Character Creator & Character Customization (Official Thread)

I tried my best to create at least a decent character but I could not do it, I'l have to choose default character

Not a good start

I tried like hell to make #2 a pretty white gal (you can get a fairly pale skin option on that one).  She looked...OK in the CC.  But in game?  She looked terrible.  I mean...bad. Really bad. Like, malformed.  So no, you cannot make her face narrow because it makes her look non-human from the side.  Also, she has MAJOR wrinkles on her forehead when she animates in game.  I tried to take a screenshot, but it crashed everything (sorry!).

So then I loaded up and did the default Sarah.  That was just awful. The edges of her eyes are pale blue and she looks like such a damned derp. And her skin texture is beyond icky.  I mean, she looks sick and pasty. Uggg!

The, after spending 1/2 hr to 45  minutes trying to make a decent gal outta the blond one (#5, I think?), and messing around with the only other option that has a fair skin color (the one with the giant eyes, don't recall the number), I gave up trying to make an attractive Caucasian. In my opinion, it is not possible in this game.

I am now rolling a #1 Asian gal...with red hair and green eyes (hey...it's the future). She is the only one with decent looking skin, a pretty mouth, and a well-proportioned face.   She looks great and fits the voice well, so I am going to roll with that as my canon.

Disappointed...but at least the game is pretty good!

Wanna see something that'll make you mad? Found this posted in the Mass Effect Reddit...this is a MP character

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WHY ISN'T THIS A PRESET BIOWARE!??

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^surprisingly kinda looks like me that I just snorted coffee out of my nose

Pretty sure all Asian presets look very generic... they're like the kind of average looking people you see when you walk outside to buy grocery. But at the first sight with the male presets... I really thought they look like loan sharks.

Mass Effect character customization never was like Dragon Age but honestly, I don't think they change anything. The presets are the exact same mesh of eye/brow/lips/nose types already available in the trilogy. Forcing everyone to do minor adjustment on already custom face is ridiculous.

I made one that looks a lot like me, and I was satisfied with it, but then realized I wanted to customize my twin too but said screw it and chose defaults so I could just get on with the game since we only have 10 hours.

Literally none of the presets for Sara looked anything like my custom Scott and figured I'd have my work cut out for me if I wanted to at least have her resemble her twin brother.

They said it's possible to make MP characters. I think it's a lie becasue there is no eyebrows like this in CC.

I feel like female preset #1 will be used tons, it already has. Since I was going to make Asian character anyways that's pretty much what I'll be using as well so Mandy will look like tons of other characters, but at least she won't look awful.

Also I'm pretty much forced to pick #3 for male Ryder. I guess I can make it work. I'm not happy with CC at all and I'd like to be, CC's are major feature for me and I have bought game before based on CC (Saint Row), but I can make it work.

BTW did anyone post here yet video about how Alec Ryder's face works? Abilitydrain did video about it:

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So basically it's completely based on what preset we pick.