No Changing Hair Styles/Beards After the Start of the Game. Why BioWare?

They could either restrict it from the default face play throughs or just allow us to change the hair length and eye colors on the defaults.  All the presets and default are scans this time

...What?!

I don't even. Besides just generally being a good idea, to the point where it should become (and is becoming) standard in RPGs, did you suddenly forget everything you learned from DA:I, Bioware? Did you forget that people loved that they could change their appearance in DA2, and that there was enough outcry that the feature was removed (on top of terrible lighting in the CC etc.) that you had to add it back in as free DLC? Are you not paying attention to other RPGs being released that have this feature? Did you perhaps play your own game and wish you could use that feature, or play a different one and be thankful it was present? Do you not understand how useful it is?

Obviously, when you can't get a good look at your character during creation, from many angles and different lighting settings, it's helpful to be able to tweak a few things after the intro. How could you know they wouldn't look right? But obviously you'd rather us just restart the game like we did so many times in DA:I... But that's not all it's helpful for. What if you want to use it for roleplaying? Change your hairstyle before an important event, like a party infiltration or romance scene? What if you want to simulate your character aging or changing over the course of the story, adding scars or a longer beard, etc.? What if you just get sick of a look and want to change it?

So... why not allow us this? Intensive and effective reconstruction surgery is already an established thing in the series, so you don't need a magic mirror for it to make sense in-lore, if that's what you're worried about. There is absolutely no reason it shouldn't be in. And don't try to freaking tell me that at least changing makeup and hair (all hair) wouldn't make sense. That should be allowed at the bare minimum.

To sum this up:

- Bioware includes a way to alter appearance midgame in DA2, fans enjoy.
- Bioware doesn't include this feature in DA:I, have to add it in free DLC because of huge amount of outcry.
- Bioware apparently forgets about outcry and decides to leave this feature out of ME:A, and will either anger a lot of fans or just make more work for themselves when they add it in later in a patch.

Great plan!


And how can I possibly believe you when you say "We learned from our mistakes in DA:I" now? I don't want to be upset, I don't want to disbelieve you, but what other choice do I have when you not only remove a great feature from previous games you made, but remove it after having to do extra work to re-add it because people wanted it so badly?

Where is the logic here? Is this what we can expect from you, now? What other extremely vocal and almost universally-agreed-upon feedback will you have forgotten? The feedback that went into adding the Storage chest, or much-needed casual outfits, or about the terrible hair? I already know you didn't listen to the outcry about the 8-power limit.

*sigh*

It's like, when I finally put just an average amount of faith in you - enough to think you'll actually listen to such vocal feedback - I get even that faith shattered. Oh well. I suppose it was my own fault for having such "high" expectations I've had to say this a few times lately, but if there's something I can't stand, it's regression. Removing great features for no upside is most certainly that.

I... I don't disagree, but like....

This is the most overly dramatic reaction to the most mundane thing. I mean, you apparently had faith in the company as a whole "shattered" due to this? Really? Far be it from me to tell you what to care about, but it doesn't sound like you had much faith to begin with, if that's the case. Which is fine, don't get me wrong, but my God. 

That's just the thing; BansheeOwnage 's faith is a bit strained, at this point; and it wasn't just the one feature that did it. Her posts always have this epic presentation, positive or disappointed. Don't let the carefully chosen pics and artful fonts fool you; this isn't an all out rant. It just looks that way to the uninitiated.


I added Blue Font for highlighting purposes.

EDIT: To be clear, my own disappointment is more mild, as I've previously posted. This is exactly what I expected.

I didn't want to be 'The Witcher Did It' guy, so I'm glad you took the bullet for me my fellow whoreson  .

Heresy! 

I can see how someone with no attachment to the characters could have a hard time getting or staying invested in the game. I loved it, but I already loved Geralt and the crew before playing it. It was the final chapter, for me. Not all games are for all people.

I admire the Grand Theft Auto games as quality gaming achievements; but I think they're idiotic. I have no desire to play them. I often feel as if I'm the only person who doesn't play the series. Quality doesn't guarantee appeal for all.

This wouldn't be such a problem if the game a) had great lighting and the ability to move the camera freely around our character in the cc; and didn't have a long and unskippable cutscene right after the cc, making it a pain in the arse to keep going back and restarting the game because your character looks like stale sick once you get them in the game proper.