Compare it to other games if you want, but I still think Pearl Abyss has shot themselves in the foot with this.

[PensiveWolF]

They are known the most for their amazing character creator in Black Desert Online, it is a horrible business decision for them to throw that away (the main selling point of their last game) and think that the majority of their audience will want to be forced to play as a set male character in their new single player rpg. There is very little reason for them not to have character customization, they even have an opportunity to improve here on their 10 year old system.

I'm sure people will buy, play, and like the game, but this isn't the early 2000's anymore, more players want choice, they want to make the character their own. and I believe that this game if it had character customization would have potentially on release sold many more copies then it most likely will as is.

They could have gone the same route that Larian Studios did with their rpgs; Baulder's gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin 2. where you can play as a set designed story character, or chose to create your own original character. I truly think that is the best way to do rpgs moving forward and I just can't fathom their design on this.

I hope them the best, but we all know given their previous game, it could have been better/more.

[Waclaw83]

Have to agree. While I have no problem with playing a fixed character and can relate to the hero I'm leading, given how good the character editor in BDO is? Missed opportunity if there is indeed to means for us to customize the character outside of armors and such.

[Daedrius]

Yeah, they do have a great character creator. Hopefully they'll add it.

[Reinhard]

Originally posted by Daedrius:

Yeah, they do have a great character creator. Hopefully they'll add it.

they won't do that, kliff is the main character and that's it

[Freak4Leeks]

Japanese when they make RPGs always make preset characters its weird, i mean dragon quest 11 is the best example of this.

The protagonist is a literal nobody without an actual name is designed to be a vessel, yet they decided to make him a preset character.

[Littlefatcat]

Originally posted by Reinhard:

Originally posted by Daedrius:

Yeah, they do have a great character creator. Hopefully they'll add it.

they won't do that, kliff is the main character and that's it

Actually I remember seeing that there would be an alternate game mode where you can play as a character you create. That may be old news now. But we'll see

[Dave Johnson]

Came here to comment this.
The fact that there's no character-creation in a game from the creator of BLACK DESERT is a disgraceful waste of a game.

RPG-like Games with hard-set main characters can be fantastic.
Witcher, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and Shadow of War are the first games that jump to mind.
All of those are based on pre-existing books / films / characters, though.
They're propped-up by the decades and decades of writing.
Crimson Desert is trying to create a brand-new universe centered around this generic dude (before the dev sees this; No, I am not asking to replace him with an immortal spunky sarcastic female protag), and I don't see this succeeding to the degree that it could if there were character creation available to the players instead of stuffing you into the boots of a specific person and forcing you to play a specific role in the world.

[I'm cucked]

Oh no, there's no character creator.




Anyway.