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Feralkyn
Ahh, my favorite game, Character Creation!
PipWhipple
Spend three hours designing your character, then slap a helmet on it for the entire game. Like a champ!
JustBoone
Out of all the challenges this is indeed the toughest. Do you self insert and make a character that looks like you? Do you make a character that fits into the world or an utterly flamboyant being? How deep is the character creator, can I change appearances later or am I locked in? What class am I going to play!? Aaagh what do i name them!
GamiCross
One day I'll beat that part of BG3... (starts the game) Naaah I don't like that look.
mechanerd
I swear I spent a long time on Baldurs Gate 3 character just for the background song.
SpaceCadetDubzy
I usually spend at least 4 hours on this but I love every moment of it. I *want* to customize my character. I want it to be deep and detailed. And I want there to be options to change it later because I *know* I will not be 100% satisfied after a few hours of playing the game lol
Eclipse123
Probably in the minority here, but I HATE games with the insane character creation. If I have to spend more then 5-10 minutes creating my character's look, I'm already doubting if I even want to play the game. I buy a game to play a game.
Tezunegari
It should be mandatory that character creators give you a code for the settings you have chosen so you can recreate the character later. or easily exchange builds on the internet... (or get some celebrity build)
UnicornRaline
Dragons Dogma 2 had ke stuck over an hour
malachilenomade
TBH, I'm not big into the heavy customization. After a couple of tweaks - especially the hair - I tend to gloss over the rest because I'm usually impatient to get into the game.
LV1BlueSlime
Maybe it's just because I don't spend that long in character creation but goddamn does this tired joke get beat to fucking death.
Beardedobject
These days I just hit "randomize" until I get something that looks good.
SodaKid7
They finish designing, and naming, the character only to then play the game in first-person view.
cousteau
Seriously though, watching your bestie play video games can be amusing too.
zerogiven
One of the most important things to tell a new BG3 player is "Very early on, you'll get a way to freely edit your character's look as often as you like, and stat respecs are easy too. So go ahead and PLAY."
GhostBear3067
And then the game defaults to first-person view.
burglarsonlarceny
Least favorite part of games. I usually end up hitting the randomize button a half dozen times and if it looks halfway decent it’s good enough for me.
BehGehBeeeehh
This is why when I play a new Fallout 4 game, I reload from my first save outside the vault. I don't really care what my character looks like because you really don't see them very often while playing.
morningxafter
When BG3 came out my neighbor across the street spent like 8 hours customizing his character (not creeping, I swear we both have apartments with big windows). I was playing it too and I got up to grab a drink and noticed his tv. Later every time I got up I saw he was still building his character. And it’s not like he just left it on the screen and went and did something else. Every time I saw it the character was different.
MidoryMoon
LincLoud
@theredking1
TheUnnamedPoet
Thek1ngCoven
So true
TheUnnamedPoet
I went back to the new free to play version of City of Heroes and was indulging in my nostalgia. I spent three hours in the character creator and then half an hour playing before I called it a night
slinkiisu
Try champions online. The customising is even better.
TheUnnamedPoet
I was mostly playing it for the nostalgia, as I used to play CoH / CoV back when it was still live with NC Soft. Lots of nostalgia for that game, but you can definitely see the cracks when compared against modern experiences. Still a fun trip down memory lane tho
Onlyhereforthelaughs
Saw that joke coming from a mile away. It's gotten to the point where I just choose the race for attributes and randomize everything else so I can get on the road.
kojenk
This was me making a Hrothgar woman in the FFXIV Benchmark (cobbled together screenshots from various people online)
zerogiven
I like the void kitty in the lower left.
CoconutGoddes
They still haven't added chocoboborns?
kojenk
Clockworkdancerobot
"Whew. That's done. Oh wait, what name do I choose?"
Vortexhelios320
Nah, it's a modern rpg, it will crash right before the autosave.
Naymiaros
"Wait, that name doesn't really fit with my character's looks/style... Let's start again with customization"
just4thelolz
Spoompls
BigDaddysMeatWagon
Close your eyes, hit one letter, then another. Add vowel sounds in between. Repeat if necessary.
RTBackup
Hands down the hardest part for me
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
“ what do you mean, already taken?”
ShutUpImWorking
this gave me some sort of anxiety
dudethisbetternotbetaken
If the character wields an oversized sword, the only appropriate name is Biggus Dickus.
thedarkcanuck
Depends, is there a profanity filter?
NCPilot
Azura of course. :P
Thek1ngCoven
LUZara
WorkerLurker
Purp’nerp
alyssaaac
There’s always either too many options or not enough options
kojenk
or both! lots of options for one race and not enough options for another
LincLoud
I've always found the minuscule choices odd when there is an excessive variety of one but not another; like 16 variety of noses but only three eye colors.
alyssaaac
You can choose from 25 different hairstyles but you can only have black or blonde hair
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus is stuck on this boss in Baldur's Gate 3. Seriously. SO MANY OPTIONS!
RPCharImages
I want more
Uprightcerebralyacht
I've never played BG3 but I too struggled with this so a long time ago I decided if there was a Random button I would hit that and live with what I ended up with. I've gotten some interesting looking characters.
NoNameFred
Spam "randomise" until it either doesn't look too ugly… or look so completely ugly that it is hilarious.
LoopStricken
I wanted to play as a Dragonborn. Went throgh so many options. Ended up using the white Durge because it was the one I liked best after all.
ThisGuyPostingThings
My biggest problem is not being able to save all the ideas I have, for later. So frustrating.
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
im stick stuck on the wallet boss of being able to afford a pc that can play it
LincLoud
You can also get fully nude and adjust...other character components
OtterlyMagnificent
The most DEVASTATING part of the character creation...and the reason I didn't get the game. I watched my husband spend SEVEN HOURS trying to copy himself down to the little dark spots on it...
marthafarquar
In the 4 months after Balder's Gate 3 was released players spent a combined total of over 8196 years in character creator which was 16% of the total play time.
elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
HistoricalContext
Which is hilarious because as far as character creators go, BG3's is middle-of-the-road.
magus200342
Wat
ThisGuyPostingThings
I know it takes up a high percentage of my playtime in the game.
mksu
Full release or early access? Because if it's full release, the actual time is probably skewed even more heavily towards character creation. A lot of us just figured out what we were doing during EA.
marthafarquar
That was from Larians report on 5th December 2023 so 4 months after PC release and 3 months after PS5. The tweet started with " Since our launch in August..." so it looks like it does not include early access
KsuviKhor
…a sentient wheel of cheese?
IAmJustTryingToFitIn
true polymorph is one hell of a drug
LoopStricken
Yes. Mild spoilers, it doesn't last very long. I was hoping to be able to play the rest of the game as a cheese wheel.
mksu
Just please no actual sliders. I will never beat character creation if there are real sliders. You can dress up your menu as a slider, but don't let me change things pixel by pixel.
ArdentSlacker
My fave with that was Fallout 4. I just... tweaked each slider once, going for what I found attractive. And after a lot of fiddling, I couldn't do better than the default female. My hubby was this really sweet, vaguely middle-eastern guy. Aaaand then the plot happened. ;_;
Ahh... wound up romancing Curie because I am severely weak vs french accents and brains. Good game for my bi-ass XD
NappaTheFriendlyGhost
Spends two hours customizing the perfect recreation of my fiancee as my character in fallout 4* first cutscene shows a side view and oh gods why what have I done!?
annonymouse211
Preach. Dragon Age Inquisition did this and creation literally will take 30-60 min because of being able to physically mould every microscopic detail of the person, which then looks immediately different in the intro scene.
MasterMookie
Best is if you have pose changer(including movement and talking things that will be most prevalent in the game) and a background light changer.
ArdentSlacker
SO many games, I swear, the character creator is using a completely different engine to the rest of the game! They never look right in both.
Unclescam
In the worst neutral lighting ever conceived by man or demon.
discitus
I hated the difference between the editor and in-game look. Slightly orangish hair became glowing neon and the face looked so off.
MrSleepyguy
30-60 minutes? Those are rookie numbers
Illpostcheese
Game: Inserts sliders for the size of buttons, shape, luster, color...
RPCharImages
I love you, but I hate everything about you.
Illpostcheese
.... material, glow, texture, thickness, holes!
RPCharImages
Giggity.
Illpostcheese
Okay....now shoelaces...