Character Creation / Customization

[Svrhero]

How much time do you invest in making your character look: awesome, like you, funny, or whatever?

I usually try to make a character in my own image the first time through any game, if I like it enough I'll play as a female and if I liked it enough to warrant a third playthrough I'll just try to make myself look ridiculous.

 

[VaudevillianVeteran]

I'm a bit anal about my characters, at least when I play a game through the first time, I spend no longer than 5 minutes though. Usually just checking out the features and stuff.

 

[Irridium]

For the first time, quite a bit. After that, I just usually go with default. Or try to make the character look as fucked up as possible.

NOTE: Feel as though I should say, thats not mine. Although I did make one that looked just like it(only with reddish hair).

 

[New Troll]

First character I always try to make look like my love. Second character is usually a very much exagerated version of how I saw myself growing into as a kid (generaly very punkish.) If that's not available, like in Dragon Age, then I will go with myself, or close to there-of.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

I often spend a lot of time trying to make a character look cool, get frustrated, and end up going with whatever preset face I find I hate the least. But at least I can usually handle clothing customization and stuff like that pretty easily, so I'll often spend plenty of time on that too.

 

[PUR3_GAM3R33]

Quite a while,I like to make my guy look as awesome(IMO) as possible. ^_^

 

[Katana314]

I try to just make something I can put up with, and somewhat project into. I at least took effort in Mass Effect 2 to make my guy somewhat different, without looking as screwed up as Irridium's.

I used to go for female characters simply because they're hot, but I found it's kind of hard to identify with any of the game's occurences that way, and she always inevitably starts looking as bitchy as Lara Croft.

 

[twistedmic]

I usually just scroll through the presets, pick one that I like and just tweak things like hair color (almost always through preset colors) and style and eye color. And I don't really invest all that much time in clothing.

 

[Disaster Button]

Porbably about an hour, depending on the felixbility of the creator and the variety of options to choose from. I've probably spent about 8 hours making 4 characters in Champions Online, for example.

 

[murderxthexcase]

Depends what kind of game it is really. Like I went to the effort of making characters of me and my friends on SoulCalibur IV, but on other games with limited/awkward customisation (e.g. Fallout, Saints Row) I generally go for the best I can do and then focus on clothing.

I also generally just make female characters, because the male character voices are usually kind of 'macho badass dude' rather than 'strong, skinny, silent but can hit your head from a quarter mile away guy' (i.e. me).

 

[Fr]anc[is]

For the first time, quite a bit. After that, I just usually go with default. Or try to make the character look as fucked up as possible.

Holy shit I'm crying over here man XD That's hillarious


I don't change too much, or I'd end up with something like that. I just change hair/skin color

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I usually spend a shit ton of time on character creation, trying to make my character look as much like me as possible or, failing that, trying to make the sexiest man-beast I can with the tools I'm given.

 

[Something Amyss]

Depends on the game and how inspired I am.

Plus, how permanent things are. Since you can always redo your look in Saints Row 2, I never spent too much time on the face and stuff.

When editors are difficult enough to work with, I often randomise the face until I get one I like.

When I'm inspired and the editor is good, I'll spend a lot of time.

 

[Okuu_Fusion]

Depends on what game it is...

If its realistic, I'll try to make my character look as "cool" as possible...

If its anime, I'll create a girl, and try to make her look as similar as possible to one of my various original characters that I draw...

 

[Cheesepower5]

I spend a lot of time customizing characters, I just find it fun.

I mostly go for a scruffy Scottish sort of look on my main guy.

 

[Shepard's Shadow]

It takes me about an hour to make a character I like. If the character creator is shit, I'll just hit random until a decent looking character is randomized.

 

[mireko]

My process usually goes like this:

Step 1: Spend hours and hours trying to make the character look right.

Step 2: Realize that what you've created is an abomination.

Step 3: See step 1.

Step 4: Enter a rift in the space-time continuum and avert step 2, create a character that actually looks good.

Step 5: Realize that your character looks retarded from a certain angle, promise to not let it bother you.

Step 6: It will bother you.

Step 7: (dejectedly) See step 1.

[sub]EDIT: To be a little more on-topic, I usually start with trying to make my character look like someone from something else, then let it go from there. Sometimes this leads to inspiration. Other times, ruin.[/sub]