Character Creator & Character Customization (Official Thread)

I remember DAO having a few different body sizes...

Fixed for you. The best character creation was made 6 years ago, and will likely never ever be surpassed.

In DA:I I couldn't even change hair on my Qunari. I haven't combed over every trailer frame by frame with a fine comb for hidden clues so I could totally be wrong on this, but so far nothing I've seen points to any improvements rather than being DA:Is creator with race selection locked to human. I'm bracing for disappointment on that front preemptively.

It doesn't have to be significant character morph really. Even Fallout 4 didn't let you modify height which is what caused a lot of issues in DAI given the different heights and camera angle work.

It can just be a matter of modifying the amount of body mass so that you can have a different frame. Considering we wear armor most of the time, it's not something that has significant impact to animation design. They already have to account for the different armor types. Half an inch here and there is minimal. It can even be a preset rather than a slider if it's easier.

That being said, I doubt they'll do it, if only because of the fact that we'll wear armor for the most part, so it's probably more trouble than it's worth.

I just hope the default frame isn't too slim.

The Sims 4 > APB and almost everything else except for Black Desert Online but it is too almighty for Bioware to mimic, and features pretty females which instantly makes Bioware avoid it like the plague

YES! Would spend ten minutes on my qunari's face and have her look horrific outside the character creator. In DAI that dlc with the magic mirror was needed.

What I would like to see and what I felt was missing in DAI:


Hair that doesn't look like this:



Facial hair that doesn't look like this:


Non-neanderthal eyebrow options for men and non-sharpie eyebrow options for women.

Also:
Braided facial hair.
The option to not have glossy lips.
The option to not have makeup.
Freckles.
Scars.

APB means all points bulletin, a gta like mmo (it is a bit old already but has a very loyal fanbase). Though not technically the best mmo out there and with a very creepy ingameshop system and hordes of hackers and cheaters it is one of the most popular examples if it comes to character customization. You can play as police officer or gangster and you lvl to unlock clothing and designs and stuff. You could design the looks of your clothings & cars complete for yourself (creating writings, logos, color combos, forms, tatoos etc.). Later to the degree that you can design something in photoshop on your pc and upload it as ingame design into the game. Other players could use it as well if you let them buy it via ingame auction house for ingame currency.

Here is an example for apb character customizations:

Thank you!
And wow, I'd like so much the option to model the hair... sigh... Will there be a day where a RPG will have a good CC? 

I just hope most of the female hairstyles won't be some variation of buzz cuts or have those weird sideburns.  

I agree, my first Sara will have one of the longer hairstyles as long as they're decent. My Scott, we'll see what options the guys have.

It's not just Sara that I want the long hair for. Scott should have a few longer options as well. We aren't technically military this time around, are we? It would be good to have some variety.

I want to be able to turn Ryder into a monster made of Omni-Gel, so he/she can travel across The Andromeda galaxy unlocking every Door & Crate. 

Hi, sorry I didn't mean to offend you with the overbite thing. I think I used wrong wording here. Sometimes it is a bit difficult for me to word things the right way in english because it isn't my native language. And I tend to be very direct and straight forward with words, sometimes to a degree that people think I mock them though that isn't my intention. So I'm sorry again in that regard.

So I try to explain myself better now (at least I hope).
It was just weird for me in DA:I that all mouths were like that and even if you tried to adjust that it was always like the upper lip was a lot more stretched over everything else in the face. I'm a very openminded person and not really of the superficial kind. I like people with distinctive facial features and I'm all for quirky things - but not just them. I like variety and I like character creators where you have variety and a lot of possibilities to try out. Bioware has its own style, I like that but I think the creators so far were always limiting or the sliders were a bit off with the coordinate system. A nice addition, but a bit more variety would be helpful.

And for my experience maybe I lack a bit in that regard. I learn everyday about people. I'm thankful for that and for your insight.
It was just weird because me, who don't have overbite, had to struggle with the creator to get a face that represent my features a bit. For me it was really difficult because the variety was, like you said, more of the quirky kind. Maybe I just suck at managing the mechanics in the creators so far.
But I have ordinary face structure and most people in my surroundings just don't represent the things you can chose in the CC as well , so I don't know. It was really difficult to find something -again, for me- that I liked. Though I already know it is difficult in any way to create a good self of myself (especially because I have lots of curls (and a weird nose) and that is a feature which is really rare in character creators).