Rich facial customization is key to Aion’s appeal
I can’t deny that that games like WoW have tremendous amount of item customization. But I think it lacks one key customization ingredient that would allow us to truly “bond” with our avatar: the face. Aion is great for that.Lets face it (no pun intended), our God given mug is the most important thing to us on . Look at any group picture that you are in. What is the first thing that you do? You look for yourself. (Its the same with our names: pick up a new pen, chances are that the first thing you script to test it is your name)
It’s okay to admit it. We are all guilty of such shallowness, albeit some more than others. The collection of BMWs and Porches in any plastic surgeon’s garage banks on this very human trait.
So if we are so in love with ourselves, then it only makes sense that it should be a feature that more game developers would put more time and thought into.
I hate to keep referring back to WoW, but I must since it is the leader of the pack. I have always hated how you were never given more than a couple of facial structures when creating your character. There over 7 billion humans on earth, and excluding the small number of identical twins, the rest of the population of the world all look different. So why is it that every person in Azeroth has to look like they came out of the Kamino cloning station ?
It can be argued that one of the main reasons why people love MMORPG based games is because it allows you to create an alter ego. While many like to create avatar completely different from thier real life persona, a large portion of the population still try to mimic avatar to its real life version…albeit, a bit thinner, more muscular, taller and with more hair. Generally a slightly better looking version of the real thing.
So why not also let us create a better looking version of our face too? It would be much cheaper and less messy option than visiting MJ’s plastic surgeons. I am sure you have already seen the version of Obama in Aion. If not, here it is again :
to read more : http://wherearemyshoes.tumblr.com/post/80711964060/rich-facial-customization-is-key-to-aions-appeal
posted by thiteu @ 4:35 AM
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