Alpha First Look: Video 1 - Character Creation

[VoltaAsura]

The character creator looks amazing and there are a lot more options that's 1.0's character creation. That being said, when it comes to actual hair designs...I don't think any were added/changed from version 1.0, and to be frank, was one of the things I was hoping would be added/changed most.

Also, I would assume the quality of the client used in this video, is with minimum graphics or default graphic settings? I'm not saying it was crappy quality by any means, but was def not what I'm used to in 1.0. Can't wait to see what the character models look like in 1920x1080 maxed out!

[Antanias]

I think it was recently posted that we would only get to re-customize our characters for only half a year after ARR's official launch.

[VoltaAsura]

^ from how I understand it, you are correct.

[Calaera]

Love the new character creator.

And that remix - WOW! Who did that version? Uematsu? Mizuta? Or someone new?

If it is Soken, then now is the time to start bribing him with knee high socks! ;3

[Yrusama]

I like that you can make more masculine midlanders. Mine will probably still be boyish-looking, but at least it adds to the individuality.

[Kraggy]

It's sad, these 'cat women' are simply that; human females with furry ears and tails.

We still haven't got the non-human female look of the Mithra, who while still being obviously 'humanoid' had a 'feeling' quite removed from humans with their more cat-like faces and overall appearance.

[Vydos]

Firstly, the starting screen looks MUCH better than the current one. The color theme combined with the dynamic music instantly drew me in. It served well to excite me and actually want me to play the game even though I can't lol! Also it's nice to see the mouse move smoothly this time for an alpha version.

Onto the character creation. Nice fitting and soothing music. Crystal theme is always a good choice for something where the player needs to take his/her sweet time. Unfortunately, everything is in japanese but I see lots of options which is a definite plus. Ironically, I had expected the build option just to be a simple change where we would see less or more defined muscles. Which honestly for me is a definte plus. I always wanted my elezen to have more defined muscles and am glad that I can do this in the future.

Pro's:
- Viewable character in different lighting situations
- A clear overview of customization options.
- Being able to look at your character from every angle with the use of the mouse.

Cons:
- Not that many suboptions or choice of freedom for certain customization: hair, characteristics, faces (alpha version I know but with 1.0 alpha experience in mind. This slightly worries me.)
-Bewbs R not big enuff!!! (This is an obvious joke for those that don't get it!)

[Petdo]

It look very beautiful compare the the old dull one
But I think there are too few new customization options in there :P
I want to see oppai slider!

[Tetsaru]

My thoughts:

Pros:

- The opening title screen and first character creator backgrounds are MUCH better looking than the lame white "blank canvas" look that a lot of the recent FF titles have been going with lately. Doesn't have anything to do with character creation itself, though...

- The FF prelude background music is BEAUTIFUL. Props to whoever made it! Again though, nothing to do with character creation...

- Ability to toggle on/off clothes and see emotes

- Tail length for Miqotes

- More voices

- Tattoo options

Cons:

- The max bust size is still WAAAAAY too small. Being serious here.

- I would've liked to see more RGB/saturation sliders instead of swatches for all the color options.

- No "build" option for females. Also, all the existing build options for males looked muscular; no options to make "fat" or "heavy" characters.

- Not enough face or hairstyle options, including facial hair for males

- Can't adjust tattoo positions or size

- Too many preset options for various settings, not enough sliders to precisely adjust things



Overall, it's a start, but I don't see much improvement yet over what we originally had. In my opinion, Yoshi-P and his team need to take a few pointers from PSO2's character customization.

[Petdo]

My thoughts:

Pros:

- The opening title screen and first character creator backgrounds are MUCH better looking than the lame white "blank canvas" look that a lot of the recent FF titles have been going with lately. Doesn't have anything to do with character creation itself, though...

- The FF prelude background music is BEAUTIFUL. Props to whoever made it! Again though, nothing to do with character creation...

- Ability to toggle on/off clothes and see emotes

- Tail length for Miqotes

- More voices

- Tattoo options

Cons:

- The max bust size is still WAAAAAY too small. Being serious here.

- I would've liked to see more RGB/saturation sliders instead of swatches for all the color options.

- No "build" option for females. Also, all the existing build options for males looked muscular; no options to make "fat" or "heavy" characters.

- Not enough face or hairstyle options, including facial hair for males

- Can't adjust tattoo positions or size

- Too many preset options for various settings, not enough sliders to precisely adjust things



Overall, it's a start, but I don't see much improvement yet over what we originally had. In my opinion, Yoshi-P and his team need to take a few pointers from PSO2's character customization.

I think SE have limitation in character model ( eg. gear and everything ). Because all of the characters using pre-modeled wire frame for each piece of armor ( body, leg, head etc ) and some model are shared together ( Hyu female <=> Miqote female body, Hyu male <=> miqote male, lalafell male = female ).

Right now if they want to create new set of gears, they need to create model for all the races .. and I bet that's the time consuming and costly process.

And with the above design, it's impossible to let player select build option like you said...
But for me, these high-detail beautiful-modeling gears are keeping me for playing this game. ( You can see how low-detail of PSO2 gears is compare to FFXIV in you link you provided )