This is "progress"...

[Wandering Mania]

A character creator made/released 12 years ago:
https://youtu.be/rpilTId4DUo

Baldur's Gate 3's character creator:
https://youtu.be/NiY7fpFVjuo

Why are the 1% of 'loud loons' allowed to hamper technological progress? Because studios like Larian are afraid of being called some kind of 'ist-or-phobe'.
STOP LISTENING TO THE BRAIN-DEAD!

[Kalitz]

Originally posted by Seri:

Originally posted by Kalitz:

Ironic how you call him Karen, and then proceed to stalk and report him lmao
This thread is a gold mine.

Checking someone's profile =/= stalking. Weird mindset to have. Buy you pop off, king.

It's one of the components. I mean, earlier you bragged about going after every single one of his posts and reporting it. Quite obsessive and hilarious

[Jadedragon]

Originally posted by Seri:

Originally posted by Jadedragon:

kudos to you for taking the time to do the Good!

He's popped up in several forums and tried to spread hate and general nastiness to anyone that doesn't follow his perceived only right and true narrative. One look at his profile tells you what kinda person he is.

The mega Karen of gaming.

guess anyone does spend their time somehow XD he has too much of it.

[Barser]

Lol dude is linking to ARCH. The guy is known as being a right wing a-hole.

[rattaplan2004]

You're absolutely correct.
This is why my skin crawls whenever I hear "woke" and "lgbt+" around videogames and movies.

[rattaplan2004]

Originally posted by Barser:

Lol dude is linking to ARCH. The guy is known as being a right wing a-hole.

You say "right wing" as if it makes an argument. Perhaps these right wing people are, in fact, right.

[fenlander]

Originally posted by Leonhast:

Different kinds of game. In MMOs, it is often the case that they offer a very extensive character generation. Classic RPGs have always been a bit "lacking" in that area, probably because you do not spend so much time so close to your avatar.
Would I have liked more options? Definitely. But budget IS limited (no matter how high the limit) and I'd rather have them put the money into gameplay (even voice-over) than into the character generator.

You should look at Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2, Mass Effect, Dragon Age Origins. They all have better character customisation options than BG3.

[kitsune87]

Originally posted by Leonhast:

Different kinds of game. In MMOs, it is often the case that they offer a very extensive character generation. Classic RPGs have always been a bit "lacking" in that area, probably because you do not spend so much time so close to your avatar.
Would I have liked more options? Definitely. But budget IS limited (no matter how high the limit) and I'd rather have them put the money into gameplay (even voice-over) than into the character generator.

The flaw with your argument as I see it, is the dev's already had a more robust CC, they explicitly stated they gave players a nerfed version of the one they use.

[kitsune87]

Originally posted by Seraphiel:

IMO, character creator could be more detailed but I really, really don't understand people's weird meltdown over it.

I think it stems from a myriad of things. the ingredients being as, as I understand them. In EA one of the Dev's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to Kotaku or some other rag that their feed back data suggested the EA players overwhelmingly made "white male Humans/half elf OCs" which in her opinion was boring, the next bit was saying our launch Character creator would have less tools and options than the devs had cause "We dont' make a character creator for the players, we make them for us" and the last bit was definitely the focus on things like ♥♥♥♥ options over more customizable faces.
each on on their own isn't TOO big a gripe but all together and people tend to hold a grudge.

[rattaplan2004]

Originally posted by Jadedragon:

Mind boggling how so many strong, tough individuals cry like hell upon progressive stuff.

You call degenerate developments "progressive"?? Perhaps you should re-evaluate your definition of progression.

[Vindred]

The character creator is limited on purpose. They have an internal character creator because of course they do, because they might need to be able to produce lots of unique faces at any time.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is either parroting what they've heard, or they're actively running interference for what they know looks bad for the game and the company.

"She (Baldur's Gate 3 lead character artist Alena Dubrovina) then added that in her experience most fine-tuned characters that players spend hours making look very similar in the end. 'So we wanted to avoid that. And if we would make sliders, we needed to make it into something that would be truly unique and wouldn’t look the same.'"[80.lv]

What do they mean, "they made characters that look very similar", and why on earth would that be a problem? Well that's actually explained in more vivid detail in a prior article from 2020,

"Many of the D&D races are represented, from classic elves to the rare Githyanki. Praise has been heaped on the character creation tools, which use scans of real people for extra detail. So why are people using these amazing tools to create white male humans?"[www.thegamer.com]

Too many white male humans. Sure, who wouldn't be frustrated about that. Better stop this before it turns into a much bigger problem.

"Larian claims to have taken the most popular character creation choices and applied them to a custom build. Considering the D&D world has dwarves, dragonborn, and devil-like tieflings, one might expect an off-putting amalgamation of parts. Instead, we have what Larian calls 'the default Vault Dweller.'"[www.thegamer.com]

The quoted paragraph is then of course followed by an image of a white male human. Got 'em!

Like... what else is there to say? I understand it's too repulsive and stupid to be true, so everyone runs their mouth like they don't believe it without so much as a google, but that's apparently absolutely zero defense against it actually being true.

wHy aRe pEoPlE UsInG ThEsE AmAzInG ToOlS To cReAtE WhItE MaLe hUmAnS

[ChompyRiley]

Originally posted by Wandering Mania:

A character creator made/released 12 years ago:
https://youtu.be/rpilTId4DUo

Baldur's Gate 3's character creator:
https://youtu.be/NiY7fpFVjuo

Why are the 1% of 'loud loons' allowed to hamper technological progress? Because studios like Larian are afraid of being called some kind of 'ist-or-phobe'.
STOP LISTENING TO THE BRAIN-DEAD!

Touch grass coomer.

[Mont]

We're locking this thread as it has devolved into non-productive argument. Thanks for your understanding.