Something similar than human mech, but without guns or attack abilities, just only as vanity items, maybe could have cooldown if its an item, not if its tech dont know, you could be converted into a dog, another races of enemies for example
Could you provide a bit more detail? Just saying you can turn into a dog doesn't really tell us anything. Can you be that race forever? Do transformations have cool downs? Will the transformation hinder your abilities? If I were a dog could I attack?
as a vanity items, you could collect items or techs that transform you in other things, maybe should be fun if you could attack with your own weapons in the meantime you are transformed, and multiple tech/items to transform(a dog walking bidep with a bonehammer or shotgun op), should be another kind of fun feature to collect, this game need different kind of collectibles, not only weapons or vanity armors
That would be cool if it could help you in the game. Maybe if you can disguise yourself as a avian the guards at temples won't attack you! Maybe if you disguise yourself as a apex you will be able to learn more details about big ape and/or enter a lab with no resistance! Maybe if you look like a florian they'll lock you in prison or give you a weapon or something.
Disguising yourself as a random avian or apex? No. Disguising yourself as an Avian Tomb Guard, then disguising yourself as an Apex Scientist that you secretly took out of picture? Yes.
This could serve as an excellent stealth mechanic. I'd go for a Tech that, when you press F, opens a window with available characters to disguise as, so all of the disguises you acquire would be saved into the techs database. The question is how do you acquire these disguises?
they should be rare frequently found, same frequently as rare capes or maybe a little more rare, maybe found on the tech chests, or a special chest for disguises if they are going to be an item instead of a tech.