Board Thread:Other TES Titles/@comment-67.171.74.199-20140717215229/@comment-29458028-20150807032213

Well, I thought on one of the previous threads we'd said we'd allow the player to choose occupations during character creation, to determine stats. Also, choosable voice types for the characters, and perhaps a more diverse age slider. Maybe even the addition of character backstory options, such as your mom and dad's occupation, how many siblings etc.

All this can activate pre programmed lines of code that can translate to determined personality - and since you CHOSE your character's personality and outlook on life, and you have decided he's/she's gonna be like that for the game, I'd say you have been given a pretty large freedom of choice, without compromising on the devs' attempts for personality. Completed quests and your responses can further activate more personality type gates, and affect personality.

Of course, it will make character creation take longer ... which is not always a bad thing, since you'd feel more invested in your character. It just makes the devs' work harder to finish, but point is, the age of the Silent, Moldable Protagonist as a compelling one is drawing to a close - it's too cliched nowadays.

More character lines is always good. It's more realistic and endearing if your characters actually call out when they are hit by attacks, instead of just grunt. For example, after been hit by enough arrows, they'd say "dang, I'm losing blood. Gotta get healing". These also serve as good checks for the players to know how much punishment their character can take. Followers can also say the same thing, rather than grunt and just keep saying they'd kill the baddies. Make the AI better! Make followers actually hide and use healing if they are hit badly!

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On another note, I'd love nicer body ratios. The men are simply too large and ripped sometimes, and ugh, the facial ratios just scream out "UGLY"! to me. It just bugs me like that. In fact, everyone just looks unnaturally old and ugly. And there's a total lack of long, flowing hair.

I'd wanna make a teenaged guy/girl (or at least someone who looks in their 20s), but NO, the game won't let me. At least not by default.

(I am the type of guy who'd welcome the butt and chest slider like in ESO, but don't judge me!)