Generally I try to make the female character that all games developers seem incapable of creating... failing that I make a representation of my self.
Poll: How do you go about creating a character in an RPG?
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i have my two unchangeable presets for any game
mostly i play female
short, red hair(preferably pony tail) and well endowed if possible
when i take i guy it's pretty much like geralt(the witcher)
also both have their fixed personality
i change the name every time but it's always something with a "Vi"
mostly i play female
short, red hair(preferably pony tail) and well endowed if possible
when i take i guy it's pretty much like geralt(the witcher)
also both have their fixed personality
i change the name every time but it's always something with a "Vi"
I just fuck around with the settings until I get a result that I like.
-Shrug-
I do the same in The Sims 3. I can never make characters I already have though, like RP characters, I always get bored when I do.
New adventure calls for a new character.
-Shrug-
I do the same in The Sims 3. I can never make characters I already have though, like RP characters, I always get bored when I do.
New adventure calls for a new character.
If it's an RPG I'm going to immerse myself in and be making decisions based upon what I think, I'll usually make a representation of me (to the extent of my ability) on the first playthrough, although I will play around with different races if there's the option.
Otherwise, I just play around with sliders until I find something that looks cool.
Otherwise, I just play around with sliders until I find something that looks cool.
First time through I make what I think is the best hero I can make. He's always good, he looks like a hero. Second is usually always an evil playthrough, unless there are no good or evil options like Oblivion then I just go to what I usually do third. Third is usually when I play through playing myself. I give them my name, make them look as close to me as possible, and I make all the choices I would realistically make. After that its usually jumbles up with different unique playthroughs(pacifist, speed) I remember one time I played through pokemon raising all six guys equally, instead of leveling only my main, and it just sucked. I revived/full restored my way through the elite four.
I always try to create Doc Holiday from Tombstone. I max out ranged stats and agility then I try to go for all the Smooth speech options.
When there is genuine flexibility of choice I think of the personality I want. Sometimes stolen from a book or movie, sometimes my own invention. The skills/class/whatever are chosen around that idea. I always pick something with which I can identify, or see an element of myself in, no matter how small. No disgustingly happy, hopelessly naive Aeris Gainsborough types allowed.
In Fallout 3 my character was basically Jayne Cobb. Sure, I'll help ya, but I *will* get paid, and I'll sex up your sister while I'm at it.
In Mass Effect I wanted to play a hard-line military man, someone who had a job to do and was going to get it done regardless of anyone else's opinion on the matter. Couldn't play the game due to technical issues but this was my intent.
I used to play the disgustingly good paladin type in every game but this is much more fun.
In games whose choices are simple good vs evil I always play the good guy -- KOTOR, inFamous, etc. (Yes I know KOTOR offered a spectrum of choice but the Force powers locked you in to one extreme or the other). I save bad guy for replays.
In Fallout 3 my character was basically Jayne Cobb. Sure, I'll help ya, but I *will* get paid, and I'll sex up your sister while I'm at it.
In Mass Effect I wanted to play a hard-line military man, someone who had a job to do and was going to get it done regardless of anyone else's opinion on the matter. Couldn't play the game due to technical issues but this was my intent.
I used to play the disgustingly good paladin type in every game but this is much more fun.
In games whose choices are simple good vs evil I always play the good guy -- KOTOR, inFamous, etc. (Yes I know KOTOR offered a spectrum of choice but the Force powers locked you in to one extreme or the other). I save bad guy for replays.
I try and create a character that looks sort of like me but different and looks appropriate for the class and job or role the character will play. I'd make a dwarven warrior and an elven mage look significantly different but I'd also make an elven mage and an elven archer look different even though both are elves. Those are just examples of course.
I generally play around with the presets, pick one that looks somewhat decently, and then start tweaking the details until I'm happy.
It doesn't really follow an overarching ideal - I just look for inspiration in both what I'm going to be doing in the game, and whatever ideas the preset comes up with.
I certainly never would make it look like me. That'd be definitely down the uncanny valley for me, if only because I'm not used to looking at myself in third person view.
It doesn't really follow an overarching ideal - I just look for inspiration in both what I'm going to be doing in the game, and whatever ideas the preset comes up with.
I certainly never would make it look like me. That'd be definitely down the uncanny valley for me, if only because I'm not used to looking at myself in third person view.
My characters are usually older (though I'm 23). I usually make them to look like they are in their mid 30s or so. I like the "disgruntled veteran" archetype, so I go for Chaotic Good a lot. They have a sense of duty and a sense of what is right and wrong, but they don't blindly follow orders (and will even refuse an order if it has negative consequences on themselves).
So they don't look like me. No game has my awesome hair anyway...
So they don't look like me. No game has my awesome hair anyway...
I didn't choose any option in the poll. It heavily depends on the RPG and options at hand, plus if I happen to be playing with any friends.
If the game will allow me to play as something other than human, I will debate the other races. Why RP as a human when I play one irl? Seems like a waste. Other than that I will pick based on what I can do within the game. I am a guy but so are most of my friends who i regularly play RPGs with. Such as with Fable III I played with my roommate. He made a male character first so I opted for a female to look for any differences from his experience, plus it allowed us to get married without it being to weird, lol. Same happened with Fallout 3, he made a guy but then I wanted a female to look at all the differences, turns out they were basically minor but I stumbled upon a lot of female only dialogue and flirted my way around the game getting things he couldn't, he was upset at me.
If the game will allow me to play as something other than human, I will debate the other races. Why RP as a human when I play one irl? Seems like a waste. Other than that I will pick based on what I can do within the game. I am a guy but so are most of my friends who i regularly play RPGs with. Such as with Fable III I played with my roommate. He made a male character first so I opted for a female to look for any differences from his experience, plus it allowed us to get married without it being to weird, lol. Same happened with Fallout 3, he made a guy but then I wanted a female to look at all the differences, turns out they were basically minor but I stumbled upon a lot of female only dialogue and flirted my way around the game getting things he couldn't, he was upset at me.
My first character is ususally always male, but often doesn't look a bit like me - my first Saint's Row character was a Latin King with a Fonzee hairstyle, my first oblivion character was an imperial with a Brendon Fraser type look to him, and my first Fallout New Vegas character is a Wyatt Earp look-alike except with red hair - I even got him a sheriff's hat to complete the look!
Basically I create whatever kind of character seems right to me for the game I'm playing - but i tend to avoid alien looking races like the Argonians or Kajeet in Oblivion.
Edit: Oh - and for Mass Effect I went with the default male Shepard - I still think he's the best looking one of the bunch!
Edit2: I forgot - I broke this rule for DA:O because I wanted to play a female Dalish elf. The male elves just looked to girly for me, and I wanted to try the Dalish elf origin story first!
Basically I create whatever kind of character seems right to me for the game I'm playing - but i tend to avoid alien looking races like the Argonians or Kajeet in Oblivion.
Edit: Oh - and for Mass Effect I went with the default male Shepard - I still think he's the best looking one of the bunch!
Edit2: I forgot - I broke this rule for DA:O because I wanted to play a female Dalish elf. The male elves just looked to girly for me, and I wanted to try the Dalish elf origin story first!
Whatever seems interesting at the time I guess. If its and RPG whit actually role-playing and choices its usually takes me 2 playthroughs to have a solid character. I usually just roll with it and see what options I have and what I can do.
My first character tends to end up looking like Aragorn, which, maybe oddly, is what I would look like should my thick, luscious man-beard be a little bit less trimmed and I let my hair grow out to shoulder-length. So, a little bit Hollywood stereotype, a little bit representation of myself, and a little bit what I always wanted to look like if I could get away with carrying around a sword and wearing a cloak and leather armor in normal society.
what has an rpg to do with my appearance? its a roleplaying game.
When i start a roleplaying game i usually am informed what the game is about roughly, what kind of setting is presented and what possibilites there are when it comes to character creation.
I will find a kind of character that i personally think would be interesting in said setting and starting there i think about what approach i want to take with said character, defining his details.
The outer appearence then has to fit the character i had in mind, the ROLE that i want to PLAY.
May it be a rightous knightly and noble paladin in ddo
or a twisted ugly and dumb brute that pillages through mount and blade
When i start a roleplaying game i usually am informed what the game is about roughly, what kind of setting is presented and what possibilites there are when it comes to character creation.
I will find a kind of character that i personally think would be interesting in said setting and starting there i think about what approach i want to take with said character, defining his details.
The outer appearence then has to fit the character i had in mind, the ROLE that i want to PLAY.
May it be a rightous knightly and noble paladin in ddo
or a twisted ugly and dumb brute that pillages through mount and blade
