Character Creator & Character Customization (Official Thread)

Hi guys!!

I just released a video today on the MEOdyssey YouTube channel just discussing my wants for the new character creator in Mass Effect Andromeda:



And it was interesting reading the comments to see what people really wanted from the character creators based on their own personal preferences and history playing RPGs.

Would be really keen for you guys to share you thoughts? What do you want (or I guess really not want) from Mass Effect Andromeda's character creator?

Destiny and it's not. It's absurdly simple and basic. The characters look nice though and the hair styles aren't complete garbage or look like plastic helmets pretending to be hair. But that's really more of an artistic thing then anything else. BioWare's just... at odds with hair and beards. To solid, to shiny.

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Far as what I want? I think DAI did a damn good job so I'd say 'what DAI did but with more options'. Also would be nice if hair wasn't so awkward looking. They got a habit of not doing any form of transparencies on hair so it all just abruptly stops and looks fake at the edge plus seems like a single solid color thats overly shiny (hair is very shiny it just has more depth to it, the light spreads out in it like are skin does).

If I had 1 major gripe with character creators its breads though. Mostly the lacked option of a basic trimmed beard that's not to excessive or fancy. Had it in KoTOR, think it may of existed in DAO - haven't seen it since. It's either 50 shades of stashes or hobo beard. Literally nothing in between. I mean it's nice to look like you haven't trimmed your beard in the past 30 years but c'mon... C'MON! Gimmie a full beard that's not 5 inchs long.

As an aside FO4 had 1 beard that kinda fit that description but the actual mesh for the ugly as sin solid hair mass literally disappears if your not in cutscene camera distances to a character. And what's left is just this solid color of garbage of textureless non-sense on your cheeks lol. They could of at least used the full-skin-tight beard texture for the under hair texture lol.

Ahh vidja-game beards, one of these days Ill find one I like.


edit: apparently I said bread instead of beards... I'm leaving it like that cause its funny but I totally mean beards.

The more options the better. But two key areas where I hope Bioware can improve from ME3 is the eyes and hair. I thought the eyes in ME3 had a kind of 'dead' look to them somehow, I can't put my finger on it but something was off. The hair though is where i'm really hoping for improvement. Even in Dragon Age Inquisition hair was still pretty weak.

I don't doubt that we'll be able to put together a decent looking female Ryder, as the one in the trailer and pics looked great to me. Male Ryder, i'm hoping for a decent default like Sheploo in the trilogy.

From BSN Prime:

I'd like to see -- and I know this is touchy -- but a creator that does a bit better with variety of eye and nose shape. It takes work to make Shepard or the Inquisitor look Native American. I mean, on the other hand, humans are a pretty diverse crew and it'd be a pain to have presets for everything. I could just use a bit more flexibility, instead of wasting time on making three unibrows. Why, Bioware? XD

I do have a feeling I'll have at least one BIOWARE CHEEKBONES OF DOOM moment, where my lovingly crafted character turns out to look like a hideous frog person when exposed to natural lighting and animations. So yeah, a way to change your character after they get out into the world would be very welcome.

I recognise it may be really hard, but I like it when a face has a 'face-code' like ME3
then I can recreate my character.

Even better if that can carry over.

Salvador Dali mustaches.

I'm sure there will be an option to have scars. I wouldn't mind dad or brother/sister making a comment about how he/she got them

More lighting options, face codes, and better hair (modeling, textures, lighting, animation, etc.). Although I'm usually terrible at making faces in Bioware games, so I'd also like to see them do face scans for the male and female defaults.

Well, since is what we wish for, I wish for something as indepth as this:

I do not give two shits about character customization. I'm the kind of guy that rolled with the default Sheploo face, and will probably do the same in Andromeda.

Oh, but don't get offended. That's just my opinion.

Face-codes, for the love of the remnants include face-codes. Or, at the very least, show us the coordinates if you'll use grids like DA:I did.