I'm trying the trial weekend too. First impressions?
Well, you gotta understand, I've just spent the past four hours messing with the character creator. I haven't actually touched the GAME.
Now, first of all...the character creator at once gives more and less than City of Heroes. CoH has more raw costume pieces to play with - but that shouldn't be a surprise, because CoH has been adding costume pieces for over five years. It should have more raw stuff.
Also, I understand a lot of stuff in Champs is unlockable. Which is fine - because there's more than enough basic stuff to play with.
The basic ENGINE here for the character creator is far more robust. The body scales are incredible - adjust length of arms, size of hands, jeez. It's all pretty damn sweet.
You can actually make flat-chested women here. Not that I intend to embrace the loli force, but, uh, if you were looking to actually make a proper-looking little girl, you can.
The face editor...is okay. It's not as robust as games like Bioware's Mass Effect or Dragon Age, but it's a damn sight better than anything else out there. There's a very limited range of different facial textures...though there ARE multiple 'normal face' textures, I should note. And they do make a big difference. But the REAL way you distinguish character faces is by playing with the sliders. And again, the sliders are...robust. That's all very satisifying.
More on the game once I get my gamepad configured.
Yes, I'm going to be playing with a gamepad. It's that kind of game.
-- Acyl
Well, you gotta understand, I've just spent the past four hours messing with the character creator. I haven't actually touched the GAME.
Now, first of all...the character creator at once gives more and less than City of Heroes. CoH has more raw costume pieces to play with - but that shouldn't be a surprise, because CoH has been adding costume pieces for over five years. It should have more raw stuff.
Also, I understand a lot of stuff in Champs is unlockable. Which is fine - because there's more than enough basic stuff to play with.
The basic ENGINE here for the character creator is far more robust. The body scales are incredible - adjust length of arms, size of hands, jeez. It's all pretty damn sweet.
You can actually make flat-chested women here. Not that I intend to embrace the loli force, but, uh, if you were looking to actually make a proper-looking little girl, you can.
The face editor...is okay. It's not as robust as games like Bioware's Mass Effect or Dragon Age, but it's a damn sight better than anything else out there. There's a very limited range of different facial textures...though there ARE multiple 'normal face' textures, I should note. And they do make a big difference. But the REAL way you distinguish character faces is by playing with the sliders. And again, the sliders are...robust. That's all very satisifying.
More on the game once I get my gamepad configured.
Yes, I'm going to be playing with a gamepad. It's that kind of game.
-- Acyl