» Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:13 pm * Designing my charactor was very enjoyable but time consuming, but in the end I was pleased with how Portia turned out. I suggest that they have a set of faces pre-made for each race for the gamer to work off of. That, or have sets of eyes, noses, mouths etc. already made for the gamer to put together like a puzzle then work on the measurements.
*The Design work on some the armor is fantastic and looks great... on male Charactors. A lot of the armor I made Portia wear made her look as if she were shaped like a barrel. Every suit of armor, light, and heavy, should come in two catagories: Men and Women.
* The age progression meter that's in the menu during the charactor designing process really got me thinking. I think it would hella cool if age progession was apart of a main storyline, Play as a chlid, an advlt, and an elder. But not force it onto the charactor during "level ups" like the fable series but use a link of some sort. For, example, a tatty journal that will allow main charactor to "reminince" on the past. or a crystal ball or time portal of some sort to get a "glimpse" of the future
*This is a trivial suggestion but I feel that Portia was just too pretty to be alone. Suiters and courtship would be ideal for hopeless romantics like me. And Pets for those who aren't into that kind of mush.
*Now I'm quite proud of Portia and the time I took on her design and I'm sure there are other gamer's out there who are proud of theirs too, which is why I suggest small movie scenes during the game that give us a third person view of our charactors. Either that, or ask gamers to send in designs of their own charactors and give them NPC roles in future ES games.
*I love the speaking roles of many of the NPCs, its sounds so real, but hearing the same voices gets quite boring after awhile. Instead of hiring a handful C list celebs, bethesda should hire competant voice actors, mainly those who have more than one personality in their voices. Christopher Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Greg Ayres, Illich Girdola, Sonny Strait, and Tom Kenny are great examples of damn fine voice actors.
*Speaking of voices, our charactors should have reponses of thier own instead of just being mute. Like fable the game should have a list of various respones and reactions that we can access and activate. EX. Laugh when something funny happens and cheer when we are triumphant or flip a NPC the bird and/ or cuss at them when they piss us off.
Believe it or not but this was all off the top of my head. If anyone else has suggestions for a better ES game I know I'd love to see it. I just hope someone from Bethesda has a chance to look over these simple little suggestions and sincerely take them into concideration.
