Propensity towards Customisation

(LyndonL) #1

Hi Community.

I am just curious as to what people find so appealing about customising aesthetic parts of the game.

There are a few repeating names that I see that appear adamantly in the customisation threads but very rarely in the gameplay threads, so I assume that’s where their main interest lies.

What exactly is it about changing a weapon skin, or a voice, or a haircut that makes you so interested?

This is in no way an inflamatory question. I am simply curious as to why certain parts of the game appeals more to some than others. I will, no doubt, spend time playing with customisation options also, but until I see it before me I don’t personally find it to be an intriguing feature. For example I only made it through about 2/3 of the Fallout 3 customisations, and about 1/5 of the Saints Row 2 stuff before I was over it.

As Apples would say: Peace. :slight_smile:

(Seyu) #2

Yea, all the outrage at the lack of the female models befuddled me too.

(hamstein) #3

I couldn’t care less about female models. If they added them they would all just end up looking like strippers anyway.

(LyndonL) #4

Hyperreal strippers? Eww, not for me.

(SIiced Bread) #5

The interest lays in being able to feel like…“Yep, I made this badass dude to do badass things”. Nothing more, nothing less. Sort of like playercards on the “other” game. When you see one that is creative, you sort of say…“neat, I think I can do something like that but better.”

It’s that or something like, “Hey look at me. I’m different and want your approval that my character looks cool.”

(Herandar) #6

Seeking approval from anonymous strangers?!

(Striker92) #7

i guess it gives a sense of ownership over the character. if everyone looks the same (like in etqw and most other games) you feel like jst another player in a skin. But if u customize the player it makes it feel like its your own character that you worked hard to create. Thats jst my opinion on what i think ppl see in it. I doesnt really phase me to much

(Humate) #8

Customisation doesnt ireally interest me : /
You can make a mean looking mofo, but no one is going to fear it, if it doesnt have the player skill to back it up.

(TAPETRVE) #9

Well, BRINK isn’t about two outfits of faceless clones shooting each other. It’s about 8 and 8 individuals who act together as a team :slight_smile: .

(trigg3r) #10

i’ve allways care about customiztion in games, the more deep the customization is the better. I just like my characters to be unique.

with that said, lack of customization will never prevent me from picking up a good game.

(Weeohhweeohh) #11

I’m just glad we won’t have the swastika or pen15 epidemic that other games have

(Mr. Magikarp) #12

[QUOTE=trigg3r;281945]i’ve allways care about customiztion in games, the more deep the customization is the better. I just like my characters to be unique.

with that said, lack of customization will never prevent me from picking up a good game.[/QUOTE]

What he said. Lack of customization won’t break a game for me, but I’ll be damned if I don’t enjoy playing with my dolls.

(MGKB84) #13

Customization just makes your character more personal to you and makes you feel more attached/part of the game world. I can’t wait to check it out.

(II Captain K II) #14

Dress up is fun. I like to create a unique character. I always use a black guy as a character model

(DouglasDanger) #15

I enjoy creating a character. It makes the game feel more personal.

(A.i) #16

uniqueness allows to see who you are playing against without looking at the name tag (assuming you know the players character)

(Mad Hatter) #17

All of that ^. The uniqueness, the personalization, the feeling of ownership and individuality, the sense of having created something awesome. Plus the fact that I want to look cool, which most shooters simply don’t let me do to the extent that I want.

We’re just like the guys who like to trick out their cars, only with game stuff. The customization was the thing that drew me to Brink in the first place. The last game I had played that offered that level of individuality was Armored Core For Answer. I was ecstatic that a FPS, easily my favorite genre of games, was finally offering that kind of customization. I can be “me” in more ways than just my gamertag.

(obliviondoll) #18

I enjoy messing with customisation options, both stat-based, performance-based ones like the weapon customisation in Brink, and purely aesthetic customisations like the gear and clothing options.

Stat-based stuff, I find fun because I love the idea of being able to alter a weapon to fit my playstyle, and Brink will be supporting that. Modifying a standard weapon into an absolutely mad beast-thing that people are scared to go up against will be excellent fun.

The purely cosmetic changes allow me to project my own sense of style into the game, which for me, is an even bigger draw - it’s more a personal thing than to show off though - I enjoy it greatly in single-player games where nobody else ever sees me. I find RPG character customisation frustrating, because so often I’m left looking at an item and saying “I want to keep this, because it looks SO COOL!” But I literally CAn’T win that boss fight when I’m wearing it, because the game says that item isn’t as awesome as I want it to be.

(Shadedluck) #19

I just like to be customized to my liking. I don’t want a set look for me, I’d like to make myself how I want to, no more and no less. I want to be unique, after all, 16/24 people running around all looking the same doesn’t interest me at all. I like to be set apart from others, regardless of how others look; I like my own unique look.

(Nail) #20

no customization for me, that way I’ll be truely unique

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