Character Customization

by petetheduck, Saturday, May 11, 2013, 10:42 (4005 days ago) @ Mr Daax

I started thinking about character customization and how in depth it will be for us. There are the three classes and three races and then gender to choose from, but I wonder if our choices go any deeper than that, apart from armor/weapons/capes/cloaks. I'm thinking along the lines of being able to customize body features, a la Elder Scrolls or any similiar customization system.

This then got me thinking, what about the Awoken and Exo races? The Awoken customization seems like it would be similar to the human customization, except with blue skin and white hair. But I want to be an Exo, and I am really curious what our customization options for them will be. Different robot bodies? Parts? There was that robo-sentry-like character in the ps4 reveal trailer. Could that have been another Exo with a different style body? Judging by the lack of cloth, it could be a Titan. Hmmm, what do you guys think?

The GDC talk had a bit about keeping character customization from stalling players. Watch the Clueless Gamer for Skyrim for a great example of this--Conan just wants to play Skyrim, but he's stuck customizing every crazy feature about a character, when all of that customization is completely meaningless to him.

If Destiny only has 3 classes and 3 "races", I think that is a smart move in terms of condensing the customization experience into something simple and effective. Armor customization will let you micro-manage your appearance, but that doesn't keep you stuck in a lengthy character creation process.