Has there been any confirmation that we create our own characters? I did a search, and some posts have assumed it. I couldn't find anything official. The reason I'm asking is because Alpha Protocol* looks like it will have a preset main character. I know they're different, but it made me realize I took character creation in this game as a given.

 

* Not trying to start an argument about that - Just trying to explain why I'm asking.

You create a character, but it dies at the first encounter. You finish the game with the NPCs.

AFAIK there hasn't been any statment about what kind of character you're going to play or whether you can customize it or what not.

 

Could have missed something, but it seems that there's not a lot of facts out about this game atm.

AFAIK there hasn't been any statment about what kind of character you're going to play or whether you can customize it or what not.

 

Yup. Not alot of info, except its confirmed to be tyte!!!11!!

All right, thank you!

I think the game will be like Torment in that you get given a character, but can customise his traits and skills.

 

It looks like you get a named young (20 to 30) male spy.

At the very least we ought to get KOTOR-esque facial presets, but the trend in RPGs has been skewing towards customization for the last several years. I don't expect AP to deviate from that trend.

 

Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't go the Deus Ex route, with the character's given name being a codename and the "real name" (only showing up in texts in-game) being whatever.

I think the game will be like Torment in that you get given a character, but can customise his traits and skills.

 

It looks like you get a named young (20 to 30) male spy.

 

Wrong forum and thread

I think the game will be like Torment in that you get given a character, but can customise his traits and skills.

 

It looks like you get a named young (20 to 30) male spy.

 

Wrong forum and thread

 

Ah crap.

Wouldn't be much of an RPG if you couldn't create a character. I think that one's pretty much a given.

We don't create a character in AP. We are simply given the Developers' character.

Wouldn't be much of an RPG if you couldn't create a character. I think that one's pretty much a given.

 

Not necessarily. You play as Geralt in the Witcher and the Nameless One in Planescape Torment. Both are not only RPGs, but great ones.

 

There's a big push for games to be more cinematic, and creating your own characters always makes for a headache in VA. Even the games where you can create characters, like Commander Shepard in Mass Effect, or Bishop in R6:V2, need at least two seperate voice actors for every line they have. It's possible that Obsidian will find a similar way to get around it. It's also possible they'll take a simpler option. That's the reason I was asking, and why I still think it's up in the air.

We don't create a character in AP. We are simply given the Developers' character.

 

Oh shut up already. You can still roleplay your character at least as well as in ME

josh you fiend!

 

i see you there, lurking...

 

ready to give us some details now?

This is how I want my character to look:

Edited March 14, 200817 yr by walkerguy

Oh shut up already. You can still roleplay your character at least as well as in ME

 

That's not true!

 

He can't be female and he assumes that he can't make his dudes look like ugly versions of various actors.

 

And assumptions are facts until explicitly proven otherwise, at which point all such assumptions are rapidly forgotten in the face of a barrage of 'I told you sos'.

In ME, I couldn't make my character a drunken hobo named Captain Sparkles. Absolutely no sense of ownership.

Edited March 14, 200817 yr by Tale

josh you fiend!

 

i see you there, lurking...

 

ready to give us some details now?

I'm ready, but SEGA/Obsidian is not.

 

I think people here will be happy with what we are doing. That's all I say for now.

josh you fiend!

 

i see you there, lurking...

 

ready to give us some details now?

I'm ready, but SEGA/Obsidian is not.

 

I think people here will be happy with what we are doing. That's all I say for now.

 

That's actually refreshing to hear.

 

You know, compared to the reverse "ship ya game now, wenches!" "but SEGA, it's not done!" *whipcrack*

Edited March 15, 200817 yr by Krezack

AHHH!! The TEASE! The TORMENT!

 

When will we get snippets?!

Do you think they'd let us have more details if we did a little dance?

where's Sand when you need him?

 

he can do his "jiggly dance"

josh you fiend!

 

i see you there, lurking...

 

ready to give us some details now?

I'm ready, but SEGA/Obsidian is not.

 

I think people here will be happy with what we are doing. That's all I say for now.

Just for some clarification.

 

Do you think people will be happy with what you are doing or do you think those here will be happy with what you are doing?

 

It's an important distinction.

Josh is such a tease. Since the preset character in AP has disappointed me, I certainly hope we can create our own character in this game... and I really, really hope that female PCs are an option!

The Aliens franchise was pretty much the first and still pretty much the only film series to have a good female action protagonist, so i'd hope that Obs would have taken note from this and made female PCs an option if the PC is selectable.