Character creators are a wonderful thing. On one hand, they let create characters that you, personally, can relate with, helping build immersion and get you invested into the game. Ooon the other hand, they can also be used like a sledgehammer to beat any sense of immersion and impact into submission, turning games into absurdist comedies or works of lovecraftian horror at the player’s whim.
So, in celebration of what is quite possibly my favorite feature in video games, I thought we could use a place to post the amazing, clever, or horrifying character’s that we and others have made.
To start things off, some of my own favorite creations:
I made this garbage man in Second Life during Polygon’s Monster Factory series, so I could meet the Boy-Mayor and his trusty aide, Totinos. You can see me a bunch throughout the last video. I even got to float around during the end credits. It was a fun day.
I also tried to get in on their Champions Online video, but I couldn’t get through the tutorial in time. I still made a great character, but he never got to meet Knife Dad. ;_;
Oh man, I love character creators so much. I think most of my Champions Online screenshots are somewhere on my old HDD, but here’s a bit of an image dump of things I’ve made:
