Appearance over stats?
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This right here. I also take the same stance in real life--practicality over fashion every single time.HassEsser said:
For me, it depends on what stage of the game I'm in. If it's early, and I have a choice between looking good and kicking 10% more ass than before, I'm going to look good. In the middle game where perhaps I'm consistently challenged, I'll slip into stats. In the endgame, however, I want to look like the badass I am, and flaunt it. 
Style over Substance; the cyberpunk way.
Style over Substance; the cyberpunk way.
Well put.Arontala said:
Visuals could be a stat! People in multiplayer games will probably compliment your metrosexuality, you're there to impress and have fun anyways. Now games that allow you to reskin items such as Aion are pretty neat. Also lol TF2
I have continued using inferior equipment because I preferred how it looked. However I will usually only do this to a point. If the gap becomes too huge, I'll cave and use the shitty looking gear.
When I played Fallout 3 I wore that trader coat (the one with pots and eating utensils) the entire game. I also used the bolt action rifle pretty much exclusively.
Because that game was so easy it just didn't matter. But, in an MMO I'll probably take the better stats
Because that game was so easy it just didn't matter. But, in an MMO I'll probably take the better stats
I pretty much agree there.HassEsser said:
In fact, while playing Mass Effect I found it hilarious when I discovered that at the time my best armor was the one colored pink and white. It certainly made (male)Shepard look manly and tough in my opinion.
Even in games like Oblivion, my looks are hugely important to me if my character is customizable. I'm really vain, I know. :|
Well, I can handle lower stats. I'm a good gamer. I enjoy making things more difficult for me anyway, as long as it's still possible to win with the worse gear, I'll go for looks over stats any time.
Well, I can handle lower stats. I'm a good gamer. I enjoy making things more difficult for me anyway, as long as it's still possible to win with the worse gear, I'll go for looks over stats any time.
I see this as a problem most RPG's face. What I think the reason is, is the fact that finding (and using) a single piece of armor never really worked in real-life. If they would (like with the gladiators back in the days, they could choose one or two pieces of armor and a weapon), it would all be made out of the same materials and it would still look good. What the solution might be is giving armor bonusses based on that piece of armor matching with other armors. A broad kind of set bonusses. Most armors in games are designed from a set-perspective anyway. Also, making armor upgradable and customizable with enchants, runes, etc. is a good idea to let people look good while still retaining the randomness.
Where am I in this? I prefer good looks, but I never follow up on it.
Where am I in this? I prefer good looks, but I never follow up on it.
As a very, very visual person, I always pick appearance over stats. A friend of mine got consistent amusement from my obsessively coordinated armor in a co-op RPG. Her rogue looked like she had dived into a closet in the darkness, grabbed whatever she could find, and decided it was good enough- but her stats had gotten a ridiculously huge boost from the horrible outfit. My mage, however, was clad in carefully matched, color-coordinated, decent looking clothes... which had mediocre stat boosts at best. But they looked good, dammit.
I like looking good in real life, too. I'm not the type to obsessively shop for clothes (as a matter of fact, I hate clothes shopping), but I like messing with the clothes I do have. Perhaps that's part of it?
I like looking good in real life, too. I'm not the type to obsessively shop for clothes (as a matter of fact, I hate clothes shopping), but I like messing with the clothes I do have. Perhaps that's part of it?
...Oh goodness, the hats. I got to the point where I didn't even look at them. I just sold 'em as soon as I got 'em.Arontala said:
Appearence of stats every singe time, in RPGs I just use weapons and clothes that suit the place where I am, if I am in the wastlands I will be using a sherif's coat and hat and maybe a hunting rifle or a assault rifle.
In Oblivion I use always use leather armor unless I am sneaking around, in that case I use the dark brotherhood armor.
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I wold use a basic armor when I am walking around the zone, and when I am underground or in Pripyat I wold use a SEVA suit or exo-squeleton.
I do this just because I like to look cool in games.
In Oblivion I use always use leather armor unless I am sneaking around, in that case I use the dark brotherhood armor.
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I wold use a basic armor when I am walking around the zone, and when I am underground or in Pripyat I wold use a SEVA suit or exo-squeleton.
I do this just because I like to look cool in games.
yeah I always disliked power armour in the fallout games, it just never felt right for my charachter or situation (except say...those few big battles in fallout 3)ruben6f said:
thhankfully fallout 3/nv are games where you can get away with it
Usually I don't really care how I look in game. I make some exception for outrageously stupid items, but otherwise I wear what makes me most powerful.
Usually, I pick looks over stats, especially in Fallout. I have Power Armor stashed in my Presidental Suite but I go around with Reinforced Leather Armor 'cause it makes me look BA.
If your success depends mostly on stats, I don't really have a choice. But if I can manage without the extra stats, I'll pick appearance. And I tend to eradicate all opposition either way.
...I have probably spent more time looking for decent looking armor/clothing mods for Dragon Age 2/trying stuff on in-game than I have spent actually playing the game. Appearance over stats, every time.
God, those awful hats from the first game... *shudder*
I also miss the leather armor from the first game. The different robes, too. And the medium-level armor appearance. Pretty much everything in 2 looks absolutely horrible. Don't even get me started on those weird jutting chest-shelf things on the champion's armor.
God, those awful hats from the first game... *shudder*
I also miss the leather armor from the first game. The different robes, too. And the medium-level armor appearance. Pretty much everything in 2 looks absolutely horrible. Don't even get me started on those weird jutting chest-shelf things on the champion's armor.