Hello everyone! One of my most favorite aspect of an game where I have control of who I play is what I make the character! Not just colors and hair, but species, ideology, strategies, you know a bit of role playing sometimes? So I have a major interest in what species are available! But to me sometimes I just want to have something, really different! Think about it, have you ever been playing Skyrim and noticed how everyone is almost the same height with the some muscle build, just with a different face and coating of paint? I do, it's sometimes very odd and disengaging (though then I shoot a guy in his face with an arrow and hide and go back to giggling). So I wanted to know what do you think the chances are of races really being unique and have diverse body shapes? I know it would be quite a challenge to add all sorts of shapes and sizes of armors, but it would make for a more varied gameplay experience/universe combo! A good example (and one I really like!) are the Throgs (should I link to them?)! Compare them to the human Player characters and a difference is apparent, even if they have the same armor! Lets try to keep the discussion less about making up our own races and more about the curiosity of the question! Do you think that races should have a unique shape and size? I made a very simple example to help show you what is meant! Though it is tiny! See here these three chaps are all wearing the same everything, Same green shirt, same blue shoes, same brownish shoes, but! They are also easily recognized for whatever it is they are by their own unique flourishes, such as the humans silly hair, the middles red spore caps and the lasts large horns! Now alls we need is better ideas!
Personally? Not really. That would imply stats. A big guy may be easier to shoot from the top or front depending on width or size. Something would have to offset that, right?
It wouldn't have to though! I'm not saying we need giants or magic space fairies. For instance the Throg are a bit wider than they are tall so the overall pixel area is similar but they are look very different! plus to be fair I don't like stats either! I just want to be able to change things up! Oh I just thought, you know how you play a game and make some cool character with tattoos and cool skin tones, but then you get all sorts of cool armor but everyone else is wearing the same thing! While less of an issue with the vanity slots, how cool will wearing your favorite cyber android outfit look if everyone else likes it too? Then it becomes Halo 1 and we have a rainbow of master chiefs shooting each other and insulting mothers... :c (extreme outcome )
Hey, halo 1's chatter stayed very clean! It wasnt until halo 2 that things got messy . (Though, they need to bring back the playable elites... :<) Though yeah i see where your commin from! I suppose that wouldnt have too much an impact on gameplay. I wouldnt mind being slightly taller or wider and having a slight difference in height between characters.
Totally liked it for everything stated in this section Though I'm glad you liked the other thing that I said too xD
