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Chronicles of Elyria News - Soulbound Studios developers will be on hand for a Chronicles of Elyria livestream starting at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern today in the CoE Twitch.tv channel. The stream will be focused on the first iteration of the character creator and provides a chance for viewers "help us craft unique Elyrian characters".
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To developers this might seem like a great thing because of the work they have put into it. But what is the community going to see?
One can say "it's a work in progress" all they want but unless what they share is "good/enticing/interesting" then it's not going to achieve the appropriate response.
I was going to say that the first pictures was showing a slice of them working with the creator, working with iris size, etc.
But looking at the other examples it's clear that their avatars are more stylized yet not really stylized enough to seem interesting.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
That's why I tend to focus on hairstyle and beard, people clock that even if they don't take in much else.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
Combined with the fact 95% of the time I am looking at the back side of my character, I don't worry about customization outside of perhaps the "butt" slider.
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It's just not a good design choice outside of Anime.
Having a regular ol' human but "for some reason" the irises are larger doesn't necessarily spark the "oh wait it's obviously another race" reaction. But as you can see, it does spark the "oh wait, that looks horrible" reaction.
They pretty much just posted that without context.
What they could have done was have "human" under one and "blah blah another race name" under the other and that would be clear and wouldn't invite confusion.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
That's the face of someone who has had too much of an edible.
My reaction when I saw this picture
My reaction to this game in general
Me: Hey avatar what are you doing with your life?
Avatar: Nothing, I feel dead inside.
Now you can create your Alita Battle Angel character in game.
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Hey just be happy that they didn't copy the rest of the game and have "eye" selection locked behind a paywall. Your first life you get grey eyes. Your second you can get Grey or Green, third opens Blue, then Purple, etc...
Then again, game's not out yet so don't rule that out either.
But I agree with the earlier poster about a marketing guy. If this is the best they can show after all this time...
I mean, most games go forward in what they present. Go back a year or so and they were showing things like a demo dungeon... go back further and you have the "Princess Bride" sword fight.
Now you got... "deadeyes" character creator and an oft delayed soon to come Elyria Minecraft type Alpha.
Dunno.
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I dont really see what Minecraft has to do with MMO's. I understand that certain animation styles age better, and those are usually not the ultra realistic ones.
But Minecraft??? You are right, it is SUUUUPER popular. With 12 year olds.
I liked playing with lego when I was a kid too. Doesn't mean I want to play an MMO with yellow people and removable heads.
That's why I never wear a helm (never a fan of them anyway) and always try to have a hairstyle which from the back will look distinctive, that's more for other members of the group/guild, so they know which one is me.
These days though outfits in some games can be so distinctive being easily spotted is not an issue like it once was.
Ok now you are just being a stalker.
Now I might not agree that a lack of light would cause the eyes to look like that I understand where they are coming from.
Next what do I see in that picture, yes if I look through the rose tinted glasses of what I have seen in other mmorpgs I see an unanimated, emotionless character model,
If I look through an adults eyes who understands world is not black and white or that not everything looks good until it's finished then I see a work in progress that actually looks half decent, with a lot of potential.
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