

Make due I guess, but wow, I wonder what the logic was behind this cc gate.

It seems like face scans are the reason why facial options are so limited. Ian already tweeted that it was reason that you can't change eyebrowns so I suspect it's same with complexion, mouth, nose and eyes. This face scan really looks like big mistake for me, I was into it at first, thought that maybe presets would be better than before. I didn't even think it would limit CC this badly. And it's not like the presets are that good.

I guess if you think of it that way. But racially you are limited to 2 presets really, you can't use non-white presets to make white character for example, s/he would look black person with albinism or pale Asian character.

Yikes. Imagine what the actual clowns in Montreal look like.

Well except for this

So that's not even an excuse. A VAST majority of people used the CC.

All this news I'm hearing about the CC is rather disappointing. I LOVE using CC in games; to create celebrities, movie/game characters, and just people in general. Really enjoyed the CC in DAI, so to hear that MEA is far more restrictive, breaks my heart.

I'm still going to try and make some of the characters I have planned. Also received requests to make Gilbert Gottfried and Steve Buscemi, so this is going to be interesting...